mouseketeer mom
05-03-2011, 08:35 AM
Please be patient as I write this report!!! The next few weeks are busy, I'll post installments as I can!!!
Cast,
Me, Lisa
DH Steven
DD Katie 17 BD trip for her!
DD Khloe 15
DS Kai 11
The day has arrived!!! We leave our home prior to 5am and with a quick stop at Dunkin Donuts as per tradition, we are quickly on our way to the airport! Our flight is ontime and uneventful. I was able to sleep a bit on the plane which was good, because I was waaaay too excited the night before. Arriving in Orlando is surreal. After all that planning, that dreaming, that waiting., the time is here. It's almost like a dream!! Each and every trip it feels like this to me. I never get used to it, the excitement and disbelief never wans.
We are ushered onto Magical express and leave right away. That's a first!!!
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp324/lcrimando/100_2982.jpg
This trip was to be a split stay..3 nights CR Garden with a transfer to the Poly club after that. That didn't happen....
We did online check in and went to the desk to pick up our packet. We were told the room we were assigned to wasn't ready, but the CM said, I have a different room ready, but I would not advise you to take it, she said the room we were assigned is spectacular. The best most amazing location and views. She advised us not to switch into a ready room, that our room we were assigned to was well worth waiting for. This was exciting news for us!! We couldn't wait to see this room!!! We headed to MK after a lunch at Contempo.
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp324/lcrimando/100_2995.jpg
We were so happy to be there, and couldn't wait for our room the CM told us about. We rode some faves with no problem. This was 2 days before Easter at Noontime., and we walked onto many rides. We loved the new HM queue. We loved the new ending to the ride as well.
Still no word on the room at 2:30, so we headed back to CR to check. When CM (a different one) scanned my key, she called me by a different name. Then she said room is not ready still and seemed uncomfortable.
So..we went to pool after getting changed in the restrooms to wait. Finally well AFTER 3pm I got the page the room was ready. We were filled with anticipation, walked to our glorious room, only to find it was dark, in a corner, and surrounded by a huge bush. THIS is what we were waiting for????? This could no way be the room the CM promised us. We would've taken any other room when we arrived, but she told us specifically to wait for this room. I called the desk, they apologized, then asked me to come back to desk for another assignment. I did this, and suddenly they had probs with getting the tkts off our keys. We had purchased AP's over at the MK, and the CM there hadn't taken them off our keys. So they told me to wait. And wait. And wait. I waited an hour on that couch in the lobby, exhausted and frustrated. Getting up at 3am was taking its toll. Finally, the keys were sorted, the room ready. We find it, We love it!! A corner room, views of the pool and beach, a private patio, the room is bright and large. Then...I realize..there is no place for a fifth person. The room sleeps FOUR!!!! I call the desk, they apologize, want to move us to another room now, they put us around the corner facing that exact same bush, its not ready though, This is now our THIRD room. I say, this is ridiculous, we are pretty much about to miss our ADR at Cape may if we don't get ready soon, and my husband is fuming. So they say ok..lets move you to another room, in the tower, MK view. My husband says he is done with CR. He wants no parts of this, he tells them we have never had such service at the Polynesian, they are apologetic, they offer to move us to the Poly in the room we are booked to move to on Monday. We accept, they drive us to the Poly, we are happy to be there, have our room, and be "home". They give us a voucher for a taxi to Cape may cafe, they hold our ADR for us, while we get ready. Whew. This was ridiculous. We are done experimenting with other resorts. The Poly is our home. We are in the Hawaii bldg, and we are happy! Exhausted, but happy. Cape May Cafe was great!! Katie got her first BD cupcake, and then a wonderful stroll thru Epcot was had. Then the next problem. We have been up about 18 hours now, and can't wait to get to the Poly to sleep. The Monorail is DOWN. Broken, kaput. The line for the bus, not to mention the walk there...is HUGE. And no buses are coming. I feel like crying. The kids feel like crying. Finally, after 1/2 hour. We are boarded. Then to the TTC, then the walk to the Poly. We are shot. I don't even remember getting into bed. We all sleep, and now the trip gets better!!!
Cast,
Me, Lisa
DH Steven
DD Katie 17 BD trip for her!
DD Khloe 15
DS Kai 11
The day has arrived!!! We leave our home prior to 5am and with a quick stop at Dunkin Donuts as per tradition, we are quickly on our way to the airport! Our flight is ontime and uneventful. I was able to sleep a bit on the plane which was good, because I was waaaay too excited the night before. Arriving in Orlando is surreal. After all that planning, that dreaming, that waiting., the time is here. It's almost like a dream!! Each and every trip it feels like this to me. I never get used to it, the excitement and disbelief never wans.
We are ushered onto Magical express and leave right away. That's a first!!!
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp324/lcrimando/100_2982.jpg
This trip was to be a split stay..3 nights CR Garden with a transfer to the Poly club after that. That didn't happen....
We did online check in and went to the desk to pick up our packet. We were told the room we were assigned to wasn't ready, but the CM said, I have a different room ready, but I would not advise you to take it, she said the room we were assigned is spectacular. The best most amazing location and views. She advised us not to switch into a ready room, that our room we were assigned to was well worth waiting for. This was exciting news for us!! We couldn't wait to see this room!!! We headed to MK after a lunch at Contempo.
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp324/lcrimando/100_2995.jpg
We were so happy to be there, and couldn't wait for our room the CM told us about. We rode some faves with no problem. This was 2 days before Easter at Noontime., and we walked onto many rides. We loved the new HM queue. We loved the new ending to the ride as well.
Still no word on the room at 2:30, so we headed back to CR to check. When CM (a different one) scanned my key, she called me by a different name. Then she said room is not ready still and seemed uncomfortable.
So..we went to pool after getting changed in the restrooms to wait. Finally well AFTER 3pm I got the page the room was ready. We were filled with anticipation, walked to our glorious room, only to find it was dark, in a corner, and surrounded by a huge bush. THIS is what we were waiting for????? This could no way be the room the CM promised us. We would've taken any other room when we arrived, but she told us specifically to wait for this room. I called the desk, they apologized, then asked me to come back to desk for another assignment. I did this, and suddenly they had probs with getting the tkts off our keys. We had purchased AP's over at the MK, and the CM there hadn't taken them off our keys. So they told me to wait. And wait. And wait. I waited an hour on that couch in the lobby, exhausted and frustrated. Getting up at 3am was taking its toll. Finally, the keys were sorted, the room ready. We find it, We love it!! A corner room, views of the pool and beach, a private patio, the room is bright and large. Then...I realize..there is no place for a fifth person. The room sleeps FOUR!!!! I call the desk, they apologize, want to move us to another room now, they put us around the corner facing that exact same bush, its not ready though, This is now our THIRD room. I say, this is ridiculous, we are pretty much about to miss our ADR at Cape may if we don't get ready soon, and my husband is fuming. So they say ok..lets move you to another room, in the tower, MK view. My husband says he is done with CR. He wants no parts of this, he tells them we have never had such service at the Polynesian, they are apologetic, they offer to move us to the Poly in the room we are booked to move to on Monday. We accept, they drive us to the Poly, we are happy to be there, have our room, and be "home". They give us a voucher for a taxi to Cape may cafe, they hold our ADR for us, while we get ready. Whew. This was ridiculous. We are done experimenting with other resorts. The Poly is our home. We are in the Hawaii bldg, and we are happy! Exhausted, but happy. Cape May Cafe was great!! Katie got her first BD cupcake, and then a wonderful stroll thru Epcot was had. Then the next problem. We have been up about 18 hours now, and can't wait to get to the Poly to sleep. The Monorail is DOWN. Broken, kaput. The line for the bus, not to mention the walk there...is HUGE. And no buses are coming. I feel like crying. The kids feel like crying. Finally, after 1/2 hour. We are boarded. Then to the TTC, then the walk to the Poly. We are shot. I don't even remember getting into bed. We all sleep, and now the trip gets better!!!