tltay2005
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- Feb 20, 2015
I feel so... gasp - unAmerican... . I must see it next month.
I too have never seen it. Been an annual pass holder for over 25 years.....maybe one day.
I feel so... gasp - unAmerican... . I must see it next month.
Value, Mod or Deluxe?
I have not been in the Hall of Presidents since I was a teen and that was a LONGGGGGG time ago, lol.
Welcome back!!! Glad you had a good trip! Hope you recover well.Arrived back home at 10 AM...we are ZOMBIES! I'd been going 28 straight hours when we walked in the door ; went straight to our bedroom and took an hour nap...didn't even take my shoes off! Redstorm had a doctors appointment at 2; open "voluntary" gym work tonight from 6-7:30 and busy making her requested "comfort food" Chicken Squash soup for dinner. AWESOME trip...especially our little "DisBoards" get together Saturday evening but YES...did it EVER rain Sunday!!! More on that later; DH kept track and he walked 41 MILES...I'm thinking I had at minimum 5 miles more during my "private shopping time". Flight of Passage was AMAZING ...DH wants "one of those at home" ! Was a little concerned after Jeff's review but NO issues at all! We rode it twice; managed to ride Slinky Dog THREE TIMES by doing 7 AM rope drop ... one of the reasons we're all "zombies"...to many EARLY morning rope drops and EMH evenings! Slinky Dog is SO MUCH FUN; we'd have ridden it again but line was growing after the 3rd time and we wanted to try Alien Saucers (glad I did it once but won't do it again) and Toy Story Mania twice...all before 9 AM! Had a nice, long visit with Diane and her DH at our resort one afternoon...after our first "accidental" meeting at Soarin' during rope drop. We were lined up and looked over into next queue section and recognized them immediately! I'll get caught up on the missed pages later this evening...
Good morning . Is it where you hear the conversations behind the closed doors? If I remember correctly, there's a section you walk through with a few closed doors that appear to be the offices of each Dr. Looks like the shadow of a telephone...
Bummer!!No balloon ride this trip. Next trip since Diane said they will stay at AoA.
Saturday there was some early rain driving up there and then yesterday it rained quite a lot. I was watching radar from home. Got everything they did a few hours later.
This radar was at 5:30 and after they had already received some heavy storms. All that mess to the northwest of Orlando was heading right towards them. View attachment 339074
I still don't know if we will ever stay at a value. I always here mixed reviews, I suppose it all depends on the person and time on year. last thing is I want to stay at the value when there are a bunch of high school kids there for band or cheerleading. or maybe I do lol
I know they have gotten much betting in the past few years thou. and I would like to check out AOA one day but still don't know if I would want to stay there.
and that does suck about the poly. I wonder why you can hear the people next door. I have never here our neighbours in any of the resorts we have stayed at before
You described the door exactly!
I just read there was an explosion in Belville, TX! Is that where you live Karolyn? Hope you and all your friends, family and pets are okay!!
I think it is or Brenham. One of the 2
So scary!! I read an article that it was a rural gas plant. No reported injuries, thank God!
No balloon ride this trip. Next trip since Diane said they will stay at AoA.
Saturday there was some early rain driving up there and then yesterday it rained quite a lot. I was watching radar from home. Got everything they did a few hours later.
This radar was at 5:30 and after they had already received some heavy storms. All that mess to the northwest of Orlando was heading right towards them. View attachment 339074
Contemporary? It has been a couple of years since I have been in the American Adventure. I have been in the Hall of Presidents once since it reopened
Ed took my first guess, so other thoughts are Poly, Beach or Yacht clubs?
I have never been to the one in Disney World and I think I have only been to the one in Disneyland once too lol
same with the American pavilion I have never been inside only outside for food lol
Boardwalk Inn?
Yes Denise...this explosion was in Bellville...and Ed...good memory ...I'm originally from Brenham. We got the news report while waiting to board for Orlando! DH has done remodeling work in the office; in fact, he also built the original owners home...a BEAUTIFUL, large home located on his ranch not far from the plant. He sold the plant a few years ago when he became ill and decided to retire. They are a wholesale supplier of acetylene and employ quite a few local residents. Redstorm's best friends Dad is in management at the plant. She immediately sent a text to her but didn't receive word until we'd landed in Orlando; the explosion happened before office personnel reported for work. A few minutes later youngest DD sent this picture to us...
DH's brother does some welding at the plant on an "as needed" basis. Haven't checked our local news yet but last we heard there were no serious injuries but a few firemen were transported to local hospital. Fumes and the heat were a little to much for some of them....there was a high in our area of 106 last week! Very, very lucky they got things under control when they did...could have been a REAL disaster!
Loved AoA resort. Loved all the room we had and having two bathrooms was great. I would definitely stay there again. Kids loved it. Our room was ready when we arrived at noon and our magic bands worked Checked into Poly at noon room wasn’t ready said they would text when ready. Never got a text went to desk st 5:30 to check they told me room was ready an hour ago. Let him know I was not happy he really didn’t seem to care. Our magic bands wouldn’t work for anything at the Poly he didn’t know why they wouldn’t work. There is no AC in the restrooms in the lobby or by the pool. The restroom in the lobby only had one sink that wasn’t clogged up. Lamp doesn’t work in our room and no cable. Walks are paper tin and people next door are noisy as heck. Not impressed at all. Kids want to go back to AOA. I do too. Don days we are not moving resorts again. I guess since we are at MK tomorrow and have Ohana reservations. We all agree next time we will stay at AoA.
Hey I just got a text our room is ready
Wow... I would have expected more from the Poly, Diane. That’s a shame. Poly has been one of our favorites, but something about it seems to have lost its luster for us. Can’t put my finger on it. To us, the beds are not comfortable at all. The beds at the All Star Sports was far more comfortable in my opinion. Enjoy the rest of your stay!!
I still don't know if we will ever stay at a value. I always here mixed reviews, I suppose it all depends on the person and time on year. last thing is I want to stay at the value when there are a bunch of high school kids there for band or cheerleading. or maybe I do lol
I know they have gotten much betting in the past few years thou. and I would like to check out AOA one day but still don't know if I would want to stay there.
and that does suck about the poly. I wonder why you can hear the people next door. I have never here our neighbours in any of the resorts we have stayed at before
The all-star resorts is what you want to avoid during certain times. They can be crazy. I love POP Century and don't see those groups there when I have gone in the past. Been then again I usually go when there are the running events.
Welcome back!! Glad you had a good time!! And got to see Diane and Ed. Hope to see some pictures!
Glad no one was hurt at this explosion!!