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Continuing on my walk….. Steakhouse 55’s waiting area.
A quick trip in the bathroom.
More of Steakhouse 55’s waiting area.
Always look up.
I went up a level and got this ceiling picture as well.
I walked around on this floor next to scope out things.
I believe this room is used for special events and conferences now…..someone told me during our conference that this used to be a restaurant…Stramboli’s.
I loved all the artwork on the walls in the hall.
I headed outside and took a picture of the doors leading into the Sleeping Beauty Pavilion.
A glance over at the monorail slide.
And down to the main level for some more walking.
A look back up from where I had been.
Green plants just made me so happy. It was nice to see so much GREEN!!!
I wanted to get a diet coke, so I headed in that direction.
But I stopped on the bridge for another shot of the slide.
I believe I still had about 5 minutes or so till they opened so I just hung in the area.
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You know me, I love early morning walks and checking our the resorts!
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Sorry - I had a bit of catching up to do!
What a long day - but seems so worth it!!! Beautiful photos from all over!
thats OK, I am always catching up somewhere.
It was a long day but I would do it all over again in an instant. It was so much fun!
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I love the pool area!
It really is a pretty area. I wish I had more time to spend there but we wonly stayed there 2 nights.
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The monorail slide is so cool looking!
It does look super cool. I hope we do get back there next year and I can take Claire on it.
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I love the shot of the outdoor seating area with the fellow early-riser guest and the CM . Looking forward to your impression of Tangaroa Terrace.
That area is pretty.
I will tell you now we ate lunch there one day and I was not impressed. I thought the selection was limited...and I should've went with a burger but I went with fish sticks and they were not very good. But I am picky.
I believe I then went in and bought my diet coke and the food smelled pretty good, but I didn’t want a full breakfast. I decided to just have my power bar that I still had in the room.
A peek at the Adventure Tower. This was the tower that our original room was in.
And of course it isn’t Disney without a few topiaries.
Cass is not a Minnie lover so I took this picture and posted it to facebook and tagged her. LOL
I then headed back to the room.
I finished getting ready for the day and then I took this picture of our carpet. On a side note, when I took a shower this morning I noticed the shower head rotated. It was the weirdest and coolest thing. Cass mentioned it to me too and she even took video of it!
I believe this is when we decided to head down to bell services to inquire about how to get our luggage over to the Grand Californian the next day. (I could be wrong, but my pictures make it look like this is what we did now).
I think this is a picture of some art in the hallway.
This map of the park is in the lobby and it is really neat.
Out to the front to talk to bell services.
We found out it was easy to do and we could just drop them off in the morning and it should only take a few hours to arrive over to the GC. Of course they could not guarantee a time of delivery, which did make us a bit nervous as we would need to change before our first conference meeting.
While we were out there I took a few more pictures.
This is the gift shop….and I swear it was never open when I wanted to go in there.
As far as the resort gift shops go though, this one was the biggest and looked to have the best selection. I did get in there finally a few days later, but didn’t have much time to browse.
Now following my pictures, it appears we headed back to the room for something…though I have no clue why. Perhaps I forgot something.
They had these cute doors on each floor and we later found out it leads to a staff elevator.
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Considering what a fan of swimming she is, I'm surprised Claire hasn't already talked you into taking her to Disneyland, specifically to swim in that pool! Heck, I'd go on that waterslide and I don't even LIKE pools!
Love all the resort pics and pics of the flowers I too was amazed how small Sleeping Beauty castle was, even after being told. I actually laughed the first time I saw it, but by the end of the day I came to love it as much as Cinderellas
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I too was amazed how small Sleeping Beauty castle was, even after being told. I actually laughed the first time I saw it, but by the end of the day I came to love it as much as Cinderellas 
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