Our DVC membership is now official 
We became members back in February of this year but it didn't feel real until we got there. Having mostly stayed at Value resorts (and POR for our honeymoon) we weren't sure what to expect at the Deluxe resorts. We stayed at our home resort Bay Lake Tower. We loved it 
You can't beat the location! Walking to MK is the best perk ever! However, I have to admit that I will miss the Values. I really liked the themeing they had.
Here's a quick recap of our trip before I start the full report. I travelled with my husband Erik and of course Mister Penguin. We were there from October 18-27 (our 2nd anniversary was the 27). We drove down from Ontario Canada with the check engine light on the entire time. What a champ! It was our first fall trip and first MNSSHP. We also tried new restaurants including Boma (breakfast), Trails End, Paradiso37, Via Napoli, Sci Fi Dine In, The Plaza, Be Our Guest (lunch FP) and the Tomorrowland Terrace fireworks dessert party. We had GREAT weather. Never saw a single drop of rain in all 10 days 
Everyday was sunny and around 27C. I have a feeling it will be a different story when we go in September 2015 
Anyway, on to the trip report!
I settled for M&M instead (which we also don't have). We actually made it to Orlando this night! We stayed at the Ramada in Kissimee. It's a Good Neighbor hotel for WDW. We stayed there before and it seemed nice but we had been in the main building. This time we were in one of the buildings in the back and our room definatley needed some work. One of the beds was kind of broken, the toilet kept running, the faucets were loose and the walls seemed very thin (you could hear the people in the next room very clearly). Ah well. We were only there to sleep for the night so it wasn't a big deal.
Rather than haul the luggage back, I stayed with it while Erik went back to get it fixed. When he returned they worked and that was the only issue we had with the bands all trip! Our room was beautiful and I was a little sad to leave it the next morning (any sad feeling was forgotten once we checked into BLT though 
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We also split the masters cupcake with the greystuff on it. It was good but nothing special. The themeing was great, it's beautiful restaurant. 
I love that they pipe in the music! We returned to our room to watch the water pageant again.
. Disappointed at not being able to walk (I wanted to look for deer), we got back on the boat. Since the boat was faster than walking would have been, we were pretty early for our reservation so we walked around a bit. Some of the RV's were decorated for Halloween. We saw a few turkeys walking around and some crazy looking golf carts. Then it was time for dinner 
