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Glad you finally got your luggage. That happened to us once during a split stay and I ended up having to buy my kids swim suits at the Poly so they could go swimming and not wait around for the luggage to arrive.
Oh that is just crazy!
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What a nice picture of you and Mark. Brice looks wonderful!
Beautiful photos outside. So glad you got someone to get a pic of the two of you - it's a cute one!
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Dinner sounded delicious. I guess pasta dishes are hard to present? I don't know, but lasagna is lasagna. I'm not sure I've ever seen it look any fancier than it is!
True. It's just when you're paying a lot of money for a lasagne, you just expect fancier presentation.
The Portofino Resort looks so well themed as I remember this from Tara's TR and how much she and Muffin loved it! BICE, although on the high end looks great with the only blemishes being some presentation issues plus not giving you enough sauce on some of your dishes. You can always ask you waiter to bring more. I will definitely be adding this to my October trip.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I remember that one from when you were in Portsmouth and we had dinner at Jumpin'Jay's. Definitely time for a replacement, then!��
It's not that old. Mark got it for me in Disneyland in September 2015, so that is my only disappointment with it. I would've hoped it would last longer. Don't get me wrong, it's still going, but it's not looking in good shape....
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The Portofino Resort looks so well themed as I remember this from Tara's TR and how much she and Muffin loved it!
I was so excited to see all her photos of the resort, as it's not something you often see photos of.
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BICE, although on the high end looks great with the only blemishes being some presentation issues plus not giving you enough sauce on some of your dishes. You can always ask you waiter to bring more. I will definitely be adding this to my October trip.
It's a superb restaurant and I can thoroughly recommend it and, if I remember right, Tara did too.
I'm trying to catch up on TRs...I just checked the dates of this trip...I was at WDW on the days you were on the cruise!
I just saw you were in WDW and I was wondering if you were there the same time as us. Thank goodness you weren't, otherwise I'd have been really sad that we missed you.
Monday 27 February – part eight: where is everyone?
When we finished dinner, we went for a walk around the resort, just exploring, and honestly, we were blown away with the theming everywhere. We did assume that once we left the harbour piazza area, then that would be it with the theming, but not a bit of it. It was everywhere.
We made our way up to the lobby, and again, we stood there, just amazed at what we were seeing, but also amazed, as there was just no-one around. Where the heck was everyone?
We eventually headed back to get the car from valet, and I asked the one guy working (that’s how quiet it was! ) why it was so quiet, and he said that the hotel was really dead right now, but would be picking up towards the end of the week. I would so love to stay in a place that’s this quiet, as we really did feel that we had the place to ourselves, as we wandered around.
We both absolutely fell in love with Loews Portofino Bay. The theming absolutely blew us away, and we’d both happily stay here, even though it costs a small fortune.
We decided to go and check out the Hard Rock Hotel on our way out to see what we made of that. We figured we wouldn’t be as impressed, and we were right. Don’t get me wrong, again the theming is very well done, but it’s just not us.
We were able to park up just for five minutes to go inside and have a nosey around, and Mark tipped the guy who let us, as he didn’t have to do that, and he was very grateful.
Now the only downside was that we were hoping to meet up with Jennifer (jenseib) tonight, but we got into Bice early, so finished our meal early, and then we were literally only given five minutes at the Hard Rock, so I messaged to let her know that sadly it wasn’t going to work out. I am so sorry we missed seeing her, as I’ve really wanted to meet her for so long. Even worse, it then transpired after I put a photo on Facebook that she’d been at Portofino Bay at the same time we had. I guess it just wasn’t meant to be this trip.
We made our way back to the BoardWalk, and once there, we headed down to the shop to try and find some breakfast items. Good grief Disney, what are you doing with the selection of breakfast items? It really is becoming pathetic frankly. We managed to find some cinnamon buns, so got those, and some milk for our tea, and that was it.
We then made our way back to the room, and crashed literally as soon as we got through the door. It had been another long day.
The weather today was hot and sunny with some clouds and temperatures in the mid 80s. The best thing today was visiting Portofino Bay. The worst thing today was the mess up with our cases at the BoardWalk. Today we tried eating at Tiffin’s And the result was we were very impressed. It’s a great addition to the park. The most magical moment today was seeing the Portofino Bay at twilight.
That's like classical vs. rock n roll. Comparing apples to oranges! They're both very well done, but not to everybody's taste. It is very cool that you could get so many photos without people in them though! Portofino is done with great detail indeed, wow! I can't imagine anyone not enjoying their time spent there.
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I guess pasta dishes are hard to present? I don't know, but lasagna is lasagna. I'm not sure I've ever seen it look any fancier than it is! 
BICE, although on the high end looks great with the only blemishes being some presentation issues plus not giving you enough sauce on some of your dishes. 
Your dinner at Bice looks heavenly delicious. 
) why it was so quiet, and he said that the hotel was really dead right now, but would be picking up towards the end of the week. I would so love to stay in a place that’s this quiet, as we really did feel that we had the place to ourselves, as we wandered around. 
They're both very well done, but not to everybody's taste. It is very cool that you could get so many photos without people in them though! Portofino is done with great detail indeed, wow! I can't imagine anyone not enjoying their time spent there.
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