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Missed the first part of Disney Great Escapes on Travel Channel
Hey guys, I thought the show was supposed to be on at 10 here but it started at 9, so I missed the first half hour. I saw the very end of the Saratoga Springs part, the Disneyland Hotel, and the feature on the cruise line. Can anyone tell me what I missed in the beginning?
Thanks...already checked the sked and both the other shows are starting at 10, so I dont know what happened yesterday. I was really looking forward to seeing it too
Re: Missed the first part of Disney Great Escapes on Travel Channel
I missed the other shows and only saw the one on the great escapes. They went over the Grand Floridian (Victoria and Alberts - chefs table, ladybug release, weddings, and general info about the hotel and rooms) Animal Kingdom Lodge (restaraunts, hotel info, safari, animal kingdom and the tree of life) Wilderness Lodge (Artist Point, rooms, geyser, taking boat to MK?) DIseny Beach and Yacht Clubs (room info, hotel info, a little bit on the board walk) Pop Century ( briefer than the other ones but same type of general hotel info)
That is what you missed.
My fiance didn't want to wathch it but i made him (lol) and we were going to go to Narcosee for a nice dinner but now we are torn between Narcosee and Artist Point.
Kat
Re: Missed the first part of Disney Great Escapes on Travel Channel
I was kind of disappointed in the show yesterday. It was basically clips from Great Hotels all put together into one, with the exception that they also showed Pop Century and Saratoga Springs.
Re: Missed the first part of Disney Great Escapes on Travel Channel
I too was disappointed since most of the show was taken from Great Hotels and I have seen all of them several times over. Oh well, it still gave me my disney fix!
Re: Missed the first part of Disney Great Escapes on Travel Channel
I also was a bit disappointed... you got to see Saratoga Springs and Pop Century, but the rest was all just clips from Great Hotels with a different narrator. In a lot of the clips they blatantly showed Samantha Brown (specifically in the Wilderness Lodge and Beach Club clips). If was a cute show, but nothing to worry about if you missed it.
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I was kind of disappointed in the show yesterday. It was basically clips from Great Hotels all put together into one, with the exception that they also showed Pop Century and Saratoga Springs.
Re: Missed the first part of Disney Great Escapes on Travel Channel
Drat I missed it - although I'm sorry to hear much of the clips were repeats -
although I would have liked to have seen the Pop Century bit since we will be staying there for the first time this fall.
Re: Missed the first part of Disney Great Escapes on Travel Channel
What you missed was on GF, AKL, WL, B&YC and POP. I think thats it. Like everyone else said, the were all taken from Great Hotels, I too was hoping for more.
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