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I loved your photos of the Christmas tree trail at Disney springs! Someday I will get to see it in person! Your dinner looked yummy! What a great night!
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What a fun evening - although tinged with sadness with La Nouba. I'm still not sure how I'm going to be when we're there in January and the theatre is dark. It's been such a huge part of our lives for so long.
It was such a fun evening but the same for us with La Nouba!!
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What a great night at DS! Glad you got to see La Nouba one last time! Morimotos sounds delish! Great pictures of all the Christmas trees! Love the new purse!
Thanks, Marnie!! The whole night ROCKED!!
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I loved your photos of the Christmas tree trail at Disney springs! Someday I will get to see it in person! Your dinner looked yummy! What a great night!
Thanks, Donna!! The Christmas Tree Trail is so pretty!! I hope you get to see it too!!!
Glad you all enjoyed Morimoto Asia! It looked very nice decked out for Christmas. We were excited too that the Trail of Trees was already open and will see it later in our trip. Cute Dooney & Bourke Bambi bag.
What a great afternoon and evening! Such great photos from your savanna balcony of the animal with so much activity. Quite often as I found out when I had one of these verandas is there wasn't a lot of activity in the afternoon with the heat. But then again I was there at the end of April, when it's usually a bit hotter.
Glad you got to see another great show of La Nouba before it's gone for good! I'm glad I got to experience this one last time last year!
Amazing meal at Morimoto and I too loved the place from the food, service and amazing decor inside, which no WDW restaurant can compete with by being o beautiful and elaborate. I will definitely return here, but not sure when as so many other new eateries to experience in the Springs. Your table is probably about ten feet away from where I dined. I was just to the left of the grand staircase.
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Glad you all enjoyed Morimoto Asia! It looked very nice decked out for Christmas. We were excited too that the Trail of Trees was already open and will see it later in our trip. Cute Dooney & Bourke Bambi bag.
We loved Morimoto Asia!! We loved the Christmas Tree Trail!! I love my Bambi bag!!
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What a great afternoon and evening! Such great photos from your savanna balcony of the animal with so much activity. Quite often as I found out when I had one of these verandas is there wasn't a lot of activity in the afternoon with the heat. But then again I was there at the end of April, when it's usually a bit hotter.
Glad you got to see another great show of La Nouba before it's gone for good! I'm glad I got to experience this one last time last year!
Amazing meal at Morimoto and I too loved the place from the food, service and amazing decor inside, which no WDW restaurant can compete with by being o beautiful and elaborate. I will definitely return here, but not sure when as so many other new eateries to experience in the Springs. Your table is probably about ten feet away from where I dined. I was just to the left of the grand staircase.
I agree about the animals, Dave!! We didn't really see them until late afternoon. We loved Morimoto Asia and I can't wait to go back there!!
We move to the Boardwalk and the Adlers are coming!!
Day 9. November 11th. Part 1.
Even though we stayed out late last night, I was up bright and early this morning! I took a walk around the grounds and snapped some photos along the way.
Then I called Adrienne. She and Dave were already at the airport. They were all checked in and waiting for their flight to board. She said they were up at 4:00 AM and called an Uber to take them to the airport without a problem. They followed all of the instructions for DME and placed their luggage tags on their suitcases before dropping them off. I knew she would do fine with all of this but I was very proud of her!!
I quietly packed most of our stuff up and Muffin slept right through it!! We had an 8 AM ADR at Boma, but Muffin asked if I would mind going without him. I didn’t mind at all and told him I would wake him when I got back.
When I got back to the room, Muffin was already dressed and packed. We know we could have had our luggage sent over to the Boardwalk, but we decided to just bring it along and we called a Lyft. We got picked up without incident and arrived at the Boardwalk Inn by 9:00 AM.
When we arrived, I went up to the check in area and explained that we had just come from AKL. I will digress a moment here to say that I also requested a Garden View room as that is what the CM that I talked to when I switched to the Boardwalk told me to do. For those of you that do not know that story.......
In short, we were staying originally at the YC for these four nights but did not like the idea of having puppies for neighbors so we switched over to the Boardwalk (although I wish it had been that simple to do so). After much run around, I got connected with an awesome CM who switched us over without a problem, hooked us up with birthday stuff and told me to request a Garden view room.
So back to the present, I had to tap my MB again and you guys will never guess what?!
IT DIDNT WORK!!
I now totally understand Cheryl’s frustration with the issues they constantly have with this! This time, though, the CM said to just go and enjoy ourselves and that it would be fixed when we came back. She assured me that it would continue to work in the Parks and with everything else.
Then she told us that we had been upgraded to a sort of Boardwalk view and we were very excited!! She was honestly almost as perfect as Mary Poppins until she was explaining where our room would be and said, “This is where your room is. It’s a partial Boardwalk view. This is where the full Boardwalk view rooms are for those that can afford them!” Muffin and I just looked at each other and started cracking up!! Since she was so great otherwise, we blew past her comment and moved on!
She also gave me a Happy Birthday button, so the CM that I had previously spoken with when changing resorts was true to her word! Muffin asked me if I was actually going to wear it and I said of course I am! I have to! I secretly think he was jealous! Anyway!
So far, the Boardwalk was an immediate hit with us! We loved the atmosphere and the location and we hadn’t even seen our room yet! By this time, Muffin was getting hungry so we strolled over to the Boardwalk Bakery where he got a scone and a package of fruit along with a mint tea. I was still stuffed from breakfast so I just hung out on the Boardwalk while he ate.
When he was finished his breakfast, we headed into Epcot. My absolute favorite thing about the Epcot resorts is the back door entry through the IG!! The World Showcase was still closed so we could only walk from England to Future World, but it is so nice to feel like you have the Park to yourself!!
We took our time strolling around and I texted Adrienne to see where they were. She told me that their flight was smooth as silk as was the process getting to the Magical Express. They were at the airport waiting for a bus and would text us when they got closer.
By the time we got to Future World, it was just about 11 AM so we thought we’d continue our walk around World Showcase on the Mexico side towards the International Gateway.
Figuring that the Adlers would still be a little while, we ducked into America to see the American Adventure. We hadn’t seen it in years and Muffin was really excited to see it again. Well!
To say he was disappointed is an understatement. They really need to update this show. It is such a shame that it is so outdated. The theater itself is beautiful. Anyway!
About half way through the presentation, Adrienne texted me to say that they were in the lobby at the Boardwalk! I had to wait to answer because we were still in the theater but we were so excited!!
When we came out of the theater, it was raining for the first time all week! We made our way back to the IG and found the Adlers in the lobby. The first thing we did was ask them why they brought the rain with them!! We told them the weather had been perfect until they arrived!!
We sure weren’t going to let a little rain stop our adventures so we all headed into Epcot and by the time we got to the entrance, it was pouring!! Then the rain let up and it was an off and on drizzle. We walked around towards Mexico and again it started to pour so we all went inside the Pavilion to dry off.
At this point we were soaked. Muffin was not in a happy mood and was very grumpy but the three of us were just glad to be together and on vacation, which only made him grumpier. He said he was going into the bathroom to dry off with paper towels and couldn’t understand why the three of us weren’t doing the same. Trust me when I say, paper towels would not do the trick!
He seemed a little better when he came out of the bathroom and we all browsed around Mexico, hoping that the rain had let up when we got out. It was so mobbed in this pavilion that there was even a line for the Grand Fiesta Tour! We joined in the line and it really only took about 20 minutes to get on. We checked outside when we were done finding Donald and sure enough, the sun was out! . Also, that was truly the only bad weather we would have for the whole trip!!
Adrienne so wanted a margarita but the line at La Cava was ridiculous!! I’m not sure if it was because of the rain or the F&WF but there is no way we were standing on that line for a drink. Instead we went to the Hawai’i booth where Meg and I had gotten a Pineapple sparkling wine earlier in the week and we each had one of those. Everyone thought they were delicious!!
Then we got a text that our rooms were ready, so we all headed back to the Boardwalk to shower and change.
We absolutely loved our rooms and even though they were standard view, they really were sort of facing the Boardwalk and Crescent Lake. We were on the 5th floor and our rooms were right next door to each other. Here are some photos of our beautiful rooms and the view:
Our view::
Some resort photos:
Dave
Dave, Adrienne and Muffin
We went back to Epcot for our first FP+ of the day at FEE and I know you will all be shocked to hear that it was down!! Anyway, we got a free FP+ that was good for any other attraction for the rest of the day.
We got the heck out of World Showcase and used our FP+ for Spaceship Earth because the standby line was 50 minutes!! When we got up to the front of the FP+ line, the CM let us all go in without scanning our bands so we wound up with another FP+!
Next we made our way over to Test Track and used our FP+ for that. Everyone except Adrienne loved the ride!! Adrienne thought she was going to die and wanted to get out while we were on the racetrack part. I had to keep telling her that was not a great idea! It wasn’t pretty but we all laughed about it afterwards and told her that she was very brave for trying it!!
Our next FP+ was for the much mellower Pixar Short Film Festival and we all loved that!! Having seen it earlier in the week with Meg, Colleen and her family, I knew this would be an awesome way for Adrienne to settle down.
Then we headed over to the Land and rode LWTL for our last FP+ for today.
We started back to the Boardwalk and were really excited to get ready for Party for the Senses tonight!!
When we got back to the Boardwalk, this was waiting for me:
Next: Our absolute, hands down number one highlight of our trip!!!!!
Nice score on your room! Do you remember what room # you had? I love American Adventure and am sorry it was a disappointment. We haven't been able to see it in a couple of years though.
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Oh yes, it's always fun when the MagicBands don't work! Wow, you did get a real downpour, didn't you? Sorry Muffin was so grumpy. I can understand that. I hate getting drenched.
Another great day, glad the Adlers arrived safe and sound.
Thanks!!
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Oh yes, it's always fun when the MagicBands don't work! Wow, you did get a real downpour, didn't you? Sorry Muffin was so grumpy. I can understand that. I hate getting drenched.
This was the first time that mine did not, so I guess I can't complain too much! He gets over it quickly!
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Sorry about a little bit of rain, but what a great day at Epcot with the Adlers! Your room looks great! Can’t wait to hear about Party for the Senses!
In the scheme of things, the rain was nothing!! It was a wonderful day!
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So fun to be able to enter Epcot through the IG! Sorry about the rain, but thankfully, it cleared out for the remainder of the day (and the trip). Except for that rain, it seems to have been a pretty great start for the Adlers.
Another great day in WDW. Your room looks very nice at the BWI and you do get a decent view of the lake but not ideal. You got a lot done in Epcot and funny with Adrienne's reaction on TT. I love the pineapple wine in Hawaii and a good second choice to a margarita. I'm surprised you didn't try Mexico's F&W Fest kiosk outside which also has margaritas.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Such great photos from your savanna balcony of the animal with so much activity. Quite often as I found out when I had one of these verandas is there wasn't a lot of activity in the afternoon with the heat. But then again I was there at the end of April, when it's usually a bit hotter. 
I'm glad I got to experience this one last time last year! 
Your table is probably about ten feet away from where I dined. I was just to the left of the grand staircase.
We had an 8 AM ADR at Boma, but Muffin asked if I would mind going without him. I didn’t mind at all and told him I would wake him when I got back.
She assured me that it would continue to work in the Parks and with everything else.
Since she was so great otherwise, we blew past her comment and moved on!
We told them the weather had been perfect until they arrived!!
We joined in the line and it really only took about 20 minutes to get on. We checked outside when we were done finding Donald and sure enough, the sun was out! 
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Wow, you did get a real downpour, didn't you? Sorry Muffin was so grumpy. I can understand that. I hate getting drenched.
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