Need some groupie advice. I'm counting the days until I can make my reservation for next Dec.We're giving serious consideration to going over Christmas next year rather than early Dec. It will be on a Sun. next year so we're considering arriving on the Wed. or Thu. before & leaving on Tue. We may need a 2 BR instead of our normal 1 BR because I've invited my mom to join us. She still has not given me a definitive answer, but she's going to have to soon whether she likes it or not!
I understand 2 BRs are one of the hardest to book & given that's it's actually over Christmas I would imagine even harder. So am I going to have to walk this reservation? I hate the idea of doing that, but I don't want to lose out on a room either. What do you all think? And am I crazy to be considering going over Christmas rather than early Dec.? Obviously the crowds would be much better early in the month, but it would also mean the kids missing more school. Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Left stockings for the Girls on the Door (I could actually hear the "Elves running around the halls around 2am )Was the spirit with you looking ashen and wobbly?
Wow Sleepydog! Thanks for the very detailed details!It does sound like it's a truly amazing experience. Judging but what you ate it's seems to be heavy on the seafood. I don't eat seafood.
So it does seem like it would not be the best place for me, but thank you for sharing your night with us.
No!
Did you ever figure out what made you sick? A friend who was there also became quite sick.
Sounds like maybe something was floating around our beloved,
) who became ill during that time frame. I wonder what it was. Not food poisoning from what I am figuring out. I picked up a very nasty coxackie virus at WDW a few years ago that knocked me down for over a month. Not sure which was worse!
I even find it much less fishy than some fish. Try saying that 3 times fast! These days the Coho has apprarently broke me in with it's delicate, light salmon flavor and I enjoy most wild salmon (I can't undertand the color injected Atlantic) but the best IMO is still the Coho. If you run across it you might want to give it a taste and see what you think. Artiste Pointe has served it when we've eaten there but it was a special.
Hey Kat! How was BLT? Did you have a great visit? Sorry we missed you. This trip was different in that we had local visitors with us until Friday late, so we didn't do much extra.
I will keep my eye out for the Coho/Silver Salmon. My tiny problem is that unless they serve it on a cruise, I would be hesitant to order it. I am pretty picky about fishy stuff. Or maybe a friend would order it and I could sneak a little when they left the table!
She now doesn't think I'm her crazy old aunt who goes to FL to visit a local amusement park. Mission accomplished. 
Thanks! Actually, I started to give an even more descriptive accounting of our meal there but figured that'd quickly get boring. lol As for being sick, the more I think on it, I feel as though it was a stomach virus of some sort. Oddly, I've been that sick only three times including this time, and two of them have Disney in common! In fact, both Disney-related illnesses happened within 24 hours of eating at the Grand Floridian. I'm not an alarmist, and truly I feel this oddity is mere coincidence. . .but it does make me raise my eyebrows.
BLT was great! We did finally sneak in a visit to the lodge Sat afternoon. Had to see the Christmas decor and get a magic cookie bar. YUM!!!
Ours was a different sort of trip too and I ended up not getting to do many of the things I thought I would - like meeting up with some Groupies!!! Or getting over to the lodge to say hi to you and Mr. Muushka. Or attending the Merry Mixer since a local relative came to visit the night we were going to do the CP so I switched that to the night of the mixer. It was as commando as we've been and included a full day at Universal visiting both of the parks there. We had my two adult nieces along and one had never been. The other had only been once many years ago. The one who had never been always imagined that you could walk everywhere at WDW and that it couldn't possibly take more than a day. So with that in mind we just had to show her everything!!!!!!
A good trip but I do need to plan one with just DH and I where we can relax!
I can't wait to read how you explain a certain stepsister.
I hope your CCCT is magical.
I did go on again this trip but closed my eyes for a lot of it. Virtual and I don't always do so well. 
If you don't get sick though it's really a tremendous ride. The attendants let my nieces ride it a second time since it stopped for awhile on our first trip thru. (probably a clean up! ) They just loved it. I'm more for the Dueling Dragons/Dragon Challenge myself! Also did Olivander's and ate at the Three Broomsticks. Can't imagine it on a busy day though -it gets crowded!!
