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emmeaus · 12-20-2004

We just got back yesterday and Sog was great. For Christmas everything is beautiful. The rooms are huge. We had a party of 10 in 3 rooms. Two were adjoining and the other right next door. All rooms have either a private balcony (with two chairs and enough room to have coffee and breakfast) or a poolside walk out. Bathrooms have double sinks and a seperate room for toilet/bath/shower. Two large queen beds and a pull out twin convertable, plus breakfast table 4 chairs, enterainment armoire, a double dresser, closet, ironing board, safe, refrigerator in every room free of charge, and coffee pot. Two pool areas: one has large pool with toddlers pool and play gym right next to it. At this pool area there is also a sports pub/family cheap eats kind of place. This is where the guys will have to go to see any major sports event...(we are from Boston and the family had to watch the Patriots play on Sunday so we all went down there while the kids swam in the pool right outside the glass windows ***very convenient). As for other restaurants....there is a buffet every night for 12.95 down at the galley ( a sit down service restuarant...you can also order from the menu ). There is also Mangino's a really nice...top quality chef italian restaurant. Between these three you can find everything you need and the prices are cheaper than at other disney resorts.

As far as transportation...they actually have golf carts running 8-5 that will bring you down the driveway and than you just walk across polynesian parking lot to get to monorail...very easy and no ticket and transportation hassle. The shuttle busses come every 15-30 minutes and are never crowded always on time...again very easy. We even had a scooter and they got us on and off real quick and easy.

We had a great time and for 100/night it is an unbelievable bargain. I would highly recommend it. It is not a hub of excitement though...so if you need the hotel to be a source of entertainment (beyond a 'basic' pool and playground for kids) than maybe some place like the holiday inn familysuites would be good. We stayed there in February and although you give up being on site...you have an arcade, video rentals, really fun pool, decorated/themed rooms (alhough a lot smaller than SoG), face painting and hair salon for kids, etc.

I hope this helped. let me know if you have any more questions i would love to help.
Sharon

12-20-2004	#6 (permalink)
emmeaus Mouseketeer Intern Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 9	Re: Shades of Green We just got back yesterday and Sog was great. For Christmas everything is beautiful. The rooms are huge. We had a party of 10 in 3 rooms. Two were adjoining and the other right next door. All rooms have either a private balcony (with two chairs and enough room to have coffee and breakfast) or a poolside walk out. Bathrooms have double sinks and a seperate room for toilet/bath/shower. Two large queen beds and a pull out twin convertable, plus breakfast table 4 chairs, enterainment armoire, a double dresser, closet, ironing board, safe, refrigerator in every room free of charge, and coffee pot. Two pool areas: one has large pool with toddlers pool and play gym right next to it. At this pool area there is also a sports pub/family cheap eats kind of place. This is where the guys will have to go to see any major sports event...(we are from Boston and the family had to watch the Patriots play on Sunday so we all went down there while the kids swam in the pool right outside the glass windows ***very convenient). As for other restaurants....there is a buffet every night for 12.95 down at the galley ( a sit down service restuarant...you can also order from the menu ). There is also Mangino's a really nice...top quality chef italian restaurant. Between these three you can find everything you need and the prices are cheaper than at other disney resorts. As far as transportation...they actually have golf carts running 8-5 that will bring you down the driveway and than you just walk across polynesian parking lot to get to monorail...very easy and no ticket and transportation hassle. The shuttle busses come every 15-30 minutes and are never crowded always on time...again very easy. We even had a scooter and they got us on and off real quick and easy. We had a great time and for 100/night it is an unbelievable bargain. I would highly recommend it. It is not a hub of excitement though...so if you need the hotel to be a source of entertainment (beyond a 'basic' pool and playground for kids) than maybe some place like the holiday inn familysuites would be good. We stayed there in February and although you give up being on site...you have an arcade, video rentals, really fun pool, decorated/themed rooms (alhough a lot smaller than SoG), face painting and hair salon for kids, etc. I hope this helped. let me know if you have any more questions i would love to help. Sharon