PoohsPal
01-14-2006, 08:59 PM
Day 0 – Checked in at Pop around 11:30 pm. Very looong day. Don’t Worry, Be Happy was playing as we entered, so I took that as a very good omen.
Room was fine. I was surprised at how quiet they were (heard value walls were paper thin). Went to bed, as we were going to watch the half marathon in the morning.
Day 1 – Up at 5 am to go see the marathon. Wow. MK with almost no people (about 6:20 am). I saw my first WDW Christmas tree and cried. It was amazing.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/PoohsPal/IMG_1200.jpg
Moved to SSR. Welcomed home at gate and desk. Room assigned was not ready, but they had one that fit our request (NS) ready, “but it’s kind of far away.” They told mom and dad same thing about their room in The Paddock. I don’t understand why they would start with such a negative.
Loved room! Ours was right next to community pool/bus stop. FYI, there are 2 bldgs in the Paddock that are next to community pool/bus stop. Great for kids!! Bus stop with rest rooms and playground would be my dream as a parent!
Towel animals were very cute. Room was perfect for us.
Did last training run, met parents and cousin, went to lunch at AP. I liked it, but was scared to death that DH would not like anything. They seem to keep some very basic flatbreads on the menu, though and he liked those. Whew!
They do have a limited sit down menu at the Turf Club starting around 2 pm. I will post details later.
Had to go to WWoS to get our race stuff and came back in time to go to ’Ohana for dinner with the Tag Team. Liked it, but too meat-oriented for me. Will have to take dh back, though, as he’d love that.
Tried to go to bed early, but could not sleep.
Day 2 – Marathon Day. See Marathon Report
Marathon Report Link (http://www.mouseowners.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13716&posted=1#post13716)
Pretty much just wanted to die rest of day but did drag ourselves to MGM for last showing of Osborne Family Lights. Wow! Worth the hobble!
Hobbled to PI fro the post-marathon celebration but we were cold and tired. SO we hit McD’s and Ghirdelli and called it a night. MMMMMM…. 10% at Ghiradelli. Very nice!
Day 3 – Breakfast at BW Bakery with WISH team. It was good, but I don’t know if I’d go again if I weren’t staying there. I need a little more to my breakfast in the morning. From there, we headed to MGM. Never spent much time there before. Thought we could take it easy and do shows while recovering. Well, it was more like commandoing in slow motion than recovering, but it worked for us. We both wore our medals, as we were told to do so. It helped explain the hobble and CMs made a big deal out of it. That was cool.
I went to ToT first, as Pal Mickey said there was no line. I don’t like scary things or “Demon Drop” type things, but was told I had to do ToT. It was AWESOME!!! Wow. Can’t believe what I had been missing, The special effects were great! From there, we went to get a FP for Rockin’ Rollercoaster. Again, one I had never gotten around to doing. Then we hobbled over to Lights, Motor Action to see about FPs for that. Bev was the CM that told us they were not doing FPs, just comeback ½ hour before and that would be god. Bev commented on our medals and asked where we were from. Guess who was also from West MI? Guess who got director’s chairs for LMA???? That was awesome!!!
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/PoohsPal/IMG_1394.jpg
RnR was awesome too! I think I’ll be spending a little more time at MGM in the future!
We had a Brown Derby/Fantasmic Dinner package and I was really looking forward to it. Got to say that I was VERY disappointed at BD. The food was ok, not quite us, but I knew that going in. The service was awful!!! Our waitress was very nice, but horrible. My water was gone for about 20 minutes before she came back and I had to ask for more. Come on, that’s bad to begin with, but she knew we ran a marathon the day before. 10 minutes later she told me she had not forgotten about my water and another r10 minutes later, she brought it. She never even asked if I wanted coffee with dessert. (Not that I wanted to wait half and hour to get it.) I was very close to getting a manager. If I had more energy, I likely would have. Still might write in (with compliments re. Other CMs).
Saw a shirt here that was really me. "I live in my own world, but that's ok, they knowme here." I'd change world to closet, but close enough. ;)
Fantasmic was great!! Just loved it! Wish the hobble was not so far, but that would not typically have mattered to us. It was evening EMH, so we took advantage of that for a bit. We were really struggling with the walking thing after this, so we called it an early night.
Day 4 – Finally went to MK to play! Did breakfast at the Main Street Bakery and ate outside. Really enjoyed that. Caught a peak of Cinderellabration, but I’m not a big princess person.
Saw Buzz outside his ride. I’m thinking he was there a lot to kind of make up for the ride being closed. Then, off to my favorite ride. I have a pic for my rodent friend.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/PoohsPal/IMG_1415.jpg
Caught Share a Dream Come True, PhilharMagic, TMRR, Splash Mtn, all my fav’s. DH decided to accompany me on Space Mountain. Now last time he went on by accident and was wearing the patch and did ok. I told him not to go this time, but he insisted he could do it, as he did it before. “I didn’t realize the patch would make that big of a difference.” Duh….
Right around the 4 pm start of Cinderellabration, we decided to see if we could get into CP, not expecting we could. We were wrong.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/PoohsPal/IMG_1447.jpg
Now, how come the buffet waiter at CP was 50 times better than the one at BD?? That just blew me away. He got a very good tip! I’m not a buffet person, but dh and I really liked CP.
Stayed for Wishes. Still good, but not Illuminations. Then we headed to DTD, as we were way behind on our shopping. To my horror, Pooh’s Corner was closed!!! According to the CM at The World of Disney, it will reopen in April, but not sure if it will still be Pooh’s Corner. Very disappointing, especially as it is Pooh’s 80th b-day.
We were still pretty sore, so we bussed it back. So not us.
Room was fine. I was surprised at how quiet they were (heard value walls were paper thin). Went to bed, as we were going to watch the half marathon in the morning.
Day 1 – Up at 5 am to go see the marathon. Wow. MK with almost no people (about 6:20 am). I saw my first WDW Christmas tree and cried. It was amazing.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/PoohsPal/IMG_1200.jpg
Moved to SSR. Welcomed home at gate and desk. Room assigned was not ready, but they had one that fit our request (NS) ready, “but it’s kind of far away.” They told mom and dad same thing about their room in The Paddock. I don’t understand why they would start with such a negative.
Loved room! Ours was right next to community pool/bus stop. FYI, there are 2 bldgs in the Paddock that are next to community pool/bus stop. Great for kids!! Bus stop with rest rooms and playground would be my dream as a parent!
Towel animals were very cute. Room was perfect for us.
Did last training run, met parents and cousin, went to lunch at AP. I liked it, but was scared to death that DH would not like anything. They seem to keep some very basic flatbreads on the menu, though and he liked those. Whew!
They do have a limited sit down menu at the Turf Club starting around 2 pm. I will post details later.
Had to go to WWoS to get our race stuff and came back in time to go to ’Ohana for dinner with the Tag Team. Liked it, but too meat-oriented for me. Will have to take dh back, though, as he’d love that.
Tried to go to bed early, but could not sleep.
Day 2 – Marathon Day. See Marathon Report
Marathon Report Link (http://www.mouseowners.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13716&posted=1#post13716)
Pretty much just wanted to die rest of day but did drag ourselves to MGM for last showing of Osborne Family Lights. Wow! Worth the hobble!
Hobbled to PI fro the post-marathon celebration but we were cold and tired. SO we hit McD’s and Ghirdelli and called it a night. MMMMMM…. 10% at Ghiradelli. Very nice!
Day 3 – Breakfast at BW Bakery with WISH team. It was good, but I don’t know if I’d go again if I weren’t staying there. I need a little more to my breakfast in the morning. From there, we headed to MGM. Never spent much time there before. Thought we could take it easy and do shows while recovering. Well, it was more like commandoing in slow motion than recovering, but it worked for us. We both wore our medals, as we were told to do so. It helped explain the hobble and CMs made a big deal out of it. That was cool.
I went to ToT first, as Pal Mickey said there was no line. I don’t like scary things or “Demon Drop” type things, but was told I had to do ToT. It was AWESOME!!! Wow. Can’t believe what I had been missing, The special effects were great! From there, we went to get a FP for Rockin’ Rollercoaster. Again, one I had never gotten around to doing. Then we hobbled over to Lights, Motor Action to see about FPs for that. Bev was the CM that told us they were not doing FPs, just comeback ½ hour before and that would be god. Bev commented on our medals and asked where we were from. Guess who was also from West MI? Guess who got director’s chairs for LMA???? That was awesome!!!
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/PoohsPal/IMG_1394.jpg
RnR was awesome too! I think I’ll be spending a little more time at MGM in the future!
We had a Brown Derby/Fantasmic Dinner package and I was really looking forward to it. Got to say that I was VERY disappointed at BD. The food was ok, not quite us, but I knew that going in. The service was awful!!! Our waitress was very nice, but horrible. My water was gone for about 20 minutes before she came back and I had to ask for more. Come on, that’s bad to begin with, but she knew we ran a marathon the day before. 10 minutes later she told me she had not forgotten about my water and another r10 minutes later, she brought it. She never even asked if I wanted coffee with dessert. (Not that I wanted to wait half and hour to get it.) I was very close to getting a manager. If I had more energy, I likely would have. Still might write in (with compliments re. Other CMs).
Saw a shirt here that was really me. "I live in my own world, but that's ok, they knowme here." I'd change world to closet, but close enough. ;)
Fantasmic was great!! Just loved it! Wish the hobble was not so far, but that would not typically have mattered to us. It was evening EMH, so we took advantage of that for a bit. We were really struggling with the walking thing after this, so we called it an early night.
Day 4 – Finally went to MK to play! Did breakfast at the Main Street Bakery and ate outside. Really enjoyed that. Caught a peak of Cinderellabration, but I’m not a big princess person.
Saw Buzz outside his ride. I’m thinking he was there a lot to kind of make up for the ride being closed. Then, off to my favorite ride. I have a pic for my rodent friend.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/PoohsPal/IMG_1415.jpg
Caught Share a Dream Come True, PhilharMagic, TMRR, Splash Mtn, all my fav’s. DH decided to accompany me on Space Mountain. Now last time he went on by accident and was wearing the patch and did ok. I told him not to go this time, but he insisted he could do it, as he did it before. “I didn’t realize the patch would make that big of a difference.” Duh….
Right around the 4 pm start of Cinderellabration, we decided to see if we could get into CP, not expecting we could. We were wrong.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/PoohsPal/IMG_1447.jpg
Now, how come the buffet waiter at CP was 50 times better than the one at BD?? That just blew me away. He got a very good tip! I’m not a buffet person, but dh and I really liked CP.
Stayed for Wishes. Still good, but not Illuminations. Then we headed to DTD, as we were way behind on our shopping. To my horror, Pooh’s Corner was closed!!! According to the CM at The World of Disney, it will reopen in April, but not sure if it will still be Pooh’s Corner. Very disappointing, especially as it is Pooh’s 80th b-day.
We were still pretty sore, so we bussed it back. So not us.