So today we were supposed to go to Star Wars Weekends. This, after years of failed attempts to do this exact thing.
The problem was Liki Tiki. Our neighbors decided to have a block party late into the night, and security doesn't exist so much despite the screaming in the parking lot. Or the running up and down screaming. Or the screaming in the rooms. Our neighbors were a nightmare, and the ultra thin walls did not much help. The other concerned neighbors tried to call security too, and even speak to the noisy individuals, but nothing much came of it. Daddy tried speaking to them too - we have a nine-year-old in here trying to get some sleep. But nothing changed, and what seemed like forever went by and it was 1:00 am, and we were drained.
You have to get up and get there early to go to Star Wars Weekend. We didn't make it. We were too tired. Plans that we had for years were suddenly ruined.
We cut our stay at the Liki Tiki short, as we thought we probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight either - even if we had went through all the packing involved with changing our room for one night.
Fortunately, Disney understood. They seemed to forgive us for staying at another non-Disney condo. They didn't charge us the cancellation fee for the dinner reservations we had that day (would have been $30). Yeah, we didn't get to do that. Also, they modified the existing tickets so that they wouldn't expire. Our tickets would have expired this week, but Disney made it so these tickets won't expire until 2030. I think we'll be back before then, so that's good.
In order to talk to Disney, we did go back to Downtown Disney once more. We went to Guest Relations, but didn't go to Ghiradelli's believe it or not. We did find a few new shops, including one that did all kinds of work with crystals, sculpting and carving. Madison was in love with a few tiaras that she saw there. We asked her what her favorite one was, and as she was with Mommy in another store, Daddy was sneaky and got that one for her birthday tomorrow. She'll like that very much.
Then, it was back to Spruce Creek, to Nana and Ba-Ba's house. We were there pretty quickly, and all was peaceful and quiet again. Madison wasn't even so much aware of all the noise at the condo last night, but Mommy and Daddy were - and we were able to catch up on our rest pretty quickly. We sat on the lanai in the back, reading books and resting our eyes somewhat. We were completely relaxing, and all was well again. Nana and Ba-Ba even had a nice big dinner for us!
It wasn't quite what we planned, but in the end, perhaps it was a good thing the night was so incredibly bad at Liki Tiki. The temperature today soared to around 100 degrees, and between the lack of sleep and being so tired, it was a good thing we didn't go to Disney after all. We'll get to Star Wars Weekends someday. But maybe the heat would have been too overwhelming today. And consider this: we did so much on Thursday that was all Star Wars related. Madison made a droid and a lightsaber. We rode Star Tours twice, and did the Jedi Training Academy. Also, we had the breakfast with the Star Wars characters, and dinner with Disney characters dressed up in Star Wars costumes. We even got to see the tremendous fireworks show, up close and at an angle that not many others have ever seen. So all that said, we did get to do quite a bit. So maybe next time on the official Star Wars Weekends. And we'll be back again in this area soon.
We just won't be staying at the Liki Tiki anymore…!
The problem was Liki Tiki. Our neighbors decided to have a block party late into the night, and security doesn't exist so much despite the screaming in the parking lot. Or the running up and down screaming. Or the screaming in the rooms. Our neighbors were a nightmare, and the ultra thin walls did not much help. The other concerned neighbors tried to call security too, and even speak to the noisy individuals, but nothing much came of it. Daddy tried speaking to them too - we have a nine-year-old in here trying to get some sleep. But nothing changed, and what seemed like forever went by and it was 1:00 am, and we were drained.
You have to get up and get there early to go to Star Wars Weekend. We didn't make it. We were too tired. Plans that we had for years were suddenly ruined.
We cut our stay at the Liki Tiki short, as we thought we probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight either - even if we had went through all the packing involved with changing our room for one night.
Fortunately, Disney understood. They seemed to forgive us for staying at another non-Disney condo. They didn't charge us the cancellation fee for the dinner reservations we had that day (would have been $30). Yeah, we didn't get to do that. Also, they modified the existing tickets so that they wouldn't expire. Our tickets would have expired this week, but Disney made it so these tickets won't expire until 2030. I think we'll be back before then, so that's good.
In order to talk to Disney, we did go back to Downtown Disney once more. We went to Guest Relations, but didn't go to Ghiradelli's believe it or not. We did find a few new shops, including one that did all kinds of work with crystals, sculpting and carving. Madison was in love with a few tiaras that she saw there. We asked her what her favorite one was, and as she was with Mommy in another store, Daddy was sneaky and got that one for her birthday tomorrow. She'll like that very much.
Then, it was back to Spruce Creek, to Nana and Ba-Ba's house. We were there pretty quickly, and all was peaceful and quiet again. Madison wasn't even so much aware of all the noise at the condo last night, but Mommy and Daddy were - and we were able to catch up on our rest pretty quickly. We sat on the lanai in the back, reading books and resting our eyes somewhat. We were completely relaxing, and all was well again. Nana and Ba-Ba even had a nice big dinner for us!
It wasn't quite what we planned, but in the end, perhaps it was a good thing the night was so incredibly bad at Liki Tiki. The temperature today soared to around 100 degrees, and between the lack of sleep and being so tired, it was a good thing we didn't go to Disney after all. We'll get to Star Wars Weekends someday. But maybe the heat would have been too overwhelming today. And consider this: we did so much on Thursday that was all Star Wars related. Madison made a droid and a lightsaber. We rode Star Tours twice, and did the Jedi Training Academy. Also, we had the breakfast with the Star Wars characters, and dinner with Disney characters dressed up in Star Wars costumes. We even got to see the tremendous fireworks show, up close and at an angle that not many others have ever seen. So all that said, we did get to do quite a bit. So maybe next time on the official Star Wars Weekends. And we'll be back again in this area soon.
We just won't be staying at the Liki Tiki anymore…!
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