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[mansionterror]

Beautiful pics of the castle! Have fun on your upcoming trip!!

[KatMark]

Originally Posted by ScrappyRN

That room is gorgeous! at CSR. I never hear anything about the resort, I always assume most people that stay there are going to conventions.

We've stayed seven times at the CSR (number eight is in 4 weeks and 1 day) and never been for a convention. It really is as beautiful as Tammy's pictures show.

[Lynn5700]

HI Tammy! Beautiful pictures of the castle! Don't you love the Main St windows. They are so pretty!


That is creepy about the door being open!!! That happened to Tim and I before, I forget where it happened though. We just thought it was Mousekeeping that did it, it was so weird.

[WrightFamily06]

OMG girl I've been so busy too ! This is the first time I have even been on the boards in a couple of weeks . Getting the kiddies ready for school and spending all our time outside now that is summer , has aloud me no time to dis ! Love all the pictures of CSR if I didn't say so already and the MK pictures are beautiful , you know I'm partial to nighttime pictures . Sorry to hear that this TR is coming to an end but I can't wait to read about your upcoming August trip !

[joy13]

Great castle pictures! I can't believe your trip is only 2 days away!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

We had planned to sleep in up 'til the last minute but the maid decided it'd be fun to bang on our door over and over and over again! Hey jerk face ~ check out time is 11:00 not 9:00!!!! I wanted to smack the heck out of him. At 10:59 we left CSR. I always take pictures of the rooms before I leave just in case. Once we stayed at this place in NC and they tried to charge us $ for pen marks on a bedspread. Well I never use hotel bedding. EVER! First thing I do is remove it all once we enter the room and set it in the closet. Of course I had pictures of this and my CC removed the charges. Turns out in that case the place had many reports such as this where they had tried to scam people. So now I just document it all just to be safe. Luckily then I had taken pictures of the kids in the room and it showed my bedding being used.



















After leaving CSR we still had some meal credits left and we had remembered how yummy the AKL food was. We headed over there. This time getting in was not a problem. Last time we were allowed in because Britney Spears was staying there. Oh please. Looking back that was so messed up. The gatekeeper was so rude! Ugh!



We parked here and I thought to myself how bad it would suck to get THIS room at check in.



Look at the view. The parking lot. Ick. You would think they'd put the kids club area or something here. Today happened to be the day I was able to make my dining reservations for the August trip. I probably should have gotten up early and called but I was so tired. I ended up having to make Chef Mickey's on the second night. The first night was all booked up. Oh well. Sidney ordered the food while I waited, and waited, and waited some more for the dining people to come on. We got some pepperoni flatbread and two orders of fried shrimp. The shrimp are so yummy over there! OMG. And of course zebra domes for dessert.

D E L I C I O U S!











Next stop...the POLYNESIAN!



I stayed here while Sidney and Gabby ran back to the MK. The night before she wanted a turkey leg really bad and they were all out. A CM got on the radio and tried to find her a turkey leg and there wasn't a single one on the MK property. The CM gave her a little voucher for a free turkey leg the next day. Plus I had the Disney Visa rewards card and it had some $ on it. I had seen some earrings I wanted so I told Sidney to grab them for me. I was still on the phone with the dining people! Thankfully they've come to realize 90 day ADR's are a bad idea! Anyway, I'm sitting here in the 30 minute parking area and I saw several people pull up with their swim gear and head into the Poly. Evidently they don't check ID. We stayed there last Summer and the only time we were asked to show our key was for the life jackets. Sidney and DD ended up taking about 45 minutes because the monorail broke down.



They came back with lots of goodies though! These for me!



These for Gabby



The boys were a little ticked because they had to stay with me.



Continued in next post

[OneTreeHillAddict]

While at the MK Sidney used up the rest of our snack credits...



Poor thing. They break easily though.



My other broken Mickey.





Then it was time....time to get off the stupid phone FINALLY! Yay! And time to start home.



On our way out the skies looked better than they had all week but the forecast was still icky.









Orlando is getting a new stadium



here's my fave palm tree building....



These signs were all over the place!





No homeless people this time. We did see some bad wrecks on the way out of the city though. We didn't buy a whole lot this time around but the kids got these for my parents.





Dash bought this with his Disney money...





Gabby bought a cute wash cloth which is a map of the MK, some croc things for her shoes, and some sticky tabs for her books.



And we added a few pins to our collection.







Next trip we should be getting a lot of them from the Grand Gatherings! Can't wait. This post brings us to the end of another family trip to Disney. Thanks to everyone for reading along. I was bad and neglected this trip report and I am not proud of that. I'm a little burnt out on the writing part but I love reading them. I am making it a point to stay on top of things once we return from this next trip. I'm looking forward to the HUGE Dismeet. I can't wait to meet all of you! We're going to have a blast! Until next time....Peace * Love * and Disney World!!!

...The End!

[Charleston Princess]

Ah, I am sad to see this report end, but I know you are going to have a great time on your next trip!!! Have fun, Tammy!

[Lynn5700]

Thanks for sharing Tammy!!! Can't wait for the next one, and the next one, and the next. LOL!!!

[aprilisis]

Thank you so much for the awesome report & great photos! When is your next trip? I can't wait for your next report!!!

[29apr00]

Finally got all caught up and finished just in time for your august TR! You are the luckiest woman in the world with all your Disney trips!

I want a zebra dome now.

[BigEeyore]

Thanks Tammy for doing this "labor of love"! Zebra Domes super close-up shot is making me drool! I will be eating those suckers in just about 10 days!

[KatMark]

Thanks, Tammy, for the wonderful report and all of the awesome pictures (and thanks for posting themon the CSR site as well ). Can't wait to read the next trip report.

[jenseib]

Great report!

[RinkyTinkyTinky]

I loved the pics of Mickey and Minnie at the castle. In all the TRs I have read, I have never seen them there. I love to see something new! Have you guys ever done the water parks? That is one thing that I rarely see in anyone's TR. I think pmama's TR is the only one I have read with WP pictures. Wonder why that is? Anyway, I really enjoyed it and I can't wait to read about your upcoming trips!!!!