Pixie Dust, or Pixie MOUNTAIN? A Grand (Roy) Disney TR *NEW TR LINK 8/11!*

What an awesome start to your trip. The short wait for the ME bus was a sign of good things to come. Looking forward to pictures of your suite.
 
We still made it to ME around when I expected and things started off right when not only was our bus waiting for us, it left about 7 minutes after we sat down! Steve considered this a big helping of good luck to begin with because, as some of you may know, he's NOT a fan of ME. We normally either wait forever, or get right on and then sit for 25-40 minutes.
Hopefully I am not jinxing my MDE pixie dust but we rarely have to wait more than a few minutes. We seem to get on a full buss just about every time. Though now that I've gone and typed that I am suddenly very nervous for our next trip o_O

Some of you may know and some may not, but when you're staying CL you're greeted and escorted up to the concierge desk (usually). And that's really the only reason you'd be greeted unless maybe there was something else super special going on for you!
I would have totally been like Steve and not realized what was going on. We've done CL once but we've been greeted by name when not staying CL too. I always figured they could find us with the magic bands somehow.

Speaking of Food and Wine, let me mention here that every day got switched around except our last day, and that's ok. It happens more often than not with our trips as some of you know, and I like that we can go with the flow and aren't stuck hard and fast to our plans.
You and me both!!!!

-Artist Point for dinner before they ruin the food by changing from a signature to a character meal
:scared1::scared1::scared1: This is beyond ridiculous. Maybe Artist Point isn't as busy as other signatures, but to do away with it all together for another character meal with what I presume will be crappy buffet food. Blasphemy! Guess I know where we will not be eating in May.
 
I can't wait to see all of the suite pictures. I can't imagine stepping off of the bus and being greated like that when you weren't expecting it. Andy would have been the same way, completely clueless about Club Level.

We leave Thursday for our little trip, I need to know what we should DEF try at food & wine!
 
Also I'm reading all the CL CM parts in a British accent in my head :confused3

"Pip pip and cheerio DeVizio family, we're not quite ready with your suite so put your luggage in the boot and sample some crumpets"

:rotfl:
:rotfl2:thanks for the chuckle Mary Poppins!

:scared1: Oh no you didn't! But... yeah. Agreed, lady. I'm already sad.
I like the idea of the charater meal because I know it'll go over well with so many people, and it's 3 characters you can't meet anywhere else. DO NOT like where it's going :mad:

Oh man that’s so exciting! I would have been freaking out and probably making a fool of myself :lmao::lmao::lmao:
It was hard to keep cool! If Steve had been aware we probably would have acted less slick lol but since it was really only me right away who knew what was going on, it was easier to stay calm! And the CM's were acting like we KNEW we were staying club so........yeah, we knew :laughing: We've stayed club once before at a different resort so that part wasn't new to us, although it's obviously not something we do every trip, and I think if the suite part had been known at this point - like really known, as in all that it was going to be - we would NOT have been that chill!

:wave:Ariane :thanks: for writing more than a food report, can't wait. popcorn::
Hey Glenda, glad to see you :goodvibes I'm happy to be sharing all the details of this trip so :thanks: for following along!

We common folks only got to level 2 for the shops and monorail :rotfl:
Ha, well we didn't expect to make it past level 2 either lol

Wow, it just sounds so amazing already, and you didn't even know about the Roy suite yet! I don't blame you for missing your DHS plans…this seems MUCH better!
At first I wasn't thrilled because you know I need to ride TOT as often as possible, but I got over that quick :thumbsup2

Ok, so this would be me if someone said the word "suite"......:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: Good for you to be able to play it cool! I absolutely can't wait for details!
Honestly, the first time the CM said "suite"it went right over my head! Then Steve mouthed it to me this time and then the CM said it again, but ginormity of what the word meant in this case was so beyond us, we didn't know to act like kids who were just given a pony :D

I'm here, I'm here, I'm here!!! Wouldn't miss this one!!!! :hyper::hyper::hyper:
WHOO Tracy :cheer2: so happy you're with me again!

GF is my absolute dream, so I'm already kind of freaking out along with you!!! Can't wait for pictures!!!
I was hot and cold on staying at the GF for years and just kind of recently decided yeah, I want to try it. I was thrilled when it came up with my discount and boy, am I thrilled we changed from BWI lol!

I think this gal was smiling because she knew something special was about to happen.
:thumbsup2 Maybe THAT's where our pixie dusted started, getting a new bus, and we didn't even realize it :)

Also, when I told Nathan about your upgrade, he was like "Seriously!? That's awesome! ....wait a minute...we stayed at the Grand for our wedding AND our anniversary...Where was OUR pixie dust upgrade!??" :rotfl:
Well I think you guys are due! Let me make a call.........
My hairdresser where I get mine done is DVC so we take Disney ALL the time. I showed her my "suite" pictures yesterday and today she texted me that she told her DH about it and now he wants to try booking without their points so they can try getting an upgrade lol

Do I want a chance to meet my spirit animal, Grumpy, without waiting 8 hours in line at a party? Yes, sure.
So, I do think it's cool that there's going to be a character meal with Grumpy, Dopey (?) and of course, the Queen. It'll be popular, and it's a great option for many of my clients. I just WISH it was somewhere else!!! As you said I'm not confident at all that the food will stay the same and I'm most concerned for my soup :sad:
 


Well I think you guys are due! Let me make a call.........

:rotfl2: Yeah, please do!

So, I do think it's cool that there's going to be a character meal with Grumpy, Dopey (?) and of course, the Queen. It'll be popular, and it's a great option for many of my clients. I just WISH it was somewhere else!!! As you said I'm not confident at all that the food will stay the same and I'm most concerned for my soup :sad:

It's like you're speaking the thoughts straight out of my brain. ::yes::
 
Get on with the show lady!!! I want to see that "Suite" room (Like what I did there)?!?!
:rockband: I'm trying! I should just post the suite pictures and forget the rest of the trip lol!

I found your last trip report near the end and ended up being able to binge read it this past weekend.
Oh wow, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I checked the TR section everyday until mid-week looking to see if you started your new one.
Oh my goodness, now that's dedication. I'm glad that I didn't make you wait too long!

I can't wait to read about this trip.
And finally :welcome: very very happy to have you along from the beginning, and I hope you enjoy this report, too!

I occasionally still bring up a couple things from childhood family trips...30+ years later - just because I am mature like that. :rotfl: My dad laughs with me....my mom doesn't always see the humor and thinks I am still harboring bad feelings.
Um, I do the same thing :rolleyes1 I bring up things from one particular trip when I was 17 and my sister was 14. I had an impacted wisdom tooth and nobody paid attention to the fact that I was in pain, simply because my sister got stung by a bee and had an allergic reaction :rolleyes: Who cares, I, Ariane, was in PAIN and should have been the most important concern! Man I let them know that repeatedly that trip and I still remind my mom and sister about it.

I was no longer allowed on family trips after that..................

Hi @ariane37 so glad you’re writing another trip report and congratulations on the MEGA upgrade :cool1:
Tammy :hug: I'm so glad you're here!!!

I'm here! I've seen the pictures of your amazing upgrade on Facebook, but I can't wait to read about all the details!
Hey Fallon :wave: thanks for joining! I need to catch up on your dining report, too :tiptoe:

What an awesome start to your trip. The short wait for the ME bus was a sign of good things to come. Looking forward to pictures of your suite.
It did start off on a good note and - no jinxing for our Nov. trip - stayed that way :-) I promise the first of the suite pictures are coming soon!

We've done CL once but we've been greeted by name when not staying CL too. I always figured they could find us with the magic bands somehow.
Hmm, that's cool and strange! Maybe when you've been greeted but weren't booked CL they planned to upgrade you, met you, and changed their minds? :rotfl: I'm sure when they counted up the # of toiletries that went missing during our 4 night stay they realized they'd made a mistake upgrading us :rotfl2:

:scared1::scared1::scared1: This is beyond ridiculous. Maybe Artist Point isn't as busy as other signatures, but to do away with it all together for another character meal with what I presume will be crappy buffet food. Blasphemy!
Ugh, this SO hit home during our dinner last month. How peaceful and serene our dinner was (and delicious). As I said before, I think having a meal with those particular characters is a good idea and of course it's going to be popular, but WHY here??? My soup! Your cobbler! The wonderful, quiet setting of AP! A signature down the drain.........................I can't get the 2 character meals we did in May out of my mind and how horrible the food was :crazy2:

I can't imagine stepping off of the bus and being greated like that when you weren't expecting it. Andy would have been the same way, completely clueless about Club Level.
LOL, I'm going to cross my fingers the same thing happens to you in 4 days pixiedust:

We leave Thursday for our little trip, I need to know what we should DEF try at food & wine!
I will text you!
 


I can't stand the anticipation of seeing your room! And also, I'm with Steve with ME. We have really bad luck with it too.

And yes, I hope I'll have a new trip to plan very soon :) This one would have been SO good too, if not for getting the Disney plague. Blah.
 
as soon as he said this my heart started pumping because I KNEW. I knew we'd been upgraded to club level!
That would be so cool but also creepy if they knew who I was! Though I guess they would probably see you had boarded DME or if you drove, you would have used your MB and checked in with the security guard!
 
As we approached the entrance with our fellow ME riders, the greeter caught my eye since he was coming towards us. He approached us and said, "Ah, The DeVizio Family!" Still gets me how they know when you arrive lol.

They must know you were on that particular ME when you scan your band. That's amazing they can greet you by name though, Maybe you were the only couple to get off at the GF? Or maybe they have your picture stored somewhere, LOL.

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OOOH so fancy! I have never been upgraded once to any level so this seems like a real treat! Can't wait to hear more!
 
Although I have never been to GF, I probably would have been freaking out too. It sounds like the greeter made it seem like something was up. Even though I know what it is, it's still exciting!!
 
I'm here for the trip where we were there at the same time but, despite being on the lookout for you everywhere, I never got a sighting. Can't wait to here how your trip went and compare it with mine.
 
I’m a little late to the party but wanted to say how glad I am that we were able to meet up with you in Epcot. And I am extra glad that I asked the question, “how do you like the Grand Floridian?” We enjoyed hearing all about it.
 
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I’m a little late to the party but wanted to say how glad I am that we were able to meet up with you in Epcot. And I am extra glad that I asked the question, “how do you like the Grand Floridian?” We got to share in your excitement over the upgrade to the Roy Disney suite. That was totally wonderful and we enjoyed hearing all about it.

Well I guess now we know what the surprise is, LOL
 

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