Shellbells
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 27, 2011
With the parks closed, this thread has slowed down quite a bit so I thought I'd give this another shot.
I'm going to warn you though, that I lack the wit and storytelling ability that many of you have.
Consider yourself warned...
In late January, DH and I flew out of Vegas after work. Here we are at the airport, getting DH some pizza. DH was already tired after working construction all day...and he wasn't feeling selfie time like I was. But this was the first picture of the trip and it's going to post sideways anyway, so here ya go.
By the time DME dropped us at POP it was already 2:15 am. So 11:00 pm Vegas time but since we had gotten up at 4am we were exhausted. We always say we aren't going to fly out after work anymore and we always end up doing it anyway.
We booked the first night at POP to save a little money and then moved to our package resort the next day. Its a fun resort and always looks pretty at night.
And for your viewing pleasure... the following morning
Our room was on the 3rd floor behind the green record.
And here was our view
We didn't pay for a pool view but there it was.
I think POP is a great choice since the room renovation and Skyliner. The rooms are clean and comfortable although they do lack warmth. But at that price I don't mind and we've booked a week there this coming December.
This was our 3rd trip in 10 months. Once without any dining plan and once with the regular one. Since it was just the 2 of us this time, we decided to go all out and book the DxDP. We wanted to try some of the signature restaurants and we enjoy getting appetizers. Yes, this ended up being a lot of food and most desserts didn't eaten past a bite or two. But we still loved it. Its prepaid so you can order whatever you want and you dont need to keep a tally of how much you're spending. Without it, I know we'd end up eating burgers for a week rather than pay those prices.
Still tired and hungry to the point of hangry we made our way to Disney Springs and wandered around until our ADR at 11 at Homecomin'.
I have always wanted to eat here and could never seem to get an ADR.
I posted a mini review after we ate so I won't go over everything in crazy detail but its AMAZING and I loved it even more than I thought I would.
I ordered the sweet tea moonshine but forgot to take a picture. Guys, this is a dangerous drink. Its delicious and the taste of the alcohol is subtle enough that you dont notice how much your drinking until WHAM! You're tipsy. Or maybe that's just me. Admittedly,I'm a lightweight.
I was pretty hungry since I hadn't eaten since lunch the previous day so I ordered the Jasper Board for my starter.
This is an excellent deal on the DDxP. But happily it's also what I wanted.
DH ate the nuts, pickles and sausages. I ate the ham which was so yummy but very salty, the phenomenal pimento cheese dip and the fish dip on crackers. I didn't love the crackers but they worked just fine as a vessel to get the tasty dips into my mouth, lol.
DH ordered the hush puppies with tartar sauce instead of whatever they usually come with.
For my entree I ordered the shrimp and grits. I was getting pretty full by this time and wanted to save room for dessert so I ate about 1/2 the shrimp and a few bites of grits. They were very good but I think next time I'll try the famous fried chicken.
DH ordered the catfish which comes with grits. I find catfish to be too mushy so I didn't try it but he said it was good.
At this point I saw a vlogger that I enjoy and went over to go say hi. I was gone quite a while so DH had ordered dessert and already tried both of them before I came back so I didn't take any pictures of them.
He got the chocolate pecan pie and I got the hummingbird cake.
He didn't like the pie but that cake is a gift from the food gods. It ended up being one of my favorite desserts of the whole trip.
Next up..
Check in at a new to us resort, a magically good time and signature #1.
I'm going to warn you though, that I lack the wit and storytelling ability that many of you have.
Consider yourself warned...
In late January, DH and I flew out of Vegas after work. Here we are at the airport, getting DH some pizza. DH was already tired after working construction all day...and he wasn't feeling selfie time like I was. But this was the first picture of the trip and it's going to post sideways anyway, so here ya go.
By the time DME dropped us at POP it was already 2:15 am. So 11:00 pm Vegas time but since we had gotten up at 4am we were exhausted. We always say we aren't going to fly out after work anymore and we always end up doing it anyway.
We booked the first night at POP to save a little money and then moved to our package resort the next day. Its a fun resort and always looks pretty at night.
And for your viewing pleasure... the following morning
Our room was on the 3rd floor behind the green record.
And here was our view
We didn't pay for a pool view but there it was.
I think POP is a great choice since the room renovation and Skyliner. The rooms are clean and comfortable although they do lack warmth. But at that price I don't mind and we've booked a week there this coming December.
This was our 3rd trip in 10 months. Once without any dining plan and once with the regular one. Since it was just the 2 of us this time, we decided to go all out and book the DxDP. We wanted to try some of the signature restaurants and we enjoy getting appetizers. Yes, this ended up being a lot of food and most desserts didn't eaten past a bite or two. But we still loved it. Its prepaid so you can order whatever you want and you dont need to keep a tally of how much you're spending. Without it, I know we'd end up eating burgers for a week rather than pay those prices.
Still tired and hungry to the point of hangry we made our way to Disney Springs and wandered around until our ADR at 11 at Homecomin'.
I have always wanted to eat here and could never seem to get an ADR.
I posted a mini review after we ate so I won't go over everything in crazy detail but its AMAZING and I loved it even more than I thought I would.
I ordered the sweet tea moonshine but forgot to take a picture. Guys, this is a dangerous drink. Its delicious and the taste of the alcohol is subtle enough that you dont notice how much your drinking until WHAM! You're tipsy. Or maybe that's just me. Admittedly,I'm a lightweight.
I was pretty hungry since I hadn't eaten since lunch the previous day so I ordered the Jasper Board for my starter.
This is an excellent deal on the DDxP. But happily it's also what I wanted.
DH ate the nuts, pickles and sausages. I ate the ham which was so yummy but very salty, the phenomenal pimento cheese dip and the fish dip on crackers. I didn't love the crackers but they worked just fine as a vessel to get the tasty dips into my mouth, lol.
DH ordered the hush puppies with tartar sauce instead of whatever they usually come with.
For my entree I ordered the shrimp and grits. I was getting pretty full by this time and wanted to save room for dessert so I ate about 1/2 the shrimp and a few bites of grits. They were very good but I think next time I'll try the famous fried chicken.
DH ordered the catfish which comes with grits. I find catfish to be too mushy so I didn't try it but he said it was good.
At this point I saw a vlogger that I enjoy and went over to go say hi. I was gone quite a while so DH had ordered dessert and already tried both of them before I came back so I didn't take any pictures of them.
He got the chocolate pecan pie and I got the hummingbird cake.
He didn't like the pie but that cake is a gift from the food gods. It ended up being one of my favorite desserts of the whole trip.
Next up..
Check in at a new to us resort, a magically good time and signature #1.