PittFan
09-10-2008, 05:36 PM
Returned from WDW on the 4th. I finally had time to sit down and report. Overall, it was a great trip, especially since my DM has decided this was her last trip to WDW. She had a hard time walking around and was constantly tired. She decided that she can't physically handle the trip anymore. We hope she changes her mind, but we respect her decision none the less. So it made it a special trip. :mickey:
DAY 1 : Left my house for Pittsburgh International at 3:30 am in order to be at the airport 2 hours before our flight. Flight was at 6:45 am and everything went like clockwork. It's funny, every other airline is charging extra for everything and cutting flights, when we were seated on the plane, the flight attendants presented a couple going on their honeymoon with a complimetary bottle of champagne. That was a class act. Southwest, we luv ya !!! Was first flight for DS & DD, they were really excited ( and nervous). They loved it! DS let everybody on the plane know when we flew over Daytona Speedway. People in the back of the plane heard his excitement. :laughing:
Arrived at MCO at 8:50am ... 10 minutes early. :thumbsup: Caught ME to POP Century and checked in ... 3 TIMES !!! My DW and I checked in with one CM while my DM & MIL checked in with another. As we were walking away to check our bags, my DM called me over to give us our room keys. The problem is, WE ALREADY HAD OUR KEYS ! The CM checking them in decided to check us in too and gave them our room keys without even asking for ID. Luckily we caught the mistake, our room keys had charging privledges, the ones they got for us did not. Our keys no longer were valid. After we corrected the key mix up, they had to check us in again in order to add charging privledges to our card. I asked to see a manager, not to yell, but to make sure my cards would work, I was told they were too busy. :thedolls: We never did get to speak to anyone other than the CM that kept making the mistakes.
We finally headed to DHS and were relieved that our cards got us into the park. As we headed for Star Tours we noticed HSM Pep Rally was beginning. DW & DD were really excited, until the stage stopped and the performers started to say goodbye. We thought it was part of the act, it wasn't. They cancelled the show and left as fast as they arrived. No explaination. Headed to Star Tours and Backlot Tour. We had ADR's for 4:00 at Hollywood & Vine so we decided to head on over there. No sooner did we get on the patio under cover and the sky opened up. It quit raining just as dinner ended. We decided we would go back after dinner to see if our rooms were ready, so I decided to give my Spectromagic preferred seating card I recieved at dinner to someone that could use it, instead of letting it go to waste. It just happened that there was a family of 6 entering the park as we were leaving. They were very appreciative. We went back to the POP. As soon as we got to our room a huge thunderstorm rolled in, it lasted nearly all night.
* We were hesitant about going to Hollywood & Vine because of all the bad reviews we'd read. Glad we decided to try it for ourselves. :thumbsup: We ALL liked it.
DAY 1 : Left my house for Pittsburgh International at 3:30 am in order to be at the airport 2 hours before our flight. Flight was at 6:45 am and everything went like clockwork. It's funny, every other airline is charging extra for everything and cutting flights, when we were seated on the plane, the flight attendants presented a couple going on their honeymoon with a complimetary bottle of champagne. That was a class act. Southwest, we luv ya !!! Was first flight for DS & DD, they were really excited ( and nervous). They loved it! DS let everybody on the plane know when we flew over Daytona Speedway. People in the back of the plane heard his excitement. :laughing:
Arrived at MCO at 8:50am ... 10 minutes early. :thumbsup: Caught ME to POP Century and checked in ... 3 TIMES !!! My DW and I checked in with one CM while my DM & MIL checked in with another. As we were walking away to check our bags, my DM called me over to give us our room keys. The problem is, WE ALREADY HAD OUR KEYS ! The CM checking them in decided to check us in too and gave them our room keys without even asking for ID. Luckily we caught the mistake, our room keys had charging privledges, the ones they got for us did not. Our keys no longer were valid. After we corrected the key mix up, they had to check us in again in order to add charging privledges to our card. I asked to see a manager, not to yell, but to make sure my cards would work, I was told they were too busy. :thedolls: We never did get to speak to anyone other than the CM that kept making the mistakes.
We finally headed to DHS and were relieved that our cards got us into the park. As we headed for Star Tours we noticed HSM Pep Rally was beginning. DW & DD were really excited, until the stage stopped and the performers started to say goodbye. We thought it was part of the act, it wasn't. They cancelled the show and left as fast as they arrived. No explaination. Headed to Star Tours and Backlot Tour. We had ADR's for 4:00 at Hollywood & Vine so we decided to head on over there. No sooner did we get on the patio under cover and the sky opened up. It quit raining just as dinner ended. We decided we would go back after dinner to see if our rooms were ready, so I decided to give my Spectromagic preferred seating card I recieved at dinner to someone that could use it, instead of letting it go to waste. It just happened that there was a family of 6 entering the park as we were leaving. They were very appreciative. We went back to the POP. As soon as we got to our room a huge thunderstorm rolled in, it lasted nearly all night.
* We were hesitant about going to Hollywood & Vine because of all the bad reviews we'd read. Glad we decided to try it for ourselves. :thumbsup: We ALL liked it.