The Sunshine Family (and Little Dude) Does Disney Again! - PTR - Sept 2011 UPDATED 7/25 - Page 3 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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French Quarter is very quiet and very small. I really liked the comfy feeling of the resort. Even in the height of the day in June, the pool never felt out of control.
I actually felt more relaxed at FQ than the BC/YC. I love the old Jersey shoreline feel to the whole Boardwalk area (being a Jersey girl myself) but I did alot more lounging about at Port Orleans. LOVED the nighttime carriage ride between resorts too!
French Quarter is very quiet and very small. I really liked the comfy feeling of the resort. Even in the height of the day in June, the pool never felt out of control.
I actually felt more relaxed at FQ than the BC/YC. I love the old Jersey shoreline feel to the whole Boardwalk area (being a Jersey girl myself) but I did alot more lounging about at Port Orleans. LOVED the nighttime carriage ride between resorts too!
I think then that I picked a perfect resort The whole point was to calm down on this trip and now run ourselves ragged
Sing Along!?!?!??! OMG!! Our favorite ride is Mickey's Philharmagic because we sing!! We own most of the Disney Sing Along Wii games (including High School Musical) I watched a bit of the video, we are SO there!!!
The plans look great, and I love your detailed to-do list I am sure you will get through the list in no time.
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Great plans! with the to-do -list!
Ha! We're attempting to tackle #1 on the list - rent the ECV. Which then turned into a price comparison on how much cheaper it would be to own one after about two visits, but then we'd have to figure out where to store it the rest of the year! Ugh! This is like buying a car, too much research.
But once that's done, the other ones will be much easier to get through.
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Port Orleans French Quarter is very quiet and has a nice calm feel to the resort. There are only a couple of jokers around the resort so you have to look for them. Hope you enjoy it.
that's good to know in case anyone finds they have a suppressed fear of clowns!
Seriously, I do appreciate the feedback. It's nice to know that the resort will be quiet and calm - well quiet and calm find Disney
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Folks- Stitch is not the only one with issues with that date. While I appreciate your messages of support to her via me, please don't. I have massive issues with that day, I just don't have PTSD. Reading that message this morning really messed me up.
Please no mention of that day, this post and no more messages of support for any of us regarding Sept. Or instead of a pre trip report and all the fun that goes with it, I'm going to be reduced to a mess of flash backs and nightmares and be non-functioning again.
If you like sing alongs you may, one day, try Jellyrolls over at the Boardwalk area. It's a bar with a cover ($10) but weeknights are less crowded. Best sing alongs EVER!! Doors open at 7pm, grab an early table since the show starts at 8pm.
Sorry about having to take a cab to drop off Little Dude. How about having the cab wait while you're inside and having them drop you off at your final destination?
I have to say I'm a bit nervous about the themeing at POFQ - it just seems so... loud in the pictures I've seen. The Beach Club is understated in their themeing, IMO (which fits perfectly in New England, I was born there) and Boardwalk doesn't have the loud crass feel of Atlantic City of today. So I'm not sure what to expect from FQ when we get there. Some of the pictures I've seen focused on the clown and other loud themeing pieces, but that may have been the photographers choice and that when taken as a whole, it's not that loud, ya know?
Don't be nervous about the theming at POFQ. We have stayed there 2x (1994, 2004). I think the size is a big draw for me and the theming. There are a few large decorations, like the clown, but overall I think the colors, decor, etc are very calming. The pool is fabulous. We also went to the pool at POR which was neat, but much more crowded (I have an issue with crowds). We are going next month and staying at POP and Beach Club and looking forward to it. We will miss the boat to DTD though.
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Trips to WDW: 1994 POFQ; 2004 POP and POFQ; 2011 POP and Beach Club
If you like sing alongs you may, one day, try Jellyrolls over at the Boardwalk area. It's a bar with a cover ($10) but weeknights are less crowded. Best sing alongs EVER!! Doors open at 7pm, grab an early table since the show starts at 8pm.
We were debating about Jellyrolls last time because we were right there at the Boardwalk, but I've heard that it's so crowded. And since crowds are an issue, it's something that I try to avoid. Especially at the end of a long day, defenses are down, everyone is tired, and it's easy to get triggered. Then again, with the longer trip, maybe we won't b so tired each night because we won't be trying to squeeze in so much Thanks for the info
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Sorry about having to take a cab to drop off Little Dude. How about having the cab wait while you're inside and having them drop you off at your final destination?
Now, why didn't I think of that??
Of course! Instead of renting an ECV for the whole trip, use a wheelchair, take a cab that morning (leave the wheelchair behind), drop off the dog, take the cab to AK, and then rent a ECV for the day at AK. At the end of the day, take a cab back to the kennel, and then to the hotel. Wow, that would really work and make several items so much easier. We really only need the ECV for AK because the park is so huge, we can do a wheelchair everywhere else.
Great lists! and for figuring out the rest of your ADRs!
Thanks!!! I hope that I'm not boxing myself into a corner by leaving 6 TS credits to the last minute. I want to stay flexible if I can for the most part, and it just doesn't make sense right now to continue to book meals when we're not sure what we're going to be doing some of those days because it depends on what happens (or doesn't happen) the day before.
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Ladies, I'm curious. Do ya'll have an autograph book to have the characters sign?
Hey Pam, Stitch made one last time. I'm not sure what she's doing for this trip, must add that to the to-do list. Either she needs to add more pages, or needs to make a whole new one I'd love to do one of those spiral ones that Lisa had for her trip with the three Lisas! But I don't have that kind of equipment. Thanks for the reminder though, I'll add it to my list to ask her.
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Your "to do list" looks good!
thanks!! Now I just have to get through it. Hard to believe I'm already at the 60 day mark!!!
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Don't be nervous about the theming at POFQ. We have stayed there 2x (1994, 2004). I think the size is a big draw for me and the theming. There are a few large decorations, like the clown, but overall I think the colors, decor, etc are very calming. The pool is fabulous. We also went to the pool at POR which was neat, but much more crowded (I have an issue with crowds). We are going next month and staying at POP and Beach Club and looking forward to it. We will miss the boat to DTD though.
Whew! That's good to hear. And great news about the pool too, especially since that's one place we want to hit up daily.
And we're really looking forward to the boat ride to DTD. We never made it there last time, so I really want to squeeze in more than one visit if at all possible. I also realized that we can take the boat to DTD and then a bus to any resort for any meals we may have. I think this is a great location.
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There is no way to get to the dog kennel without a car!! There are simply no transportation options unless we call a taxi!
for figuring out the rest of your ADRs!
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