Nineteen nights of MouseFest, Disney and Christmas - THREAD 2 - UPDATED 2/1 - Page 26 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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I'm all caught up again!! I LOVE the ICE pictures!! What an amazing thing that must have been!!!!
Your photopass pictures turned out sooooo cute!!!
I love Mark's pic with the rude guy. That's what we always do... Andy'll be like "Take a picture of 'whatever' and pretend like you're just taking a picture of me" That's how we got smoking teen girl in my TR
Sorry about the rude man, he must have felt like the bench had his name on it. I love the photo of Mark on the bench though!! Your meal looks delicious, sorry you didn't enjoy yours as much.
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I'm finally caught up again. What great pictures of ICE! I hadn't heard about it, but will definitely have to see it next time we're there.
Can't wait for more!
Just got caught up Chez! Fantastic as usual! Sorry to hear about rude guy, there's a whole line of PP just waiting to sit next to him on our next trips.
More please!
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May 2017 - Poly (Grandma's 1st Trip to WDW)
Sept 2017 - DH's bday celebration
Aug 2018 - DCL Family cruise on the Dream
the view from your room is am amazing! so close to epcot. that's a funny picture of rude guy! rude guy's wife has a look on her face that is priceless. i have yet to try le cellier, but mark's meal looks so good...
[b]It was lovely to go back there, as we hadn’t been since 2004 and it’s a beautiful setting, but we are both still a bit mystified as to the success of this place. Yes, the food is very good and it’s good a lovely atmosphere and good service, but so have a lot of other places. I don’t mean to be down on this place. It’s very good, but I just don’t understand why it’s so hugely popular. I get Boma’s popularity, as it’s very unusual food you won’t find elsewhere, but I don’t get this place.
Here's why for our family. First off, we live in the middle of nowhere and don't have a single "excellent" steakhouse anywhere near us. We have Applebees and Chili's - not what I'd call excellent.
2nd it has to do with people's taste. As some already know, you couldn't pay us to go back to Boma, so I think it all goes back to personal taste. We LOVE steaks and that's what they are known for. Our experiences have only been great there, and YES that cheese soup IS something to write home about! LOL
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I love the look on rude guy wife's face, as if to say "what do you mean he wanted my seat?" I think you should have mentioned to him that it's rude to put your feet on the furniture.
I don't get how some people can be so rude in such a "happy" place! I had the salmon in December although it wasn't the same one that you described and I didn't think it was all that great either. I thought the service was excellent and the dessert were very good! I agree though that they're lots of other excellent restaurants that are one dining credit for those on the DDP to choose from. Your room at the BCV is beautiful and the view is gorgeous!
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Glad that you got the view you wanted...your room looked heavenly.
Can't beleive how rude some people can be...I probably would have sat down anyway and when he said ouch I would have been..."oh didn't know your hand was sitting as well"...lol
The atmosphere looked wonderful as we are going for our first time this summer...however my daughter who loves to read along with me has now vetoed the salmon as her choice...lol - I have previously told her how I love your TR's and that you and Mark are Disney connisuieres (sp?) so she decided if Cheryl did not like it then I will chose something else....lol
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Wow, Cheryl, I missed a couple of days...lots of great updates. Glad you had a nice day as US and accomplished quite a bit. I have heard wonderful reviews of Mythos; your meal looked lovely.
What a great deal your photopass turned out to be, filled with such wonderful pics!
Looks good to be home at BCV, love the view!
danielle
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Wow amazing view. I know what you mean, as much as we love many of the other resorts we have stayed at...there is nothing like BCV. It is our home too. Can't wait to hear more!
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By the time we finished our meal, it was about 9.15, so we had plenty of time to get a spot for Illuminations. We walked back to the bridge between the United Kingdom and France and got some night-time shots on the way.
The crowds weren’t too bad and we managed to find a spot where we were behind just a row of people to view it. I knew that I would cry my eyes out during this and that didn’t bother me at al. Within seconds of it starting, I was off and carried on through most of it. I just love this show so much and every time I see it, I know I’m in my favourite park, enjoying my favourite night time show. Despite the tears, I was still able to get some good photos of it and they didn’t come out too badly.
I did want to linger a bit after it finished, but that wasn’t going to be. The smoke and firework debris was all coming our way tonight and we got covered with it. We headed out of the park and back to the Beach Club Villas and as we rounded the corner, where you get your first sight of the BoardWalk, you could barely see it for all the smoke. I think you can some of the smoke still lingering in these photos:
We stopped off at the Beach Club Marketplace to pick up our by now traditional souvenirs of a Beach Club Christmas ornament and fridge magnet, so that we’ve got one from each place we’ve stayed at this vacation. Then it was back to the room at the end of another great day.
Today we walked 11.19 miles. The weather today was hot and sunny with temperatures in the 80’s. The best thing today was the low crowds at Universal. The worst thing today was having to leave Epcot early because of the smoke and firework debris. Today we tried Mythos And the result was it was a superb meal. The most magical moment today was watching Illuminations.
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I think you should have mentioned to him that it's rude to put your feet on the furniture. 
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