This is the first time we have stayed here, so I can't tell you about repairs, but the place is fabulous... we have just loved staying here and would do it again. The Boat or Monorail ride to MK is worth it for sure!
Sat on the balcony tonight for the last evening and watched the MK fireworks at 10pm... Wow, they are great. Third floor TPV from Tuvalu is awesome!!!
You get to see twice as much fun cause the fireworks reflect off the Seven Seas Lagoon and it's beautiful.
Too hard to post pics from my limited internet hookup but once I'm home this weekend... look out, they will be some good ones.
Todays cool story.... DD and I got up early and went to Hollywood so we could try and get a ride on RRC... he lines have been 60-110 minutes long... never worked out for a FP.
So anyway we got in first thing, grabbed a fast pass for RRC, then got in line... 10 mins. later were riding, jumped off, ran to Tower of Terror and 10 minutes we were done with that... walked back to RRC and it was time to use our FP. 5 mins. and we were riding the 2nd time. Out of the park and back to Poly with those major rides done in 1.5 hours!
I said all that to say this.... the parks are great, but folks you just have to take time to breath in the Poly... just do nothing but walk the grounds, swim, hit the beach, make a Smore at the campfire, watch a disney flick, eat at O'hana... Oh, another story there....
We eat O'hana saturday night, DD and DW said they would love to do that again... all week I'm checking with Concierge and no luck... nothing. I'm pulling all kind of strngs and no deal. So I see that the guy at the check-in for O'hana is from PA... start talking Steelers and such, he tells me to show up at 4:15 and stand in the walk-in lane... once they seat the 5:00 ADR's there is usually tables available. So I did it tonight, second in line behind a guy from Atlanta. Worked like a charm. 5:00 crowd came through, hen they come over and say how many in your party... 5 minutes later we are eating!
This week has been fantastic, I wish everyones vacations could be like this.
True to the word from earlier this week, the Poly is filling up. Tons of folks came in today. You can always tell the NEWBIES... they go into Capt Cooks and don't have a clue how to order, pay, get buzzed and pick up. Just funny to watch, cause a week ago ... that was me!
July is obviously Brazilian tourist month.... the parks are jammed packed every day with groups of 75-100 of them all in color matching shirts led by a tour guide holding a flag. They are rude, noisey and if they get a group in front of you ... the wait goes from 10 minutes to 40 mins. instantly.
They had Main Street completely lined from one end to the other today for the electric light parade... then they start their own show with singing and shouting ...all in Spanish of course... or Brazilian or whatever. Several cast members told me that Disney doesn't know what to do about them. Cast members try to tell them what to do and they just act like... No hablo English!
More later with Pics.... gotta get packed! Night all.
