Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Good grief, MPierce who is Mrs. Dodd? And by the way, they named a hurricane after your ex-girlfriend. It did a lot of damage in NE
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey ^^^^^You should hear me once I have a couple of drinks in me, Spirit! The first time I ever stayed on Disney property was at CBR in Aruba, back in the early to mid 90s. I wasn't very impressed back then, either: I remember the walls were scuffed up and it looked run down. It definitely wasn't what I was expecting from Disney. When I stayed at CBR in December, it was the first time I'd stayed there since that first time in the 90s. It was nice, but I just didn't appreciate the layout. Give me POR any day.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <You'll blow my hardearned image as a badass< did you dig out the old Buns of Steel workout video ?
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Good grief, MPierce who is Mrs. Dodd? << Mrs. Dodd was my 5th grade teacher at Luther Burbank Elementary school. She was a stickler about the proper use of the English laungage, proper spelling, proper pronunciation, and proper punctuation. Had she corrected me rather than Spirit I would have explained it to her this way. If Spirit had offered me half of his supream pizza, and a cold mug of Michelob, he would have been too kind. For one slice of a mediocre $4.99 pizza, and a warm glass of tap water, he is only to kind. I bet Wall-E made out better than me.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Being that Ursula is staying in CBR in Oct and I am there this December, should we look into switching hotels?
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 If Mrs Dowd has passed on, she's probably spending time with Anna M Driscoll, who was my 9th & 12th grade English teacher. She was a total female dog, but wow did we ever learn from her. Too bad teachers aren't allowed to teach anymore.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<did you dig out the old Buns of Steel workout video ?>> I'll ignore that remark ... just like the email Mrs. VBDAD sent telling me that you've been skipping your meds and prancing around the neighborhood wearing an Ariel two-piece bathing suit and singing 'Kiss the Girl' while holding up a picture of Lou Piniella.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Mrs. Dodd was my 5th grade teacher at Luther Burbank Elementary school. She was a stickler about the proper use of the English laungage, proper spelling, proper pronunciation, and proper punctuation.>> Did she engage in corporal punishment (I'm assuming in a redneck area she did) ... and did you secretly enjoy said 'punishment?' <<Had she corrected me rather than Spirit I would have explained it to her this way. If Spirit had offered me half of his supream pizza, and a cold mug of Michelob, he would have been too kind. For one slice of a mediocre $4.99 pizza, and a warm glass of tap water, he is only to kind. I bet Wall-E made out better than me.>> Spirit has never had supream pizza to his knowledge ... sounds like a Texas specialty ... and he knows he has never downed a Michelob. But you shouldn't complain. The pizza was lousy.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<You should hear me once I have a couple of drinks in me, Spirit!>> I wonder if I could get you to reuse a 2002 mug after two drinks ... <<The first time I ever stayed on Disney property was at CBR in Aruba, back in the early to mid 90s. I wasn't very impressed back then, either: I remember the walls were scuffed up and it looked run down. It definitely wasn't what I was expecting from Disney.>> I stayed right after it first opened for a weekend and then for a week in 1990. That stay was what hooked me on staying on property because prior to that I mostly stayed off-property due largely to price and having to book months (and sometimes years in advance). But they definitely have had 'issues' there with maintaining the property. I stayed in Building 15 in 10/00 when I literally was the second person to get a new room. 14 months later I was back in the same building and the carpeting looked filthy and there were marks on the walls. I guess it, like the Beach Club, is just plagued by bad management since it seems to have had these issues regularly ... that said, it wouldn't prevent me from booking there for 2009. <<When I stayed at CBR in December, it was the first time I'd stayed there since that first time in the 90s. It was nice, but I just didn't appreciate the layout. Give me POR any day.>> I prefer the theming of Dixie Landings as someone who lives in South Florida where everything has a Caribbean touch/theme myself. But I'd much rather stay at Port Orleans, the real one, over any other WDW moderate because it comes the closest to the feeling of a deluxe even if the idiots in charge closed Bonfamille's in 2001!
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey ^^^ I stayed at the original Port Orleans once about five years ago. It was nice, but the food court was horrible. The meals we had there just weren't good. I would give it a try again, though.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Did she engage in corporal punishment (I'm assuming in a redneck area she did) ... << I don't recall ever getting a swat from Mrs. Dodd. I think corporal punishment was the rule of the day in the 50's in most elementary schools around the country. >> ... and did you secretly enjoy said 'punishment?' << Sometimes!!! >> Spirit has never had supream pizza to his knowledge ... sounds like a Texas specialty .. << That's right, I misspelled supreme. It's the works on a local pizza.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> But I'd much rather stay at Port Orleans, the real one, over any other WDW moderate because it comes the closest to the feeling of a deluxe even if the idiots in charge closed Bonfamille's in 2001! << Why did they do that. I guess it wasn't making enough money? >> ^^^ I stayed at the original Port Orleans once about five years ago. It was nice, but the food court was horrible. The meals we had there just weren't good. << The food there did slowly start to go down hill. The beignets were still good the last time I checked.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey ^^^^^MPierce, that was one of the things we had the biggest problem with!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Bonfamille's was profitable. The problem was likely that it wasn't hugely so compared to other venues. And Disney was cutting back drastically during the 2001 recession when 9/11 hit. That just killed the place. I dined there many times from 1991-2000 and never found it less than full, usually with folks waiting to get in. The food was also quite tasty and reasonable. As to the PO food court, it is definitely the weak link of the resort, no doubt. Part of it is the size, which limits the selections. I can't say I've ever had anything much better than 'OK' there. But going elsewhere to dine is a small price to pay for the most upscale feeling moderate resort!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> ... and did you secretly enjoy said 'punishment?' << <<Sometimes!!! >> I figured as much!
