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Nice update and review. I have never taken the Epcot loop so it was cool seeing it from your pics. I really hope you were given the chance to do the survey. They supposedly listen and you should give them an earful. For the amount of points that you bought and the dues you pay, your room should have looked and felt "deluxe". AKL - Kidani is 3 months older than BLT (I looked, lol) and I have never seen any wear and tear like that. Stains? Really?
I can't wait to hear about the party - we'll be doing it for the first time, this year
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So sad to see you leaving the ship today. At least you have a stay at WDW and the MNSSHP to look forward too. I agree about the room, for being one of the newer resorts/DVC property, it shouldn't be falling apart.
That stinks about BLT. It seems like such a nice resort too.
The outside looks cool and being near MK and monorail is nice, but that's all I got for positives. Well, the CMs were nice too!
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Not what I would expect from DVC or the newer DVC. I am picky too, when it comes to stuff like that. I realize they pretty much have people in and out non stop, but at some point you have to take the time to do some repairs and deep cleaning.
Love the pics as you rode the monorail through Epcot!
Riding the monorail was fun! We did it again later, but just the resort loop.
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sorry the cruise is over but still more Disney to come. BLT isn't even all that old I'm surprised to find so many things wrong.
Me too! I was disappointed for sure.
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Nice update and review. I have never taken the Epcot loop so it was cool seeing it from your pics. I really hope you were given the chance to do the survey. They supposedly listen and you should give them an earful. For the amount of points that you bought and the dues you pay, your room should have looked and felt "deluxe". AKL - Kidani is 3 months older than BLT (I looked, lol) and I have never seen any wear and tear like that. Stains? Really?
I can't wait to hear about the party - we'll be doing it for the first time, this year
I didn't notice anything wrong at AKV, nor have I anywhere else. I did send DVC an email, I got a phone call back, but nothing about returning points or anything.
You're going to love MNSSHP!
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So sad to see you leaving the ship today. At least you have a stay at WDW and the MNSSHP to look forward too. I agree about the room, for being one of the newer resorts/DVC property, it shouldn't be falling apart.
It kind of felt 'cheap'. I sure hope Grand Floridian and Poly will be better!
At least you got to follow the cruise up with a party! I'm thinking that's the way we'll plan things when we cruise. Ease back into reality. Sorry to see the issues with your room. That really surprises me. I would have noticed that kind of things too. Maybe you just got unlucky with the room you were assigned. Hopefully you'll be able to have fun anyways!
Mike update: Can't remember if I posted this, but he got a call back for a face-to-face interview on one job which he had last week Tuesday. He was told he'd hear something one way or another in about 2 weeks. We haven't heard anyhting yet, so if you have some pixies pass them on that we hear good news soon!
And I hope to get back to this TR soon - I'm too busy reading everyone else's and just need to make time to write the last fwe updates. I think I'm dragging it out until I have a PTR to start.
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