Jenny Sanders
DIS Veteran
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- Jun 8, 2007
I honestly have to say that I really loved our Royal Room (the 2 times we stayed in one). I think the attention to detail is amazing, and what a perfect place to stay if you are a princessy girl!!!!
Agreed. Prefer to the bayou. But... you have to get the right one. Curious to see where you'll wind up.
I'll try to write a nice, detailed TR on it to inspire you to go on one!
Hi @ChunkyMonkey! Kind of late to the party but glad I found your TR, which is amazing as well as your CRAZY DIS ASIANS TR, which I have not finished reading. Sorry about your Father's passing , but I agree with you that he is in a better place now. Anyway, I love all of the detail you put into your reports and the pics look amazing. Cannot wait to read more!
I still want to try this! But the one at Disneyland is only during the week and I tend to be down there on the weekends!
My favorite is the French Dip! Yum!
Same! I wanted (and still want) most of it, but I've been keeping myself in check for the most part!
Yay! For vacation beginning for real!
I really need to try this sometime!
We are usually there so late at night that no one is at the buses.
I hope so! I stayed there when it was Dixie Landings and liked it.
I'm glad to hear other people tip the drivers. I've not seen many people who do, they just retrieve their bags and go on their way.
That would certainly have sparked joy for me. We had the first February in over 130 years where we did not have a day that hit 70°.
Huh. That sounds fun. I wonder if the one in DTD is doing the Ralph version.
Yummy! That's my favorite, but Fran diesnt like the horseradish.
Bizarre. My purse is practically a suitcase and weighs about the same. There's no way something like that would be anywhere nears useful to me!
Me too. I like the sandwiches better. In fact I may have one this weekend!
I always forget about this with my DIS friends. Even when I had a day job, it was at a music publisher, so every day was pretty casual. I figure everyone dresses like they do at the parks every day, I mean I do!
I have to try this festival one day! We are planning to go in Jan 2020, or maybe Feb, so I might get the chance!
I found that with the F&G booths and as a result we never got to try everything that I wanted!
I am sorry to hear of Steve's dad health concerns and am hoping for the best for him and the family. On the travel front however, you are doing very well. Your revamped trip sounds amazing!Since Steve and I didn't want to lose our placeholder Discount, we had to scramble to find dates that we COULD cruise that wouldn't cost us even more money and time away from work. So the Bahamian cruise that leaves on May the 6th worked perfectly for us since that was the original end date of our Epic Girls and Guys trip. Since we were extending we might as well add on more nights at the beginning of the trip! We had a flight change fee but that was met by some of our credit cards who pay for incidental airline fees so thank goodness for that.
The F&G additions are lovely.When we arrived at LWTL we had a short 10-minute wait. Can't wait to see all the new stuff growing for Flower and Garden in less than 30 days!
Mmmmm, I would love this drink!It tasted like a Gin Tonic - but maybe a little fruitier. It was pretty good and hit the spot as something refreshing with a kick. I don't know if it is a good idea to ride RnRC with a little somethin' somethin' in you, but hey, it did calm my nerves a bit because I do love this ride and ride it all the time, except when you first see this part as you walk into the loading area, you go OMG I can't believe I'm getting on this!
Oh my, those look SO good!We were feeling a little peckish so we went to Woody's Lunchbox and got Totchos - tater tots with cheese, chili, sour cream, green onion, yum.
Here is my Disney shameful secret......I am not a big fan of Fantasmic and may have been known to fall asleep in the middle of it. I know, I know......If that boat doesn't spark joy in you then, well, why are you at Disney?!?
Your room is sweet and you look so happy!OK!! Now it was time to see our Royal Room!!! I was so excited, but we really had idea where it was. We had to consult a map and figure our our room number from there. We crossed the bridge over the river, and into one of the mansions. And we kept walking and walking and looping around and after what seemed like 10 minutes finally found our door. We apparently faced the back, so our room was at the very back. We got a corner room though, not sure if that means anything but maybe we just have like an extra 10 inches of window space or something.
Absolutely!!In the midst of my reverie Steve called Bell Service and they delivered our luggage, and my Amazon Prime order of water, some fruit, chips, and aromatherapy bath salts! See? I don't have to do anything and everything comes to me. I really am a princess when I'm here.
So far in all my times riding this I've never been the rebel spy. It has to happen in my lifetime, right? #notcountingonit.
We did, however have an amazing ride on RnRC! Not so sure about the people in front of this though!
Ok, I wasn't consulted in this decision! AND GUYS!!!!! NO STEVES ALLOWED... except for Steve Rogers!Epic Girls and Guys trip
That would be sooo cool! They could charge an insane premium for that and people would book it. I am planning on staying at the Explorer's Hotel at Hong Kong Disney and they have a Moana Celebration overlay, but it's mostly themed toiletries, towels, slippers, and window clings. Very cute, but not worth the extra money.Imagine a Moana room at the Poly...
Love reading your trip report!
Thank you for sharing!
So excited to be 5eremin about three weeks!
Wow. Page 5. I am a sloth.
So excited to join in again on another journey with you folks!
Thanks for sharing!
I am here! I am caught up! Now I will probably get hopelessly behind again, but such is life lol!
Your trip reports are bomb.com. Can’t wait to read more.
Joining in. I love your TR! Can't wait to read more.
I have been reading all your previous reports and am now on your current one! 52 days and counting to my next trip planning on buying a year pass!
Oooh, I LOVE EoS, but so rarely get there anymore (because I so rarely get to DS anymore). Your sandwich looked amazing!
This shirt is amazing!
So happy that your trip was sparking so much joy
I was going to comment on the photo of it, but you beat me to it. It is so pretty!
They are so slow, but if you're not in a hurry, so relaxing. I love them!
I first read that as, "Meth Nerd".
Yeah, I can see that. Teensy!
All 3 were super rich, so I can see that. Plus add in warmth and... FOOD COMA!
So excited to see another trip report from you... and so much joy!
It seems to be the trend with that girl's trip that y'all are extending them. No shade to it, that's amazing and more power to you! I'm sure it's going to be as amazing as it seems to be turning out to be.
So I don't belong at a Disney park if seeing Steamboat Willie during Fantasmic doesn't spark joy? What if my reasoning is it makes me long for the beautiful Mark Twain that's used at the finale at Disneyland's (*coughSUPERIORcough*) Fant?
I'd 100% be reacting the exact same way to the princess room. Guess that's what I'll be saving up my CP money for for a one night stay so I can just turn the fireworks on and off and play with the sink. Yup, that'll definitely be me.
Thanks for the shoutout and always being in my corner! Or checking on my corner. Something like that!
I have missed reading about your adventures here- I have not had much free time to spend here on the DIS, and with what I do have, I am trying to keep my head above water over at the BC FAQ.
Plus, some Disney depression after not travelling to the World in 2018, first time in 10 years I have missed a visit. Spoiler Alert: I'll be turning that around in the coming year with an October WDW trip and Feb trip to DL/Maui.
I might do this on our next trip. It will be hard to convince Zack, because mostly we like to just get to the hotel and be there already. But SW has changed their flight time from Denver and now many days they land at 1:20am instead of 11:50pm
Yum. I don't know how F&G food booths are, but I feel like everything at the Arts Festival is bigger servings/more filling (and thus more expensive lol). Last year we hit most of the booths in one day and when we sat down to watch the concert that night we were starting to regret it
Yay! We are looking at going from the 24th to 28th...
I just got to book things for our cruise this summer, I may have gone back and read all of your reports of Palo and Remy
I love that bucket, it's so cute! We just kept this one so far from the parks
Zack and I maybe had a few moments of arguing last September because that ride had an hour long standby time and I was determined I could get a FP for immediate use... and I did!
Well, you ARE a princess!
These two moderates are at the top of my list. I've just been to cheap to pay for them over Pop so far...
Your May (ok, April-May) trip sounds AMAZING!!!
I have only been on one Disney cruise, so I'm no expert, but I believe you can check for openings at Palo the first afternoon you are onboard. Fingers crossed!
I'm jealous of the epic meet-ups you will have in Disney. Wish I could be there, but spring is going to be crazy at my place. Nate will return from his semester abroad in New Zealand, but we don't know how long he will stay. He is applying for internships out west and in Alaska. Ben will be attending his first prom (Nate never went) and then he graduates in early June.
BTW- great idea with the listing of your trip report links. They do start to build up, don't they!
Your reunion with Steve's family sounds really nice. I remember a previous DL trip where you visited his family, but I forget how far away they are.
Great title for your report- so timely!
I love the Festival of the Arts picture pictures. So cool!
I don't go to DTD much, but the VOID experience sounded fun, and free Mickey bars and cute Photopass pictures and props???? Sign me up!
The only time I have been to Earl of Sandwich was on our first family trip in 2008. Sounds like it could be time for a return. Probably will happen when we are in DL in Feb. I want to get the roast beef and the Thanksgiving sandwiches.
Your EPCOT ears are perfect!
My friend Nannette introduced me to her flavored popcorn obsession near Figment. She loves the Buffalo.
What a gorgeous Princess room. Just right for you.
Wow New Zealand! Bucket list for sure! How is he liking it?
Congrats to Ben on his senior year!
Yay!!!Steve and I have really changed it up and instead of going for just 6 nights, we're now going for 2 whole weeks!
This will never get old and not funny to meIt did not seem like there was much to do other than wait so we hopped on A.S.S. standby to pass the time,
Exactly!If that boat doesn't spark joy in you then, well, why are you at Disney?!?
I completely agree!But they should really have Royal Rooms at EVERY resort, right?
We were feeling a little peckish so we went to Woody's Lunchbox and got Totchos
When we got off at Riverside we decided to eat before finding our room otherwise I'd just complain about how hungry I would be all night but also too lazy to leave to get something.
But here it is, the most amazing Princess room!
No plans yet. I booked flights on points so we could cancel, but can't figure out a hotel. There's not much left. Basically it's down to do we push for those dates (because that would cover one of two people on the Garden Rocks concerts that interest us ) or scrap it and go for another weekend? Which may open back up the Epic Trip Weekend... or later in May. Zack's got multiple jobs going out of state currently and the timelines change so often that it's hard to plan. But we're determined to make it to F&G this year and also I'm in travel withdrawal in general because we haven't been anywhere since January ETA: I just realized that I had booked a GG PPO Breakfast concert package for the 26th that I had forgotten about...Coool!!! What are your park plans? I had to scramble to find FP at the last minute. We may head to a water park though just because we've never been!
We're doing a double dip and I've got brunch on the 2nd Castaway day right now but I'd really like to switch it to the sea day. We also have dinner on the Nassau day and are hoping that when Zack's parents' window opens on the 9th we can change that to all of us for dinner.LOL They are SOOOOOO good. I really want Palo brunch and fingers crossed we can still book it when we go onboard.
I love the Pop refurbs! And it was our first on-site resortI really do love the Pop rooms now so it's a tough choice! But POFQ will always have a special place for me because it was our first on-site Disney resort we stayed at!
Steve and I have really changed it up and instead of going for just 6 nights, we're now going for 2 whole weeks!
Imagine a Moana room at the Poly...
Wow! Big difference! With a cruise thrown in, no less!
Nice of you.
I didn't even know there was a kiosk there. But... thanks for the tip!
But wouldn't you go to Karamel Kuche for that? Yes, I know it'd be more cash, but... it's Karamel Kuche!!
Really! I thought the grace period was 15 and that's it.
I can see it now.
Steve and Su-Lynn get on Star Tours. They are the only two riding...
Steve gets picked to be the rebel spy. Su-Lynn bursts into tears.
That's Disney in a nutshell.
Heh. I'd be "What's your sweetest drink?"
You guys get it. The two in front of you? Not so much.
Looks good!
That's I think the fourth way I've seen to say that. I'm a bit surprised it worked!
mmmmm.... Love fried shrimp. But there must be cocktail sauce. And I don't see any.
Nice! Lots of nice touches.
I've seen those before... you're not alone, there.
Ummm.... You're looking the wrong way...
Holy crap! That's a great idea!
I'm selfishly excited to see you're going on the Dream because that's the ship we're most interested in, although the itineraries are meh, so a trip report will be super useful.
I LOVE Hendrick's and I'm inconveniently allergic to tonic, so this is like the perfect drink.
Separated at birth....
Wow! I'm sorry you had to postpone the Alaska cruise bur your new plans sound pretty great!!
Sounds like a good night at DHS. Stinks that slinky dog was down though!
The Royal Rooms always look so amazing! I'd love to stay in one one day!
Go big or go home, right?
It's closer to Imagination pavilion I think.
Yes true, but as you see, we didn't get the caramel! Also if you were really lazy and didn't want to walk to Germany.
also if you only had a buck fifty to spend...
Well it was practically a walk on so I dont' think they would have denied us for being 5 minutes past the grace period. Any other time probably not.
that is exactly what would happen.
LOL Sweet tooth!
They must have been doing the "who can have the most serious face on RnRC" challenge.
Hahaha, I'm clever like that.
There was a remoulade sauce. I think I would have preferred cocktail sauce though.
I want those faucets!
I was...pondering.
You never know, it might. My wife was the rebel spy not once but TWICE...on the same trip! I was so mad because she doesn't even like Star Wars.So far in all my times riding this I've never been the rebel spy. It has to happen in my lifetime, right? #notcountingonit.
That's exactly what I think. I get a bit freaked out. But Once I am on the ride I like it.except when you first see this part as you walk into the loading area, you go OMG I can't believe I'm getting on this!
The steak looks pretty good. I wasn't overly impressed with the POR food court, I thought it was just OK. I did enjoy a roast chicken dinner though. That was about the best I had in the week I stayed there.Grilled Flank Steak, and a Fried Shrimp Platter. i wish I could have gone to POFQ for their muffelatta but maybe next time! The food was basic but good and tided us over.
I think it just means you get that 2nd window instead of a wall. I don't think the room size is different. I stayed in exactly the same corner room layout as yours. I did find it let in a bit more light.We got a corner room though, not sure if that means anything but maybe we just have like an extra 10 inches of window space or something.
Although I have never stayed at POFQ, I would really like to try it. We took the carriage ride down there and it seemed like a nice quiet resort, and smaller for walking around.Not so much this resort, although I think it is lovely, I prefer POFQ just slightly more