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Mmm those look good! Good for you all rolling with it and getting so much done your first day! And oof a 1:30 am phone call?? I would not be a happy camper!
Mmm those look good! Good for you all rolling with it and getting so much done your first day! And oof a 1:30 am phone call?? I would not be a happy camper!
Mmm those look good!
Good for you all rolling with it and getting so much done your first day!
Hope you got it all out of your system today!
I totally love AKL, but that place is B.I.G. We lucked out and our last room was close to the lobby, but the first time we stayed there we had a 10K walk similar to yours
How have I never heard of those flame tree fries.
And congrats on the 2 park challenge. For all you endured, you did awesome!
We left off making donuts in the plane at about 28,000ft. We did this for about 20 minutes and Mr. Pilot Man comes back and says "Good news!" The airport is back open, we will get you guys on the ground 30 minutes late. Ok dude you must have forgotten we are already 4 hours late from the get go. Oh well, we are finally landing!
I'm not sure what possessed us to check our bags without the magic yellow tags that would have them delivered to our hotel but we deplaned and made our way to bagge claim. Where we waited. And waited. And waited some more. Seems like everyone else has retrieved their bags and it was just us and two or three other folks waiting. Nothing like having your bags be the very last to arrive. Oh well, at least we had them in our hot little hands.
We made our way back over to side B to catch the ME and soon were on our way!
. While on the bus I had gotten the wonderful " your room is ready" email so we were able to bypass the desk, but first let's drop some folks off at AoA and Pop. Ok last off the bus. I see a trend forming here.
The center of Kidani village is where the lobby is, if you walk left and keep going until next Tuesday that is where our room was. Seriously though, if you look left and go to where the bend is, about six "sections" down that's where we were. Poor people who where all the way at the end most have been dying. In all honesty I think it was a 8 minute walk, but it seemed like an endless hallway. They should have golf cart service or at least those moving sidewalks like you see at the airport to take people to their rooms here.
ToT was a walk on, which was awesome, so we rode once and decided it was now a 2 park challenge!! And left HS as Star Wars fireworks boomed overhead. We got right in the bus to Animal Kingdom ( hey maybe our luck is changing!) and went right towards Everest, rode twice and then grabbed a snack at Flame Tree BBQ.
Now in some DVC studios all you have is a queen bed and a pull out sofa bed. I go to make up the sofa bed for Kiya and it pulls out about half way and gets stuck. Nnnooooooooo!!!! 1:00am and Bob has to walk the 17.4 miles back to the front desk, after he had just been there trying to figure out why his MB wasn't working at Disney Springs and tell them our sofa bed is jacked up and we have a tired 9 year old super girl that is ready to expire.
1:30 am and there's a knock on our door and an angel from Heaven in the form of a handyman fixes the sofa bed and then the phone rings.....
Who the %#*^ is calling us at this ungodly hour???????
Coming up... mimosas make everything better
Not only can I believe it, I love it If it wasn't for FP's I'm not sure we'd ever have any plans. I miss the old days of just being able to get out of bed. getting on the first bus that comes and then just going where the universe takes youNow the hubs and I are talking about a trip with NO PLANS AT ALL, can you believe it???
It did and then some, details to come
We left off making donuts in the plane at about 28,000ft.
We did this for about 20 minutes and Mr. Pilot Man comes back and says "Good news!" The airport is back open, we will get you guys on the ground 30 minutes late.
Ok dude you must have forgotten we are already 4 hours late from the get go.
Nothing like having your bags be the very last to arrive.
While on the bus I had gotten the wonderful " your room is ready" email
We walk the 10.8 miles from the lobby to our room
The center of Kidani village is where the lobby is, if you walk left and keep going until next Tuesday that is where our room was.
In all honesty I think it was a 8 minute walk, but it seemed like an endless hallway.
They should have golf cart service or at least those moving sidewalks like you see at the airport to take people to their rooms here.
The room was beautiful though. Sorry but I took zero photos while it was still nice and clean and before hurricane Kiya hit it.
waved quickly at a giraffe outside ( cool!!)
. We got in line at Guest Relations which was fairly short and then the fog of traveling lifted from my brain and I remembered I forgot to move my drivers license from my other backpack to his one. POOH! I can't get my AP without a photo ID and we only had a two day non park hopper ticket so there was no way we could park hop.
Plan C! After a quick "what should we do now" chat we got back to Kidani as quickly as we could, walked the 13.4 miles back to our room, got my drivers license and hauled it back to the bus, but this time for Hollywood Studios. By this time it was about 8pm. Epcot closed at 9:00, so scrap that plan, Hollywood closed at 9:30. So we could still get there, got our AP thing finally sorted and ride one or two things, skip MK because it closed at 10:00.
Sidebar...what's with the early park closings during the Summer???
ToT was a walk on, which was awesome,
decided it was now a 2 park challenge!! And left HS as Star Wars fireworks boomed overhead. We got right in the bus to Animal Kingdom ( hey maybe our luck is changing!) and went right towards Everest, rode twice
Pulled pork cheese fries to the rescue!!
If you have not had these yet shame on you. Go directly to Flame Tree next time you are at AK and get them.
Ok guys, I am not an avatar fan but this place is cool!! We choose to do the Na'vi river journey, which was about a 40 minute wait and then go back to Kidani and call it a day.
Now in some DVC studios all you have is a queen bed and a pull out sofa bed. I go to make up the sofa bed for Kiya and it pulls out about half way and gets stuck. Nnnooooooooo!!!! 1:00am and Bob has to walk the 17.4 miles back to the front desk, after he had just been there trying to figure out why his MB wasn't working at Disney Springs and tell them our sofa bed is jacked up and we have a tired 9 year old super girl that is ready to expire.
Who the %#*^ is calling us at this ungodly hour???????
Coming up... mimosas make everything better
Trip was great, interesting though. Just a few bumps on the road..but it all ended up awesome. Hope your son in law is doing ok!
Oh well, at least we had them in our hot little hands.
Ok last off the bus. I see a trend forming here.
The bus came fairly quickly and soon we were arriving at Epcot.
and we hot footed it over to ToT
and went right towards Everest, rode twice and then grabbed a snack at Flame Tree BBQ.
I am not an avatar fan but this place is cool!! We choose to do the Na'vi river journey, which was about a 40 minute wait and then go back to Kidani and call it a day.
Coming up... mimosas make everything better
Wow what a flight, but glad you got there safely although very much later than expected!
I'm always like, are we there yet while on ME to the resorts?!?
Cute matching Tiaras! Did you wear them the whole time?
we got upgraded to Savannah view, and we though, oh cool, but it was the 2nd to last room down a hall at Jambo House. It was such a nice view but that walk back every day/night
I miss the old days of just being able to get out of bed. getting on the first bus that comes and then just going where the universe takes you
hate that! I assume that they're lost if they're not in the first dozen or so.
Awww!! Look at you guys in your tiaras!
You have to time travel to get to your room! So cool!!
It gets longer the more tired you are.
TR fail!
It was?!?!? Nice!
How was the ride?
1:30am phone calls are seldom good news.
The vertebral fracture was MUCH worse than we all thought, so now won't be going back to work for probably 3 months.
Which is a better track record of my 0 for 3 right now. Stupid Southwest.
That's because there were 5 others that had come and gone while you were walking that 14.8 miles.
Can't wait to do this ride!!
Wow!!! While I think I may have been slightly annoyed with the timing of the call kudos to disney for making it right. If it gets me $250 they can call me at 1am any dayWe left off with our phone ringing at 1:30 am. And as @pkondz said, phone calls at this hour are rarely good news. Except this one.
Bob picks up the phone "Hello Mr. Bob, this is Jason at the front desk, we would like to apologize for the challenges you have had today and would like to let you know I am putting a $250 credit in your portfolio so that you may spend it on anything you wish. Have a good night."
It looks like Kiya and Casey are sushi loving sisters Can't wait to try this on our next trip!
Wow, you all are hard core. Go you!We discussed during brunch what we wanted to do after. Our choices were to go back to the resort or pick a park to visit. We had FP+ for Na'vi River late that night so we were free to do whatever. And so we ultimately decided to revisit the 4 park challenge!
We are always late in disney so you can include us in the club Flying fish was always our go to as well, but we weren' as enamored with their post refurb menu. Looking forward to trying it again on our next trip though.After MK we monorailed it to Epcot and rode Spaceship Earth and Soarin, then had to monorail it back to the Contemporary to pick up the car and drove to HS and rode the Great Movie Ride. (Bye GMR!) we had a dinner reservation at Flying Fish so we were pushing it timewise. We ended up being 15 minutes late for our dinner reservation but they were very nice about it. I'm sure we are not the only ones that are ever late at Disney
We are too cool for the Savannah
Coming soon to a Star Wars themed hotel near you!
ToT is hardly ever a walk on, except if you can hit it right at park opening and right before Star Wars fireworks apparently.
Whoops! Another TR fail! Na'Vi river is a very cool ride, very relaxing and lots of stuff to look at. Kinda on the shorter side like Frozen, but it's beautiful. The boats are only two seats long and hold probably only 6 people. I would FP+ this one if it's really hot out because the que is mostly outside so = hot!
Bob picks up the phone "Hello Mr. Bob, this is Jason at the front desk, we would like to apologize for the challenges you have had today and would like to let you know I am putting a $250 credit in your portfolio so that you may spend it on anything you wish. Have a good night."
What I neglected to tell you earlier when our flight was so incredibly delayed Southwest handed out $100 vouchers to everyone on the flight for the inconvenience. So Kiya and I each received $100, plus the $250 pixie dust from the awesome Jason. So at this point we could care less about our day 1 troubles!
Sunday Bunch at California Grill!
Just FYI if you are driving and have brunch reservations here valet parking is included.
They escorted us up the elevator and immediately handed us a mimosa.
We were given an absolutely beautiful table by the window overlooking the lake out at the GF and MK
Charmaine kept offering us more mimosas ( I had three)
Kiya and I both got eggs Benedict, hers traditional and mine with poached lobster
I think our bill came to $300 something but we had the DxDP So all but the tip was covered.
We grabbed a monorail to MK and rode HM
Sidebar... let me just tell you how wonderful portable fans are. The one Kiya is holding we purchased from Amazon for $15 and it's a USB rechargeable fan with mist. LIFESAVER!! We each had our own and I think I would have been like Olaf by the fire if I didn't have one.
I'm sure we are not the only ones that are ever late at Disney
possibly the best ride on Disney property!
This is Belle! She is hanging out next to her new buddy, Angus.
When we saw her they had already named her Belle so we just new she was meant for us!
Angus, our black cat is huge and we call him the Beast a lot, so how appropriate that we now have Beauty and the Beast
You will love it! Still planning a Dapper Day trip?
There should be a club. Clothing mishaps on Disney trips. You could join; I'd qualify the Disney Springs night after AoA checking incident in that family.
Bob picks up the phone "Hello Mr. Bob, this is Jason at the front desk, we would like to apologize for the challenges you have had today and would like to let you know I am putting a $250 credit in your portfolio so that you may spend it on anything you wish. Have a good night."
Pixie dust at its finest .
So at this point we could care less about our day 1 troubles!
This was one of our favorite dining experiences so far. Lovely Unrushed service, awesome food, beautiful setting and mimosas!! Now if you are paying out of pocket it will set you back some funds. I think our bill came to $300 something but we had the DxDP So all but the tip was covered. I have to say if you are going to splurge on signature restaurants the DxDP isan awesome way to go. I think it runs $106.68 per adult/per day and $38.75/children under 10 and kids can order off the adult menu. The CG brunch more than made up for the daily cost alone.
And so we ultimately decided to revisit the 4 park challenge!
After MK we monorailed it to Epcot and rode Spaceship Earth and Soarin, then had to monorail it back to the Contemporary to pick up the car and drove to HS and rode the Great Movie Ride. (Bye GMR!)
Glad your luck is beginning to change
Things for me to remember:
*poached lobster eggs benedict
*portable misting fans
Aww, you all look so happy! So glad you got some pixie dust to make up for your little wrinkles. And look at all that bonus exercise you are getting, lol!
If it gets me $250 they can call me at 1am any day
It looks like Kiya and Casey are sushi loving sisters Can't wait to try this on our next trip!
Wow, you all are hard core. Go you!
"I walked to my room in less than 12 parsecs."
The longer you stay at Disney, the richer you become!
Oh! Nice. Didn't know they had brunch there.
Nice little perk. Doubt if I ever go, that I'd drive, though.
Yum!!!! And I've never heard of poached lobster Bennies. Was it good?
Cute shot of you guys.
Yes, actually, I am. I will PM you shortly...
had no idea this even existed. That actually sounds really nice. I'm not a big breakfast eater, but can totally see a nice leisurely brunch a bit later with perfectly delightful looking food. And mimosas? Heck yes!
And I'm actually starting to wonder if the DxDP is for me. Seems the more I go, the more I want to try the nicer restaurants and slow down with longer, quieter meals. Hmmm......
We went straight to Pandora to use our FP for Na'Vi River and said hello again to the 10ft. Tall Avatar shaman guy. It's amazing what they can do with animatronics!
We then headed over to the ROL area and we're lucky enough to get seated in the front row.
Sorry guys, picture fail again. Durp. We actually really enjoyed ROL, I had read that some other folks didn't enjoy it so much or thought it was full, but we thought it was really cool.
Plus massive water cannons that show pretty pictures doesn't hurt either.
After ROL we had a mission to get on Flight of Passage. The three of us had agreed that whatever the posted wait time was we would go for it.
Posted wait time when we entered the que jumped to 120, probably due to the 85 person foreign tourist group that got in line in front of us
Seriously. 85 people consisting of 80 teenage girls all holding hands, making a people chain so nobody could break them apart, and 5 chaperones bringing up the rear of their pack. What's with these huge groups that come in the Summer? I had never seen anything like it before, but on this trip we saw several.
Anyhow, even the que for FOP is awesome so it passes the time pretty quickly. It takes you through several themed areas to keep you busy looking at things so you don't realize you're standing for an hour and a half.
I'm sure most of you have read about FOP or experienced it for yourself by now, so I won't go into a lot of detail, but let me just tell you it was amazing. I was a little worried at first because I am prone a little motion sickness but it didn't bother me at all. This ride is definitely a must do!
But no 4 park challenge day is complete without a visit to AK!
10ft. Tall Avatar shaman guy. It's amazing what they can do with animatronics!
Plus massive water cannons that show pretty pictures doesn't hurt either.
I'm not normally a fan of waiting in line more than an hour for anything
I'm sure most of you have read about FOP or experienced it for yourself by now, so I won't go into a lot of detail, but let me just tell you it was amazing. I was a little worried at first because I am prone a little motion sickness but it didn't bother me at all. This ride is definitely a must do!
Yep, I've been hiding again. This real life business really gets in the way of my DIS time for real.
We went down to DW again Labor Day weekend, just for 3 nights
stayed 2 at POR in a Royal Room ( so cool) and then moved to our new home at the Poly for one night using our DVC points.
Bob and I both noticed how we liked the Poly much better this time than when we were there last year. Maybe the fact that we have financially committed to it for 50 years has something to do with it???
We did not visit AK this trip but did go to MK, HS and Epcot.
It was strange seeing all the Halloween stuff up already, it just didn't seem like it was time yet for some reason.
And our server was fantastic. She saw that all Kiya was eating out of the veggies was the broccoli and she brought her out a platter of just broccoli .
We also got to have a quick meet-up with @ChunkyMonkey! It's always so great to see Su-Lynn and her husband!
We had a great but quick trip and can't wait wait for the next one in November!