Yecats solo trip rpt - 11/17/03 Day 4 (Part 1)

[yecats]

Day 4 (Part 1) - Monday, November 17, 2003

CAST OF CHARACTERS:
Yecats - Me, myself and I.
Me is Single, 33 (however, other two personalities - myself is about 10 years old and an advid SM freak and the I personality may be about 60 years especially after getting off of the ToT).

Also on board is my new Canon ZR65 Digital Videocamera nicknamed: Handycam, as it was always in my hand.


PLAN FOR THE DAY:
1. Enjoying PORS in a.m.
2. Boatwrights for Breakfast
3. MGM (Part 2)
4. Dinner at Hollywood & Vine (Part 2)
5. Epcot & Mission Space (Part 3)
6. Oops now I'm sick and dizzy (Part 3)

Ringy, Ding, dong - Mickey is just insisting that I get my but out of bed and its only 8:00 a.m. I decided way ahead of time that today would be a late day at the parks and that my true day wouldn't start until about noon. I decided that I would spend some time in the pool this morning. So pre-breakfast consisted of some pretzels and coke - yummy. So off to the pool I go, BTW, its sunny and heading to 85 degrees today with a heat index of about 90.

The pool area had a few people already staking out seats and bringing breakfast to tables but no large crowd. There were a few people who had the general idea I did and were having a swim. So in the pool I went . Now I am a natural floater, so I am just floating around looking at the trees and thinking that its a normal Monday back at home and everyone is sitting in traffic heading to work - Wow I'm on vacation and have it really good. As I had a breakfast PS at Boatwrights, I decided that at 9:20 it was a good time to head back to the room. The Mousekeeper hadn't been in yet so I go ahead an take my bath and am ready for breakfast at 10:10.

I walked over toward the main building and entered in the side entrance right infront of Boatwrights Dining Hall. I was right on time for my ps for 10:15. There were two families that were waiting for a table and I was instucted that there may be a 10 minute wait. Both families were seated within 5 minutes and another lady had walked up and began to talk to the hostess. This lady had showed up at 10:20 for her 10:30 ressie and was instructed that she would have a wait. At this point the waitress was signaling to me to follow her. The lady standing in front of the hostess had started to ball the hostess out because she had a PS and they should've had a table waiting for her and her family. Now I was just being seated not to far away from behind the hostess station and it was about 10:25. This lady sat there fussing with the hostess up until 10:35 going on about not being seated immediately. The hostess had enough and informed her that there was a food court if her family needed to eat at a certain time. At this point the waitress came up and introduced herself and started a seperate conversation so I never heard what the last word was but her family wasn't lead in to eat.

Anyway, I decided as I was very hungry to order a large chocolate milk, fruit cup and the Crescent City Toast. Chocolate Milk and fruit cup were served immediately. About 7 minutes later the waitress brought this huge plate of food and my mouth fell open. The crescent toast is huge, 3 very large pieces of toast with about 7 strips of bacon. I was totally full when I left at about 11:10.

For some strange reason, I decided that I had some time on my hands and decided to rent a bike and bike my way around PORS to get some nice photos. So over to the bike rental area I go. 5 minutes later, I have a bike and the CM has my room charge to hold (rental for an hour is $7.61 - I asked if you can rent for 24 hour period and was told no the bike would have to be back by 5:00 p.m.). I then proceed to bike all over the property filming the various Alligator Bayou homes as well as the other Mansion homes. I also biked over towards the FQ area but it was blocked off; however, you could see that plenty of refurbishing was still undergoing as the side of the French Quarter that faces Riverside had rows and rows of box springs and mattresses waiting to be brought in to the rooms. Off to the bike barn I head to return the bike. Well I must have only had the bike for 35 minutes and the CM only charged me $4.51 for the bike rental.

Next I decide its time to go to MGM so walked to bus station at the main front depot right when the MGM bus pulled up and before I knew it, it was noon and I was at MGM.

RECAP
Swimming at Ole Man Island in a.m. -
Being at Disney on a Monday when everyone
was heading into work at drivetime -
Breakfast at Boatwrights -
Woman complaining about PS -
Biking around resort -

Stay tuned for Part 2 and what someone can actually fit into one day.

 

[DouglasF]

aaaah! The difference between a reservation and a priority seating arrangement, some people just don't get it. How was the Crescent City Toast? What is it exactly?

Good for you for biking around the resort. I never seem to get around to doing stuff like that. POFQ is one of the many possibilities for my next trip. I'm trying to coordinate things with some friends so we are all staying near one another. Oy vey! Glad to know that the work is progressing on the FQ side, although they are running late. Their initial plan was supposed to be back open in time for Holiday season this year. Oh well! Hopefully, they will be open for my June 1 visit. This way I have the option, at least. Did you notice any rehabbing being done at the Alligator Bayou side? Eventually all of Port Orleans is getting rehabbed - it's a 2 year project. Yikes!

 

[yecats]

Douglas F, seems as though your enjoying reading my reports and I certainly hope that your next trip is wonderful.

Its kind of hard to describe the cresent city toast as it is essentially large french toast strips. Each breadstrip is about 5 to 6 inches in length, 3 inches wide and at least 2 inches in depth. There freaking huge and they give you 3 of these monsters which are all covered in cinnamon and sugar (you'll go into sugar shock after adding on the maple syrup). You definately have to see it to believe it but it is fabulously tasty.

As for POFQ, the boat captains on my various trips to and from PORS to DTD and back have made various mentions to the work. Captain Mark commented that the work at POFQ was just over half way completed and that there are mentions that the resort was supposed to open for spring but may not be open until summer. As we floated past toward DTD you can see that many rooms were completely empty. Captain Mark stated that everything was being refurbished including paint, furniture, pipes and fixtures. After FQ opens, Riverside will be set to close in sections. Mark stated that the overall plan for Riverside is to close parts of it in sections such as closing 2 of the plantation houses together to be refurbed at one time or closing 4 bayou homes at one time. He stated that they have not decided what sections will be closed first but that when RS is to begin a 1/4 of the resort will be closed for refurbishment each time until completed. Nothing at PORS was being refurbished from what I could tell when I was there. Additionally, when Saratoga Springs opens, the boats will all be connected which means if your staying at PORS and you want to take the boat to DTD (was about a 15/20 minute ride with no stops so will probably be a 30/40 ride with additional stops), you'll have to stop at POFQ and Saratoga Springs. Also OKW will be using the same boat system instead of those smaller boats they use now. I will be writing some of this in a later report as I learned this info. later on in the week.

I certainly hope that FQ will be open when you stay there. If so, you have to try the beinets (french donuts). Your going to have a great time.

 

[Minniespal]

Wonderful trip report ~ Thanx for sharing.