mousetravel
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2007
After about an hour's drive from Savannah, GA, we arrived at Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort! We were so excited about this portion of our trip. This would be our first visit there. I just couldn't believe we have been missing out on this place, as we live in SC, but it's about a 5 hour drive from us.
We made our way to the font desk building
Making our way upstairs, there was Shadow's dog house! How cute!
There's a neat back story to Shadow the Disney Dog and his handler, B'Lou.
From what I understand, the dog, as a puppy, began to linger around the resort as they were building it in the 1990's. They "adopted" him in, because he stuck around and wouldn't leave. B'Lou became his official handler (not sure how this came about). They make regular appearances throughout the resort with many activities, such as story telling for the kids, and outdoor game activities. Sadly, we didn't get to meet Shadow, but we did get to meet B'Lou, and he was a really sweet guy!
As we made it to the second level, where the resort office is, I just had to get a quick pic of the gorgeous view from upstairs!
Look at the cute Disney door!
The front desk area (though not the best pic, I wish I got more pics of this area! )
We checked in, and received our Disney "Keys to the World" cards, which is very similar to the WDW cards, that open your resort room door and you can put your charges on there.
We arrived fairly early, around 12pm, and was hoping to get early check in. So the cast member checked us in and said they would text us when the room was ready. So we just walked around the resort for a bit enjoying the gorgeous-ness of it all!!
There's a boat dock directly across from the parking area.
Looking towards the resort area from the boat dock.
This view kinda shows how the parking area is across from the boat dock.
And just an hour later, they texted and let us know the room was ready.
1pm check-in time works for me!!
So excited, we rushed out to the porch for a quick pic, before exploring our gorgeous room!!!
Coming up: Resort & room pics!!
We made our way to the font desk building
Making our way upstairs, there was Shadow's dog house! How cute!
There's a neat back story to Shadow the Disney Dog and his handler, B'Lou.
From what I understand, the dog, as a puppy, began to linger around the resort as they were building it in the 1990's. They "adopted" him in, because he stuck around and wouldn't leave. B'Lou became his official handler (not sure how this came about). They make regular appearances throughout the resort with many activities, such as story telling for the kids, and outdoor game activities. Sadly, we didn't get to meet Shadow, but we did get to meet B'Lou, and he was a really sweet guy!
As we made it to the second level, where the resort office is, I just had to get a quick pic of the gorgeous view from upstairs!
Look at the cute Disney door!
The front desk area (though not the best pic, I wish I got more pics of this area! )
We checked in, and received our Disney "Keys to the World" cards, which is very similar to the WDW cards, that open your resort room door and you can put your charges on there.
We arrived fairly early, around 12pm, and was hoping to get early check in. So the cast member checked us in and said they would text us when the room was ready. So we just walked around the resort for a bit enjoying the gorgeous-ness of it all!!
There's a boat dock directly across from the parking area.
Looking towards the resort area from the boat dock.
This view kinda shows how the parking area is across from the boat dock.
And just an hour later, they texted and let us know the room was ready.
1pm check-in time works for me!!
So excited, we rushed out to the porch for a quick pic, before exploring our gorgeous room!!!
Coming up: Resort & room pics!!