Last week we celebrated Diva and Eddie Haskell's fifth birthdays at the most magical place on Earth, Disney World! We went on their actual birthday because they get in free on that date. In addition, desperate Disney gave us a FL resident special on a room at the Caribbean Beach Resort of $104 per night. Ubergeek researched the entire resort and discovered that one area had been renovated and offered pirate themed rooms with pirate ship beds. Other than being marvelously pirate themed, the rooms are clean and comfortable, but not spectacular. Give the housekeeping staff a good tip though and they will make cool Mickey shapes with your towels and do some other neat stuff. The resort also has a great pool with a pirate ship kids play area and a pool bar for mommy and daddy. We arrived Wednesday late afternoon, did the park on Thursday and then checked out on Friday.
My time at Disney was not over though, the Florida Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs annual conference was held this past weekend in Orlando. Friday Ubergeek and the kiddos helped me check into yet another hotel that I was sharing with a friend who was also attending the conference. The property was literally across the hedge from the Caribbean Beach but it may as well have been across the world. We booked it via Hotwire and got a great deal, finding out only after our reservation that it was the brand new Hilton Bonnet Creek Resort, sister property to the Waldorf Astoria, SCORE!
My friend had not checked in yet and the kiddos had spied the on property lazy river and zero entry pool. I conceded that they could change into their suits and hang out as long as they did not trash the hotel room I was sharing with my friend. UberGeek and kiddos were bathing suit and pool food service bound. I kissed the family goodbye and headed over to Epcot using the resort shuttle to meet my friend for the Food and Wine festival.
When we got back from a day of walking around, hanging with Minnie and tasting various foods and chatting about how relaxing it was to do Disney as an adult we headed back to the hotel. It was gorgeous and we could not believe we were only paying $89 a night through Hotwire. When I say gorgeous, I mean granite bathroom, turkish towel, great hairdryer, Crabtree&Evelyn toiletry gorgeous! Diva and Eddie Haskell left the room spotless under UberGeek's watchful eye and I received some sweet love notes left on the dresser.
Saturday was filled with a business meeting followed by workshops aimed at parents of twins involved in twins clubs. Bartending was one of them of course since most of our events involve alcohol. Not surprising considering we are all parents of twins, triplets and more. Finally, we had a banquet complete with 80s music, hotel food and great company! It was a lot of fun. By Sunday we were ready to head back home after a brief stop at the Orlando Premium Outlets for fall kiddo clothes.
