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Well I've gotten the mountain of laundry done and everything is once again in it's place so I have some time to report on my trip. I'll make this an in depth report since Scanslonsgirl asked for all the details!!

I'll begin with the resort.
We stayed at the Polynesian in a garden view Concierge room. I can't say enough wonderful things about the staff and service we received!! Official check in was at 3pm but we were told ahead of time that the room I requested wasn't occupied so it wouldn't be a problem to check in early. When we arrived around noon, the valet called a bell hop to bring a club car to take us to the Hawaii bldg. for check in. We were so glad we didn't have to wait in the long lines in the lobby!!!

We were taken on a little tour in the club car and shown the volcano & quiet pools. When we arrived at the Hawaii bldg, the concierge staff (4 people) greeted us at the door with purple silk flower leis. Our bell hop took our luggage straight to our room and the whole registration process took less than 5 minutes. We got a print out of all the PS arrangements the staff had made for us... including Cinderella's Royal Table! They gave our daughter a sand pail & shovel with coloring book & crayons.

We got the room we requested 1528. Great recommendation from Stormalongbay!! A lagoon view would have been even better but decide to save the extra $80/night. Next time around, I might invest the extra $$. We loved having the ducks and bunnies come to our patio every morning. Warning, don't feed the ducks... they will invite all of their little duck friends and the whole place will know you've been feeding them! I think we counted 18 after our one and only feeding.

The Hawaii bldg is such a great location on the beach... very quiet and ultra convenient! On the map it looks like it is a long way from the Great Ceremonial House and monorail station but is really isn't. It was also not far to walk to TTC and take the monorail to Epcot! The boat launch was another great mode of travel, especially coming back when the monorail lines were longer! The dock is a very short walk from the Hawaii bldg.
The lounge was always well stocked and service was great. The offerings for Breakfast, snack & dessert seemed to be the same every day. The only thing that changed was the evening service.
Breakfast: (so convenient and great for a quick bite on the way to the park)
Cheese & pineapple danish, assorted pastries, mini blueberry muffins, bagles, english muffins, jellies, butter & cream cheese, Kellog's cereals (Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes, Raisin Bran, Cruncheroos, Corn Pops), oatmeal, melon assortment, bananas, oranges, apples, pears, coffee, tea, milk (skim & whole, chocolate if you ask), orange juice, Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, bottled water.
Afternoon service:
cookies (sugar, oatmeal raisin & chocolate chip), bananas, apples, pears, oranges, tea, lemonade, guava/orange juice, Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite and bottled water. Candies in sand pails for the kids were always out at every service (Runts, candy coated chocolates & gummie worms)
Evening service:
one hot appetizer (varied from day to day but included items like chicken wings, pasta with marinara sauce, chicken fingers etc) cheese tray, crackers, melon assortment, PB&J uncrustable sandwhiches for the kids, same fresh fruits as b-fast, wines, same soft drinks as above, tea, lemonade, guava/orange juice, brownies, cookies
Dessert service:
a little variation but usually had bite sized cakes & tarts, cookies, brownies, cordials, soft drinks, lemonade, tea, guava/orange juice, milk, bottled water

The volcano slide is really cool... took my dd by surprise as it is very dark inside the tunnel but she fell in love with it after a couple of turns! The zero entry part of the pool is great. I found myself laying there and basking in the sun on many tired days after the parks! We loved the hammocks and swings on the beach! Oh, and the quiet pool was fun... the ducks swim in it and are so cute to watch. Only did that once, kind of thought that was unsanitary but still neat!

We spent every other day at the parks and planned the in between days to just relax at the Polynesian and enjoy the resort. I'm so glad we did. This was our best trip ever! On our "off days" I started the day out with a turn in the hammock while I watched my daughter build sand castles. I watched the ducks and the boats and was amazed at the beautiful view of the castle (the crane was gone by day 3 of our trip!)

The nightly turn down service was nice and always did something cute with my dd's dolls and left chocolate mints on our pillows. It was so nice to come back from the parks to find a treat!

At MK, a wheel fell off of my dd's stroller and we could not fix it! When we returned from the park that day the concierge gave us a very nice jogging stroller to use for the entire trip free of charge. We could take it to the parks or anywhere we needed!

We thoroughly enjoyed our dinner at Ohana's (daughter loved the hula hoop contest, hula lesson and coconut races) and Kona Cafe was great... Tonga Toast for b-fast only once since we had the lounge for free breakfast!

Water mouse boats were fun but not fast enough for my hubby! DD had a blast though!

Nightly water pageant was neat and fun to watch from the pool! Fantasy in the Sky was awesome from the beach especially since it started raining and we were ready to get out of the MK!

What a great trip!