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Congrats on the girls trip!! I've been trying to plan one of those for my mom, dd and I for over a year now. We have DVC points that we banked from last year, so we have to use them or we lose them. Hopefully a girls trip will be in our future too.
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Congrats on the girls trip!! I've been trying to plan one of those for my mom, dd and I for over a year now. We have DVC points that we banked from last year, so we have to use them or we lose them. Hopefully a girls trip will be in our future too.
Losing those points is incentive enough for me! If it wasn't for the DVC I wouldn't be going on half of the trips that I go on...it's definitely worth the every penny I spent.
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Congrats on the trip! I think you'll love BCV - and it's proximity to Epcot.
I've only stayed at YC, so I'm excited to stay on the other side. We're going to be able to use the pool on our arrival day as well, so we're excited about our first dip in Stormalong Bay! Plus, I can grab a milkshake from Beaches & Cream whenever I want. The only thing I was concerned about was how far away the villas are from the rest of the resort...like the marketplace.
We woke up bright and early today since we had to be off the boat by 9:15am in order to catch the bus to our resort no later than 9:30am…remember that...no later than 9:30am!!! Anyway, we decided to steal food from the buffet the morning before and eat it in our room instead of trying to make it to breakfast at our given time. They wanted us seated and eating at 7:15am. No thank you, I had to get up early enough, don’t make it any worse!
We left the room, leaving our luggage there to go check out our photos from the night before and look for this wonderful cast member that we had met during our trip. While we were looking at the pictures I noticed one of Hope’s feet were missing a brand new shoe. Chad was carrying her and I asked him if he had noticed anything falling off of her foot. Obviously this was an extremely stupid question because if he had he would have stopped to pick it up right away.
I immediately left them where they were and re-traced our steps, as I was going up the stairs to walk down our hallway, a couple asked me if I was looking for a shoe. I said , and they told me that a woman cleaning the hallway found it and had it. Looking back, I should have asked what the woman looked like or where her exact location was, because after walking up and down that hallway about 20 times I never found her. I think I asked every stateroom attendant I could find where I could locate a woman who was said to be cleaning the hallway, but no one could help me…it was like she was some imaginary person!
I finally made it down to guest services and they told me that if something was found during debarkation day, it would be located off of the ship where the luggage pick up was. By this time I was so upset. Baby shoes are not cheap, and she had only worn them for like 5 minutes!!! We went back to the room and got our luggage to head off the ship. By this time it was 9:10am. So much for trying to meet up with our favorite cast member, we needed to get off the ship and on the bus.
I made it down to the lost and found and there was still no sign of the shoe. The woman working the desk called guest services on the ship again, but nothing. I had to fill out a form so that they could send it to me, but to this day, I have still not gotten that shoe back. Who is this woman and what does she want with my child’s shoe???
By now we were all getting antsy because it was 9:25am and we still needed to go through customs. For some reason we had luck on our side and we sailed through the line, making it on the bus a little after 9:30am…they held it for us, which I was not expecting.
We were now on our way to The Boardwalk, and I can honestly say I wasn’t in the best of moods. It had kind of put a damper on my morning because I didn’t get to really say “good-bye” to the ship like I usually do. I know that sounds a little cheesy, but you know when you’re leaving the MK, you look at the castle one more time to take it all in? I didn’t get to do that, plus I was still upset that I was now down a good pair of baby shoes.
We pulled up to The Boardwalk a little after 11am and were very excited to check in.
While I was doing that, everyone hung out in the lobby and let Hope explore a little bit.
Our room wasn’t ready, so we decided to walk around the boardwalk a little bit. It was really windy and cool on the water, but we made the best of it. This hotel was just beautiful. I loved walking around outside and just taking in the atmosphere of this place.
My mom and I had reservations for afternoon tea at the Garden View Lounge at 2pm, so we needed to leave around 1pm to make it over there on time. The guys would be watching Hope again, and getting the luggage to our room when it was ready. This is a mother/daughter tradition of ours, and I’m hoping to take my little girl with us one day. I just having tea with my mom.
We got to the Grand Floridian a little early so we just walked around a bit.
There were a couple of weddings going on like there usually are, so we kept trying to spy on the brides. We also came upon the mysterious “poodle lady” that’s been mentioned on these boards.
For the life of me I have no idea what she has in her bag, but I snapped a picture of her. I felt like I was on a stake out!
It was finally time for tea!
We were seated, and we got our usual…a pot of the Garden View Tea and the Buckingham Palace. The first course is a plate of tea sandwiches…cucumber, egg, chicken, shrimp, pear and an onion tart. All of these are very good, but for some reason I didn’t like the taste of the chicken sandwich. It tasted kind of sand papery.
While we were waiting for our next course, my mom got all excited and told me to turn around since I had my back to the windows. The glass carriage was going by to pick up one of the bride’s we had seen in the lobby…yes, I was extremely jealous!
Up next was the second course, a scone with jelly and Devonshire cream and a raspberry tart. This is just heaven….pure heaven.
The last course is the dessert. You get to pick two desserts of the cart or a bowl of the dessert trifle. We always seem to pick two desserts. I picked the fruit tart and chocolate éclair, and my mom picked the éclair and a chocolate covered strawberry…just delicious.
It’s always such a nice and relaxing time when we go there, and it will always hold a special place in our hearts.
As we were getting ready to leave we got a call saying that our room was ready, so we were on our way back to the Boardwalk to see our fabulous room…or so we thought.
Bummer about the shoe- Between all my kids- I've lost many a baby shoe; and it's always the favorite, barely worn shoes that go missing. Hurry back with more even though it sounds like something negative may be in store......
I've only stayed at YC, so I'm excited to stay on the other side. We're going to be able to use the pool on our arrival day as well, so we're excited about our first dip in Stormalong Bay! Plus, I can grab a milkshake from Beaches & Cream whenever I want. The only thing I was concerned about was how far away the villas are from the rest of the resort...like the marketplace.
I didn't think the Marketplace was that far from where our villa was located. And we discovered a 'back way' to go out of the room to get to the path that leads you to the IG.
The tea sounds great! I can't wait to go there again in August. I'm not looking forward to the next installment though - doesn't sound promising.
Stefanie and I both hate losing things, and when we do, it really does put a damper on the day. So sorry about the lost shoe! The tea looks lovely. But the title for the next segment sounds ominous.
Sorry about the missing shoe. Maybe it will soon magically turn up (before she outgrows it). I your pictures of tea w/your Mom! I know my Mom would love doing that too.....now, if I could just get her to WDW!! How spotting the "poodle" lady!!! Is it stuffed teddy bears in her bag???? Can't wait to read more!
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I had to get up early enough, don’t make it any worse!
Chad was carrying her and I asked him if he had noticed anything falling off of her foot. Obviously this was an extremely stupid question because if he had he would have stopped to pick it up right away. 
, and they told me that a woman cleaning the hallway found it and had it. Looking back, I should have asked what the woman looked like or where her exact location was, because after walking up and down that hallway about 20 times 
I never found her. I think I asked every stateroom attendant I could find where I could locate a woman who was said to be cleaning the hallway, but no one could help me…it was like she was some imaginary person! 
We went back to the room and got our luggage to head off the ship. By this time it was 9:10am. So much for trying to meet up with our favorite cast member, we needed to get off the ship and on the bus. 
having tea with my mom.
. Hurry back with more even though it sounds like something negative may be in store......
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spotting the "poodle" lady!!! Is it stuffed teddy bears in her bag???? Can't wait to read more!
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