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Today was check out day 
booo! Alarm went off at 8:30, we hopped up out of bed, got ready, packed up the last few bits and headed down to reception to check out by 9:20. We were meeting up with our friend Steve who we'd met up with on our honeymoon 5&1/2 years ago in Orlando at about 10am so we gave ourselves plenty of time to get checked out and car loaded up.
When I'd done the washing the night before I noticed that one load of washing had a load of marks on it they had come from the brand new washing machine. I rewashed them but the marks didn't come out Most of the stuff with marks on was underwear and pj's, nothing to worry about... but there were also 4 of Sy's Ralph Lauren polo's So while we were down at reception we spoke to them about it. They offered to send the 4 polo's out for dry cleaning, it was a right hassle as we were checking out, but they arranged to hold onto them for us for the 2 nights we would be in Palm Springs.
All in all we were stood there for about an hour! Poor Steve was waiting for us and of course no wifi in Disneyland apart from the hotel so we had arranged a place to meet the night before. Luckily I was able to get hold of him and tell him what the hold up was.
Car loaded up with our things we headed back through the hotel to the parks. We had arranged to meet out front in between the 2 parks and poor Steve was there waiting! We exchanged hugs and then headed inside DL. There had been filming going on all week due to the 60th anniversary and today was no different. We didn't hang about to watch it though. We hadn't been on the train yet so that's where we headed first for a tour of the park
We went all the way round the park and got off again at Main Street. We wandered up to Starbucks and went into grab some food and Sy's Disneyland mug. We waited around for ages for my cheese danish, eventually we went to ask and they had given it out to someone, naughty person claiming my danish. So they made me another one only they gave me 2 for the trouble... and then I didnt like it :O oops! What a waste eh?! When we walked back outside the floor looked like this...
I cant believe we missed whatever happened! It all looked SO pretty! But boy I didn't envy those cleaners lol
We hadn't been on 20,000 leagues under the sea so we went that way first to get a return time on the DAS, the nicest thing happened though, the guy there said he was giving us a magic moment and we didn't have to wait, he was sending us straight on! Awww! How lovely?! They sat us on last and it was a bit of a faff as someone had left an empty seat somewhere so we stood waiting for people to move round while we stood on the stairs. My verdict of the ride? I thought it was really cute and sweet but omg, I felt so claustrophobic, it made me feel really sick and panicky so I doubt I'll ever ride it again.
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Afterwards we headed over towards Roger Rabbit, something I was really looking forward to
on the way we stopped at a popcorn stand which had this beauty...
OMG! Of course I had to make it mine. I got the popcorn in a separate cup cause I didn't want it damaging the precious Cinderella coach
I totally didn't care about having the popcorn but the boys helped me eat it
It was then time for Roger rabbit, I really liked it lol. But then I didn't have high hopes as I see so many people who think its naff.
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We stopped outside to grab a picture.
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Minnie and Mickey's houses
Next up was Indiana Jones. We were chatting with the CM working there who told us its the exact same track as Dinosaur in AK, I didn't know that. I thought it was a brilliant ride but then I like Dinosaur too lol.
We stopped by the castle to get a picture a we hadn't done yet.
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Time was getting on and we really needed to get on the road to Palm Springs so we headed over to CA with Steve, we bumped into this special man on the way in, and he had hardly any queue!
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Sy went into Starbucks to get his CA mug and it was then time to say goodbye We walked to the Grand California exit and said goodbye to Steve for now (we would meet up again on the 60th anniversary!). We walked through reception to pick up our car out front, I set up the satnav to take us there and we finally hit the road at 3:20pm.
The journey was long and fairly dull, plus there was loads of traffic on the roads. However somewhere along the journey, it got HOT! Ahhhh!! Finally!! We stopped on the way to grab some food, we struggled to find somewhere but ended up at a Chik Fil A, now I swore I would never eat here for political reasons however it was the only thing we could find and that popcorn felt like a looooooong time ago. The food was ok but I probably wont eat there again.
We noticed there were a lot of wind turbines on the way there, they would go on for miles. We passed a rather mean looking prison at one point. I cant imagine too many inmates would try to escape that place, there's nowhere to go, and the heat was very intense.
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Something you don't see every day, a train with loads of tanks on.
We finally arrived in Palm Springs at 6:45pm. The hotel was super easy to find. We checked in, dumped our things in the room and headed out to the pool! Finally warm enough for a swim
Some pics of the hotel and pool. I really loved the hotel, just loved the vibe, the décor, the price it was by far the cheapest place we stayed all trip.
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Feeling refreshed from the swim we headed back into the room to shower and chill for a bit before getting dressed up and heading out for dinner. I had a list of places that I wanted to try while we were here, the top of the list was somewhere called Thai Smile. It wasn't too far away but not walking distance by any means (well not Robyn walking distance hahaha) so we headed off in search of it in the car.
We found it pretty easily, parked up outside and went in. We chose a table al fresco as it was such a balmy night.
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We weren't sure what to order so we went for a sharing starter which was lush. So many yummy things. Veggie spring rolls, chicken satay, pot stickers and some prawn things which Sy ate all of lol. Spring rolls were a highlight as they were so good.
We ordered a main each and they came with rice. OMG the portions were HUGE! I had chicken with a spicy peanut sauce, I swear I still have dreams about it! It was so good. Sy went for Kung pao chicken. We tried each others but both agreed mine was the best
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We didn't manage to make it through even half of our mains so we had to take the rest home. When we came to pay the meal had cost less than the night previously in Tony Roma's but just worlds apart as far as quality and taste. It was the stand out meal from the trip and one of the many, many reasons I must return to Palm Springs.
As we were walking out of the restaurant I stopped by a couple to let one of them know their bag was hanging right open and looked like it might empty its contents at any moment onto the floor. We ended up chatting to them for about 20 mintues, they told us the great places to go while we were in town (they lived between Palm Springs and New York, wow!). They even taught us a new acronym 'OPK' Other People's Kids hahaha love your own but hate OPK's lol. Can't remember exactly how we got onto that conversation...
They were such lovely people, I know we could have spent all night chatting given half a chance, sadly though our bed was calling - it had been a long day with lots of driving for Sy and we were just about ready to crash. So we bid them a farewell and hopped into the car and made our way back to the hotel. We jumped straight into bed once we were back at about 9:30pm. We didn't however go to sleep right away, we did the only thing we could do after an amazing meal in beautiful new city.... We ate the rest of our dinner in bed with our fingers (as we had no cutlery) hehehe!!! Aren't we just SO dignified haha but you know what? It tasted pretty damn good and it was WORTH IT! I wasn't letting any of that amazingness go to waste!
Afterwards we watched a bit of TV and crashed into a deep sleep.
booo! Alarm went off at 8:30, we hopped up out of bed, got ready, packed up the last few bits and headed down to reception to check out by 9:20. We were meeting up with our friend Steve who we'd met up with on our honeymoon 5&1/2 years ago in Orlando at about 10am so we gave ourselves plenty of time to get checked out and car loaded up.When I'd done the washing the night before I noticed that one load of washing had a load of marks on it
they had come from the brand new washing machine. I rewashed them but the marks didn't come out Most of the stuff with marks on was underwear and pj's, nothing to worry about... but there were also 4 of Sy's Ralph Lauren polo's So while we were down at reception we spoke to them about it. They offered to send the 4 polo's out for dry cleaning, it was a right hassle as we were checking out, but they arranged to hold onto them for us for the 2 nights we would be in Palm Springs.All in all we were stood there for about an hour! Poor Steve was waiting for us
and of course no wifi in Disneyland apart from the hotel so we had arranged a place to meet the night before. Luckily I was able to get hold of him and tell him what the hold up was.Car loaded up with our things we headed back through the hotel to the parks. We had arranged to meet out front in between the 2 parks and poor Steve was there waiting! We exchanged hugs and then headed inside DL. There had been filming going on all week due to the 60th anniversary and today was no different. We didn't hang about to watch it though. We hadn't been on the train yet so that's where we headed first for a tour of the park
We went all the way round the park and got off again at Main Street. We wandered up to Starbucks and went into grab some food and Sy's Disneyland mug. We waited around for ages for my cheese danish, eventually we went to ask and they had given it out to someone, naughty person claiming my danish. So they made me another one only they gave me 2 for the trouble... and then I didnt like it :O oops! What a waste eh?! When we walked back outside the floor looked like this...
I cant believe we missed whatever happened! It all looked SO pretty! But boy I didn't envy those cleaners lol
We hadn't been on 20,000 leagues under the sea so we went that way first to get a return time on the DAS, the nicest thing happened though, the guy there said he was giving us a magic moment and we didn't have to wait, he was sending us straight on! Awww! How lovely?! They sat us on last and it was a bit of a faff as someone had left an empty seat somewhere so we stood waiting for people to move round while we stood on the stairs. My verdict of the ride? I thought it was really cute and sweet but omg, I felt so claustrophobic, it made me feel really sick and panicky
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Afterwards we headed over towards Roger Rabbit, something I was really looking forward to
on the way we stopped at a popcorn stand which had this beauty...
OMG! Of course I had to make it mine. I got the popcorn in a separate cup cause I didn't want it damaging the precious Cinderella coach
I totally didn't care about having the popcorn but the boys helped me eat it It was then time for Roger rabbit, I really liked it lol. But then I didn't have high hopes as I see so many people who think its naff.
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Next up was Indiana Jones. We were chatting with the CM working there who told us its the exact same track as Dinosaur in AK, I didn't know that. I thought it was a brilliant ride
but then I like Dinosaur too lol.We stopped by the castle to get a picture a we hadn't done yet.
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Time was getting on and we really needed to get on the road to Palm Springs so we headed over to CA with Steve, we bumped into this special man on the way in, and he had hardly any queue!
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[/URL]Sy went into Starbucks to get his CA mug and it was then time to say goodbye
We walked to the Grand California exit and said goodbye to Steve for now (we would meet up again on the 60th anniversary!). We walked through reception to pick up our car out front, I set up the satnav to take us there and we finally hit the road at 3:20pm.The journey was long and fairly dull, plus there was loads of traffic on the roads. However somewhere along the journey, it got HOT! Ahhhh!! Finally!! We stopped on the way to grab some food, we struggled to find somewhere but ended up at a Chik Fil A, now I swore I would never eat here for political reasons however it was the only thing we could find and that popcorn felt like a looooooong time ago. The food was ok but I probably wont eat there again.
We noticed there were a lot of wind turbines on the way there, they would go on for miles. We passed a rather mean looking prison at one point. I cant imagine too many inmates would try to escape that place, there's nowhere to go, and the heat was very intense.
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Something you don't see every day, a train with loads of tanks on.
We finally arrived in Palm Springs at 6:45pm. The hotel was super easy to find. We checked in, dumped our things in the room and headed out to the pool! Finally warm enough for a swim
Some pics of the hotel and pool. I really loved the hotel, just loved the vibe, the décor, the price
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Feeling refreshed from the swim we headed back into the room to shower and chill for a bit before getting dressed up and heading out for dinner. I had a list of places that I wanted to try while we were here, the top of the list was somewhere called Thai Smile. It wasn't too far away but not walking distance by any means (well not Robyn walking distance hahaha) so we headed off in search of it in the car.
We found it pretty easily, parked up outside and went in. We chose a table al fresco as it was such a balmy night.
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We weren't sure what to order so we went for a sharing starter which was lush. So many yummy things. Veggie spring rolls, chicken satay, pot stickers and some prawn things which Sy ate all of lol. Spring rolls were a highlight as they were so good.
We ordered a main each and they came with rice. OMG the portions were HUGE! I had chicken with a spicy peanut sauce, I swear I still have dreams about it! It was so good. Sy went for Kung pao chicken. We tried each others but both agreed mine was the best
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We didn't manage to make it through even half of our mains so we had to take the rest home. When we came to pay the meal had cost less than the night previously in Tony Roma's but just worlds apart as far as quality and taste. It was the stand out meal from the trip and one of the many, many reasons I must return to Palm Springs.
As we were walking out of the restaurant I stopped by a couple to let one of them know their bag was hanging right open and looked like it might empty its contents at any moment onto the floor. We ended up chatting to them for about 20 mintues, they told us the great places to go while we were in town (they lived between Palm Springs and New York, wow!). They even taught us a new acronym 'OPK' Other People's Kids hahaha love your own but hate OPK's lol. Can't remember exactly how we got onto that conversation...
They were such lovely people, I know we could have spent all night chatting given half a chance, sadly though our bed was calling - it had been a long day with lots of driving for Sy and we were just about ready to crash. So we bid them a farewell and hopped into the car and made our way back to the hotel. We jumped straight into bed once we were back at about 9:30pm. We didn't however go to sleep right away, we did the only thing we could do after an amazing meal in beautiful new city.... We ate the rest of our dinner in bed with our fingers (as we had no cutlery) hehehe!!! Aren't we just SO dignified haha but you know what? It tasted pretty damn good and it was WORTH IT! I wasn't letting any of that amazingness go to waste!
Afterwards we watched a bit of TV and crashed into a deep sleep.
