GOOD LORD! 17 ADRs??? How on earth did you do it??
Uh oh... long waits and then rain? I hope everything works out okay!
17. ADRs. It was a lot of food, but it was fun! We'd do it again. I was really hoping at the time that long waits and rain wouldn't be the theme of the trip.
Oh, MILs. Do they just not think? Yeah, you had nothing going on right then
. My MIL likes to complain that she never has any money (which is why we paid for her to come with us last time--mistake). She says it to us knowing full well that we have one income, five people in the family, a mortgage, car payments, one of my DD sees FIVE specialists, and I see one. It's just her and her husband at their house, two incomes, no mortgage, no car payments. So just where is her money going?? UGH. She doesn't think. Sorry, that was a little vent and might be off topic...
Anyway, we LOVE CBR. We've done a split stay there before, and we're staying there again next trip (plus one other extra special place!). My girls also aren't fond of pirates (except Jake), but they love the pool there.
Can't wait to see more pictures of the resort! There are never enough!!
I think that our MiLs could be BFFs. Mine has no time. To do anything. She lives alone, has a cleaning lady, a lawn lady, a handyman, etc. Clearly with my full-time job, 5 year old, 2 dogs, husband, house, and lawn to take care of I have tons of disposable time. I think she's made the drive to visit us less than 10 times since Maddie was born. We always have to make the trip, we've got the time!
I think that I'm a CBR devotee now. I loved it there! DH really liked it too, but he's still holding out hope that the BWI or BC magically fits into our budget
Jake is the only pirate Mads likes (and she adores him
), but she did enjoy pool time.
Oh no! Isn't that the way it always happens? Just when you give up waiting, it starts to pour. Can't wait to hear how MiL handles this!
I haven't started the TR yet! As I didn't get Tanny's pics, I only have mine & photopass, so I'm waiting for that to get in, it *should* be here by Friday, fingers crossed!
It certainly sounds like your welcome to disney wasn't as magical as it could have been! That certainly sucks! At least there's nowhere to go but up!
I can't wait to read it! I'll get my PP CD this weekend, so hopefully I can update a little more frequently (plus this weekend is shot--college graduations, proms, and mother's day at a steakhouse all on one weekend, I'll be at work all weekend
)
It wasn't the best start, but I wouldn't write a TR if it was terrible!
Oh no!!!! Sorry about tyour MIL not having her reservation number, the long wait for the ME and then waiting for a shuttle to take you to your room at the CBR. Then to top it all off, it rains! I hope things get better from here.
It was so frustrating! I was sooo prepared, and she soooo wasn't. We had no where to go but up though!
Excited to read the next chapter of your trip report! I absolutely loved the last one. And I'm in the suburbs of Chicago too! Love it here, hope you are enjoying your new place and that there are lots of kids in the new neighborhood to play with.
Can't wait to hear how your MIL handled the rain...
How awful that it started raining as soon as you guys set off. Hopefully you made it back and caught the shuttle!
Thanks for joining in, and for the nice words! We'll be moving into the new house in 3 weeks. I think we'll like the neighboorhood, and we already love the house
It's an exciting time.
Oh the rain. It was interesting...
Oh no, all the hurry up and waiting! And now the rain
So funny that you said that. I use that phrase all the time, because I HATE hurry up and wait!
It was killing me!
And then it rained...
Oh no! Not rain!!
Yup, rain. It wasn't that fun.
Oh dear on your MIL! I hope the rest of the day/trip goes up from there! We stayed at CBR for one night in 2009. Our room was forever away from the main building, and we had to go back 3 times to get a room key that would work. Ay yi yi! Can't wait to read more!!
No Bueno!! Luckily we didn't have any business at Custom House until checkout. I would have freaked out if we had to go back there 3 times! I think that's the only bad feature of CBR, that Custom House is so inconvenient. I guess the hope is that you won't have to be there often
Bring on the next chapter! We are going to CBR in September and I can't wait to get your take on the resort. How was your room location? We will have DD4 so distance is a concern. Love your reports by the way. You have a fantasitic sense of humour and great way of expressing yourself.
Thanks so much for the kind words! You win the prize for my favorite post of the day!
We loved CBR, and for my money, Aruba 51 is the place to be. The buildings closest to Old Port Royale are all preferred buildings (aka more moola). For the standard rooms (we did book water view) Aruba was great. We were steps away from the bridge to OPR. I was worried about DD5 and the large resort, but we had a stroller most of the time, and she really loved going to OPR, and walking over the bridge.
This weekend will be rough, but I promise an update as soon as possible!
RAIN!!!
I totally get the "I wanna go to Disney World" remarks from Maddie. The second time we went, Kadence said the same thing while at Downtown Disney.
Here's hoping you stayed somewhat dry!
Rain. It was a bummer.
Maddie never did stop calling MK Disney World. I guess I don't blame her. If I was 5 MK would probably be the center of the Disney universe to me too