Trip Report: Days 1 & 2 About This Page:

[mamapajama]

Day one: We got to the airport no problem, boarded the plane also with no problem. The problems started about 10 minutes after we buckled Zoey into her carseat. She did NOT want to sit. So we were one of "those" families with Zoey making Chewbacca noises pretty much the whole way down. The only time she was quiet was when I let her out of the seat and she was jumping on us or trying to climb up the back of the carseat into the lap of the woman behind us. We got to Orlando and I went to the Alamo kiosk but I had mistakenly canclled our ressie for the SUV. There was no way we were gonna get our luggage plus the stroller into a regular trunk. So I used the confirmation for the Standard car ($26!) & upgraded at the kiosk to the SUV. It ended up actually being $11 cheaper than the ressie I accidentally cancelled. Bonus! We picked a 4 door Jeep Wrangler which was nice and we wereon our way. We got to Pop & i went to the Online check-in line. Both people in front of us seemed to be having some kind of issue so that took me about 20 minutes of waiting. Our room was SMALL. I guess we are all bigger than we used to be(LOL) because we had stayed at Values many times but I felt so claustrophobic. And the a/c was not working right & it was making a buzzing noise all night. I would have changed but it was so late already. We had a pretty crappy night sleep & we vowed never again. if we ever need to stay one night for cash to save points it wil be POFQ or nothing. The food court was nutty and breakfast this morning was even worse.

Day two: We eat & leave Pop. The kids headed out to HS & we checked in at SSR (not online check-in). We waited less than 5 minutes to check in and got a room in the Granstand as requested. Our room was ready (10:30 am) and we brought the luggage up. Our room is very nice with a nice view of the golf course. Close to the bus stop & the cool pool. It is MUCH smaller than the OKW 1BR we are used to though. The jury is out as to whether or not we will stay here again. I just don't think we want to give up the extra space of OKW. We headed out to Wal-mart & bought our supplies & dropped the stuff off, returned the car to the Dolphin (SUPER easy) & met the kids at EPCOT. DH had to take the bus with ZOey since we had to leave the carseat in the room so I was solo for a bit. We all met up at EPCOT. The kids had a FP for kim Possible at 3:15 and that was cool. We did adventures in Mexico, Germany, China, France & the UK. Then we headed over to the shop in FW where I convinced DS to get Crocs. He insists on wearing those big giant Nike sneakers & his feet were hurting. He loves the Crocs....so comfy but will not be caught dead in them back home, LOL. After that we headed to Garden Grill for our ADR. News flash: Zoey doesn't like the characters (I'm beginning to wonder if this is even my child?!?) Other than that she was pretty good-hot but good) all day. We then headed back to SSR where I unpacked all the clothes & settled us all in. We all showered and that was that. It is very hot, no rain today. I didn't notice huge crowds. The kids rode ToT, RnRC, ST. The only thing they couldn't ride that they wanted to was TSMM.....they got there too late for an early FP return time.

On deck tomorrow: MGM or Epcot again, big pool & H& V for dinner.

Elise

[disneyfan1219]

Sorry you had a few issues. Sounds like everything is okay now. Hope you have a great time. How old is your little one? I had to warm DD up to the characters her first trip. We leave in less than 2 weeks. I would love to hear how the crowds and lines are. This is our first time at PORS. Sounds like you like POFQ. I hope we enjoy this resort. Have a great rest of your trip.

[mamapajama]

Originally Posted by disneyfan1219

Sorry you had a few issues. Sounds like everything is okay now. Hope you have a great time. How old is your little one? I had to warm DD up to the characters her first trip. We leave in less than 2 weeks. I would love to hear how the crowds and lines are. This is our first time at PORS. Sounds like you like POFQ. I hope we enjoy this resort. Have a great rest of your trip.

She just turned a year. We have stayed at POFQ before & it is nice. We are at SSR now in a 1BR with DVC. My BFF is coming down today & she is staying at POR. We have been over there while staying at FQ & it seems nice. They have a good food court too.

[home4us123]

If you are in Hollywood Studios today we will be there. Hope to see you. I have my PP pin on my tan bag

[mamapajama]

Last night was MUCH better! The sofabed here is much better than at OKW. It is memory foam & the kids slept much better on it. The baby just woke up & we're off to EPCOT!

[Griffin]

Originally Posted by mamapajama

So we were one of "those" families

We've all been there! I hope you guys have a great rest of the trip!

[lazanya]

Hope you have a great day at Epcot!

[Principessa_di_Fata]

Yay can't wait to hear your experiences from today at EPCOT!

[mamapajama]

Originally Posted by home4us123

If you are in Hollywood Studios today we will be there. Hope to see you. I have my PP pin on my tan bag

We have a 5:25 at H & V! The baby is napping..finally. She is off her nap schedule here. Hopefully she wakes up in time for us to make our ADR. Tomorrow we will be at MK all day with CP at 4:55.

[mamapajama]

So we got to EPCOT just around 9 am. We got FP for Soarin & rode TT. Then we headed over to the land pavilion & had some breakfast until our FP time. We went 2 and 2 taking turns staying with Zoey. Then Sam & I headed over to MS (the sissy side!) whiel Craig & logan headed over to FW with the baby. MS was about a 15 minute wait. We walked right onto TT...we didn't even have to sit through the little pre-show! Today is hot but I'm really not noticing it being terribly crowded so far. The true test will be tomorrow at MK. After dinner we are going to head over to DtD & do some shopping. We saw a lot of characters out in japan & there were pretty much no lines-we walked right up to Mickey, Minnie, Donald & peter Pan. We also so The Sherriff of Nottingham & Brer Bear. later on we saw Belle & Jasmine as well. No more than 3 or 4 families waiting for each.

[vfair]

Hope you guys are having fun.

[mamapajama]

This afternoon we made it back from Epcot & visited the Grandstand Pool. It is very cute with "geyser' sprayers in the pool & a fountain area for kiddies. there is also a little bar area where you can refill your mug and get drinks (alcoholic & non) & chips & stuff. I do want to make it over to the big pool though! After about half an hour I brought Zoey back to the room for a bath & a nap (Yes!!!). She got up just in time for us to make it to our ADR at H& V. We purchased a TiW card yesterday at EPCOT & used it tonight. DHS closed at 7 tonight & wasn't very crowded. Walk-ups were being seated at H & V. We had a great waiter who brought us b-day buttins for each of the b-days we are celebrating & cards signed by JoJo & Goliath. We were headed over to Dtd but we heard thunder so we headed back to the room for the ponchos & stroller rain cover & the sky opened up & it has been thunder/lightning & rain ever since. So we are in for the night & happy we didn't get stuck in a thunderstorn with the baby. At least we will be well rested for our early day tomorrow at MK. Days like this are a good reason to stay at BLT. You can still do stuff inside the hotel without getting wet!! I am happy we did as much as we did today without getting rained on.

Tomorrow.....MK all day & CP for dinner.

[bsblady01]

more please

[lissybri]

Glad you are having such a great time. Can't wait to hear more.

[Colexis Mom]

Glad things are improving!