Time to play catch up! I know I recapped Refresh Summit before Disney, but I wanted to go ahead and write about the conference while it was fresh on my mind. Now back to my mom’s 60th birthday bash in Disney World!
Keep in mind, she knew about the trip but had no idea where we were staying or what we were doing. Her friend drove down with us but had to fly back after the first two days in Disney. On Friday morning, I drove down to Louisiana and at lunch we started our journey to Florida. We stopped in Gainesville to spend the night so we would have a full day in Disney Saturday. When we got to Disney’s gates, I made my mom wear a blindfold. I didn’t want her to know where we were staying until we got there.
I had to make sure the folks at the guard gate when we checked in didn’t give anything away, so I’m sure it was quite comical to see me waving my hands around telling them not to talk or give anything away!
We pulled up to the front of the Polynesian and I told my mom to take off her blindfold, she had NO idea and was super excited! Then I told her not only were we staying at the Polynesian, but that we were staying club level/concierge. She was stoked! We checked in, and our room was ready! We grabbed some food from the lounge then headed out to Animal Kingdom.
We did a few rides, ate lunch, then headed back to the resort to get ready for dinner at Narcoossees.
Oh and I took a few shots of our room before we messed it all up.
Also, here are a couple of pictures from the concierge lounge:
At Narcoossees, we had chocolate martinis,
and I surprised my mom with a Cinderella cake….and she cried. I guess that’s a good thing? I would post the video, but she may take me out of her will, so I won’t.
It was a fun night, and we walked back to the Polynesian instead of taking the monorail which was a nice change. mom had two gifts in her room, a real flower lei (which she wore to dinner) with a card, and some helium balloons with a card. The birthday bash was off to a great start!
QOTD: Have you ever surprised anyone with a cake?
What a FUN time! So sad we couldn’t be there with y’all!! 🙁 I’m glad Ms Debbie had a chance to go!!
me too!
i love the poly thats where we spent out honeymoon, those fresh leis are legit! what a pretty cake, disney does such a good job on pastries. ive never been surprised with a cake, but im ok with that im not a big cake person
it was yummy!
What an amazing time for your mom!!! I’m so glad you got to spend it with her and make it so special for her! Memories you both will cherish forever!!!
Yes!
So excited to read about your trip! I’m taking my mom to stay the Polynesian Club Level in December!!! What a great coincidence!!
Oh how fun! You will have a blast
So fun!! I love Birthdays at Disney!!!