On 6/18/2021 6:58 PM, Sue/WDW1972 wrote:
>
> Actual: Last night I set the laptop over on the desk, pulled the
> murphy bed down (note to others – move the ottomans out of the way)
> and watched a little more tv before turning out the light before 10.
> I’m impressed with the bed – it’s very comfortable! The room was
> nice and quiet, initially. Those of you on facebook already know
> what happened. Around midnight I was woken up with banging/booming
> noises happening every so often. Eventually I realized what it was –
> fireworks!
Yeah, I saw that. I guess there are worse things to awaken you!
> Since the humidity is so high I decided to go for a walk indoors
> (with air conditioning). I started on my floor and walked to the
> west end of the building, then to the east end, and back to the
> stairs by my room to go up to the next floor and repeat the process.
> I noticed each floor has 2 grand villas – one at the east end and one
> at the west end. Those are gorgeous, but way too many points for my
> budget! I ended up doing just under 3 miles, stopped for a peak
> inside Topolino’s (very pretty, but several culinary cast members
> were sitting in there having coffee so I didn’t linger), then went
> back to my room.
I know I am weird, but I prefer to walk outside. That way, I get hot
and sweaty, and can then enjoy coming inside to the AC. Walking inside
with AC, I can;t go anywhere to get cooler.
> I’m not a Keurig person so I had to figure that out – made more
> difficult by the dim lighting making the instructions hard to see.
> Or maybe I’m just too old, lol.
I can't remember the last time I had coffee NOT made in a Keurig. Jan
likes to drink flavored coffee. I prefer just plain, bold coffee. It's
perfect for us.
> When I got to the pool my magic band wouldn’t open the locked gate.
> It worked fine last night! I walked around to the other side and
> experienced the same thing there, so I went up to the lobby and told
> a nice young man what was happening. He reset my band, and told me
> if it still didn’t work he’d let me in.
>
> Back down at the pool my band still would not unlock the gate.
> Another guest came up behind me and said he’d use his card, but that
> didn’t work either. So, it was back to the front desk, where the
> previous guy was nowhere to be seen. I told another guy what had
> happened, what the previous guy had done, etc. He took my band and
> went to the back room (I’ll admit that left me a bit leery wondering
> if I’d get back into my room after all this was done). After a while
> first guy came back up the stairs and said it’s a problem with the
> system, as he had to let 5 different guests into the pool. He went
> out back to get my band back, then walked me down to the pool and got
> me in with his key card. Later I saw the maintenance company working
> on it (3 guys from Brighthouse).
I still don't understand the issues with these Magic Bands not working.
On my trip to Chicago this week, the hotel let me use my phone to
unlock my door. It was just slightly slower than using the key. The
office I visited texted me a QR code that I used to get in. It just
seems to me that the rest of the world has figured this out, so why can
DIS get it right?
> I left the room at 12:30, getting my car and driving over to Disney
> Springs. I wasn’t sure which garage was closest, so I just parked in
> Orange again since it’s the first one I come to. Plus, it’s not
> sunny out so walking isn’t miserable. Although my lunch reservation
> wasn’t until 1:15 I went straight over to Terralina’s (about 20-25
> minutes early). The bar looked pretty and wasn’t crowded, so I told
> the hostess I could sit at the bar & she waved me over there.
>
> The bartender was an older woman and she was great. She’d call me
> darling or sweetcakes and I didn’t even mind, lol.
Yeah, I get that sometimes, too. :-P
> At 3 I decided to go take a ride on the skyliner, even though it
> meant I’d need to put on a mask for the first time this trip.
> ...Masks are required when boarding your gondola, but of
> course once the doors close and you’re the only party in there, off
> they come!
OMG! You are so uncaring! You do realize you could have killed several
peoples' grandmas? :-P
> Leaving Beach Club I gook the back
> path to International Gateway and had a short wait for a gondola.
> The couple in front of me were not wearing masks, and when it was
> their turn the cast member gestured for them to put the masks on. We
> all had our own gondolas, so I don’t see what the point is.
Seriously, it is ridiculous.
> My chilly little studio felt great after being out in the humidity,
See, that's why I do my walking outside, in the heat and humidity! :-)
> Just before 6:30 I fixed a few crackers with cheese and poured some
> wine.
Your own personal faux concierge lounge for one?
> I saw online a judge had ruled in favor of Florida in the
> lawsuit against the CDC (saying they’d overstepped their authority
> with holding cruises hostage all this time). It’ll be interested to
> see how things change after July 18th.
My personal opinion is that the CDC and other governmental health
bureaucracies have far too much power.
> I went outside and sat on the balcony for a while. It’s amazing how
> frequently the skyliner slows to a crawl temporarily. I think when I
> was on it earlier this happened at least 3-4 times. I don’t
> understand it, either. They have a wheelchair/mobility challenged
> section, where people can board gondolas that aren’t even moving. If
> someone is slow or unsteady, why not go there rather than slow the
> whole line down for everyone??
Agreed. I thought one of the big benefits of this system was its
ability to take a gondola off to the side for slower-loading passengers.
> I read online that as of yesterday the single rider lines were back –
> Test Track, Everest, Smuggler’s Run and one other. Come on fastpass
> – we need you too!
Personally, I could live without FP, but park reservations need to go
before I go to WDW.
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