I just bought my girlfriends and my ticket for opening night! Not sure what ill wear yet, but maybe I'll see some of you there!(I'll be on the lookout for you hatetofly!) This is my eighth straight year going and I love it!
It took many many years of hard work to get to that point. Finally, it's sit back and enjoy the day.^two weeks!!! i wish i could afford to stay in the portofino for two weeks!!!!
I bought the Rush of Fear passes Friday, so in addition to Sept. 26th, we're going to be there for a bit on Sept. 28th, 29th and Oct. 3. My GF will be wearing After Dark Horrorfest on the 26th, and Hostel, Saw & a different After Dark Horrorfest shirt on the other days. I'll have a Punisher shirt(skull on front) the 26th. Probably My Bloody Valentine & Texas Chainsaw on the others. We started packing today for the vacation. We're staying at the Portofino for two weeks.
geesh! you could have rented a 5 bed room home for that price...
Izzy says it best. Plus...Maids to clean up & make the beds. Probably the best pools in Orlando. Express Passes. Fantastic ambiance. Excellent employee service. Beautiful Piazza's & a great Spa. Excellent restaurants. And probably most important is the close proximity to the parks & Citiwalk, which allows us to park our car without ever leaving the resort, and enjoy a leisurely spontaneous relaxing vacation. We're now committed to doing this twice a year and we've written WDW off of our travel schedule until they fix the Next Gen mess & confusion.geesh! you could have rented a 5 bed room home for that price...
Izzy says it best. Plus...Maids to clean up & make the beds. Probably the best pools in Orlando. Express Passes. Fantastic ambiance. Excellent employee service. Beautiful Piazza's & a great Spa. Excellent restaurants. And probably most important is the close proximity to the parks & Citiwalk, which allows us to park our car without ever leaving the resort, and enjoy a leisurely spontaneous relaxing vacation. We're now committed to doing this twice a year and we've written WDW off of our travel schedule until they fix the Next Gen mess & confusion.
Same with my GF. We were at the sand beach pool a couple of years ago and this lady engaged us in conversation. She said she preferred the sand beach pool and called the Villa Pool the "boring pool". Now, for anyone who never stayed at Portofino, the Villa Pool has to have one of the most elegant, beautiful & luxurious settings of any pool, but its generally very quiet since the kids & teenagers usually hang at the sand beach pool. Villa only has a smattering of people mostly over 30. Well, my GF's umbrage was really raised at that comment and she proceeded to loudly argue the merits of Villa. She still brings it up all the time and readily admits she loves the Villa Pool(which she sarcastically still refers to as the boring pool, with a chuckle) and greatly prefers it over the larger sand beach pool....So, we too will be at the Villa Pool for many hours. I'll be wearing one of my many light colored soccer shirts on many of the days. If you see one, holler over & we can have a drink or two.Well said. My wife could stay at the villa pool the whole time and be happy.
Everynight of the FFP and all early AP nights. :doggie:
im looking at 3 nights of HHN. getting there on 10/3 and leaving on 10/6 after HHN ends. Definitely buying a Rush of Fear. Will probably add on express.
Also doing the Unmasking the Horror tour for $100 for 6 houses. I wish they told you which houses were in each $60 tour though.
Same with my GF. We were at the sand beach pool a couple of years ago and this lady engaged us in conversation. She said she preferred the sand beach pool and called the Villa Pool the "boring pool". Now, for anyone who never stayed at Portofino, the Villa Pool has to have one of the most elegant, beautiful & luxurious settings of any pool, but its generally very quiet since the kids & teenagers usually hang at the sand beach pool. Villa only has a smattering of people mostly over 30. Well, my GF's umbrage was really raised at that comment and she proceeded to loudly argue the merits of Villa. She still brings it up all the time and readily admits she loves the Villa Pool(which she sarcastically still refers to as the boring pool, with a chuckle) and greatly prefers it over the larger sand beach pool....So, we too will be at the Villa Pool for many hours. I'll be wearing one of my many light colored soccer shirts on many of the days. If you see one, holler over & we can have a drink or two.
Same with my GF. We were at the sand beach pool a couple of years ago and this lady engaged us in conversation. She said she preferred the sand beach pool and called the Villa Pool the "boring pool". Now, for anyone who never stayed at Portofino, the Villa Pool has to have one of the most elegant, beautiful & luxurious settings of any pool, but its generally very quiet since the kids & teenagers usually hang at the sand beach pool. Villa only has a smattering of people mostly over 30. Well, my GF's umbrage was really raised at that comment and she proceeded to loudly argue the merits of Villa. She still brings it up all the time and readily admits she loves the Villa Pool(which she sarcastically still refers to as the boring pool, with a chuckle) and greatly prefers it over the larger sand beach pool....So, we too will be at the Villa Pool for many hours. I'll be wearing one of my many light colored soccer shirts on many of the days. If you see one, holler over & we can have a drink or two.