Oh- I forgot they were taking the train......
I just ran into an aquaintance this morning who is taking the auto train to Orlando this summer- she said it was their third time.
And not because of fear of flying. It's because they don't want to pay for a car rental for 15 days. Umm....isn't Orlando home to the cheapest car rentals on the planet? So, they are HUGELY inconveniencing themselves, driving 4 hours to even get ON the train, waiting 3 hours to board after their car, sleeping SITTING UP because they don't get a sleeper, and 17 hours later driving off in Florida to start their vacation completely exhausted- all to save what- $400? (And this is not someone living anywhere NEAR the poverty line).
That does sound extremely crazy to me considering I was able to rent a full size car for 10 days for $145. I know that my bro's train costs were over $2000 with a sleeper on the way down and coach seats on the way back. Sure, they give you food, but who cares? You're on a train forever. It's a day and a half of traveling. Uhmmmm - No thanks!
All I could think was, you are even CRAZEEEEEER than anyone gives you credit for!! And a LOT of people give her plenty of credit for being crazy!
Sorry- I just needed to vent a little.
Venting is good. I like vents. I do enough of it myself.
Ok- back to catching up- between you, Saintstickets & Karin's TRs, I have a TON of DISing to do!!
Ugh - don't you hate when you get really far behind. It sometimes feels like you'll never caught up.
That's ok, the rest of us are reading it at work.
Well, I'm sure some of you are, but we're not supposed to talk about that. Right?
Definitely. I think they got a little more educated as the trip went on.
Apparently, he had already croaked.
I'll say!
It was ridiculous. The buses kept coming and coming, but none of them were the right bus.
Now I'll have to look for another trip report where they complain about a pushy lady at the Saratoga bus stop.
The sad thing is there may be one out there, but I hope not.
I did realize that was a potential flaming momnt.
Well, we already knew that.
It was hard to watch them not get some of the magic, but I wish they had been around for more of the character interactions. It a shame the missed the beginning.
Amazing! So did you get the prize button at the end?
No, but I sure deserved one!
I am up to your famous last words about the rain- and they are making me flashback to our first DISmoms trip- staying at AKV Concierge- when it torentially downpoured for 3 solid days....
And DH & my Sept trip- staying at AKV Concierge- when it torentially downpoured for 2 solid days....
You have had a ton of rain on your trips. I have been very, very lucky when it comes to avoiding rain. It rained the whole week before we got there and then was a tropical storm after we left. So sorry I missed all that.
And it is now making me nervous, because guess where we are staying next May for DISmoms 5??????
UH-OH......
Ok - I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm going to say AKL?
More power to them I guess. LOL!
Yeah right - I guess, too!
I had 2 horrible waits for MK although in both cases I was actually trying to get to the GF and it became a "by whatever bus shows first" scenario. I think but usually it's AK or TL that kills us...or DTD. All seem to be awful, with multiples of every other bus showing up when that's where we want to go.
You're right - the DTD/TL combo can really be a PITA. I can wait about 10 minutes for a bus, 15 max. At 20 mins I start putting my unhappy face on.
either that or a collage for the GF to show how much he missed her. She WAS on the trip with you, just virtually!
I think You are right!
I kept hearing the Rocky theme play in my head as I was running back to CP, dodging guests and strollers and
ECVs.
Too bad there were no art museum steps for me to climb at the end.
Yeah, I've looked hard at TIW for this upcoming trip but I only break even so
DDP works better this time.
Makes sense since we have my TIW to use in October. Otherwise, I could definitely see you going for the TIW. Looks like mine is going to get a workout in October.
Ok that's even funnier that it was Denny who was the instigator!
Denny loves that place. He actually went back to it later that evening!
I am really really looking forward to it, just hoping the weather cooperates and the boys aren't really secretly thinking that park days are planned and then are bummed at the front end.
They may get that urge to go into a park, but seriously, how can you be bummed when there are so many great things to do. Have you considered a water park or DQ as an alternative. In a way the WP seems silly since the cruise is going to be like going to one big water park.
I've never been on it at night, I am SO in. Every time I've tried at night, it's been EMH and it's been closed. WAH!
Great! Let's put it on the list. We could do it during the Halloween party. No waits then!
It's fun at night, especially if you get a good captain.
Good for you on the sleep! That is what you are SUPPOSED to do on vacation!
It really was great getting a good night's sleep every night. I enjoyed sleeping in that room. It was great.
Ribbit!
Wow...I cannot believe it took you 90 minutes to get to the MK? This is what scares me the most about the buses. Mark and I have always rented a car and driven in the past. We did use the bus a couple of times at OKW last September and Mary and I used it exclusively in January. Luckily, we only had a couple of times when we waited more than 20 minutes. But this time we won't be getting a car until the day before we depart.
I think it was a combo problem - staying at the treehouse villas, SSR being such a big place, and a late MK bus. Bad combination. You'll be fine in September. This was June. They totally need to amp up the buses in June!
Love the pictures at the Crystal Palace with the kids...looks like everyone was enjoying themselves. That puffed french toast is my favorite thing after popcorn to eat at Disney.
Yum - that french toast was so good!!!!!! Between the characters and the yummy food, I was on happy girl!
You did have transportation issues, didn't you? I hope it got better when you return to the park.
It did get better, but then it got worse again. That's all I'm going to say.
Fabulous update even with all the horrible waiting and waiting and waiting. You paint an excellent picture. Your nephews didn't complain about the waits? What wonderful children
I don't think they knew any better, so they were really good about it. They really did just with the flow.
Amazingly impressive Buzz score! I do so poorly on that ride it's not even funny.
Hold the trigger down continuously and your score will improve. But seriously, I just lucked out on the score. Twice!
So you hopped on the bus because things were already going downhill that early in the day? I hope you came out of this experience with more positive memories than negative ones.
No. The bus pulled up to the stop while we were walking to the car. My bro's car was in the other direction, so they went straight to their car. I decided just to get on the bus to check it out. Big mistake. I regretted it immediately, but it was too late.
That was pretty much it!
I can think of many worse places to be. I actually bet you had a ball once you got over the shock of getting your dress wet. At that point you probably figured, "what the hey. I'm going for it".
I don't think I'd want to deal with that aggravation.
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Actually, the exact same thing happened to me. I heard the CM announce, rather specifically, that there was no FLASH photography. So I decided to take some pictures with my flash off. In fact, I think I photographed almost the entire right, before I was told that all photography was prohibited. What? 
Ellen! Thanks for stopping by. I know I haven't seen you on the DIS boards lately so I didn't even pm you about this TR. I figured you were away. Glad you found your way over here.
At least I know that when we're driving to the parks, if we're late, it's our fault, that makes me feel a little better! 
