Cloe Colton
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Wow that room is just insane!! I dont think I would know what to do with myself! haha
Well thank you And you're right, these positive, pixie dust moments are few and far between. It's unfortunate that a regular ol' Disney vacation isn't special enough anymore lots of times to lots of people and many don't feel they've gotten their moneys' worth or whatever unless they get something "extra". This made us feel SO special! This may sound weird but it kind of made all the thousands and thousands of dollars we've handed over to Disney seem.......worth it Steve may not feel that way lol but it was great to feel "loved" by the place I love!It's so much fun to read about your experience. There's so much negativity with Disney these days, raising prices, crowds, construction, etc. and it's great to read about a totally fun pixie-dust filled trip. Love your pics and your writing and looking forward to more!
That's how Steve felt! If I wasn't such a "go, go, go" person in Disney or our trip was longer I probably would have spent more time in the room, but I had things I wanted to get done! It was hard leaving every day though, and hard coming back at night knowing another day of that wonderfulness was gone.Oh my goodness! I am in love!!!!! I would never want to leave those beautiful rooms! Can't wait to see more pictures!
So did we! We may have pretended we didOh man. I want to live there! So jealous
Right? It would have to be like a 75% discount!Even discounted I don’t think that would ever fit into my budget
Um, almost I told him there was no need for us to share a bathroom with 2 people in the room and 2.5 baths, so he pretty much used the 2nd full bathroom! I let him in the master bath a few times though, I'm nice like that.two for you and 0.5 for Steve?
That Roy bounceback would have had to have been FREE RESORT lol!I hope you booked it for them with a Roy Suite bounceback offer
glad you're here! Yes, it was most definitely a pixie dust filled trip and an upgrade SO beyond anything I ever imagined getting!I'm late in.. wholy pixie dust... very nice upgrade!
That's ALL of our trips! But we like it that way.Well, if it's anything like my September trip, I'll get there and my itinerary will go out the window!
So of course I'm still up in the air with a few things lol, but right now I have it like this:What's yours look like?
Thanks for coming along againFollowing along. Ive enjoyed reading your past reports so I'm sure this one will be great as well.
Ugh, believe me 100% when I say I feel for you and her. I assume she's normally a very active/athletic kid? And insurance SUCKS. We're going through the school insurance since he was hurt there (both times ) and they're even worse than normal health insurance.On a side note, my daughter is scheduled for ACL surgery December 10th. She tore it snowboarding over spring break and we went 4 months back and forth with the doctor before insurance approved an MRI.
Ricky's surgeon doesn't believe in bracing AFTER surgery, and the first time he tore it he didn't brace him until surgery. But it was less than 2 months from injury to surgery. The 2nd time he tore it in early April and we decided the surgery wouldn't be until July 20th so he could take driver's ed and enjoy at least half the summer, so the surgeon did suggest a brace. Best of luck to your daughter! It's not easy, and while there is pain I have to say I feel the recovery is worse. But being so young it's really not an option to not have the surgeryhe said we could delay surgery until her Christmas break as long as she was fitted for her brace and wore it until then.
I hope you enjoy my report! It certainly was I still can't believe it when I tell people, "we stayed in the Roy Disney Suite" !I'm late to the party -- but that is a heck of an upgrade!
Yes I'm sure that's it, it's cool and scary at the same time lol.I bet it's a combination of scanning your MB to get on MDE, as well as the hotel likely uses the long range RFID to let them know when you actually enter the building.
I think we do too, especially after all the crap this year. And it IS gorgeous and ridiculously big!! I still can't believe it's only for FOUR people!The suite is gorgeous. You definitely hit the Pixie Dust jack pot!!!! You and Steve totally deserved it!!!
Yes! There was a button on the remote and when you pushed it (well, when Steve pushed it, that became his "toy" lol), the tapestry went up to reveal the TVI love all the pictures that I've seen so far. This TV is really intriguing - does the art roll up to reveal the TV?
Nope. IDK if they ever actually tell you, unless it's a situation where you had a horrible experience so they upgrade you, like you walk in your regular room and it's filthy, or it floods, or something like that. I still have my suspicions and for the most part I think it was either because of my "job", or because our year has sucked so far and the universe just decided it was time to give us a little somethingDid you ever find out? Just lucky? I always wonder how the mouse decides who to upgrade...
Steve kept saying why couldn't this happen when we're staying for a weekWowzers! Too bad it was only 4 days!! I always want to stay longer, BUT that suite would make it EVEN harder to leave!!!!
I would, and then it would be page upon page of no words, just pics lol. But believe me there are tons more coming! The details were cool and of course we didn't notice them all at once so we kept finding them during our (way too short) stay.Holy crap, I'm drooling already over the suite! I say just spam us with pictures, lol! I love all the details, like photos, and yes I would think of Mary Poppins every time I looked at those umbrellas!
maybe if they sell their computers, video games, fancy expensive sneakers, etc., we can put that $$ towards the R.D. suite!I just don't understand why you can't fit the suite in your budget for those poor deprived boys of yours for Thanksgiving!
Mine definitely was smaller, it was a cottage and I think the whole 2 floors were the size of the living room!Pretty sure my first apartment was smaller than the entryway
And so happy for all of us that we get to live vicariously through your report to see it for ourselves
Welcome back, I can't wait to hear about your tripI am back and trying to catch up on everyones TR!
It's like TWO apartments lol, we kept getting lost!Seriously, it's a whole apartment!
Did you enjoy Geyser Point?So, we went to Geyseur Point for dinner our last night and seriously, we walked into the lobby and we both just took in deep breaths and just said how much we love Wilderness Lodge!!!!
When we first walked in to it we honestly didn't know what to do either! We just kept walking from room to room, amazed and lost lol, wondering what the hell we did to end up here!Wow that room is just insane!! I dont think I would know what to do with myself! haha
OMG HUBBA HUBBA I enjoyed your pics on FB but these are amazingHoly OMG!! The living room is bigger than a regular resort room!!!
good wasn't it?That's red velvet cake!
Steve kept saying why couldn't this happen when we're staying for a week
What did that immense master bedroom look like?
the other bedroom
By now you all know that come December it will no longer be a signature restaurant but a character meal.
We both got the same thing:
Filet Mignon - choice of house side
(not sure why my computer won't let me make filet mignon pink)
What did that immense master bedroom look like?
Yum! These look good but I'm a sucker for scallops. Like Steve corn not so much, but I could make an exception for scallops!
He loved this, the scallops were tender and the roasted corn, which he normally doesn't eat (he likes green veggies WHAT?? Too healthy for me) complimented them.
This was our very favorite stop for beer at the festival last year. No one seemed to know it was there and we found a gose we loved and kept going back for. Sorry your cider was a bit of a bust though.However once inside I realized it wasn't actually IN the Light Lab, but outside the Light Lab. No matter, I got my cider flight!
This sounds amazing. I'll have to try the lindt bar. Funny aside Casey got a bunch of gummies at a candy store while we were in Savannah and I broke into them last night after a couple of glasses of wine One of them was a pepper shape which I figured was for looks only. Well imagine my surprise when I put the whole thing in my mouth and it tasted just like a hot pepper. I promptly spit it out. Anyway I'm sure yours was infinitely better but thought I'd share my experience with sweet and "chili"
Mmmm, dark chili chocolate! Yes this is "spicy", and the mango compliments the heat perfectly. After trying this last year I discovered the Lindt dark chocolate chili bar and OMG I just wish I'd discovered it years ago!
I feel bad posting kids I don't know but look at the moms face. She's looking at me like "why the #@* are you taking a picture of my kids????" Which I know in this day and age isn't funny......but I sort of think this picture is
Can I just comment that you said it was 200 degrees out and this woman is wearing long sleeves and pants!!!! In Florida. In September.
I thought this was Cathy and her kid after you said you met them. I was wondering why you posted such a bad picture of them
Nice lady in the picture - and you look fabulous btw considering I had sweat dripping everywhere sweat can possibly drip on a woman - if you're reading this
This is just simply amazing. I'm infinitely jealous but can still manage to be happy for youWe proceed down the hallway looking for room #4311 and eventually come to a roundish area with double doors on each side. We realized the set of double doors to our right was OUR SUITE, and we could barely contain our excitement now that it was in front of us! I had been wondering for the last few hours why we got this upgrade; I kept thinking I'd get a phone call or text saying it was a mistake lol. But sure enough our MB's opened the door and this came into view:
Good thing we didn't get this room. Jason would be figuring out how to do this in our house!Wait, WHERE'S the TV you ask? It's here!
I still cannot believe they are doing this. What's next, Narcoossee's turns into Ariel's lair because they serve fish? Jiko and Rafiki? California Grill and Pochantas because I'm sure she was there at some point? There is plenty of character dining in Disney. Please don't mess with my signature restaurants. Ok PSA overe were here for dinner at Artist Point which I originally didn't have planned. We enjoy it and I did plan on coming with the boys in November, but when I heard it would be closed and then reopening with a different menu and as a character meal, I needed to get in one more visit while it was a signature.
I still can't believe the Judas that you are eating this. It looks disgusting. It sounds disgusting. But I do hope they continue to have it at the Territory Lounge so you can have some in May and I can get photographic evidence of you sticking your face in the bowl
Look. At. That. Bowl of amazingness. Friends, some of you may remember a dining report of mine from years ago where I stated that I don't like mushrooms, but that changed when I had this soup for the first time. This is the s**t! I always want to stick my face in here and lick every drop from the bowl but I refrain, begrudgingly. Our server told us that they were told the soup would still be available after the character meal began, so I'm hoping really really hard that it doesn't disappear from the Territory Lounge menu!
Good lord that is a lot of cheese. Is there any lettuce under there
Its been several years since our one club level experience, but they had beer and wine right out in the lounge them. Though I'm sure if we were in GF CL they may go back that direction because those cast members would be sick of getting me drinks real dang quick.From 8-10 they have desserts and cordials and this was about 9:45, so we just caught the very end. There were quite a few people in the lounge though but no CM pouring wine, beer, etc. We did find out that all ya gotta do is ask for it; all ya gotta do is ask for anything at any time, which is exactly how it was when we stayed club level at WL.
This room is just gorgeous. Though I had to chuckle at "my" changing room as clearly they put it there purely for your convenience
Above you can see the little alcove with a desk, which is the one thing I think I forgot to take a close up of! Straight ahead is my changing room, to the left where the light is shining out of is the master bathroom; pictures of both to come. if you take a right just after the desk you're in the entry way/living room.
Dana thinks that you got the upgrade because of your job, but most of the time when you hear about people getting extra special upgrades it is just a random thing. I would be happy with any kind of an, especially a club level upgrade, but your upgrade was beyond the normal pixie dust.I still have my suspicions and for the most part I think it was either because of my "job"
That would be really nice if the Territory Lounge served some of the AP favorites, but it probably won't include our favorite Oregon Blackberry cobbler.Our server told us that they were told the soup would still be available after the character meal began, so I'm hoping really really hard that it doesn't disappear from the Territory Lounge menu!
It looks like it snowed on his salad! That looks like a little too much cheese to me.Romaine Salad - Caesar Dressing, guanciale, cotija cheese, amaranth seed, cubeb pepper
We usually order our favorite cobbler when we eat at Artist Point, but since we were CL on this trip, we waited for the delicious cobbler they serve in the Old Faithful Club. I am not a big cobbler fan, but their cobbler is really good, especially my favorite mixed berry cobbler. Were you also thinking about getting dessert in the RPC lounge when you decided not to order it at AP?This dinner was delicious! I wanted dessert, they're famous cobbler, but I was beyond full; we both were.
Those desserts are really cute. It is hard not to grab something when it all looks so good.From 8-10 they have desserts and cordials and this was about 9:45, so we just caught the very end. There were quite a few people in the lounge though but no CM pouring wine, beer, etc. We did find out that all ya gotta do is ask for it; all ya gotta do is ask for anything at any time, which is exactly how it was when we stayed club level at WL.
After such a busy day, it must have been hard to stay awake long enough to enjoy all that luxury.Eventually we made our way back to our large living area. We got ready for bed in our own, private bathrooms; no need to share when there's 2 people and 2.5 bathrooms! And then settled into our immense master bedroom to watch TV for a bit.
I wonder that too. I have a few theory's on what helps to get the room upgrades. I really wonder if not doing online check in helps. I am also guessing that the shorter the stay the easier to get an upgrade?We could NOT get over this suite. We were in shock, and in love, and full of excitement and gratitude. Steve doesn't do the DIS but I tell him when I read about people who get the upgrades and all the pixie dust FP's so of course we both wonder why it's never us - don't we all?? And now it was
We almost tried to go here on our trip but decided I didn't want a heavy meal and went to Geyseur Point instead.
Look. At. That. Bowl of amazingness. Friends, some of you may remember a dining report of mine from years ago where I stated that I don't like mushrooms, but that changed when I had this soup for the first time. This is the s**t! I always want to stick my face in here and lick every drop from the bowl but I refrain, begrudgingly.
I am really surprised that they took this off the menu with the new menu. It seems like one of the more popular items. I mean.Our server told us that they were told the soup would still be available after the character meal began, so I'm hoping really really hard that it doesn't disappear from the Territory Lounge menu!
Good Research!This dinner was delicious! I wanted dessert, they're famous cobbler, but I was beyond full; we both were. We chatted a bit with our server Mary about the new character meal:
-she said some new decor was coming to make the restaurant look more "foresty"
-as I mentioned, the staff were told that "favorites" from the menu would still be available elsewhere
-they were also told that the food would be "above" that of other character meals, but.......she wasn't that hopeful about that.
What are those? Those are so cute!
And those too! I seriously would want to take all of them back to the room for later. I would end up with a giant stash of desserts. Ha.
How cute??? Anything Mickey shaped has to be tasted:
I want that headboard and chaise! It wouldn't fit in my bedroom but I love it....
I wonder if the occupant before you was a huge star wars fan OR even someone that was there for something FOR the new Star Warsland! I mean that suite WOULD warrant people of THAT level! I think you should make a whole "story" about what that book is there.
I don't think it fits the GF theme, and my guess is it's there due to GE opening and it'll be something different afterwards.
Ugh, believe me 100% when I say I feel for you and her. I assume she's normally a very active/athletic kid? And insurance SUCKS. We're going through the school insurance since he was hurt there (both times ) and they're even worse than normal health insurance.
Ricky's surgeon doesn't believe in bracing AFTER surgery, and the first time he tore it he didn't brace him until surgery. But it was less than 2 months from injury to surgery. The 2nd time he tore it in early April and we decided the surgery wouldn't be until July 20th so he could take driver's ed and enjoy at least half the summer, so the surgeon did suggest a brace. Best of luck to your daughter! It's not easy, and while there is pain I have to say I feel the recovery is worse. But being so young it's really not an option to not have the surgery
You could do like, four or five cartwheels from one end to the other!!
Thanks! I feel that way every single time I look at them againOMG HUBBA HUBBA I enjoyed your pics on FB but these are amazing
We kept telling people we could have a party with 75 of our closest DIS friends in thereForget the parks, you had enough room in there for your own park. Awesome.
I agree, you're definitely more likely to get an upgrade on a short trip and when I hear about them here on the DIS, they are normally shorter trips.My theory on upgrades like this - the shorter the trip, the better the chance of an upgrade.
And adding on to my previous comment, they wouldn't want to keep these expensive suites filled with upgraded guests for a whole 7-10 days, this being one reason!I think they would need to have a few of their suites across the properties available for any last minute guests willing to pay $$$$ or for any last minute VIPS.
lmao, I stopped at making him use a different bathroomDid you make Steve sleep there? I'm sure we would have called it our 'mid-day napping room'.
I don't blame you for booking it, I kind of want to experience it, too. I know on my FAM next October we're going to do it but that's a year away so I'll have seen tons of reviews here before that! I also won't have a choice as far as where we eat on that trip lolWe booked this for April but I'll wait and see how the reviews are before I decide if we're going to keep it or not. My mom really loves Snow White, which is the only reason I booked it to begin with.
It's actually linked to a different picture of a Filet Mignon…weird.
I remember that gose you loved, I wanted to get it the day after you told me about it but never made it backThis was our very favorite stop for beer at the festival last year. No one seemed to know it was there and we found a gose we loved and kept going back for. Sorry your cider was a bit of a bust though.
Did Casey eat any of them???? That's so weird, a pepper flavored gummy for kids??Funny aside Casey got a bunch of gummies at a candy store while we were in Savannah and I broke into them last night after a couple of glasses of wine One of them was a pepper shape which I figured was for looks only. Well imagine my surprise when I put the whole thing in my mouth and it tasted just like a hot pepper. I promptly spit it out. Anyway I'm sure yours was infinitely better but thought I'd share my experience with sweet and "chili"
We saw so many people in winter type clothing and it almost made me want to pass out Just added to her ridiculousness!Can I just comment that you said it was 200 degrees out and this woman is wearing long sleeves and pants!!!! In Florida. In September.
Well isn't that sweet of you Maybe it was to make up for us not being able to go in August!I'm infinitely jealous but can still manage to be happy for you
Well! A little more pissy than me, aren't you? But I get it and fully agree. However if they do want to turn more sigs into character meals, at least I have some ideas to give them nowI still cannot believe they are doing this. What's next, Narcoossee's turns into Ariel's lair because they serve fish? Jiko and Rafiki? California Grill and Pochantas because I'm sure she was there at some point? There is plenty of character dining in Disney. Please don't mess with my signature restaurants. Ok PSA over
Maybe I can get enough in you to get you to try a spoonful!!!I still can't believe the Judas that you are eating this. It looks disgusting. It sounds disgusting. But I do hope they continue to have it at the Territory Lounge so you can have some in May and I can get photographic evidence of you sticking your face in the bowl
That is definitely cheeseGood lord that is a lot of cheese.
That's how it was at WL, and during the "dinner" from 5-7 they had the wine and beer out at GF, too. Not sure why they didn't during cordials........Its been several years since our one club level experience, but they had beer and wine right out in the lounge them.
Yes, it is usually random and ours could have been, too! The one thing I find weird is that they'd put 2 people in such a huge suite but hey, I really shouldn't think on it too hard. I'm sure it had to do with being much easier to fill the standard outer building room we had booked than the Roy Disney suite!Dana thinks that you got the upgrade because of your job, but most of the time when you hear about people getting extra special upgrades it is just a random thing.
Well, if their going to keep the soup there's a good chance they'll keep the cobbler, I think it's just as popular!That would be really nice if the Territory Lounge served some of the AP favorites, but it probably won't include our favorite Oregon Blackberry cobbler.
There's bacon there and the rest I believe is the "salsify" which I think is a type of celery root? It was also a little bit salty and crunchy, very good!What are those things that look like potato chips in your bowl of soup?
I had the cobbler when we stayed CL at WL; I thought it was almost as good as the AP cobblerWe usually order our favorite cobbler when we eat at Artist Point, but since we were CL on this trip, we waited for the delicious cobbler they serve in the Old Faithful Club.