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Thanks for the heads up on the pics ... i fixed 'em! They should work now. Have a great time next week!

Seeing the castle for the very first time when I was a kid and .... Watching MY kids see the castle for the very first time.

Saturday, August 12 Where did the week go? This vacation literally flew by ... I have no idea where the time went. As usual I'm the first one awake because the beds at HRH just aren't comfortable to me. In fact, we (me & DH, the girls were fine of course) didn't get a good night sleep the...

Friday, August 11 Our last full day at Universal. And how do I commemorate the event? By posting a "Live at the Hard Rock Hotel" post on Disboards! Anyhow, today will be the day for the Pteredon Flyers. We munch some food from the lounge and we're off to IOA. We reach the que line...

Thursday, August 10 Awoke at 6:50am to insect sounds, got dressed, grabbed some grub from the lounge and turned on CNN to discover that a severe travel alert has been issued and liquids in carryons are a no go. It figures. We were in Hawaii in 2003 and they upped the terror alert level...

Wednesday, August 9 The night before DH set our alarm clock for "soothing" wake up sounds ... and at 7am we were blasted with what sounded like a forrest full of screaming insects. Soothing? I think not. Creepy? I think so. We completely planned on getting to IOA at 8am for an early entry...

Tuesday, August 8 After a night of restless sleep (the beds are hard at the HRH!) we wake up, get dressed and skip merrilly down the hallway to the concierge lounge. I'm a bit worried because I've been reading some not so great reviews of the food in the Club 7 lounge - but we get there and...

Sunday, August 6th Our journey begins as soon as our youngest DD, K, is finished performing as Gadshill in King Henry IV. We went and watched her 4pm show, understood very little because, well, we really don't understand Shakespeare. We jumped in our SUV and took off from Indiana to Midway -...

Mom's right - it's not a ride, it's a show that you walk through. If you're strapped for time, it's something I'd take a pass on ... but the ending (and walking through water) is kinda neat.

Hello all ... Me, DH and our 2 DDs (10 & 9) are headed back to Orlando next month ... we'll be staying at the HRH and treating ourselves to a Club Room. :hammer: The last time we were at HR was in Aug. of 2003 and we had a garden view on the first floor. Loved the hotel, loved the pool...

One more tip ... www.fearofflyinghelp.com It's run by a former pilot and the online course is AWESOME. And it's completely free. It explains pretty much everything about flying ... even the "dinging" sounds that you sometimes hear. (That actually made me feel better, don't know...

Without reading all the answers (I still need more coffee) I'm going to jump in here and say I'm the most horrible flyer. Ever. Swear. I take Ativan. My doc prescribes the lowest possible dose - I take one a 1/2 an hour before I get on the plane. One when I get on. And then depending on...

I do really really dumb stuff sometimes. Left my $1000+ digital camera just sitting in the room - case not even closed. Left everyone's passports + cash just sitting on the table. But I do believe my most prized dumb move was this last time when we did a last minute "stay a day and...

I know there are quite a few on here who are blessed to be able to live within a short driveable distance to WDW ... and I'm jealous! But for the others, how often do you make the trek down to Disney? More than once a year? Every couple of years? And do you make new reservations upon...

I consistantly have nightmares about 3 things (I'm a mess!): 1. Airplanes 2. Tornados 3. Elevators I've done TOT twice ... and that's enough for me. Body Wars made me ill ... and I know MS would do the same if I gave it a chance.

Kinda OT but .... Question for the parents who pull their kids out of school: Does your school allow them to take work with them? Our school district doesn't ... it's weird. (And not good practice - my kids would've been caught up by the night before they went back to school ...

Yep. Heard them in the Comtemp lobby. Ugh. And guilty as charged - in pulling my girls out of school that is. (Though they're not Pop Warner kids.) We actually do it every year. But my girls are both excellent students - and know they will NOT be going on vacation if they're grades...

I loved looking at Laura's pics, so I thought I'd post the ones I have from my first Disney vacation from the mid 70s. We stayed at the Poly ... but I completely remember wanting to be at the Contemporary - because afterall, the monorail goes THROUGH the hotel. ;) (Which is probably the...

We were just there last week - 8 was being done (and loudly during the day too!) during our stay. We were on 7 ... and 10 as a last minute day bonus. No pics of the actual construction, but there are pics linked in my 2005 Trip Report that show 10th floor newly redone rooms and the not...

We loved loved LOVED the Hard Rock Hotel. Loved it. My girls learned to swim in their pool so it holds a special place in my heart. :sohappy: