schumigirl
It's a bit of a roodie doodie word for lady parts
- Joined
- May 15, 2007
Heading out we passed the line for The Grinch, the line was long and even the area where the line started over the other side was incredibly busy, those folks were patient!!
I was banned from shopping, for anything
.....not even a pencil or pen, so walking past the stores, I decided not to wander through as there is always something one can pick up in there!!!
Although back home I was annoyed to realise I had forgotten to buy a Christmas bauble I wanted, not quite sure how I managed to forget it, we go into that store a dozen times, but in the grand scale of things I didn`t really need it.
It`s always a little emotional leaving the parks for that last time on any trip, and on such a gorgeous day it was even less pleasant, but we left and headed back home on the beautiful path by the waterway.
Although on our December trips we never use the pool, it is our favourite pool out of all them. We have tried the other pools and apart from maybe Sapphire Falls, the others are not our favourites. PB quiet pool we tried once and were very unlucky to have the "rowdy family" close by and ruined the ambience of the day, I think us and three other families left them to it. HRH pool I don`t like at all and I don`t like Cabana Bay or Aventura in general so we never visit those pools.
A slide is not our priority so it doesn`t matter a hill of beans if a pool has a play area or slide, but RP does have a very nice little play area as opposed to a slide and it is very popular with the littler ones.
There are several little areas around the pool to choose from, some are nearer the hot tubs and others are beside the zero entry area of the pool and that`s right beside the little kiddie area too, you very rarely see anyone in there though, but it`s nice.
The pool itself is huge and deep enough to swim in, but shallow enough for folks like me who don`t swim to be able to enjoy it. We`ve never struggled to find a lounger anytime we`ve been there, but it can get busy as folks we know have had issues during peak times.
We headed into our room and got showered and changed, we had a late checkout but said we would be out of the room by 1pm and we could pass some time in the lounge before we left, that way the room could be turned around faster for the next folks. We finished off last minute packing and then checked the room for anything we may have left, which today we never left a thing.
Downstairs we handed in our luggage and managed to say goodbye to Milton who is just a superstar!! We were glad to be able to catch him as sometimes we do miss him depending on when he works, we told him to pass our good wishes onto Rob who we missed saying goodbye to this time, he said he absolutely would.
Back up to the lounge we grabbed a snack from the offerings, I think it was shortbread or something similar and some tea, we would eat at the airport, and we chatted to the lovely TM`s who were around today. The lovely Egle who is the Housekeeping manager we have known for a long time came up to say goodbye too, she is a lovely lady and we appreciated her taking the time to come up and see us before we left. We again, expressed our thanks to her for the wonderful housekeeping we always receive here, it is second to none and we never have a single complaint about housekeeping.
And as we hoped the lovely JP couple came up to say goodbye, we had hoped we would not miss them today.
And we were thrilled to hear they had decided to stay another week!!! Why not, they adore everything about the hotel and the lovely TM too and always enjoy their time staying, we joked we always say we`re going to add days on, but not so easy with the flights!!! It is always tempting though.
We chatted for a while and managed to say a nice goodbye to them as they were heading back down to the pool where their lovely daughter and grandson were, and of course we did get another picture of us all with some of the lovely team in the lounge.
We were genuinely thrilled to finally meet the JP family that we had heard so much about over the years, the staff were always telling each of us we would like each other although we continually just missed each other, but they were as lovely as we had been told and we do keep in touch now which is always nice.
We sat for a little longer then said our goodbyes as we headed downstairs, we knew this would take a little longer.
We know so many lovely folks in the hotel and today we had several who were working so could say goodbye to us which again, is very special to us. Once we had our luggage we ambled over to the desk and the lovely Andrea had come over from Sapphire to wave us off too, she said she would but we had told her if she was busy, not to worry, but she had made it.
As we were chatting Tamara came towards me and said someone wanted to talk to me on the phone.....I was completely clueless as to who it could be, then I heard the voice and just about melted. It was Alex who used to work in the lounge
Alex was part of the May 2022 Club Lounge team along with Lindsey, Raphael, Daniel and a couple of others and they were absolutely amazing, and it was Alex who called us to let us know about Lindsey passing, so we had a very strong bond. We missed her so much and hadn`t seen her this visit as she had been quite poorly, but hearing her voice made the emotions rise a little and we had a lovely little chat!! I handed the phone back to Tamara and thanked her so much for arranging that today, it meant an awful lot.
Back to our lovely group who came to say goodbye, I think Raphael had come in early to see us which again, just means so much, we adore these lovely folks and can`t imagine the hotel without them although they do move on of course at some point. The changes we had seen since 2009 are just incredible and so many folks had come and gone over that time.
I forget who took the picture but we were glad they did! And the lovely Samuel had again worn his purple shirt just for me, he knows it`s my favourite and it does suit him, but to be fair, he suits any colour!!! Elida, Andrea and Raphael make up our lovely group picture.
I was a little emotional now as we said our goodbye`s but knowing we keep in touch by email is a little easier, we have got so attached to many folks here and we do miss them a lot.
But, that moment had come where we leave the hotel and head for the airport for the flight home tonight. Probably my least favourite journey ever!!!
I was banned from shopping, for anything
.....not even a pencil or pen, so walking past the stores, I decided not to wander through as there is always something one can pick up in there!!!
Although back home I was annoyed to realise I had forgotten to buy a Christmas bauble I wanted, not quite sure how I managed to forget it, we go into that store a dozen times, but in the grand scale of things I didn`t really need it.
It`s always a little emotional leaving the parks for that last time on any trip, and on such a gorgeous day it was even less pleasant, but we left and headed back home on the beautiful path by the waterway.
Although on our December trips we never use the pool, it is our favourite pool out of all them. We have tried the other pools and apart from maybe Sapphire Falls, the others are not our favourites. PB quiet pool we tried once and were very unlucky to have the "rowdy family" close by and ruined the ambience of the day, I think us and three other families left them to it. HRH pool I don`t like at all and I don`t like Cabana Bay or Aventura in general so we never visit those pools.
A slide is not our priority so it doesn`t matter a hill of beans if a pool has a play area or slide, but RP does have a very nice little play area as opposed to a slide and it is very popular with the littler ones.
There are several little areas around the pool to choose from, some are nearer the hot tubs and others are beside the zero entry area of the pool and that`s right beside the little kiddie area too, you very rarely see anyone in there though, but it`s nice.
The pool itself is huge and deep enough to swim in, but shallow enough for folks like me who don`t swim to be able to enjoy it. We`ve never struggled to find a lounger anytime we`ve been there, but it can get busy as folks we know have had issues during peak times.
We headed into our room and got showered and changed, we had a late checkout but said we would be out of the room by 1pm and we could pass some time in the lounge before we left, that way the room could be turned around faster for the next folks. We finished off last minute packing and then checked the room for anything we may have left, which today we never left a thing.
Downstairs we handed in our luggage and managed to say goodbye to Milton who is just a superstar!! We were glad to be able to catch him as sometimes we do miss him depending on when he works, we told him to pass our good wishes onto Rob who we missed saying goodbye to this time, he said he absolutely would.
Back up to the lounge we grabbed a snack from the offerings, I think it was shortbread or something similar and some tea, we would eat at the airport, and we chatted to the lovely TM`s who were around today. The lovely Egle who is the Housekeeping manager we have known for a long time came up to say goodbye too, she is a lovely lady and we appreciated her taking the time to come up and see us before we left. We again, expressed our thanks to her for the wonderful housekeeping we always receive here, it is second to none and we never have a single complaint about housekeeping.
And as we hoped the lovely JP couple came up to say goodbye, we had hoped we would not miss them today.
And we were thrilled to hear they had decided to stay another week!!! Why not, they adore everything about the hotel and the lovely TM too and always enjoy their time staying, we joked we always say we`re going to add days on, but not so easy with the flights!!! It is always tempting though.
We chatted for a while and managed to say a nice goodbye to them as they were heading back down to the pool where their lovely daughter and grandson were, and of course we did get another picture of us all with some of the lovely team in the lounge.
We were genuinely thrilled to finally meet the JP family that we had heard so much about over the years, the staff were always telling each of us we would like each other although we continually just missed each other, but they were as lovely as we had been told and we do keep in touch now which is always nice.
We sat for a little longer then said our goodbyes as we headed downstairs, we knew this would take a little longer.
We know so many lovely folks in the hotel and today we had several who were working so could say goodbye to us which again, is very special to us. Once we had our luggage we ambled over to the desk and the lovely Andrea had come over from Sapphire to wave us off too, she said she would but we had told her if she was busy, not to worry, but she had made it.
As we were chatting Tamara came towards me and said someone wanted to talk to me on the phone.....I was completely clueless as to who it could be, then I heard the voice and just about melted. It was Alex who used to work in the lounge
Alex was part of the May 2022 Club Lounge team along with Lindsey, Raphael, Daniel and a couple of others and they were absolutely amazing, and it was Alex who called us to let us know about Lindsey passing, so we had a very strong bond. We missed her so much and hadn`t seen her this visit as she had been quite poorly, but hearing her voice made the emotions rise a little and we had a lovely little chat!! I handed the phone back to Tamara and thanked her so much for arranging that today, it meant an awful lot.
Back to our lovely group who came to say goodbye, I think Raphael had come in early to see us which again, just means so much, we adore these lovely folks and can`t imagine the hotel without them although they do move on of course at some point. The changes we had seen since 2009 are just incredible and so many folks had come and gone over that time.
I forget who took the picture but we were glad they did! And the lovely Samuel had again worn his purple shirt just for me, he knows it`s my favourite and it does suit him, but to be fair, he suits any colour!!! Elida, Andrea and Raphael make up our lovely group picture.
I was a little emotional now as we said our goodbye`s but knowing we keep in touch by email is a little easier, we have got so attached to many folks here and we do miss them a lot.
But, that moment had come where we leave the hotel and head for the airport for the flight home tonight. Probably my least favourite journey ever!!!
