jenseib
Mommy to Claire
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2006
Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014
As I started every other day, I was up early. Today was another full conference day though, so I was soon getting myself ready for another day and heading over to the conference area. Oddly though, our conference was scheduled at the Paradise Pier today. Our guess is that the conference was thrown together so last minute that they couldnt get space in the GC for every day, but honestly, who knows for sure.
We walked over and once again they had a breakfast buffet out for us.
The food was similar to what we had the day before with a few variations.
It was all very good. I was very impressed with it. Usually buffet eggs can be iffy, but they seemed to know the trick and they were moist, yet not runny.
I dont think they had the cute little bottles of ketchup here today but never fear. At one point in our trip, Cass and I were walking down the hall of the GC and we saw a room service cart sitting out in the hall waiting to be taken away. They had little bottles of ketchup, Mayo and Dijon mustard left on it that they had not opened or used. Cass told me I should take them, and who am I to argue. LOL. We kept laughing about it and she shared with me that her first little bottles she had taken were off a room service cart too!
After we filled our bellies, it was time to get started once again.
Another productive meeting and then we took a break.
I guess I stepped outside during the break because I have this picture.
I had to make a potty stop too and the one downstairs was full, so I ran to the one upstairs and this guy was working and I thought it looked funny.
Now, before my trip, I was talking about it to one of my friends and she told me that she found out, quite by accident, that DL resorts have free tampons in the machines in the bathrooms. We had laughed over this, because Disney charges and arm and a leg for everything, but this little item is free.
Of course I checked this out and found this to be true. I grabbed a couple and the night before I whipped one out of my bag and said to Cass Guess what? Free Tampons (You dont know how badly I wanted to use that as my TR title. LOL) Cass died laughing and told me a story how another friend had done almost the exact same thing to her on another trip. Yes, it doesnt take much to amuse us, and we had a lot of fun with this.
So of course, I had to take a picture.
I then posted this to my companys social facebook page. (We are all girls, with the exception of one guy who is good spirited) This became such a funny joke. Questions were asked and we just kept laughing over the topic. It has since been a running joke at our company and when each of us travel, we now look for free tampons and post when we find it.
Just a tip, I knew from a previous trip, that the Disney Magic also has free tampons, when my friend Lisa and I just played with the machine and they came pouring out. LOL and I did investigate in March and it is still true. You will see that I find a few others on my March trip when I post that TR.
Ok, enough of the silliness!!! I headed back downstairs and took a couple of pictures on my way.
Next up for the morning was a vendor fair. The nice thing about vendor fairs ..free stuff! Cass and I went to all the booths and everyone gave out something. Some were better than others .we liked the ones that gave candy out the best. And of course those were little treats to take home to our girls. Some gave out bags, magnets, pads of paper, pens and a few other odd things. We loaded up a bag each. We wondered if we put on glasses if we could go back to the candy ones and get more. LOL.
After we were finished with the vendor fair we headed yet to another conference room where lunch was being served. And I did not take a single picture. This lunch was very good. They had this big pan of steaks. You know when steaks are in bulk like that, they usually are not very good, but I took one anyways, along with many other yummy options. Wow, was I ever wrong. This steak was fabulous! Very thick and tender, and cooked the way I like it.
Cass and I tend to be loners more. We did mingle with the others at the conference, but when it came to sitting down to eat, we preferred to be at our own table, or with just a few people. We found a corner table and sat down. After a bit, 2 of the vendors sat down with us and they were so nice and friendly and we had a good time with them. They found out that Cass had never had avocado before and were just amazed. I think they thought because she lived in Canada that she just didnt have access to it, but it really was because she never just had an urge to try them.
It was also funny, because one of the girls asked what our profession was. She said she was just told to do a vendor fair that morning and had no clue who she was selling to. LOL.
We also had some big wig guy sit with us and I believe Rita sat with us once again too. We did talk a little bit of business, but we enjoyed talking to the other girls more.
Lunch eventually ended and it was time to move on once again. Today we would be doing more touring, but this time we were heading offsite.
We had a bus to take us around today, so we all loaded up and set off. I swear we only went just around the corner and we already had reached our destination, The Annabella Hotel.
We were dropped off at the corner and walked the rest of the way.
We had to wait a few minutes once we entered, so I took a few pictures.
As I started every other day, I was up early. Today was another full conference day though, so I was soon getting myself ready for another day and heading over to the conference area. Oddly though, our conference was scheduled at the Paradise Pier today. Our guess is that the conference was thrown together so last minute that they couldnt get space in the GC for every day, but honestly, who knows for sure.
We walked over and once again they had a breakfast buffet out for us.
The food was similar to what we had the day before with a few variations.
It was all very good. I was very impressed with it. Usually buffet eggs can be iffy, but they seemed to know the trick and they were moist, yet not runny.
I dont think they had the cute little bottles of ketchup here today but never fear. At one point in our trip, Cass and I were walking down the hall of the GC and we saw a room service cart sitting out in the hall waiting to be taken away. They had little bottles of ketchup, Mayo and Dijon mustard left on it that they had not opened or used. Cass told me I should take them, and who am I to argue. LOL. We kept laughing about it and she shared with me that her first little bottles she had taken were off a room service cart too!
After we filled our bellies, it was time to get started once again.
Another productive meeting and then we took a break.
I guess I stepped outside during the break because I have this picture.
I had to make a potty stop too and the one downstairs was full, so I ran to the one upstairs and this guy was working and I thought it looked funny.
Now, before my trip, I was talking about it to one of my friends and she told me that she found out, quite by accident, that DL resorts have free tampons in the machines in the bathrooms. We had laughed over this, because Disney charges and arm and a leg for everything, but this little item is free.
Of course I checked this out and found this to be true. I grabbed a couple and the night before I whipped one out of my bag and said to Cass Guess what? Free Tampons (You dont know how badly I wanted to use that as my TR title. LOL) Cass died laughing and told me a story how another friend had done almost the exact same thing to her on another trip. Yes, it doesnt take much to amuse us, and we had a lot of fun with this.
So of course, I had to take a picture.
I then posted this to my companys social facebook page. (We are all girls, with the exception of one guy who is good spirited) This became such a funny joke. Questions were asked and we just kept laughing over the topic. It has since been a running joke at our company and when each of us travel, we now look for free tampons and post when we find it.
Just a tip, I knew from a previous trip, that the Disney Magic also has free tampons, when my friend Lisa and I just played with the machine and they came pouring out. LOL and I did investigate in March and it is still true. You will see that I find a few others on my March trip when I post that TR.
Ok, enough of the silliness!!! I headed back downstairs and took a couple of pictures on my way.
Next up for the morning was a vendor fair. The nice thing about vendor fairs ..free stuff! Cass and I went to all the booths and everyone gave out something. Some were better than others .we liked the ones that gave candy out the best. And of course those were little treats to take home to our girls. Some gave out bags, magnets, pads of paper, pens and a few other odd things. We loaded up a bag each. We wondered if we put on glasses if we could go back to the candy ones and get more. LOL.
After we were finished with the vendor fair we headed yet to another conference room where lunch was being served. And I did not take a single picture. This lunch was very good. They had this big pan of steaks. You know when steaks are in bulk like that, they usually are not very good, but I took one anyways, along with many other yummy options. Wow, was I ever wrong. This steak was fabulous! Very thick and tender, and cooked the way I like it.
Cass and I tend to be loners more. We did mingle with the others at the conference, but when it came to sitting down to eat, we preferred to be at our own table, or with just a few people. We found a corner table and sat down. After a bit, 2 of the vendors sat down with us and they were so nice and friendly and we had a good time with them. They found out that Cass had never had avocado before and were just amazed. I think they thought because she lived in Canada that she just didnt have access to it, but it really was because she never just had an urge to try them.
It was also funny, because one of the girls asked what our profession was. She said she was just told to do a vendor fair that morning and had no clue who she was selling to. LOL.
We also had some big wig guy sit with us and I believe Rita sat with us once again too. We did talk a little bit of business, but we enjoyed talking to the other girls more.
Lunch eventually ended and it was time to move on once again. Today we would be doing more touring, but this time we were heading offsite.
We had a bus to take us around today, so we all loaded up and set off. I swear we only went just around the corner and we already had reached our destination, The Annabella Hotel.
We were dropped off at the corner and walked the rest of the way.
We had to wait a few minutes once we entered, so I took a few pictures.
