joshsamandmikemom
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2003
I'M NEW TO POSTING BUT READ EVERY WORD OF POSTS PRIOR TO PLANNING TRIP.
7/30/03 THREE NIGHTS GROVSNER FOLLOWED BY 7 NIGHTS AT PORTIFINO BAY.
WE LOVED THIS HOTEL. I HAD SIGNED UP FOR LOWE'S PERFERRED CARD PRIOR TO TRIP. WE ARRIVED AROUND
NOON AND WERE UPGRADED TO DELUXE ROOM WITH VIEW OF VILLA POOL. WE WERE IN ROOM 2672, A GREAT LOCATION FOR BOTH POOLS. WE HAD A ROLL AWAY BED FOR THE THIRD CHILD AND STILL HAD PLENTY OF ROOM LEFT.
EVEN THOUGH HOTEL WAS FILLED TO CAPACITY ACCORDING TO CHECK-IN THE POOL AREAS WERE VERY RELAXING AND NOTHING SEEMED OVERCROWED.
I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT FRONT OF THE LINE ACCESS WAS IN THE THEME PARKS AND THE RESTURANTS.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO THINGS SEVERAL TIMES OVER JUST BECAUSE WE VIRTUALLY HAD NO LINES TO WAIT THRU. DUDLEY DO RIGHT FALLS WAS THE LONGEST WAIT AT 15 MINUTES. IT WAS LONG ONLY BECAUSE THE RIDE HAD BEEN BROKEN DOWN AND WHEN IT FINALLY OPENED THEY ALLOWED ALL THE EXPIRED EXPRESS PASSES TO GET INTO THE LINE.
WE SHOWED OUR HOTEL KEY AT MAGARITIVILE(SP?), NASCAR, AND HARD ROCK CAFE AND WERE SEATED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY EVEN THOUGH OTHERS WERE WAITING.
THE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM PARKS VIA BOAT OR BUS WAS GREAT. SEVERAL EVENINGS WHEN WE STAYED UNTIL PARKS CLOSED WE DID HAVE TO WAIT THRU SEVERAL LAUNCHES PRIOR TO GETTING ABOARD. OUR BOYS AGES 15,11, AND 9 WALKED MANY TIMES BECAUSE THEY HAD MORE ENERGY AND WERE UNWILLING TO WAIT.
POOLS WERE GREAT, WE HAD MANY RAIN TIMES WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTENING WHICH CAUSED THEM TO CLOSE. THEY DO CLOSE THE BEACH POOL AT 10 AND THE VILLA POOL AT 11, I GUESS I WHICH THEY WOULD OF LET THE BOYS SWIM AFTER THE PARKS CLOSED, MOSTLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT MANY AFTERNOONS WERE A RAIN OUT.
7/30/03 THREE NIGHTS GROVSNER FOLLOWED BY 7 NIGHTS AT PORTIFINO BAY.
WE LOVED THIS HOTEL. I HAD SIGNED UP FOR LOWE'S PERFERRED CARD PRIOR TO TRIP. WE ARRIVED AROUND
NOON AND WERE UPGRADED TO DELUXE ROOM WITH VIEW OF VILLA POOL. WE WERE IN ROOM 2672, A GREAT LOCATION FOR BOTH POOLS. WE HAD A ROLL AWAY BED FOR THE THIRD CHILD AND STILL HAD PLENTY OF ROOM LEFT.
EVEN THOUGH HOTEL WAS FILLED TO CAPACITY ACCORDING TO CHECK-IN THE POOL AREAS WERE VERY RELAXING AND NOTHING SEEMED OVERCROWED.
I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT FRONT OF THE LINE ACCESS WAS IN THE THEME PARKS AND THE RESTURANTS.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO THINGS SEVERAL TIMES OVER JUST BECAUSE WE VIRTUALLY HAD NO LINES TO WAIT THRU. DUDLEY DO RIGHT FALLS WAS THE LONGEST WAIT AT 15 MINUTES. IT WAS LONG ONLY BECAUSE THE RIDE HAD BEEN BROKEN DOWN AND WHEN IT FINALLY OPENED THEY ALLOWED ALL THE EXPIRED EXPRESS PASSES TO GET INTO THE LINE.
WE SHOWED OUR HOTEL KEY AT MAGARITIVILE(SP?), NASCAR, AND HARD ROCK CAFE AND WERE SEATED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY EVEN THOUGH OTHERS WERE WAITING.
THE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM PARKS VIA BOAT OR BUS WAS GREAT. SEVERAL EVENINGS WHEN WE STAYED UNTIL PARKS CLOSED WE DID HAVE TO WAIT THRU SEVERAL LAUNCHES PRIOR TO GETTING ABOARD. OUR BOYS AGES 15,11, AND 9 WALKED MANY TIMES BECAUSE THEY HAD MORE ENERGY AND WERE UNWILLING TO WAIT.
POOLS WERE GREAT, WE HAD MANY RAIN TIMES WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTENING WHICH CAUSED THEM TO CLOSE. THEY DO CLOSE THE BEACH POOL AT 10 AND THE VILLA POOL AT 11, I GUESS I WHICH THEY WOULD OF LET THE BOYS SWIM AFTER THE PARKS CLOSED, MOSTLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT MANY AFTERNOONS WERE A RAIN OUT.
