Trip Report The (second) ONE with enhanced cleaning and (a little less) Physical Distancing. Sept 2020

How is everyone doing out there???

A little background on this trip. This trip was origionally booked as a Food and Wine/Birthday girls getaway with two of my friends. We booked The Poly at 7 months Thursday through Sunday. (One friend’s bday was Thurs, the other was Sunday! Sooooo perfect!!!)
Buuuuut, they are both teachers and were not allowed to go. (Read that again. Not Allowed☹️)
I had the reservation and I wanted to go. My friend, R and I had a trip in April we had canceled. We had rescheduled for October to do a Halloween party (Nope!) and a DVC moonlight madness (Nope again). Then, she lost her job😞 so she came back to work with me. Her Mom, Gpa and Uncle own the business.
“Hey R, want to go to Disney in September instead?”
“Yeah!”
“Should we add a night? I still have 18 points I can use.”
“Yeah”
“Do you think we can get the extra day off?”
She looks at me. I look at her. 😂😂😂
I mean, her Mom makes the schedule.

She booked her flight, bought her park tickets, made her park reservations and we were set.

Tuesday night, September 15th I caught the sunset and headed to bed for an early start the next morning.
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Wednesday, September 16 came early. R’s Gma was flying back to Ft Lauderdale an hour before our flight. So we all went together to help her out.


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We were not sitting together because our flights were booked seperately. I asked to move us together but I asked on the late side and it was a no go. It was fine. We watched movies. I love Jet Blue TV’s!
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Yay! The sign said 45 minute wait. The woman who checked us in pointed out the sign and said it “could” take 45 minutes.
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Overheard on the ME: “Mom, I dont want to go to the Magic Kingdom!”
“Where do you want to go?”
“Legoland!!”
Haha😂
Lets check the weather...
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Notice my phone is only at 44%🤦🏼‍♀️
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Back of the bus. Not a 45 minute wait but about 20.
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Too far in the back of the bus to get THE SIGN. How about the side of the road? Almost as good???

For the record, we went to Wilderness Lodge, BLT, the Contemporary and then The Polynesian.

We finally made it and were ready to let the fun begin!!
 

riverside

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Raspberry lemonade for me, flaming something er other for R. Both with double vodka because the lady behind us in line talked us into it. Then she ordered an iced coffee🤦🏼‍♀️
🤣 🤣 🤣
We decided EE would be our next victim.
The line began all the way back by Nemo. So basically, just outside dinoland.
I saw the same thing when I was there. I couldn't believe it!!
Well said Sebastion. Well said.
Amen to that!!
We found a couple Px3. That is PhotoPass Photographers.
You, my friend, are a genius!! I love it. Do you mind if I steal that for my TR? That will make for a lot less typing!!
 

donaldtoo

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Wednesday, September 16 cont

After TT we mosied over to see Figment.
Look how empty...
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Everyone must have been eating and drinking around the world.
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This is when I decided, as long as I am wearing a mask I will not smile. All smiling does is make my forehead all wrinkly. It makes me look mad. I told R, if my husband asks for xmas present ideas, one word.....
BOTOX.
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Then we headed for a break in the (empty) DVC lounge.
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Some much needed caffeine and I might have charged my phone😂
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Haha. That is my charger in the bottom left corner. I probably charged my charger as well.

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donaldtoo

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Wednesday, September 16 cont

Then we had to go on Soarin’.
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Because I always do...
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No smiling because of the wrinkle situation.
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Back outside. Still not smiling!
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We had one more must do. Get an Aass beer!! No, I kid. We had to ride Frozen. But since the Aass cart is right there...🤷‍♀️might as well...right?
And R got a fancy schmancy bottle of water. Apparently, Norway does not sell dasani.
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Absolutely no clue what this was about!⬇️
It’s pretty though so I will share.
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Oh boy. Probably a really stupid question, but, what am I missing in that last pic...?! :cyclops:🤔
 

donaldtoo

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Wednesday, September 16 cont

The sign says 25 minutes. Buuuuut, they were cleaning the boats (30 min before close? Really?) so it was more like 35.
Thats ok, we had some Aass and fancy schmancy water.
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Our boat mates have a very intense look in their eyes!

If FEA did that to your boat mates, I really wanna’ see their ride pics from EE, RnR, ToT, etc., if they even went on any a’ those...!!!!! :hilarious:;)
 

donaldtoo

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

I could not wait to get out of bed. I think I slept 3 hours. R’s snoring either subsides around 3am or I am so tired I can finally sleep through it. I actually contemplated going to sleep in the tub. Delirious I was!

But the sun was out, I wasn’t at work, the kids were not asking me for anything (yet). It was going to be a fabulous day!!!
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I dont drink coffee. But it was not too early for diet pepsi. I really needed the caffeine!
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I showered. Guess what? The shower was broken. Yeah, it was broken. A) the temp control handle was broken. I took a video, but I have no idea how to get it over here. Anyhow, the handle starts at about 5:00. You turn it counter clockwise to turn it on. The more closkwise you go the hotter the water gets. 10:00 is still a little cold. 9:00 is just on the border of too hot but if you want a hot shower, as sleep deprived me did, then turn the handle to 9:00. However, gravity will quickly take over and the handle will fall to the 6:30 ish position delivering scalding hot water. Ouch🔥🚿
And B) the scalding hot water was all around my feet because, yup, the drain was broken. I tried to make the drain opening bigger and the stopper came out in my hand. 🤦🏼‍♀️
Good morning from The Polynesian!

I was complaining about the shower to R as we ate breakfast on the balcony and she said the kitchen sink was broken too.
WHAT!?!
(This part is a little embarrassing on my part but I have to keep it real)
I go in and turn the lever first right then left.
Nothing!
“How the heck are they enhance cleaning without water?!”

We made our way to the Great Ceremonial House to catch the monorail to the MK.
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I went straight to the front desk. My buddy Lawrence was there.
“Hi, remember us from yesterday? You were going to give us the best room? Well....you didnt. There are a couple issues.”
He grabbed a post it.
Me: “Get a bigger piece of paper Lawrence.”
I went through the issues and even told him about the fridge we had to have swapped out. I told him we would be out all day and we would appreciate it if the items could be fixed before we got back.”

Next we headed upstairs to catch the monorail. It was about 8:20am.
A very rude CM (are you seeing a Poly pattern here?) asked where we were going. We said Magic Kingdom.
“That monorail doesn't start running until 8:30.”
We look at the time on our phones, look at him, look at the monorail sitting in the station with it’s doors open, and walked away.

R and I wandered a little bit. She had not seen much of the place the day before. Boutiki was not open but we strolled back to captain cooks to see how it was going. We passed this
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“I love her!”
“Who is she?”
“Annette Funichello.”
“Who?”
😒
We took a peak at the pool.
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We retuned to the monorail gate keeper. Again he told is the monorail doesn't start running until 8:30.
I said, “It’s 8:28. Shouldnt it be loaded so it can leave at 8:30?”
Meanwhile there were people onboard and yes, it was the same monorail that had been sitting there at 8:20.
R and I got our own half cabin.
First monorail ride if the trip. Let’s take a picture!
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Haha
Let’s do that again so we can see how great these “barriers” work to physically distance parties.
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Peek a Boo!!!

Yep, not a coffee person here either, by far and away, mostly water and beer...!!!!! :cautious::hungry:🍺:hilarious:

Always LOVED Annette Funicello..!!!!! :inlove:

peekaboo is scary...!!!!! :eek::hilarious:;)
 
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donaldtoo

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Saturday, September 19 cont

Next we headed to Dinoland.
We had to stop and gawk at the Alligator. (Which is totally invisible in the photo😂)
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This is a better picture of my new ears.
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They had expanded the line since my trip the previous month but it was not full.
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If you have read previous TR’s you know I take this pix and send to my son who insists “dinosaurs aren’t real”.
How can these kids have half my DNA???
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The ride broke down. What to do??? We were in a good spot so we sat....
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...and watched the preshow. Two full times!
Then we were up and walking again. We felt rested and refreshed from our downtime in a cool dark air conditioned room.
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About this time everyone sang happy birthday to a little kid. EVERYONE!
Kid will never forget that!

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Sooo cool for that kiddo...!!! :)
We were waitin’ at the front of the line at the right-side tunnel to MK on oldest DDs Sweet 16 in ‘07, when an elderly CM noticed her birthday bling. He got everybody’s attention and had the whole crowd (about 200-ish?) sing happy birthday to her...it was AWESOME, and somethin’ she, or we, will never forget...!!!!!!! :joyfull:

Dinosaurs aren’t real...?!?!?! :eek:o_O
How is he on the moon landings...???!!!!! :cyclops::hilarious:

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donaldtoo

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Wednesday September 16 cont

Epcot
Monorail
No
It seems silly to me. Perhaps someone, maybe one of you lurkers, knows why you can not take the monorail to/from Epcot right now. Is it cost prohibitive? Staffing issue? For me a big perk of staying at a “monorail resort” is actually being able to take the monorail!

We made our way to the bus. I pulled up our room number on the way to the Polynesian

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37%🤦🏼‍♀️

We arrived to the bus stop and walked to the Great Ceremonial house and up to the Bell services desk.
Me: “Hi, we are just checking in and need our luggage.”
Bellman in the rudest voice, with the sourest look upon his face: “Do you want me to deliver it?”
(Hmmmm. Why the heck am I asking you for my luggage? I know Disney is a magic place but does the luggge deliver itself??And, not anymore thank you!)

Me , totally annoyed that this guy was NOT very nice: “No, we can manage it ourselves.”
(Translation: I am not giving YOU a tip!)
Him: “Go speak with the Valet.” -again, very rude tone and manner. Not Aloha worthy!

Here we go again!
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Back outside we go to speak with the Valet.
One note here: last trip I was told that CM’s were called back based on seniority. Just because a person has been at a job for a long time, does not mean they are great at it!!! On this trip, we encountered more grumpy CM’s than I ever have in my whole life. Perhaps the seasoned veterans are just over it? Or maybe, in this case, he knew his resort was being shut down even further for refurbishment and he took it out on me?
The Valet, however was much younger and very polite and energetic.
Me: “Hi, we just arrived from the parks and need our luggage and instacart order.”
Him: “If you just go inside to bell services they can help you.”

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I was tired folks...
I blurted out, “that A-whole just sent us out here!!!”
The valet, was taken aback, naturally.
He was very nice, apologized for the A-whole and retrieved our bags and groceries.
We began unloading the cart he wheeled our stuff out on and he told us to take it with us. I asked what we do with the cart when we are finished.
“Usually we ask guests to return them here but to make up for your bad experience just leave it outside.”
Thank you Mr. Valet dude whose name I did not get. Here is a huge tip and Aloha to you!!!

@Nunu you have been pretty silent around here. I took these for you😘and the rest of you room peepers.
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Closet on the left
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Bathroom number one on the right.
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Bathroom number two next to number one😂😂😂 (get it? #2? #1?)
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I have said it before...two bathrooms but only one toilet is just plain dumb. Especially since the room sleeps five.

Forgot to throw this one in for this post...!!! ;):)

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