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We went for 2 and a half days last weekend, including Monday, the start of Christmas season. We were a group of 8: Me, DH, my parents, my sister, her DH, and their two children 18 months and 7 years.
1. Elias and Company had Santa there before rope drop. My sister took her kids to see him with no line while DH waited in the RSR FP line.
2. Bugs Land is a great place to take small kids while someone waits in the FP line right after rope drop.
3. DH and I have APs but the rest of the family did not. Not only did they have to sign their tickets and show id each time they entered, they also had to show a hand stamp. I don't see the point of the hand stamp if they are checking ids each time.
And they had a mix up when turning in the etickets at the gate. My mom bought the tickets online so her name was already printed on ONE of the 6 tickets when they recieved them at the gate. The others were blank. Well, the CM gave her a ticket to sign so then they had two tickets with her name on it and none with my dad's. The next time they went through, they explained what happened and that CM scribbled out my mom's signiture and write his own above it. So if they do that, what is to keep anyone from scribbling out a signiture and writing their name on a used ticket? The first CM at the gate should have known Disney puts a name on one of them and checked for that, but he didn't.
4. We saw no line for people with 4 or 5 day tickets. Checking ids and hand stamps, signing tickets, and people stopping to dig for their ids caused the entry lines to take longer. What I realized they really need is a few express lanes for APs. Since the picture comes up, they go through much faster.
5. Loved the Earl of Sandwhich! I have long said DTD needs a place you can grab a quick sandwhich. I had the chicken chipotle and the holiday one. Both yummy, and a great price! AND we found out the AAA discount is better than the one you get with an AP! 10% vs 15%! So, dig out your AAA cards!
6. For my family who just had tickets, non park hoppers would have been good enough ( they had park hoppers). They were only there 2 days, so one day in each park. Hopping back and forth was too hard with 2 small children and one stroller. For someone there only 2 days, a non park hopper would be fine. However, two days was not nearly enough time to see very much. We were just there for a week in the summer, so that was ok for us. But for a first time or infrequent visitor, I'd say a minimum of 4 days.
7. The Great Gingerbread Cookie Hunt- I looked for a gingerbread cookie over the weekend and was told they wouldn't be available until Monday, the first day of the Christmas season. On Monday I found gingerbread men in the Jolly bakery and bought one. Yummy! My family reported that they saw Mickey ones slightly smaller but with some chocolate on it in the Market House and Pooh Corner. I didn't get to try one of those, but I kept thinking how yummy my cookie would have been with a little chocolate.
That's all I can think of at the moment that may be of help to future DLR visitors.
1. Elias and Company had Santa there before rope drop. My sister took her kids to see him with no line while DH waited in the RSR FP line.
2. Bugs Land is a great place to take small kids while someone waits in the FP line right after rope drop.
3. DH and I have APs but the rest of the family did not. Not only did they have to sign their tickets and show id each time they entered, they also had to show a hand stamp. I don't see the point of the hand stamp if they are checking ids each time.
And they had a mix up when turning in the etickets at the gate. My mom bought the tickets online so her name was already printed on ONE of the 6 tickets when they recieved them at the gate. The others were blank. Well, the CM gave her a ticket to sign so then they had two tickets with her name on it and none with my dad's. The next time they went through, they explained what happened and that CM scribbled out my mom's signiture and write his own above it. So if they do that, what is to keep anyone from scribbling out a signiture and writing their name on a used ticket? The first CM at the gate should have known Disney puts a name on one of them and checked for that, but he didn't.
4. We saw no line for people with 4 or 5 day tickets. Checking ids and hand stamps, signing tickets, and people stopping to dig for their ids caused the entry lines to take longer. What I realized they really need is a few express lanes for APs. Since the picture comes up, they go through much faster.
5. Loved the Earl of Sandwhich! I have long said DTD needs a place you can grab a quick sandwhich. I had the chicken chipotle and the holiday one. Both yummy, and a great price! AND we found out the AAA discount is better than the one you get with an AP! 10% vs 15%! So, dig out your AAA cards!
6. For my family who just had tickets, non park hoppers would have been good enough ( they had park hoppers). They were only there 2 days, so one day in each park. Hopping back and forth was too hard with 2 small children and one stroller. For someone there only 2 days, a non park hopper would be fine. However, two days was not nearly enough time to see very much. We were just there for a week in the summer, so that was ok for us. But for a first time or infrequent visitor, I'd say a minimum of 4 days.
7. The Great Gingerbread Cookie Hunt- I looked for a gingerbread cookie over the weekend and was told they wouldn't be available until Monday, the first day of the Christmas season. On Monday I found gingerbread men in the Jolly bakery and bought one. Yummy! My family reported that they saw Mickey ones slightly smaller but with some chocolate on it in the Market House and Pooh Corner. I didn't get to try one of those, but I kept thinking how yummy my cookie would have been with a little chocolate.
That's all I can think of at the moment that may be of help to future DLR visitors.
