mickeysmith
8.5 hours too far . . .
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- Sep 8, 2011
Leaving Saturday!! Busy day today. I'm going to go set up my classroom, so that is not hanging over my head when I get back. Groceries, laundry, bathe dog . . . oh, I'm so ready to go play!!
So after a few days here I've noticed the crowds are smaller than the normal summer crowds, but the FP lines are long. In some cases almost as long as the stand-by lines. We used a FP for test track and waited 30 minutes. Standby at 40. Same with ToT today. And it is so hot of course. 99° with a real feel of 111 today. Hydrate!!
We couldn't use our 8pm FP for TT last night. The line was ridiculously long and they said that the wait for the FP line was close to 45min!
We ended up grabbing dd's Birthday Slushy from Club Cool and getting a great spot for Illuminations.
It seems different this summer. With lower crowds the FP lines and the standby lines are about equal. It does not seem to matter if you have FP unless it is a big attraction like FoP.The long FP lines are usually due to a ride being down for a while ( probably a thunderstorm) and then coming back up. This has happened to us a LOT in the summer.
The long FP lines are usually due to a ride being down for a while ( probably a thunderstorm) and then coming back up. This has happened to us a LOT in the summer.
Are you at Poly yet?We will be on the plane to MCO in exactly 12 hours!
How am I supposed to sleep tonight?!?
This happened to us for TT today too.They said the reason was because it was down for two hours earlier in the day.
OMG!! That’s awful! But you are all ok so that’s what matters. The Disney flutes are probably beautiful. The Poly is my favorite resort!! What a place to be to celebrate your anniversary. Glad you had a good day. There are more to come.We arrived at the Polynesian last night around 7:30 after a very difficult drive down from CT. Picture the Griswold family in the movie, Vacation. Absolute disaster involving our luggage that careened off of our roof rack; a box truck that ran over it and dragged our main suitcase with sparks flying and nearly bursting into flames; a car chase to get the suitcase; many of our belongings destroyed; the state police...
A lovely pharmacist at CVS got us our medications after pulling strings and doing cartwheels for the insurance company. We are alive and grateful that it wasn’t worse. Things can be replaced.
Today has been wonderful. My daughter bought us Disney champagne flutes to replace the custom made Lenox crystal flutes that were for our vow renewal but were run over on the highway. We are bouncing back and even beginning to laugh. The Polynesian is truly paradise.
We arrived at the Polynesian last night around 7:30 after a very difficult drive down from CT. Picture the Griswold family in the movie, Vacation. Absolute disaster involving our luggage that careened off of our roof rack; a box truck that ran over it and dragged our main suitcase with sparks flying and nearly bursting into flames; a car chase to get the suitcase; many of our belongings destroyed; the state police...
A lovely pharmacist at CVS got us our medications after pulling strings and doing cartwheels for the insurance company. We are alive and grateful that it wasn’t worse. Things can be replaced.
Today has been wonderful. My daughter bought us Disney champagne flutes to replace the custom made Lenox crystal flutes that were for our vow renewal but were run over on the highway. We are bouncing back and even beginning to laugh. The Polynesian is truly paradise.
@Summer2018 I have been thinking about you and hoping you finally made it and were having some fun after your horrible travels. We are checked our and on the ride home. Hope you enjoy your stay and have a wonderful time.We arrived at the Polynesian last night around 7:30 after a very difficult drive down from CT. Picture the Griswold family in the movie, Vacation. Absolute disaster involving our luggage that careened off of our roof rack; a box truck that ran over it and dragged our main suitcase with sparks flying and nearly bursting into flames; a car chase to get the suitcase; many of our belongings destroyed; the state police...
A lovely pharmacist at CVS got us our medications after pulling strings and doing cartwheels for the insurance company. We are alive and grateful that it wasn’t worse. Things can be replaced.
Today has been wonderful. My daughter bought us Disney champagne flutes to replace the custom made Lenox crystal flutes that were for our vow renewal but were run over on the highway. We are bouncing back and even beginning to laugh. The Polynesian is truly paradise.
Our Disneymoon has been blissful so far. We have put our miserable drive down behind us.@Summer2018 I have been thinking about you and hoping you finally made it and were having some fun after your horrible travels. We are checked our and on the ride home. Hope you enjoy your stay and have a wonderful time.
We were there 7/18 and were walked to Toy Story land at 6:30. It was definitely worth getting up early and doing.When you rope dropped did they let you guys in early (before 7)? I know that they were doing this right after it opened but I haven't heard if that's still something they're doing. I'm interested in rope dropping, but if they open early we'd have to wake up around 5:30, and I know we wouldn't be back in bed until midnight or later
We were there last week and I agree about the fp lines being really long. I assume it was beyond rides being down and people using them all later in the day.So after a few days here I've noticed the crowds are smaller than the normal summer crowds, but the FP lines are long. In some cases almost as long as the stand-by lines. We used a FP for test track and waited 30 minutes. Standby at 40. Same with ToT today. And it is so hot of course. 99° with a real feel of 111 today. Hydrate!!