Originally Posted By stitchcrazy I had a dream last night that I was staying with one of my friends at the Polynesian (which is awesome because I've always wanted to stay there haha) but we were not going to the parks! She kept saying to me, nope we're not going in! I was looking out towards MK and was so depressed that we weren't going in. I'm 100% sure it was this thread that inspired the dream. Too funny! Sign you are spending too much time reading on LP...dreams based on LP topics.
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp "What I can't get over is my boss has stayed at the Hotel New York and the Newport Bay Club at WDW," Uh, aren't these at DLP, not WDW. (And believe it or not, I've stayed at the Disneyland Hotel in DLP once when I was working in Paris - took the RER in to town every morning, and back every evening. Made for a fun time at night, even if I couldn't get into the parks every day.)
Originally Posted By trekkeruss ^^Just a brain fart on davewasbaloo's part there. If you read the entire sentence, he writes "What I can't get over is my boss has stayed at the Hotel New York and the Newport Bay Club at WDW, as well as the Contemporary Resort in WDW." It's obvious he meant DLP.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Yep, sorry guys. Working on a horrid tender and have been using LP to clear my mind between sections. Prematurely senile!
Originally Posted By adizneeguy Wow, all these responses, and I am the first to fess up. I've done it. Last year, I did not have my seasonal pass, and my friends (if you can call them that after what they did) wanted to go to Orlando and do some stuff. "Yippee!!!" I said and was ready to make plans. Then they broke my heart. No Disney. They wanted to do Sea World, an airboat, lotsa shopping, Medieval (sp?) Times, and a water park. I cried, I begged, I was a mess. But they won out. The two concessions they made for me: we did Blizzard Beach, and here's where it kinda hurt-- we stayed at All Star Movies. I spent some time at the poolside bar nursing my pain away. If I couldn't be at the Magic Kingdom, I would at least visit my own little Margaritaville. It ended up not being so bad, and since they footed most of the bill. I really didn't have much choice. This year, the pass comes back, and they are staying home.
Originally Posted By Chelledun I could totally do it. My husband lived in Orlando for the whole time we were engaged and I went to visit him a lot there. We did a lot of the Disney activities on each of my 6-8 visits (Downtown Disney, Boardwalk, restaurants) and enjoyed time in downtown Orlando) but could not afford to go to the parks each time. He had some friends from when he used to work there that got us in free on a couple visits, but most of the time we didn't do the parks, just the hotels. I'm leaving on a cruise in March and we have one night in Orlando before. We're spending it at the AKL and eating at Boma, but no parks on that visit either. I think it would be great to enjoy the resorts and get your money's worth out of your hotel amenities without doing parks. Of course, I wouldn't want to do it on every visit, but for a change I think it would be nice. Have fun!
