The new resort & a lot of uninteresting information about our trip

The second hotel we stayed at was Disney's Boardwalk Villas. This place was AWESOME! It had a super cool pool and the property was beautiful. It was built around the water. The back side of the resort has a huge boardwalk. There was also a huge porch that went all across the back. It had wicker chairs and rockers so you could sit and relax. The Boardwalk had lots of restaurants and street performers. There are carnival games and you can rent boats by the hour. There are dance clubs and piano bars on the boardwalk and gift shops. At night it is beautiful. We ordered dinner and ate by the water 3 of the 8 nights we were there. At night You can see the fireworks from Epcot on the boardwalk. It's a great place to sit, relax and have a cup of coffee. Below are the pics from the front of the resort and the back area where the boardwalk was. I realized when I got home that I didn't take any of the inside of the resort. Bummer because they had the coolest furniture in the lobby! From this resort we could take water taxi's to Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Tyler liked that. He was sick of being on the crowded buses all the time.

Our original plan was to spend a lot of time in all four parks the first 5 days. We decided to do this because when we transferred to our new hotel it was going to be a much nicer Disney resort than the last. We wanted to take time to enjoy the second hotel and all that the area had to offer. We each got a 10 day pass for the parks. This allowed us days to rest and relax in between all the park hopping. We went back and forth about getting park hoppers. It was an extra $150 to add that option to the tickets. We decided not to add it. We figured that because it was winter and the parks were on their winter hours schedule it would be a waste of money. The parks closed pretty early so there would not be much time for park hopping.

Sunday night when we got back from the MK we checked in and went straight to our room. We had our luggage delivered along with the groceries we ordered from the grocery delivery service. If you are traveling, not renting a car and your hotel has a kitchen I highly suggest you take advantage of a local grocery delivery service. It works out so awesome. The one we used in Florida was http://www.gardengrocer.com/ Their prices were pretty good. Couldn't use coupons but I didn't care. The delivery fee was only $12. We had the groceries delivered to the new resort on Sunday. Because we were going to be checking in late the resort took care of the groceries. Even putting the cold items in the fridge!! It was nice to have more stuff for breakfast and stuff to make sandwiches. We also got some fresh fruit that was super sweet!

I know you might think I am crazy but I packed an entire duffel bag full of snacks, cereal and paper goods (Throw away plates, bowls, Ziplocs, napkins and utensils) for our trip. It was a great way to save money. Everyday we filled the backpack with water bottles and snacks. For the first 5 days we ate breakfast at the hotel (cereal that I brought) and we ate 2 meals in the park. At the second hotel we had a fridge so we were able to add more to the breakfast menu. My family loves bagels and cream cheese so we had that delivered with the groceries. We made sandwiches for lunch and threw them in our bag each day we went to one of the parks. Nothing better than a smashed up peanut butter sandwich. By bringing the PB&J with us we only had to buy one meal a day in the parks! And yes I brought peanut butter and Jelly from home!! We brought and ordered just the right amount of food for the 2 weeks. At the end of the trip we rolled the duffel bag up and put it in the suitcase. We flew Delta home and they only allow you to check 1 bag.

We flew Southwest so we were able to check in 2 bags each. We only had 3 bags of clothes and toiletries. That in its self amazed me. How could 2 weeks fit into 3 bags? JEANS. That's how. We got 2 days out of each pair. We also did laundry when we were there. Before we left I bought some powdered laundry soap and put in one scoop per Ziploc. I packed 6 bags of soap and 1 bag of fabric softeners. There was no way I was going to pay the high prices that they charge in a hotel laundry room for soap!

So that is all of the uninteresting things about the trip I can think of right now. I still have 7 days left to blog about so if I forgot anything I am sure I will put it in another blog......