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We drove up to meet our friends from the Transatlantic cruise. They were in NYC prior to cruising to Bermuda. It was so great to meet up with them! We saw ‘the Rocky steps’, went to Reading Market, wa.lked along the waterfront at Penn’s Landing (and got shot at by a canon!), tried Geno’s (sorry, not a fan), toured Constitution Hall, walked around Rittenhouse Square, found an outdoor cafe to sit and just chat, and then dropped the back at the station for their train back to NYC.
We'll have to come up another time for a Tara tour! I’d love to do it soon, to see the Chinese Lantern thing that starts tomorrow, but my schedule is slammed until after Kelsey graduates, or longer!
We drove up to meet our friends from the Transatlantic cruise. They were in NYC prior to cruising to Bermuda. It was so great to meet up with them! We saw ‘the Rocky steps’, went to Reading Market, wa.lked along the waterfront at Penn’s Landing (and got shot at by a canon!), tried Geno’s (sorry, not a fan), toured Constitution Hall, walked around Rittenhouse Square, found an outdoor cafe to sit and just chat, and then dropped the back at the station for their train back to NYC.
We'll have to come up another time for a Tara tour! I’d love to do it soon, to see the Chinese Lantern thing that starts tomorrow, but my schedule is slammed until after Kelsey graduates, or longer!
Well, just let me know!! It sounds like you had a great day!! I'm not a Geno's fan either!! I like Pat's!!
So! I keep telling myself that I am not going to confuse and torture everyone with my crazy mixed up plans, but I simply cannot seem to help it!! Every time we make a change I get so excited that I have to share!! Anyway!
On Saturday, after all of that gardening, Muffin and I were exhausted!! We got showers and got our jammies on early and decided to watch some old Disney you tube stuff on TV.
While we were watching, I happened to go on the WDW website and noticed that the Wilderness Lodge had now popped up with availability for the week of November 7th-13th. There was nothing available from the 7th-10th or the 10th-13th. Just the 7th-13th.................
I started thinking about how much Muffin has wanted to stay there for the past several trips and thought and thought and thought some more.....................
While he was enjoying Kitchen Kabaret, I quietly switched our resort reservation from a split stay at the Beach Club and the Poly to six nights at the Wilderness Lodge with a nature view room. It was also a total of 600 bucks less than we were currently paying.
While we were switching over to Horizons , I told him what I had done. Muffin told me that was an awesome thing for me to do and then asked me to call and see if there wasn't a way we could still split our stay with the Polynesian.
I was happy to oblige!!
So, I called WDW reservations (you know, my best friends ) and asked if we could stay at the Wilderness Lodge from November 7th-10th and then at the Polynesian from the 10th -13th.
The CM I spoke with was amazing and she tried her best to accommodate my request but also found that nothing was coming up as available from the 7th-10th or the 10th-13th at the Wilderness Lodge. She thought this was pretty silly since we already had the 7th-13th booked and were just trying to split our stay so she spoke with guest services and they were super happy to accommodate me!!
I know I say this a lot but I really think this is our final final plan!!
So! We are now staying at the Wilderness Lodge for three nights and then the Polynesian for three nights!! We won't save 600 bucks but we will still save almost 300!
This makes us both very happy!!
Now, I have to move some park plans and dining plans around but I think we are getting there and by the time I can make my dining reservations in just 12 days, we should be set!!
What a great change! It works out well for both you and Muffin! But it's a long time until November, so I'm sure you'll make another change or three .
I was going to say that as well!
Much as I love the Beach Club, I do get your change, as we loved our stay at the Wilderness Lodge. The new Copper Creek villas are just beautiful and now we want to go back and stay in one of those awesome cabins!
Nice going for the change and this is a nice split stay! I thought that when you couldn't at first get the split stay at The Poly that perhaps, Disney had put a hold on your account as you had already hit your "Change of Plans" limit for this trip!
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What a great change! It works out well for both you and Muffin! But it's a long time until November, so I'm sure you'll make another change or three .
Honestly, I hope not this time!! We both feel like these plans will work out well for everyone and we haven't stayed at either of these resorts for a while!!
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I was going to say that as well!
Much as I love the Beach Club, I do get your change, as we loved our stay at the Wilderness Lodge. The new Copper Creek villas are just beautiful and now we want to go back and stay in one of those awesome cabins!
Nice going for the change and this is a nice split stay! I thought that when you couldn't at first get the split stay at The Poly that perhaps, Disney had put a hold on your account as you had already hit your "Change of Plans" limit for this trip!
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Odd about the dates, but so glad that the CM was able to make the split stay with WL and the Poly happen!
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To your second point, of course!! 
, I told him what I had done. Muffin told me that was an awesome thing for me to do and then asked me to call and see if there wasn't a way we could still split our stay with the Polynesian.
We won't save 600 bucks but we will still save almost 300!
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