6 years ago, I graduated from law school, and we scrapped together the money to take my then 3 yo DD to WDW for my graduation celebration. It was during the "Buy 4, get 3 days free" promo, and the total trip was $1,700. We pulled that trip off by the skin of our teeth, and were ecstatic that we could do it.
On that trip, we stayed at the Pop Century. Although we had a wonderful experience there, one of the days of our trip we took a little adventure over to the Poly. My DH and I walked around that hotel with our mouths gaping, and our DD's eyes as big as moons. Everything from the lobby, to the hotel, to the smell, to the view, to the customer service was just awe-inspiring. I stayed at Poly when I was a kid, but I didn't remember it like this. I don't remember being mesmerized by it like I was on that trip.
We have been back to WDW 4 times since then, and have stayed at CS, and WL three times. Every time I went to book those trips, I looked at the Poly. And, every time the price was just out of my reach.
But, yesterday, I was getting ready to book BC (After three stays at WL, we decided it was time for something new), and just our of curiosity, I looked at Poly. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that the room I was planning to book at BC was only a few hundred dollars off a room at POLY!!!
So, I quickly looked for a video of the poly resort to show my kids (now DD is 9, and DS is 5). They were already set on BC because of the pool, but we were already planning to get the water park pass and go to both water parks, so I had them watch this:
After that, not only were my kids in love with Poly, but my DH and I looked at each other and we knew that this was what we had waited for and we were getting it this trip!
On that trip, we stayed at the Pop Century. Although we had a wonderful experience there, one of the days of our trip we took a little adventure over to the Poly. My DH and I walked around that hotel with our mouths gaping, and our DD's eyes as big as moons. Everything from the lobby, to the hotel, to the smell, to the view, to the customer service was just awe-inspiring. I stayed at Poly when I was a kid, but I didn't remember it like this. I don't remember being mesmerized by it like I was on that trip.
We have been back to WDW 4 times since then, and have stayed at CS, and WL three times. Every time I went to book those trips, I looked at the Poly. And, every time the price was just out of my reach.
But, yesterday, I was getting ready to book BC (After three stays at WL, we decided it was time for something new), and just our of curiosity, I looked at Poly. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that the room I was planning to book at BC was only a few hundred dollars off a room at POLY!!!
So, I quickly looked for a video of the poly resort to show my kids (now DD is 9, and DS is 5). They were already set on BC because of the pool, but we were already planning to get the water park pass and go to both water parks, so I had them watch this:
After that, not only were my kids in love with Poly, but my DH and I looked at each other and we knew that this was what we had waited for and we were getting it this trip!
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