MandaLynn & MeganLeigh's Boardwalk May 2014 Trip Report!

Can't wait to hear more! Pictures are great and love the view from your room. Glad you were able to meet up with mrhub and scrappy - such a great couple. How did you enjoy the Boardwalk?

Looks like a great start to the trip. Looking forward to reading more.

We loooved the Boardwalk! We didn't get to spend too much time exploring since we were only there a couple days(still haven't made it to Jellyrolls! Gotta check that off my list at some point!). I'm just obsessed with the fact that Epcot is such a short walk- it was great to be able to come back to the room in the middle of the day to chill out for a few minutes without taking a huge chunk of time out of your day on travel time.

Great pics, looks like you had a blast!!!

You look like you are having such a good time! Can't wait to hear more!

Love the personality in your photos! So fun! Remind me again where you rented DVC points through. Did you have any issues or have any advice for someone renting for the 1st time? We're planning on renting at AKL for our Dec 2015 trip. What size room did you 3 stay in?

Great report! Looks like you had a blast!

That 37K castle is unreal. I tried to convice Jan we needed it, but she wasn't falling for it. LOL.

Raglan Road is a favorite of ours. Really great food there.

Ha! We are definitely goofballs!

We rented from The DVC Rental Store(they have several reps- I dealt with Lindsay, who was great). We didn't have any problems, and would do it again for sure! The only tiny thing was that our Magical Express tags and info didn't get to us the first time(They had our street name wrong, but only by ONE letter, so I'm not fully convinced that was the reason). I just emailed Lindsay and she contacted Disney and had them resent- we got them 3 days later so it ended up being totally fine. We actually had decided not to use them anyway- we thought we'd want our bags sooner than the ME could get them to us(we were really glad we made that decision, by the way).

We stayed in a studio, and had a Queen bed and a pullout couch(which was actually not bad, as pullout couches go).

Raglan Road is AMAZING! Definitely a new favorite of ours, too!

Fun TR so far

Keep it going, keep it going!

Fantastic TR love reading it!!!!!

How did I know you were going to say that!

Scrappy hurry up!

I posted our adventure so it now your turn

You're very welcome and thanks for joining us! It was great meeting the three of you in person and looking forward to doing it again sometime. Keep that report coming.

So much fun so far!

So....After that whirlwind of a night, what could top it?! Probably nothing...but if anything could come close, it'd be our pals Minnie, Donald, and Goofy!
We got up bright and early to walk over to breakfast at Cape May Cafe. The day was already beautiful, so the walk over to the Beach Club was so nice. We'd never been to this resort so we were excited to take a look around. We checked in, got our buzzer, and went to explore. The lobby was beautiful and we had barely made it to the gift shop when we got buzzed.
The restaurant wasn't even half full yet(guess we were early risers- who'da thunk!), but it didn't take long until it got more crowded. Now on to the food....I personally, am of the opinion that a breakfast buffet is one of man's greatest accomplishments, so I was so ready for this meal. It did not disappoint. My plate was almost full just after the scrambled eggs(2 kinds!)! They had everything you could possibly want in a breakfast buffet, from cereal, fruit, and all kinds of breads, to chorizo, frittata, and french toast. And let's not forget those amazing little Mickey waffles(I would never!!)!
The greatest part of this meal, though, was definitely the company! I was chowing down on a beautiful breakfast, then I turn around and none other than Minnie Mouse herself is standing right behind me! We got overly excited for a couple of grown women, and got big hugs from Ms. Mouse. Did I mention that the characters at this breakfast are dressed is super cute beachwear? BECAUSE THEY ARE.
We also met Goofy and Donald, who Manda was Disneybounding as this day! I just had to tell him, and he was very flattered.

view from Beach Club back across the lake to the Boardwalk

lounging in the Beach Club lobby

Today was Epcot day, and we wanted to make the most of it, so we walked straight over there from the Beach Club. We got there about 20 minutes to 9, but they let us in at about 8:53. Since you can't get FP+'s for both Soarin AND Test Track, we chose TT, so the plan was to go straight to Soarin first thing. We got there, and waited maybe 10 minutes- mission accomplished! The Soarin exit basically spits you out right at Living with the Land, which is a must do for us (especially Manda!), so we walked right on to a boat there. As we exited The Land, we saw Garden Grille and all began talking about how we might need to modify our ADR's for our fall trip to include this restaurant!! We've all heard nothing but great things about it We then got a quick caffeine fix at Starbucks, and headed over to WS to take in some of the foliage of the Flower and Garden Festival. All the topiaries were amazing, but we bad barely taken photos of two of them when we turned around and saw the most amazing photo opportunity- Spaceship Earth with the flowers and the lake and the monorail going right in front of it. I could't get it together quickly enough to take a pic right then, so I insisted on waiting there until another monorail came. We were there for another 10-15 minutes, making friends with some friendly Disney ducks. I decided that I shouldn't waste any more time waiting and turned to leave, and of course that was the moment that the monorail came! I took about 47 pictures of the whole scene as it went by, and it was worth it. Meet my new phone screen!

Next we headed over to Journey into Imagination with our fave...Figment! On the way, there was a butterfly garden that Manda and mom went through- I didn't participate because I think I probably would have freaked out at all the bugs flying around me.

We then decided it was time for a mid day break, so we headed back to the Boardwalk. On the way, we hit Canada and saw the Oh! Canada movie(I just love Martin Short). Then we went through the shops in the UK, and headed to the International Gateway. We had a little impromptu stroll with Alice on the way! She saw Manda's anchor shirt and wondered if she was a sailor- we said no, but we were about to get on a boat! She then headed away saying she was going to "get a spot of tea!" She's so cute!
We took a boat back to the Boardwalk and stopped in the Boardwalk Bakery for an afternoon cupcake to take back to our room. We each got a different one- Mom got lemon/bluberry, Manda got the Oreo cupcake, and I got strawberry. I didn't try theirs, but mine was DELICIOUS. I would get it again for sure! After chilling for about 30 minutes in the room, recharging our phones(and ourselves!), and freshening up a bit, we were ready to head back to the park.

(Can anyone guess what forgetful fish I'm Disneybounding as? )

do you see something iiinnnteresting in this carpet pattern?

Up next...A couple more rides, a couple more countries, and, of course, more food!!

Love your TR! Just wanted to put in another plug for Garden Grill--it's one of our favorites. We don't do a ton of table service, but we've done this one twice. The food is amazing and we're 2 for 2 on fantastic character interaction!

Those pics of the monorail and flowers are beautiful!! I think those cupcakes also sound amazing right about now
Love the TR, ladies!

Great shot with the monorail and all the flowers! I also tried the Oreo cupcake from the bakery - it was delish!! Can't wait to try some more in September. Loving your report.

Thanks alice! We're really considering switching from Coral Reef to Garden Grill. I don't think I really have too much of a preference(I'll have to do some more research), although I do love Chip n Dale!

Thanks Katie! All from iPhones if you can believe it! That Panorama feature is really cool
And yes, as I was looking at the picture of my strawberry cupcake, I think I may have drooled a bit on my keyboard! It really was delicious!!

Fantastic TR girls you are making me very hungry with these pictures of cupcakes!!! Also loving the outfits! Keep it coming!

Super report girls! Question about Garden Grill - can you feel it moving? I would hate to feel even a little squishy while trying to eat.....I am such a wuss about motion.

I have eaten that strawberry cupcake from BW Bakery......soooo good.

The movement is slow and super smooth, Doc. Of course, you could luck out and have the restaurant not be rotating for the evening like it was for us last week . Although even without rotating through the Land scenes, I would eat there in a heartbeat!

Thanks Alice....will think about this one.

I don't notice the movement at all. I only notice when I look up and see a new scene

Great monorail shot