The group DH, myself and the 3 ds 16,14 and 12.
We stayed at the Swan again with a nice govt. disc and rollaway because disney said no ap rooms were available. Even though I called in plenty of time. They did offer us some nice conceirge room at $400 plus, Cough, Cough, sick feeling, money draining out of the wallet etc. No thanks.
4-6-04 We had the first direct flight out. We were greeted by our great Tiffany Towncar driver, Berkley Edwards right on time. We stopped at the hess mini mart just to pick up 4 cases of soda. We arrived at the swan around before noon and were told , you know check in is at 3. Yes, we have been here before yada yada. So we check the luggage and wait 5 minutes for an MK bus. We then take the boat to the Poly and have the 3 ds rent the water mice. This worked out really well since they just got to do it berfore Disney changed the rules due to the accident. DS 12 did pretty well for his 1st time. DS 16 had to come and get another boat, he said something was wrong with it. Then after an hour of fun, we sent them off to captain cooks for lunch and DH and I went to our PS at Kona for lunch. We had a table 2 away from the entrance. DH had to move the table because his back was in the sun. Not my idea of a romantic, tropical view I had in mind etc. We shared the crabcake appetizer. DH had mahi mahi and I had barbequed pork. We shared a dessert. I dont think we will be back here for a while. We then went back to the hotel for a nap since we were up since 4 am. Later DS16 and 12 went with me to MGM. They went on RRC and then we ate at sunset market. My burger was cold. YUCK. Then we saw the 2nd showing of Fantasmic. The only time all week I met a rude cast member. There was a problem it seemed with her not thinking I was handicapped. I told her I just couldnt go up and down alot of stairs. She kept sending me many sections over . Constantly reminding me the ds could not sit with me and saying if you are not handicapped I would not claim it. I said I am. I was so aggravated at her. She saw ds helping me walk and then I showed her one of my actual physical handicaps. Well she let the ds sit in front of me, then 1 ended up next to me. She finally even brought me a complimentary wheelchair so I wouldnt have to walk all the way out. Well I walked all the way in by myself but I was really tired. I think by then she finally figured out I was handicapped. There was also a language problem so I felt like I had to resort to showing her part of my handicap. Gee. She was really ruining my magic that night. Little ds whispered to me, oh mommy she is so mean. Out of the mouths of babes.
Wed 4-7-04 No one wants to get up early and do ee so we went to MGM and did sounds dangerous and IJ. THe FP time for TOT is 6 hour return. No thanks. We eat at sunset ranch market, another big YUCK. We take a bus to MK. We have never been here during holiday times. The crowds are huge, fast passes run out by ll am at the latest and return times are no less than 4-6 hours. We get a FP for Splash Mountain at 3 and the return is 9 pm. WOW. THe Pirate posted wait was 25 min. but I timed us at 7 minutes. Small World 25 min, but really 10. The longest line we waited in was Philharmagic 25 min. There were only 25 people in the country bears. Everyone else was lining up for spectro. We met a really cool pressed penny lady. She told us she has over 700 and keeps them under glas at home in her coffee table and a desk at work too. We at dinner at CP. The food was good and so were the characters.Our splash fp was during wishes so we saw some of it and then we missed some due to the ride and worse our splash picture didnt turn out. I wonder if it had to do with the young couple behind us. hmm. We usually buy it too. We saw the 2nd spectro. We waited for 6 buses till we got one back to the resorts but we only waited 10 minutes.I saw another resort line that had only 1 bus for our 6. I felt sorry for them. I dont know which resort it was.
Thurs 4-8-04 MK. DS 12 is on a character autograph quest. Aggh, huge chunks of time out of the schedule. The FP for SM at 11:30 had a 5 pm return. For Buzz it was 7 pm. Did TTA. and what a mess. It was perfect timing for us because a big thunderstorm happened while we were on. BUT the worst problem was a girl got out of the car. They had to stop the ride., we hear her screaming in the dark. The announcement, dont get up or out etc. we are delayed etc. A CM comes walking the tracks with a flashlight. This does not go over well with little ds 12. He worries about everything. Oh well, at least we are out of the rain. We see some shows. A dance and singing act from some dance schools. Did teacups and saw buzz. Loved see timekeeper and carousel of progress. Got alot of candy at the store on main street. THEN IT HAPPENED. The bus driver from ****. We stopped back at the beach club, yacht club and boardwalk, There are still about 25 of us left on the bus. The driver passes and swan and dolphin and is heading back to the MK. We scream at him to turn the bus around. He pretends he can barely speak english and claims to "Know Nothing." Well we were on the bus for over 1 hr. and 15 min. We go back to the MK where the drivers change shifts. DH just about prevents one guy from going ballistic.Thanks honey. We go back to swan and immediately call disney transportation supervisor and tell him the HORROR story. He tells us yada yada, bus driver problems, I have the exact bus number etc. He offers to send a personal disney van to pick us up. DS say no. Its only 1 way. We have to get our bus back. We go to boardwalk. They play carnival games, we see fire guy. amazing and have dinner at ESPN. DS 16 says this place rocks. Finds out a guy from the eagles will be there the next night. But we dont make it back. To be continued. Sorry I have typed too long tonight.
We stayed at the Swan again with a nice govt. disc and rollaway because disney said no ap rooms were available. Even though I called in plenty of time. They did offer us some nice conceirge room at $400 plus, Cough, Cough, sick feeling, money draining out of the wallet etc. No thanks.
4-6-04 We had the first direct flight out. We were greeted by our great Tiffany Towncar driver, Berkley Edwards right on time. We stopped at the hess mini mart just to pick up 4 cases of soda. We arrived at the swan around before noon and were told , you know check in is at 3. Yes, we have been here before yada yada. So we check the luggage and wait 5 minutes for an MK bus. We then take the boat to the Poly and have the 3 ds rent the water mice. This worked out really well since they just got to do it berfore Disney changed the rules due to the accident. DS 12 did pretty well for his 1st time. DS 16 had to come and get another boat, he said something was wrong with it. Then after an hour of fun, we sent them off to captain cooks for lunch and DH and I went to our PS at Kona for lunch. We had a table 2 away from the entrance. DH had to move the table because his back was in the sun. Not my idea of a romantic, tropical view I had in mind etc. We shared the crabcake appetizer. DH had mahi mahi and I had barbequed pork. We shared a dessert. I dont think we will be back here for a while. We then went back to the hotel for a nap since we were up since 4 am. Later DS16 and 12 went with me to MGM. They went on RRC and then we ate at sunset market. My burger was cold. YUCK. Then we saw the 2nd showing of Fantasmic. The only time all week I met a rude cast member. There was a problem it seemed with her not thinking I was handicapped. I told her I just couldnt go up and down alot of stairs. She kept sending me many sections over . Constantly reminding me the ds could not sit with me and saying if you are not handicapped I would not claim it. I said I am. I was so aggravated at her. She saw ds helping me walk and then I showed her one of my actual physical handicaps. Well she let the ds sit in front of me, then 1 ended up next to me. She finally even brought me a complimentary wheelchair so I wouldnt have to walk all the way out. Well I walked all the way in by myself but I was really tired. I think by then she finally figured out I was handicapped. There was also a language problem so I felt like I had to resort to showing her part of my handicap. Gee. She was really ruining my magic that night. Little ds whispered to me, oh mommy she is so mean. Out of the mouths of babes.
Wed 4-7-04 No one wants to get up early and do ee so we went to MGM and did sounds dangerous and IJ. THe FP time for TOT is 6 hour return. No thanks. We eat at sunset ranch market, another big YUCK. We take a bus to MK. We have never been here during holiday times. The crowds are huge, fast passes run out by ll am at the latest and return times are no less than 4-6 hours. We get a FP for Splash Mountain at 3 and the return is 9 pm. WOW. THe Pirate posted wait was 25 min. but I timed us at 7 minutes. Small World 25 min, but really 10. The longest line we waited in was Philharmagic 25 min. There were only 25 people in the country bears. Everyone else was lining up for spectro. We met a really cool pressed penny lady. She told us she has over 700 and keeps them under glas at home in her coffee table and a desk at work too. We at dinner at CP. The food was good and so were the characters.Our splash fp was during wishes so we saw some of it and then we missed some due to the ride and worse our splash picture didnt turn out. I wonder if it had to do with the young couple behind us. hmm. We usually buy it too. We saw the 2nd spectro. We waited for 6 buses till we got one back to the resorts but we only waited 10 minutes.I saw another resort line that had only 1 bus for our 6. I felt sorry for them. I dont know which resort it was.
Thurs 4-8-04 MK. DS 12 is on a character autograph quest. Aggh, huge chunks of time out of the schedule. The FP for SM at 11:30 had a 5 pm return. For Buzz it was 7 pm. Did TTA. and what a mess. It was perfect timing for us because a big thunderstorm happened while we were on. BUT the worst problem was a girl got out of the car. They had to stop the ride., we hear her screaming in the dark. The announcement, dont get up or out etc. we are delayed etc. A CM comes walking the tracks with a flashlight. This does not go over well with little ds 12. He worries about everything. Oh well, at least we are out of the rain. We see some shows. A dance and singing act from some dance schools. Did teacups and saw buzz. Loved see timekeeper and carousel of progress. Got alot of candy at the store on main street. THEN IT HAPPENED. The bus driver from ****. We stopped back at the beach club, yacht club and boardwalk, There are still about 25 of us left on the bus. The driver passes and swan and dolphin and is heading back to the MK. We scream at him to turn the bus around. He pretends he can barely speak english and claims to "Know Nothing." Well we were on the bus for over 1 hr. and 15 min. We go back to the MK where the drivers change shifts. DH just about prevents one guy from going ballistic.Thanks honey. We go back to swan and immediately call disney transportation supervisor and tell him the HORROR story. He tells us yada yada, bus driver problems, I have the exact bus number etc. He offers to send a personal disney van to pick us up. DS say no. Its only 1 way. We have to get our bus back. We go to boardwalk. They play carnival games, we see fire guy. amazing and have dinner at ESPN. DS 16 says this place rocks. Finds out a guy from the eagles will be there the next night. But we dont make it back. To be continued. Sorry I have typed too long tonight.
