Following along! Excited to hear how your first trip with your mom went!
Sounds like my town's airport except we have 3 terminals
I have to admit I already saw your review on the Poly thread, but I don't want to comment on it to spoil it.
Welcome to my little slice of crazy, I'm glad you're here!
Our local airport (20 minutes-ish from our house) is small, but has several different flights and airlines in and out all day. It has a restaurant and a couple of quick serve options (like Auntie Ann's pretzels and a coffee shop, plus one of the little convenience store things) and several gates, so I guess it's what I had in mind when we pulled up to our departure airport. What a shock to see how tiny it was!!
If you read the Poly review, you totally understand the title of this report! I really tried to balance the good with the bad, and overall things were fine, but I think I just built it up too much in my mind, you know? Kind of gave myself big expectations.
Club Level!!! Woohoo! That is fantastic pixie dust!! That happened to DH and I a few years ago (at YC) and we loved every minute of that club access
I have heard good things about CL at Yacht Club, that's a nice bit of pixie dust!! It was definitely an exciting moment!
Nice upgrade to club level! That's a nice surprise and how lucky for your mom to get to experience that on her first trip.
I need to catch up on Riverdale too. I have a killer migraine today so I plan on relaxing when I get home. Riverdale may be happening tonight.
Yes, it was a very nice surprise to walk into! I tried to explain to my mom that it was NOT a normal thing to have happen, LOL!!
I caught up on Riverdale and holy cow!! There's some serious crazy going on in that town!! I hope your migraine settled down, I know how frustrating and painful they can be.
Love that title!
Agreed, it would be too small for me to survive for longer than 1/2 nights!
Woohoo!
Double monorail photo! It's like a double rainbow!
Haha, thank you!! It stressed me out not to add the extra 'P' to popping, but it would have messed up the resort name.
Agree!! DH and I have two nights booked at AS Movies in December before moving to Kidani Village, and I am having doubts. We may check into changing those two nights.
Double monorail is TOTALLY like a double rainbow!! That might be the best comparison I've ever heard, it made me happy, LOL!
This is like the airport I've flown out of my last two trips! It's super casual (y'know, when you're not the last people to show up for your flight lol)
It's pretty close to the buses if you ever ended up there again. I think it's technically the closest building to the front ("technically" even if 50s may be closer) because that was where we were moved when we had a ton of trouble with rooms a few years ago.
that's where we were!
lol you'll notice we have the same picture from the same day just slightly earlier once I get there in my TR lol
Super casual is the perfect way to describe it (and I'm so glad you made that flight!!), and while I was weirded out by it, when we landed on return, I realized it was a pretty sweet set up and would be fine to fly out of again. (Now, I didn't care for the Dallas airport...never dreamed I'd pick Atlanta as my favorite major airport!!)
I thought the 60s building was a great location (at least our room area) if there for the entire trip. I was also surprised by how quiet things seemed overnight and in the morning. I was preparing myself for stomping feet and yelling kids.
It's a great picture spot - I love that we will be picture twins, LOL!! Moms and daughters in front of giant pumpkins - it's the hot new trend! One of my friends (the boys' elementary principal actually) was there later in the week with her daughter, I should ask if she did it too!
Um...yes! I haven't watched Riverdale yet. (It's on my list.) But binge watching tv is always on my agenda. I'm currently Dis-ing and watching the first episode of This Is Us instead of editing my paper.
No way!!
The airport closest to where I grew up was almost this small. It's eerie.
Bahah this makes me laugh, but it also hurts a little.
Wait...
What??
That's so weird and not cool.
Oh my gosh yay! I would be so excited about this! Fancy toiletries! They must have known you were special.
Oooh pretty! How was it?
No way! That's cool—I didn't know that was a thing. I can't usually sleep without background noise/white noise either.
What an awesome upgrade! Wooh!
Um, yeah. Naturally.
Oh my goodness, MK in fall!
I want to go back there right now!!
Oh, you'd probably like Riverdale! It's crazy and pretty intense. They crammed a lot into the first season, every episode feels like it moves very quickly. I LOVE This is Us! I'm already behind on the current season by an episode or two. Season One is an emotional rollercoaster!! So much crying!
Right?? Like, out of all the Disney food, she just wanted another spinach bagel sandwich?? Even after 'Ohana??
I did not understand the sign lights not being on at all. Our driver was like, "Ok, the sign is coming up, there's not much traffic so I will slow down for pictures", and then we got there and he was like, "Umm, nevermind. Looks like someone forgot to turn on the lights!" I was disappointed b/c we'd managed to snag front row seats so I could get a relatively unobstructed photo.
The cheesecake was actually pretty good! It was very traditional tasting. My mom was grossed out by the colors, lol!
I was really excited to see the white noise feature on the clock radio. The app downloaded overnight and we used that for the rest of the week at the Poly.
The upgrade was a pretty cool surprise!
Ugh, it was so BEAUTIFUL with the fall stuff everywhere! Even the Dapper Dans had special fall vests. And Autumn Trolley performers costumes were gorgeous. Love, love, love!!
Awesome start, we stayed at the Poly in August, what a great upgrade to club level. Looking forward to reading your report.
Thanks! I was initially thrilled about the upgrade! My mom had no real idea of what that meant, lol.
Amazing pixie dust!! I actually like travel day reviews...it's fun to see how everyone gets there and the anticipation is the best. I have to try the Disney nuggets on my next trip, they look delicious.
Definitely exciting pixie dust!!
I dislike writing travel days b/c I tend to forget to take pictures along the way! I like reading them, too, for the same reasons as you. It's fun to see how everyone gets themselves to the World!
Disney nuggets are the best nuggets. Like mini chicken strips, yum!
That is so awesome that you were upgraded!! Now I'm going to cheat and go read your review on the Poly thread so I can compare to WL CL lol.
Hmm, you're making me nervous about our March Pop stay
I mean I know the room isn't big, I guess it's just that you're saying it out loud
Think I Might need to see what else is available with my discount.......
I was very excited about the upgrade, but I have a feeling WL CL is better. Just based on my Poly experience and reviews I've read of WL CL. We ate there quite a bit though. Even when we didn't need to *cough* dessert after a gigantic 'Ohana dinner *cough* Unlimited POG juice was my favorite part though!
Umm...the Pop rooms are tiny. And the one sink thing? Yeah...I don't consider myself a hotel snob, but I couldn't imagine a family there for very many days. Unless it really was just a place to crash after the parks, or if people spent a lot of time at the pool or hanging out outside. It has us checking for other options besides our booked two nights at Movies in December before moving to Kidani. We probably won't switch, but it at least planted the seed about changing.
I'm here!
That's me
Of course! Yum
Let me know when you catch up on Riverdale, it's been crazy!
Yay
Haha, yes it's you! I needed some moral support about the airport situation!!
The cheesecake was the perfect first Disney dessert! I was surprised that it was good, I was nervous to be honest!
