Thank you!
Some how I missed the day 1 part 1 update!
But all caught up now!
Happy she can get a free nail redo!
I hope Alison's teeth are feeing better now and during the trip she is able to enjoy most of her favorites! Long layovers are never fun, but sometimes the price or times are just right!
Hotel room and location looks great! I don't qualify to stay at SoG but it sure does look nice and seems to have a lot of selling points!
I think I've said this before, but I feel like saying it again hope you don't mind...
I really love your relationship with your girls and I really hope I have a close relationship with my daughter when the time comes.
Looking forward to hearing about the rest of the trip!
Yay!!! Welcome here!
I hope so too... Her teeth are doing pretty good. She still can't open her jaw all the way - and she does have a little pain on the top teeth, but otherwise - she is back to eating mostly normal foods... her biggest issue is things like sandwiches and hamburgers - even though they are soft enough for her - it's hard for her to open her mouth wide enough to get them in - so she has to smoosh everything down.
The room and location were just fabulous... We are definitely full converts!
Thank you... I am lucky to have such a good relationship with them... I know that one day, you will have the same.
I am so exited to share it with all of you!!!! I think that's why I write them so fast? I just get so excited to share. LOL
I'm so glad the owner is going to fix Allison's nails. I had mine done last week and my gel manicures usually last three weeks...this time it's already cracking and chipping off and it's only been a week and a half. *Sigh*
You have me convinced to look into SoG for our next trip! The extra space in the room would be very, very nice!
Yes - I am not sure when we will get in there? Hopefully this week? I normally do gel manicures too - I love them, but this time my nails were so dry/cracked/short - I had to do acrylics if I wanted them to look half-way decent. I have 9 months to grow them out and make them normal again.
You do need to - it's just an amazing resort... And such a great resource for service members and their families!
Wish i could have met you... we at least could have went for Breakfast!
Or do it in Midway...
Love the report. can't wait to read more. It's fun to get the story behind the pictures!
It's OK... That would have been fun - but I probably would have been a wreck the entire time, knowing I'd have to get through security on time again... Next time!
I am glad you are enjoying it!
I'm glad you were able to get a room in your desired location. The large room and extra space are great!
I love Captain Cook's. I always get the pork nachos; they are so good! Sorry about the long wait to get your food. That must be a common theme at CC. When we stayed at the Poly last summer we waited quite awhile for some of our meals at CC.
I was so excited about our room location - it really was perfect!
Mmmm... Those pork nachos were amazing! I didn't mind waiting - it just really seemed like it took a long time - and we were soooo hungry - not having lunch & all. It was worth the wait though!
Ugh, I definitely don't envy your travel days! I love my quick hour flight down to Orlando.
The town car sounds interesting but I just love the DME so much that I think I would feel like I was missing something by taking a different mode of transportation. Granted I've never had a bad experience with DME before.
SOG looks like a beautiful resort, so glad you weren't kicked out.
Yah - this one was particularly crazy! I am glad it was at the beginning of the trip though and not the end.
I know - so many love DME... I dunno... In the end - it just frustrates me... It's like a trip of lines and bus waiting and DME just adds to that for me. It was so nice just to hop in the towncar and go.
Hahaha - me too! LOL It was a beautiful resort and one I am so happy to be able to stay at! I am not sure we will ever stay at a Disney resort again? The convenience of SoG - and their amazing bus system - well, it leaves a lot lacking with Disney. I am hoping that one day, I can talk you guys into staying there with me, so you can see what I mean.
What, 3rd page!!! As always you are a popular girl!! I am late to the party as usual! I have been busy catching up at work and with family stuff (two birthday parties for nephews as soon as we arrived home).
A four hour layover sounds tough, especially when you are so excited to start your vacation. I hope the layover home wasn't as long!
I love the Shades of Green room pictures! What a beautiful resort .
I was excited that we would be in Disney at the same time again and be resort neighbors! Thank you for the kind words...
Yummy dole whips! I do miss the orange flavor in the Magic Kingdom
Monica
Hahaha.... I love you! You are never late - I just get so excited that I can't contain myself. LOL I am glad you've been busy with family since you've been home - how wonderful... I hope they boy's parties went well?
The layover home was much better... A hair short - but manageable.
That was so cool! I love it when my trips overlap with friends!
What great start! Your SOG room is huge & what awesome view too!
It really set the tone for our entire trip - a great start like that just really added so much magic to everything. I was super excited about our view - but to be honest, we didn't open the curtains often - since it was so cold while we were down there, the curtains helped keep some of the heat in our room. Yes - this MN girl was VERY disappointed in her ability to tolerate the cold temps in FL.
Yay, so excited to follow your trip!!
Yay!!! So happy to have you here!
Cool, I'm here just in time!
Welcome!!! So happy to have you here and following along!
I am so happy you liked SoG. It looks like a beautiful resort.
Yeah for getting to see Monica.
I loved it there - I am not sure I want to stay anywhere else at the moment? LOL I think I am a total SoG convert?
And it's always great to bump into an old friend!
How great you were able to get exactly what you want!
WOW! Now that would be cool!
Oh I'm so excited to hear about this review!
This QS tends to be very good! Better then some!
That looks heavenly - my favorite Disney World treat!
Great picture! And both bags are so cute! How nice you were able to meet up with a friend on the first night!
I'm curious, ow long does the walk take? And is there a bus to take to POLY from SOG if you want?
So pretty!! Sounds like you and Allison had a great start to your trip. Looking forward to reading more!
Hi Alison!! SO happy to have you here and following along!
I just love Disney food and those nachos at the Poly really rank in my top QS meals.
I was just so excited that she loaned me that bag - it was a huge help!
Well, the walk takes about 5 min... At the most... It's not that long - but at the end of a park day, it's not that appealing. Allison and I found a great way to avoid this walk - which I will talk about later in my TR - I don't think we discovered it until a couple days into our trip?
I am very excited to share this trip with all of you!
sounds like a great first day!
It was - it was so nice just to go to WDW and not have to worry about getting to a park - the most imperative thing we had to do was to find dinner... It was so relaxing to enjoy that first day exploring and relaxing.
So glad you got to meet up with Monica again! I had so much fun chatting with her on the November trip.
I haven't seen the new Poly lobby completed yet and I doubt I will make it there this weekend. One of these day's I'll get to see it!
I do the same thing as you with the bags! Switching over the night before makes the morning go so much smoother.
I was so excited that she was going to be there again - we were able to meet up several times.
I hope you do get to see it soon - it is beautiful... Different, but beautiful.
Yes - it's very stressful having to do it in the morning... At night, I am so tired and sometimes I really have to coax myself to switch bags, but in the morning, I am glad that all I have to do is add my charged items and go.
Great start to your trip report. I like the idea of taking your children to Disney during their Senior year. I can relate to long layovers in O'Hare as I had two over 6 hours within 3 days this summer.
Thank you - welcome!!!! I am so glad that this is something I decided to do years ago... It's something we've looked forward to and planned for a long time - and it makes the final moments of them living at home a little less sad, because we have something fun and memorable to do.
Eeek!!!! Yikes - no fun!!!
The view out your window is beautiful. I never knew about SoG. It looks like a really nice resort. I think that's incredible that the Poly is within walking distance. That must be convenient. I still can't believe how early you got up. I'm sure a 7:45 bedtime was easy considering you'd been up for so long. I hope Allison is feeling better.
It was wonderful - I am so glad I asked the front desk if there was anything else available... He gave me the option of 2 other rooms, but we chose this one.
Hahahaha... Yah - that early morning start was really terrible - I am sure Monica can vouch that I hit a wall about 2 hours prior. LOL I barely remember falling into bed.
Thanks - she did go to school today - she isn't 100% yet, but she is close enough that she could go back. Hoping she does well on her finals.
Looking forward to more!!!!
Yay!!! Welcome! So happy to have you here and following along!
SOG looks great. I'm going to tell Jim and Karen about it since they are planning a trip next year to take the grandkids. Jim is retired from the US Marine Corps, so I guess that means he qualifies to stay there.
You should! I think it depends - for retirees - how long they were in service? I could be wrong? But I was told - as long as he has commissary privileges, then he would have SoG privileges.
It's an excellent resort, and a great way to be able to stay on Disney property if a person qualifies.
www.shadesofgreen.org
Can't wait to see how your trip went.
I am so excited to share it with all of you!
ACK! How did I miss the start of this TR? I've been watching for it! Page 4, that's just embarrasing!
I didn't realize you were worrying about this, or I would have told you you'd be fine! I checked in without DH (who is also retired) last November and had no problems. We stayed in the Palms wing, and the rooms had been updated and were nice. Glad you enjoyed your room--and your view was awesome--I like it better than our golf course view.
Sorry to hear Allison is sick--that seems to happen every time you visit Disney. I hope she's starting to feel better.
Looking forward to your report. Did you feel like the hike from Poly to SoG wasn't as bad as you remembered now that you are in such great shape?
Hahahha... No worries - I was so excited to tell everyone about our trip - I jumped in with both feet! Welcome! I am so happy to have you here!
Yah - I was pretty worried about it actually... But I knew that I could find somewhere to stay if I couldn't stay at SoG... So I tried to push it to the back of my mind.
I just love pool views the most - I don't know what it is that I love about them... I am sure I would love a castle view more - but I doubt that will ever happen, so I'll take the pool view.
It does - I think we are both fighting different things... She had a stomach bug and I have more of a dry throat/cough thing going on - nothing I can't work through though.
Well - I think we only did it that one time. I was very conscious of our steps, even though I am in great shape, Allison doesn't work out nearly as much as I do - and she definitely wasn't conditioned for this trip... So even though I didn't have an problems at all during the trip - towards the end, Allison was having a tough time. But don't worry - we found ways to use both transportation systems to our advantage.
D~