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Walking into your resort!
When we get off that Disney bus I am so happy!!!
We walk into the Wilderness Lodge, my mom checks in, I sit in the rocking chairs in front of the huge TV, then we go straight to the gift shop! Every single time! I get chills just thinking about it! I am listening to Disney World music right now, and I have an extreme urge to go to Disney!
5 weeks, 6 days, 1 hour, and 33 minutes!
'98-Wilderness Lodge
'99- Wilderness lodge
'03- Wilderness Lodge
'05- Wilderness Lodge
August '08- Wilderness lodge!!!
"I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you."
"When hinges creak in doorless chambers... and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls.. whenever candlelights flicker... where the air is deathly still... that is the time when ghosts are present... practicing their terror with ghoulish delight."
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But you're going soon! I won't be headed back for a while. I agree, there's nothing like that feeling of finally getting there and knowing all the fun you have ahead of you. I love checking in. Walking up those red pavers, past the old-fashioned car, carriage, and greeters at the GF gets me every time, and then that first glimpse of the lobby... sigh.
Sherri
Next: Aulani Celebration 10/2018 (50th)
Past Stays: Contemporary, GF, Poly, BC, POP, POR, Dolphin, AKL Kidani, BLT
1990 August Honeymoon- GF
Delighted Disney Return Guest since 1981, DVC (BLT) since 2014
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I wish I could just go sit and soak up the atmosphere while someone else checked in and handled all the paying.
But still, I know what you mean. Even though I'm in line checking in, I'm still feeling that transformation from outside "real world" to that Disney Magical feeling.
67 days and counting (and I still don't have plan tickets)
Marker from MO
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I love walking into the Boardwalk - there is something so soothing about the decor, the music, and the lighting. Normally I check us in - am told "Welcome Home!" and then if the room is ready we head straight to the room, if it's not ready we usually head straight down to the Boardwalk and to the bakery for some lunch.
~Amanda
"They punch a hole in the sky with FIRE and MATH!" - Gary podcast #19
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Yes, it's a great feeling, full of expectation and excitement. Sort of the opposite of the feeling of walking out of the resort to head home...
Steve (aka brownie)
INTERCOT Staff: Accommodations & Mousellaneous
ASMv 4/00, 10/01, 11/03, 5/21
ASMu 8/12, 11-12/22
AKL 6/18
BC 9/94
CSR 8/14, 3-4/22
POP 11-12/10, 3/12, 10/12, 7/17, 4/22
POFQ 10/01
POR 9/04, 1/16, 11/19
WL 12/03
Disneyland 6/07, 1/15
Disney Dream 8/14
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I can completely agree! I am a grown man and I become a little kid when I enter into the hotels in WDW.
Offero
81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 90 - Disneyland (Off Site)
83 - Offsite
95 - Offsite
00 - Kissimmee
03 - Pop Music
06 - Port Orleans/ Cruise
"The crowd which follows me with admiration, would run with the same eagerness were I marching to the Guillotine."
Napoleon Bonaparte
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When we come in the front door of the Coronado the DW and DD make a left at the fountain and head for Panchito's while I make a right and start the checking in process. Somebody's got to do it, but I soak in the vaulted ceiling and the southwestern music as I stand in line waiting for my turn to check in and thinking about the fun to soon come!
"Believe me, it's the most exciting and challenging assignment we have ever tackled at Walt Disney Productions."
Walt Disney speaking on the future Disney World
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I love to check us in. I am too excited to even sit down so I might as well. Plus I am the planner of the group. The next time we go we will be a grand gathering which will be even more paperwork involved- but who cares i'll be in Dinsey!!!!
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Walking into the resort for the first time makes it concrete that I'm no longer in the "real world." Nothing beats the excitement of knowing that I'm really in WDW but that my whole trip is still ahead of me!
Soarin' to tower: We are ready for takeoff!
1986 - Royal Plaza
1987 - Disney Inn (Now SOG)
1990 - CR
1993 - POFQ
1994, 1997 - Travelodge (now Best Western LBV)
2001, 2002 - WL
2004 - GF
2007 - POR
2008 - CSR
2009 - Pop/Poly
2010 - VWL
2011 - Cruise on the Dream
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Sorry, I don't even get that far!! As we are approaching the resort and I first see the sign...the first thing that comes to mind is that synth-pop song from the 80' 'Pop Music' I change the words in my head to 'Pop Century'
Sick, aren't I????
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Originally Posted by RocknBev
I agree....even though I hated staying at POP...
I've stayed at All-Star Movies, All-Star Sports, All-Star Music, Pop Century, Caribbean Beach Resort, Port Orleans French Quarter, Port Orleans Riverside, and if I can count it Dixie Landings, and have NEVER hated staying at any of them. I'm always happy to be there.
And as someone else said, I too start getting that feeling as soon as we drive under the Walt Disney World archway. There is a definite "comfort" feeling at that moment.
And then walking through the front doors into the lobby, regardless of which resort it is, just tops it off.
Marker from MO
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The best thing about walking into the hotel is the Disney atmosphere. No matter where you stay, you can feel it. I can't wait to see how PORFQ is going to feel. We've never stayed there before.
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I love the feeling of parking and going into the lobby at POR and checking in...I also love every time we come back on the bus...Its that feeling of I am home...
♥ Amy ♥
80 Camping șoș
89 Offsite șoș
05 ASM șoș
06-07-08-09-10-10-11-12-13-14-15 POR șoș
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I fell in love when I walked into CBR. It was like really being in the Caribbean. I have to agree that going under the sign for WDW is the start of that "tingly feeling" though.
I love the grounds of the CBR and I thought seriously that every night of our last trip that I would take a stroll around the lake. That is way too funny....I was so exhausted when we returned at 12-1 am that all I could do was crawl in bed and that was even on days we took a mid-day break!
Grammie
July 1988 Disneyland
Aug 1997 Dixie Landings
July 2003 off site
Dec 2004 Day trip to Epcot
Nov 21-Dec 1, 2007 CBR
Nov 18-28, 2009 POP
Nov 18-26, 2016 POP
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Im always too flustered at check in to enjoy it. I never get the room request and then worry about the room assignment.
Moe
1991 CBR, Honeymoon
2004 POFQ
2005 BC & Poly
2006 Yacht Club
2007 Yacht Club
2009 Boardwalk Inn
2010 Boardwalk Inn
2011 Boardwalk Inn
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Originally Posted by moe513
Im always too flustered at check in to enjoy it. I never get the room request and then worry about the room assignment.
Sadly after our last trip I think I am now in your group...had check in difficulties "to the max" at the All-Star Movies...and minor difficulties at the CBR...so on our next trip it might take the moment after check-in to let my guard down and relax.
But to me the very best check-in feelings have come at the AKL and Wl....the lobbies of those places just completely drain away the worries of life outside of Disney. I love to sit in the lobbies and look out the big windows, or by the fireplaces on cool (by Fla standards) winter nights.
There's a great big beautiful tomorrow
CR 74, 7, 11 Offsite 79,80,98,00,8 (2) Sports 94 DD 02 AKL 05, 08 AKLV 8 WL 6, 10 POP 07, 13 Movies 08 CBR 08 Swan 08 POFQ 08,11 CSR 08,13 FWC 09,13 Music 09 SSR-Tree 09 POR 10 12 Poly 10 (2) YC 10, BC 10, GF 10, AoA 13, OKW 13, Dream 11, next fwc 1/2014
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My last 3 visits I've stayed at POR. There's nothing quite like walking up and being greeted by the "bellboys" then walking into that southern-inspired lobby. After checking in, I love being whisked to our room via golf cart though this didn't happen on our last visit. We had DS (then 18mos) with us, and we walked to our room. But that trip was especially magical because I was sharing MY special place with DH and DS for the first time. DS giggled uncontrollably the whole time and when we got to our room, he ran as fast as he could from the sinks to the door, giggling and laughing. It was like he knew he was at the happiest place on earth.
"Oh that clock, even HE orders me around!"
-Cinderella
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Next trip: DLR February 2015
Last trip: January 2014.
7 trips to the World.
1 trip to Disneyland Paris.
25 trips to Disneyland.
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The last time we went to Poly, I had the best experience walking into the lobby! We just came from the airport and it took us such a long time because they lost my mom's and my best friend's mom's luggage. Once they told us they would find it and bring it the next morning, we just wanted to go to Poly and get off to the parks.
When we got in the Poly lobby, my mom and my friend's mom went to check us in and my friend and I were walking through the lobby, checking out the waterfalls (my friend never had been to the Poly so it was nice seeing her reaction!). But then, this little old Polynesian women in a full polynesian outfit (she worked there..) came up to us with a basket full of warm cookies for us to take! It was one of the magical moments!!
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