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<font color=darkorchid>I am embracing the Turkey B
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In the car heading home so thought I would do a fresh on the mind review.
Let me start with our last few visits being CL at the Boardwalk, so while it was a similar price to what we paid for those trips, with 2012 prices it was way cheaper to try AOA so we did.
There are 6 of us, including an 18 year old son and 14 year old daughter, so the 2 bathrooms were a big plus.
First impressions, blown away by the look of it all. Surprisingly, were greated by baggage guys that brought up our bags. Lobby adorable. Got my top floor room request so off we went. And told AOA was a Value Plus.
It's hard to describe the feeling as you walk out into the courtyard. You do feel like you are stepping into a movie. The kids loved it.
I think we were the first ones staying in our room. Shower knobs were new tight. The room was very big. Plenty of room for us. Bathrooms cute and themed! My son loved sleeping under crush every night. We were the last room 4825, so we heard no noise.
Beds were comfy. The fold down is the longer of the two and the bed of choice for my kids. It was more comfortable than the sofa bed, but the sofa bed is by the tv so that helped.
Pool! Amazing! They kept saying they were going to make us use the key access but in our week it only happened once. We had plenty of pool hoppers from pop. I would assume they will be more on top of that as more sections open. We never had trouble finding chairs. Pool activities were fun too, all afternoon. And that underwater music and talking. It got my son swimming! Very cute.
Food court, good. Pizza was only $15. I had the surf and surf one night and it was yummy. My dh liked his spinach and panere but the squash not so much. I found it to be quick( I know they had some issues early on but they seem to be improving it)
The Bus, oh I loathe the bus(16 Candles anyone?) one night the driver missed the exit and ended up on I4 it took about 45 minutes to get back. I did feel for the driver. It was getting ugly.
So AOA wins on Pool, room size, bathrooms and theme. The cars area at night is amazing. I did the creep on one of the rooms there though and I wasn't a big fan, felt like a garage and the Nemo rooms carried more of the movie IMHO.
Would we stay there again? Yes if we need the space. I did miss the location of the Boardwalk. I do worry about AOA turning into a Pop madhouse once all the sections are open. They were supposed to have an animator in the lobby but we never saw him/ her.
The furniture I painted. I hope it holds up because it is very cute. That would be my only fear in going back, that it won't be as clean.
Any questions? I have another 10 or so hours in the car.........
Let me start with our last few visits being CL at the Boardwalk, so while it was a similar price to what we paid for those trips, with 2012 prices it was way cheaper to try AOA so we did.
There are 6 of us, including an 18 year old son and 14 year old daughter, so the 2 bathrooms were a big plus.
First impressions, blown away by the look of it all. Surprisingly, were greated by baggage guys that brought up our bags. Lobby adorable. Got my top floor room request so off we went. And told AOA was a Value Plus.
It's hard to describe the feeling as you walk out into the courtyard. You do feel like you are stepping into a movie. The kids loved it.
I think we were the first ones staying in our room. Shower knobs were new tight. The room was very big. Plenty of room for us. Bathrooms cute and themed! My son loved sleeping under crush every night. We were the last room 4825, so we heard no noise.
Beds were comfy. The fold down is the longer of the two and the bed of choice for my kids. It was more comfortable than the sofa bed, but the sofa bed is by the tv so that helped.
Pool! Amazing! They kept saying they were going to make us use the key access but in our week it only happened once. We had plenty of pool hoppers from pop. I would assume they will be more on top of that as more sections open. We never had trouble finding chairs. Pool activities were fun too, all afternoon. And that underwater music and talking. It got my son swimming! Very cute.
Food court, good. Pizza was only $15. I had the surf and surf one night and it was yummy. My dh liked his spinach and panere but the squash not so much. I found it to be quick( I know they had some issues early on but they seem to be improving it)
The Bus, oh I loathe the bus(16 Candles anyone?) one night the driver missed the exit and ended up on I4 it took about 45 minutes to get back. I did feel for the driver. It was getting ugly.
So AOA wins on Pool, room size, bathrooms and theme. The cars area at night is amazing. I did the creep on one of the rooms there though and I wasn't a big fan, felt like a garage and the Nemo rooms carried more of the movie IMHO.
Would we stay there again? Yes if we need the space. I did miss the location of the Boardwalk. I do worry about AOA turning into a Pop madhouse once all the sections are open. They were supposed to have an animator in the lobby but we never saw him/ her.
The furniture I painted. I hope it holds up because it is very cute. That would be my only fear in going back, that it won't be as clean.
Any questions? I have another 10 or so hours in the car.........
If we had small kids or the need for larger rooms, I would definitely think about it.
