CeciliaKy

I was on property Sat-Mon ... IT was a hot mess all weekend. Couldn't use my band in some places, when I could it read it from a prior reservation, etc. It was supposed to be just Friday, but I guess it's lingering.

and it's sound advice. if you remember. calling on the last day of the month (Friday) before a long holiday weekend might not have been the best time. that Publix is the only place I had trouble with my card, which is interesting. the cashier said that store is a massive fraud target ... so, in the end, lesson learned & I'm glad the parameters are in place.

I don't think it will keep us from going back ... but I did find it hysterical that I had more confidence cooking on the public park style grill

I did that, but I guess that it hadn't gone through since I traveled over the July 4 holiday weekend.

wasn't there Thursday night ... and we noticed cast members walking back and forth along the water's edge with flashights. Assume they were looking for gators?

FYI about the Publix near the Mary Queen Shrine/Lake Bryan (not sure what the street address is offhand) ... it is not uncommon to have a credit card decline there. It's happened to me twice, once with a Chase card & once with a Cap One card. It's due to the high level of fraud in the area & according to the cashiers, happens ALL the time. Thankfully, I had no trouble with my PIN-enabled debit card, or we would have been key lime pie less last week and I'll cast my vote for Publix. I love that store.

just got back from 3 nights (Tues - Fri) at the cabins ... thanks to the fiends, we knew of the changes in the cabins. (especially the kitchen) I grabbed a couple of things at Publix, thinking I'd just use the convection oven because I have one at home & surely they couldn't be that different. our hot & spicy wings from the Publix deli cooked on our GRILL were delicious. I was too overwhelmed by the directions on the microwave/oven to try. LOLOLOL

so .. my 14-year old has the Lilly store first on her list of places to go when we visit Disney Springs .... I'm curious if they carry any sort of Disney-exclusive merch? Or am I shelling out the bucks for her school agenda, simply so we can say we bought something there? LOLOLOLOL

there was a fire at an apartment complex not far from the MK ... reports said it was caused by a lightning strike. my husband works a lot with OSHA on safety issues (he works on a job along the Ohio River) and his lightning alert app was going nuts. He would've told you to get out of the open Main Street

it wasn't just the rain ... there was so. much. lightning. holy cow. maybe it wasn't a lot by Florida standards, but we kept waiting and waiting to go to Trail's End to get a snack and watch the fireworks, but that lightning was never ending. Well, until it ended and we could go. LOL we followed someone on Twitter who was in the MK & tweeted there was an announcement that said the fireworks would start at 10:30, so we were pretty surprised that they started sooner. Thankfully we were already at the marina, LOLOLOL

early/breakfast time. we filled our mugs and ske-daddled

we used it. we may have been the only ones ... but we used it!

we started paying attention to the blue tags after meeting Barbara on Main Street ... Jamie Holton of Off Kilter was also a legacy cast member. (and that's all I have to say about that. LOL) Piano dude was the 3rd we'd ever seen.

duplicate post. whoops. LOL

he's one of those blue tag legacy CM's ... we noticed that last week. he can also tell what people are celebrating by looking in the mirror on the piano as people walked behind him. it was impressive to see.

you mean I was at the Fort at the same time as TCD and I missed it?! booooo!

I'm not sure if I still have my copy I signed last weekend or not ... but, I can tell you that they only focused on two things when I signed it: no open containers & no talking on the phone or texting while driving. They made barely any mention of the age of the driver.

yeah ... there's no way we would've been in a tent during that storm on Friday. the lightning was CLOSE.

what happens in the event of lots of lightning ... especially with tent campers? are you there at your own risk, regardless of the weather? we were at the Fort from Friday - Tuesday and there was a storm on Friday night that was especially intense. Many nearby strikes, delayed fireworks shows, etc. It wasn't safe to be outside for a while.

from what I gathered on Sunday, it wouldn't have mattered for us this time .... we booked our cabin about 2 weeks before the 4th, which would've put us on the waitlist anyway. made lemons out of lemonade on Friday & Saturday. got a cart on Sunday. it was all good :D

OMG. We were in the Epcot mess. I wasn't sure we were getting out of there without an incident. It was awful.

seemed to be a theme over the weekend, as well. there was one group of boys that stood out to us ... they were older than 5-10, but definitely tween/early teen age .... but, wow, they were all over the place on Sunday. loud kids. disney cart.

Times guide says 9pm

That's what I'm hoping -- I called earlier, they said to check back again later. Never for a second considered I'd need to call ahead and reserve. :/

Anyone know how the Fort cart wait list works? Or .... Does anyone have any suggestions for last minute cart rental for today - Tuesday? Message if appropriate .... thanks!