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Old 06-23-2011, 09:46 AM   #166
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The hotel and room look really nice. I totally agree about the lighting and mirrors in the rooms at WDW. They should all have those nice little make-up mirrors. I end up bringing a little handheld that I can use for my eye makeup or a quick brow tweezing. I also love the kiosks for your park tickets...very quick and easy!
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So glad to hear you like the RPR, for obvious reasons. I'm planning on another trip to Universal this summer and haven't decided which resort I want. I love the Portofino, but I know my nephews would enjoy the Hard Rock (especially the pool). But I also haven't stayed at RPR, so I can't make up my mind. Maybe your TR will help me decide.
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My DD would love that character meal - she's in a major Scooby phase right now!
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Scooby and Curious George! Two of my favorites. Great start to your trip!
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Great character meal! Love your room! More please!
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Glad Stefanie was able to get some character interaction. My DN's would be so jealous...they love Curious George and Scooby Doo!
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I just read your TR so far - great start! I love that your DD got to visit the cockpit and actually sit there! So cool. I know my DD would LOVE that. Can't wait to hear more!
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I'm still jealous over Stephanie getting to hang out in the cockpit with that cute pilot!!

I think the park ticket kiosks are so cool but I imagine that if Disney did that, they'd would need twice as many and they'd probably be mobbed early in the day!
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So cool Stefanie got to 'fly' the plane! I think I'll be making goodie bags for our trip now too for sure. With 8 of us on the flight together anything to get the crew in our good graces off the bat will probably be needed.
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Oooo, can't wait to hear all about Universal! Was it weird not going right to WDW?
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Very happy to see the rooms at the Royal Pacific as that is most likely where we will stay when we go to Universal.

And I like the ticket kiosks - nice!

What did you all think of the interaction of Universal characters verses Disney? I know we're probably going to be asking you to do lots of comparisons for us during this TR!
The Universal characters were fairly responsive, and we've had Disney characters that were less than stellar. In fact, I'll talk about one when we get to one of my June 9 updates. Overall, we had pretty decent interaction with Curious George and Scooby Doo.

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Ooo, I saw Luke holding a cool giraffe bag! Very CAM!

Thanks for the pictures of the room and your reviews of things. It's really going to help me for when I visit UH/IoA for the first time...hopefully next year!

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The room looks quite nice! And how cool that you can pick up your tix right there in the lobby.

Love, love, love the photos of Stefanie with Curious George and Scooby!!

I wonder if Mrs. Rogers ever found who she was looking for...

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The room likes really nice there! I'm glad to hear Stephanie didn't miss out on the characters at dinner either. It's funny to hear about the slaw serving. We have a lot of seafood buffet restaurants here that do the same thing, serve it in these itty bitty little cups, like it's just a plate decoration and they don't really mean for you to eat it (and after having tasted some of them I agree)!
That's exactly what the cole slaw serving was like. Too funny! BTW -- I your new sig pic!

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I really enjoyed seeing the pictures of the resort you stayed at. I was curious what they looked like, but we stayed in Disney and "commuted" to Universal, so I didn't get to see them last September.

I'm curious as to your opinion of crowd control at Universal and IOA. Can't wait to read more!
The crowd was a very manageable level the day we visited Universal and really wasn't bad at IoA, except in the WWoHP. It is just much smaller back there than anywhere else in the park, and since it is the most popular section, it just gets more crowded. They do have a limit on the number of folks back there, but we did not see anyone turned away while we were there. US has done a good job of filtering folks back to WWoHP with signs.


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Love the photos of Stefanie with George and Scooby! The hotel room does look very nice. I often wonder why Disney doesn't outfit its deluxe rooms like other hotels--guess they feel being on property is enough of a perk, but when I'm staying in a deluxe room (as opposed to a DVC property), as nice as the rooms are, they lack those extra touches.
I guess the more I go to WDW deluxe resorts the more I wish they would add some of those little touches that you can get at other non-Disney deluxe resorts because these places are my home and I want it to be the best.

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So glad that Steph got to meet the characters she was excited about!!!

I hear ya about food pics and being hungry ~ I sometimes forget too!!! Just dig right in!!

Okay- so spill ~ is that Giraffe bag a laptop case???? Where O Where did you get it????????

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Great photo's of your room and view! If memory serves me correctly, when we stayed at BC in 2008, there was a magnifying make-up mirror in the bathroom.
Your photo's of Stefanie with Scooby Doo and Curious George are priceless!
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The hotel and room look really nice. I totally agree about the lighting and mirrors in the rooms at WDW. They should all have those nice little make-up mirrors. I end up bringing a little handheld that I can use for my eye makeup or a quick brow tweezing. I also love the kiosks for your park tickets...very quick and easy!
I have a handheld one that I planned to take, but couldn't find it. Then, wouldn't you know, as I was cleaning Stefanie's bathroom on Tuesday, I discovered it under her sink. Now to remember where it is for the next trip!

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So glad to hear you like the RPR, for obvious reasons. I'm planning on another trip to Universal this summer and haven't decided which resort I want. I love the Portofino, but I know my nephews would enjoy the Hard Rock (especially the pool). But I also haven't stayed at RPR, so I can't make up my mind. Maybe your TR will help me decide.
I didn't really check out the other resorts while there, but we did really enjoy the room, the service, and the amenities at RPR. I would definitely stay there again. We chose it because we were tacking three days on to our 12 day WDW vacation and needed to be economical. We got a great package from AAA for this portion of our trip!

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I'm still jealous over Stephanie getting to hang out in the cockpit with that cute pilot!!

I think the park ticket kiosks are so cool but I imagine that if Disney did that, they'd would need twice as many and they'd probably be mobbed early in the day!
I had that same thought while standing at the kiosk and not another guest around. Compared to WDW, US and the resort often felt sparsely inhabited.

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So cool Stefanie got to 'fly' the plane! I think I'll be making goodie bags for our trip now too for sure. With 8 of us on the flight together anything to get the crew in our good graces off the bat will probably be needed.
Love the laptop bag!
Can't wait to see WWoHP pics!!!
with the goodie bags! And loads of with your group of 8 flying together.
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Sounds like a pretty good start. Your resort looks lovely. One of these days I want to get over there, but I haven't been able to coax myself out of the bubble yet.
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