Well it's our final morning and it's been amazing, despite me starting with cold/flu last Tuesday and spending most of Thursday in bed! I suspect I'll have a chest infection by the time I land tomorrow morning but we'll see how the flight goes.
Had heavy rain for the Halloween party on tues night so first parade was cancelled but they opened dessert party seating early so we got to sit under cover, got our preferred viewing for second parade and the rain had cleared and it was a nice night, hocus pocus show at midnight was excellent, as was the lighting, music and atmosphere around the park. Tomorrowland terrace isn't the best place to see the projection show and fireworks but it was fine for us. Also, desserts weren't as impressive as we'd expected, maybe the Halloween theming?!
In all we've only had rain on two other afternoons and we were either on a bus or in shops so not been an issue.
Love the beach club but the buses seem to be the most infrequent for here, maybe just my perception but literally every time from MK or springs there has been 3 for okw and Coronado for every one of ours! Twice the bus has been too busy for the ecv so we've had to wait, usually 20 mins between buses. Beach club is having work done at the bus stop so the temp one is out the back of the villas, walk through their quiet pool to get there, stop and look at the huge turtles in the river on the way lol! It's as easy for us to get to so no problem. We also prefer this pool to the others so have used it quite a bit.
Food has been very good, DD is veggie and has found a decent choice. Liberty Tree tavern was the nicest meal but we've ate at trattoria al forno on the boardwalk twice. Portions aren't big but enough and we all commented that it felt like a normal restaurant rather than a Disney themed one. Food and wine started in Epcot so it's much busier but good to see the food stands around and got to see inside the old body works dome next to Ellen's which I've always wanted to see. Our big disappointment food wise was lunch at BOG - very poor. We had pre ordered so 'only' had to queue for 15 mins, no idea how long the other queue was! You have to find your own table, it's QS on the dining plan. They bring your food to you on the enchanted serving trolleys and find you by the plastic magic rose thing you're given on the way in but you get drinks at the standard machines. DD and I ordered tuna salad which was full of the spiky bitter leaves and very bitter olives, and the tuna was very raw, literally half a centimetre of the outside was cooked. DH and DS had the beef Sandwich and turkey sandwich and both were in a large baguette with just a few lettuce leaves, I tried the turkey and it was so dry. The desserts were cupcakes but nothing spectacular, the kids didn't even like the grey stuff one, Oreo flavoured. Sunshine seasons in Epcot does the best QS with options like salmon and green beans or pork chops and mash, it's a shame BOG doesn't live up to that with its fantastic theming. The food in beach club marketplace has been excellent, flatbread pizzas are the best according to DS, the made to order sandwiches and clam chowder are very good.
I think it's felt busier than other Septembers we've been here and there are certainly a lot of big South American groups which I've never seen before. DD did the international college program here in the summer and said these groups are a quarter of the size of the ones that were here then, I've found that they don't have any sense of personal space or courtesy regarding standing in the way of the ecv but maybe that's just a group thing in general.
We haven't used the ecv with uber or Lyft as they've been short trips either to shops or for dinner. DD and DS flew to Dallas last weekend for the cowboys game and used a Lyft car to get to the airport. The woman driver gave them her card for the return journey as there's some difficultly using them from the airport as you're meant to use real cabs or something so they arranged it between them and she only charged $20 each way.
Oh and saw fantasmic fri night which was better than I remembered, but the studios Star Wars fireworks and projection show last night was amazing, best I've ever seen. Got there about 7.30 for 8.15 show and sat on the floor with a Starbucks passion fruit lemonade while waiting. We opted for the back line of the front section so DH didn't feel blocked in with the ecv, they said there was no area reserved for ecvs so a bit of a muddle. The show is fab though and both nights we've enjoyed the stroll back to the beach club past the huge lines of people waiting for buses and boats.
Location wise for us it's been the best for the studios, Epcot, Boardwalk. Also walked through the swan and dolphin on the way to fantasia land golf. MK is a hassle to get to wherever you stay, unless you're in the contemporary and can walk in of course! And we only did ak once, for Everest, as it's not a park we love. And I got to jog around the boardwalk a couple mornings, started jogging a few months ago with the NHS couch to 5k app to lose weight and get fitter and it's been a goal to go around the lake, it's only 0.8 mile around, I'm not up to 5k lol! I went from struggling to jog for one minute to managing 20-30 mins now. Very happy I did it and so many other joggers say good morning lol! DH accompanied me on his ecv, he's my version of Rocky's trainer on the bike lol!
I suppose I should really start packing!
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