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MegglesMom · 03-01-2005, 09:32 AM

Sorry about the yucky service! Can't wait to hear about Breathless!

Tara O'Hara · 03-01-2005, 09:38 AM

What a shame that your meal turned out that way! I agree! Service can definitely make or break it!

Lovely pics though and I can't wait to hear about the Breathless!!

Luv2plan · 03-01-2005, 09:47 AM

What a bummer about the bad service!!

So glad you all had a nice visit together though. Can't wait to hear about The Breathless!

Jillybean · 03-01-2005, 09:48 AM

Sorry about the bad service, but the food looks and sounds wonderful! The company sounds great also!

I am looking forward to hearing about Breathless!

Jill

**DrDolphin** · 03-01-2005, 12:09 PM

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Such pretty flowers!!! I forget . . . who was the mystery sender? Or did you figure that out . . . I seem to remember a posting a while back about that . . . I think.

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I never did have anyone own up Sarah.

I'd still love to know though....

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Cheryl - I think your flower sender and my flower sender may be one and the same -- same flower I noticed... the mystery continues, for both of us.

Great updates and photos. So sorry about the bad service at Concourse....

RobinKay6573 · 03-01-2005, 02:03 PM

I love the photos of the food! They all look yummy! I can't wait to read about your birthday cruise!

**chezp** · 03-01-2005, 02:34 PM

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Was that a little "Mountie" bear you were holding?

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Oh my goodness

I do apologise - I didn't realise I didn't include anything about that in my trip report.

Joy gave it to me - he's lovely and thank you so much Joy!

mestitch · 03-01-2005, 03:23 PM

I'm sorry you had such horrific service!!! I completely understand what you did as I have to have my food steaming when I get it. I can't eat food that's half warm

And how rude.. My big mouth probably would've said something to him about his terrible service!

boBmouse · 03-01-2005, 07:45 PM

Hi Cheryl,

Great report. Do you keep a copy of your bill from the restaurants you eat at when in WDW. I keep them for a little while and when I finish figuring out how much I spent on a trip I toss them. I always seem to spend more then I think I will.

Anywho, back to what I wanted to say. Your waiters name should be on the copy of the bill. So you can find out what Abed's real name is. I would write Disney about your experience. There were two failers with the service there, Abed's bad service and the manager's not seeing it.

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lauren-roxy · 03-01-2005, 09:03 PM

Great update Cheryl! wonderful pictures as always!! I agree that you should call Disney and complain about the service, I probably would have asked to talk to a manager right then.

**chezp** · 03-02-2005, 02:14 AM

b]Wednesday 22 December – part three: Breathless takes our breath away! [/b]

We got back to the Beach Club at around 2.15 and went back to the room briefly to ensure we had everything we needed (camera, video camera etc.) for our trip out on Breathless at 3.00. I’m glad we did get the video camera, as it was an amazing experience and one we can live through time and time again thanks to the footage we recorded.

When we got to the marina, we found that Breathless hadn’t been taken out at 2.00 after all, as she was still in her moorings, but our driver got her out as soon as we arrived – before 3.00 as well!

It was quite something, watching her be lowed into the water. For those of you who don’t know, Breathless is a wooden mahogany boat, dating from the 1930’s and she is beautiful.

On the way down to the marina

The history of Breathless – I hope you can read it!

Our driver getting Breathless ready for us

We climbed aboard for our ride and we were asked what speed we wanted to go at. I was happy at the speed we were going at then, so I told our driver that and he explained that we could easily get to Epcot and MGM in that time. OK -

Even more cool was the fact that we were able to drive around Epcot itself when we got there.

I was expecting to get to the International Gateway and have to turn back again, but no, we turned right and entered the main lake by France, then we took a quick spin around the World Showcase lagoon and then back out again through the UK. To me, this was already worth the money Mark had paid for this trip on its own (hey – it’s my birthday present, of course he was paying!

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But better was to come. We went around the Boardwalk ale, again at quite a slow speed, which gave us the chance to take some more photos:

Then it was down to MGM, passing the Boardwalk on the way:

After we made it down there, I decided that maybe we could go a bit faster. The driver (I think his name was Scott, but I’m not sure

) had told us that Breathless could reach speeds of up to 45 miles per hour.

I have to be honest here and say that I was shocked by that and thought that perhaps he was exaggerating just a little bit. So the speed got turned up and boy does that boat go!

It was the most amazing feeling, especially when we started to hit our own wake.

Speeding up!

I am so pleased that I asked to go faster, as it was out of this world and a feeling I would have never dreamt that I would enjoy so much. We went back to the Boardwalk lake, round there fast and then Mark asked me if I wanted to extend our trip by an extra 10 minutes and I was enjoying myself so much that I said yes straightaway!

We went back down to MGM, did some figures of eight

and then went back to the Boardwalk lake for more of the same.

We saw the same Friendship about four times while doing this and I think we scared the living daylights out of them each time!

I felt like a star though with everyone pointing and looking at us. It was a superb ride and it was worth every cent. Speaking of which, it only ended up costing $53, as Mark was only charged for a 20 minute trip, when in fact we had a 30 minute trip.

I can thoroughly recommend this to anyone. It’s a great way to spend 30 minutes and it’s such a buzz. This is now on my list of things we must do when we next return.

Next: right on target and “what was that you said Jan?”

Annabel · 03-02-2005, 02:16 AM

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Oh I agree

My 30th birthday in March 2003 was the best I've ever had! Sounds like you had an amazing birthday.

Sorry your service at the Concourse was so bad

I've eaten there twice and had the same server, Ali and he was good, he kept our drinks topped up constantly. Hopefully next time the service will be better. Look forward to reading about your time on Breathless.

Annabel

**DopeyGirl** · 03-02-2005, 02:49 AM

Oh my goodness, does the ride on Breathless sound ever so COOL!!!

Looking forward to more!!!

Annabel · 03-02-2005, 03:44 AM

OOoh we added at moreorless the same time

Your photos taken from the Breathless are really wonderful Cheryl, what a ride! I'm really tempted to try that one day. How cool you got to go to MGM and Epcot! Looking forward to more.

Annabel