All Star Movies Disney Resort & Downtown Disney

We arrived in Orlando Florida, hearing those screeching Nanny Fine accents that Florida Women are so well known for, yet dismissed it through our excitement that the weather was warm, the land filled with Palm trees (which always makes it feel warmer) and on our way to Disney. We didn't even have to pick up our luggage as the staff at Disney do all of that for you. For me (Mel) this is sweet music to my ears as it isn't easy to juggle 2 suitcases and push Tim in the chair. The Disney Magical Express was our chariot and it awaited. On board we looked outside the windows with anticipation to see some of the familiar icons of the parks, but icons we did not see. 30 minutes later overhead we passed under a massive banner welcoming us to 'World of Walt Disney' and another 15 minutes later we arrived at our hotel. We knew that the place was big but we seriously miscalculated the extravagance of this magical land.

We get to the hotel, only to discover sadly that Tim's hoist did not fit under the bed. This was going to be a bit of a problem. It is always hit or miss with hotels when we travel. We decided to call the front desk and just see if they possibly had another room that was more suitable to Tim's needs. Our request was met with, "don't worry Mr. McCallum we will look into it for you and let you know, why don't you go and have a magical evening out and leave us to fix the problem." Of course we were surprised by this response, even though lovely almost seemed misunderstood at how urgent this need was going to be. However we did as suggested and explored Downtown Disney.

Downtown Disney was a busy little hotspot for everyone, families, couples, children and young ones out for a party night. It had lots of little charming boutiques, a giant leggo store and of course the biggest Disney store in the whole world. Many restaurants to choose from, street performers and to Tim's delight, La Nouba (His favourite Cirque du Soliel show).

We headed back to the hotel with skeptical minds as to how they possible could have fixed the issue, or even if they had tried. We got back and to our amazement, while we were away, they built a new bed base for the bed with correct measurements to fit the hoist under. What service this was, amazing. We called them to thank them as ask them where we could find a grocery store to buy some dog food for Roxy, well within minutes we had a staff member at our door with kibble in her hand that she has gone and bought for us from the grocery store. Have you ever known service like this for a 'budget' hotel, even in a 5 star hotel, I have never experienced service as good as this. Check out our towel animals we found each day they came to clean our room.

We have include some of the fun characters that we ran into at the hotel. Every night that returned home, usually around 10-11pm at night we would find tons of kids in the pool. I could not believe how much energy these kids and parents had after a full day at the parks and then to swim all night as well. Disney world really is a child's Vegas!

Here is a clip of the journey from our hotel room door, through the resort and finishing at the bus stop where we caught the 'Magical Expresses' to the theme parks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s-R89hTNY8

LEGO Sculptures

These were all so Lego sculptures of dogs. So lifelike in fact that Roxy still gave them the traditional sniff from behind too. It was very funny when a little girl came up to pat these pretend dogs after we took this photo and she got the biggest fright when Roxy moved.