Posts Tagged ‘Disney World’
Disney-Pop Century-Grey hound and Public Transportation
Saturday, June 26th, 2010I’m back! Rested and ready for my hectic life. The kids are happy I’m home.
Pop Century is a great hotel! I liked staying there alone. Disney did a fantastic job. And I will take my children back to a moderate resort a few years from now, when they are not stroller bound.
I know I’ve had a few not so great vacations down south, my little girl did get sick, but those bad vacations make you really appreciate the good ones.
A woman does need an alone vacation, and I should have taken my first a lot sooner than at age 34. I figured out why I was obsessed with Disney, and it was advertising. I wanted during the tough times, to be at the “happiest place on earth”. And I wanted that for my family when I was a kid, because in my opinion, they were not happy.
I would not have had that moment of clarity with my children with me. So being alone, helps people figure out some deep issues. I dropped a lot of baggage I was carrying around at that happy place, and I thank Disney for the advertising, it did help a little girl hope for the future. I wanted to go there.
Pop Century was the best place for that for me. It had every memory of the past in larger than life icons. It had collages in the lobby of stuff I had and longed to have. It helped me let go of the past.
I took the Greyhound bus to get there, and I loved traveling by bus. I want to try train next. Greyhound, when the bus broke down, and there was a five hour lay over in Savannah, GA, still got me home. I got to sit and talk with many people that did many things, and had many reasons to take the bus. Greyhound’s staff was fantastic, and helpful. I could have not asked for a better way to meet people.
Lastly, I got back and fourth from Disney, not by Cab, but by Public Transportation. I got to Disney using the Orlando Lynx Bus system, bus 25 takes you to the main bus station from the Greyhound Bus station, and then bus 50 takes you straight to Disney. For Two dollars plus a transfer it saved me on cab fare, thank you to two men who helped me with that.
All in all, an alone trip, a scary idea at first was the best thing. I lost some of my fears. I felt safe among strangers. Everybody needs something like that, in my opinion. Back to work I go.
Disney Update
Sunday, January 10th, 2010Removed article.
Economy is Affecting Disney
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009I went to Disney World this weekend. Seeing the gas prices on the drive down was not a shock. The shock to me was room avialablity. I decided to do the trip on friday and was able to book a room at Shades of Green.
The resort is Department of Defense. It is for military and employees of the DOD. Under normal circumstances, I should have not been able to get a room during peak season. I did. A very nice one. The resort was not packed.
Then I went to the water park, Typhoon Lagoon. On a hot day like Saturday, I assumed there would be tons of people. There was not. I had a great time.
I am a Disney Nut. I look for every discount under the sun. Disney is not cheap but I am proud of not paying more than 1000 per vacation. That is my budget, if a Disney Vacation costs me more than that, I won’t go.
Seeing the people at the theme parks was fun, but not what I expected. Summer is the time for vacations here in America, school is out, children are home. I did not hear many American accents at the parks, I heard a lot of foreign accents.
This means to me that the economy is not in recovery. When Disney world is not full on a regular peak season, something is not right. I was told by an employee that the economy of the Orlando Area is hurting. I saw signs on hotels saying, “We have Vacancy.” With people staying home and not vacationing, this area is hurting.
I am lucky having Shades of Green, an affordable option, and the free military ticket that lasts to December 23 of this year. Most are not that lucky.