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The 100 Yard Dash and Mr. D
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- Apr 1, 2006
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Check-in – Online worked perfectly for both VWL and BCV. All the papers were ready and we walked to our rooms. (This is our first stay at VWL and we have been in BCV multiple times as our home resort.)
Room Conditions (7/3 to 7/8)
VWL – Perfect – Clean and looked freshly painted, not a scratch or chip on a wall. Wow! And everything worked. Pool was OK but not all that interesting. Downside was the time it took to switch rooms to BCV as the front desk at VWL insisted I was not checking out on checkout day. DW blamed me for the confusion.
BCV – First room (210 – pool view) had a strong chemical smell in it and I called housekeeping immediately. They had us change rooms to 303 Arial’s Courtyard view.
Room had been redone, new soft goods (same rug) but the stopper in the bath sink would not work. Being handy, I went under the sink and reconnected it to the handle. That lasted two days and then it broke again on the day we were leaving. DW blamed me. SAB was its usual spectacular but of course packed – no lounge chairs available. Also saw that all the awnings at the Beach Club were being replaced with a new white and blue stripe versus the old white and green stripe awning.
Parks – July 4th morning MK was relatively empty and we went on about 10 rides by 1pm and left. Came back about 6:30, but strayed over to Space Mountain about 8:30 and got trapped there as they closed off main street. Tried several access points but all were closed down. We could only see about half the fireworks, the main reason I planned the trip. Totally bummed. DW blamed me.
Lots of large teen groups from South America there that week. Epcot was also crowded but later in the week Hollywood Studios was only moderately packed – (the SA groups must have left).
Universal – Went to U to try Harry Potter World - total of $400 for three of us for one day both parks). The only advice I can give is take the earliest Mears bus possible – we took 7:20am, and still waited in line for 30 minutes to get in as the first group going into the castle. The ride was spectacular – a combination of Soaring, Star Tours and Dino ride in Animal Kingdom. Came out to see 1 hour lines outside some of the shops in Hogsmeade such as Olivanders for people wanting to buy a $30 wand. Did not want to wait around that long to go into a store but others had immediate access like Honeydukes. Yes we tried the butterbeer, DS loved it, I could take it or leave it. DW was happy.
ME - Took the 12:10 out of BCV. Arrived on time for our 2:56pm flight but accidently packed DS's shoes - had to buy him flip flops in the market place. DW blamed me.
Heat – High 80’s low 90’s lots of rain the first part of the week. However, back home in CT it was 100+ and of course coming home we saw our lawn dead and much of DWs flowers dead. DW blamed me.
Can’t wait for the next trip.
Room Conditions (7/3 to 7/8)
VWL – Perfect – Clean and looked freshly painted, not a scratch or chip on a wall. Wow! And everything worked. Pool was OK but not all that interesting. Downside was the time it took to switch rooms to BCV as the front desk at VWL insisted I was not checking out on checkout day. DW blamed me for the confusion.
BCV – First room (210 – pool view) had a strong chemical smell in it and I called housekeeping immediately. They had us change rooms to 303 Arial’s Courtyard view.
Room had been redone, new soft goods (same rug) but the stopper in the bath sink would not work. Being handy, I went under the sink and reconnected it to the handle. That lasted two days and then it broke again on the day we were leaving. DW blamed me.
SAB was its usual spectacular but of course packed – no lounge chairs available. Also saw that all the awnings at the Beach Club were being replaced with a new white and blue stripe versus the old white and green stripe awning. Parks – July 4th morning MK was relatively empty and we went on about 10 rides by 1pm and left. Came back about 6:30, but strayed over to Space Mountain about 8:30 and got trapped there as they closed off main street. Tried several access points but all were closed down. We could only see about half the fireworks, the main reason I planned the trip. Totally bummed. DW blamed me.
Lots of large teen groups from South America there that week. Epcot was also crowded but later in the week Hollywood Studios was only moderately packed – (the SA groups must have left).
Universal – Went to U to try Harry Potter World - total of $400 for three of us for one day both parks). The only advice I can give is take the earliest Mears bus possible – we took 7:20am, and still waited in line for 30 minutes to get in as the first group going into the castle. The ride was spectacular – a combination of Soaring, Star Tours and Dino ride in Animal Kingdom. Came out to see 1 hour lines outside some of the shops in Hogsmeade such as Olivanders for people wanting to buy a $30 wand. Did not want to wait around that long to go into a store but others had immediate access like Honeydukes. Yes we tried the butterbeer, DS loved it, I could take it or leave it. DW was happy.
ME - Took the 12:10 out of BCV. Arrived on time for our 2:56pm flight but accidently packed DS's shoes - had to buy him flip flops in the market place. DW blamed me.
Heat – High 80’s low 90’s lots of rain the first part of the week. However, back home in CT it was 100+ and of course coming home we saw our lawn dead and much of DWs flowers dead. DW blamed me.
Can’t wait for the next trip.
