shellybelly72
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We finally arrived on 2/14- we called ahead and told them about all our flight troubles and they checked us in over the phone. ME brought our luggage directly to our room, while we were still in boston! It was great arriving and having the room & luggage immediately available. The room was very clean,although the bathrooms were pretty grimey- I cleaned the bathroom myself,there was hair on the floor and the countertops had some sticky stuff on it. not a big deal..
Thats the good part--
now the bad part,
Olivias is disgusting- and a ripoff..lol I guess while I was in the bathroom, our waitress took our order, I told my DH what I wanted.. then she asked the kids- a 5yo & 7yo. She had an accent, and I guess the kids didnt understand her, and the rest of the grown ups were talking to each other and not paying attention. they said they wanted Pasta and the tinkerbell juice.
and that all she brought them, she didnt ask follow up questions.. They were suppposed to get an appetizer, meal and desert-- and all she brought them was pasta and a $6.49 EXTRA cup of tink juice,it was expensive because it had a light up tinkerbell.. Still no biggie, the other grown ups should have been paying attention.
If the grown up food was great, I probably wouldnt have cared. But it tasted like a lunch you would eat at the school caf. not impressed at all..
After eating a few bites of her pasta, my sister called the waitress over and told her it was really dry and tasteless, she apologized and walked away.. ??
At the end of the meal, I almost passed out! She charged me full price for all the kids, although NONE were given an appetizer or desert, I didnt realize she did not even offer my 11 year old DS desert. She said he declined it?
I asked him and he said she never asked him.. my 11 yo NEVER turns down food.. I should have called over a manager, but didn't want to make a big deal. As we were treating my FIL and my Sis & BIL and their DD(5) and did not want to draw attention to the check...
Ok, now the busses.. holy moly! The bussing situation is crazy. I guess we must have crappy luck, because every bus we were waiting for took forever to get to our stop, and once we were on the way home, ours was always the last stop as well..
once we got on a bus, it doesnt take too long to get to the parks. and the bus drivers are always pleasant..
We are so far away from the feature pool, and honesly I dont want to wait for a bus to get to it, so we wont be visiting the pool, which was one of our reasons for staying here.
one more negative, holy animals above us!! It is bad!!!
These kids upstairs have not stopped! All we hear is jumping @ 5am most of the day, then it stops, then starts up again at 7pm until 9-10pm. and with the vacation being the one where everyone has gotten sick( yes we got the stomach thing) sleeping was very important..
The rooms are very large, and comfortable...but with all the negatives we wont stay here again..
We have 3 more days and hopefully these kids upstairs and their family go home, so we can sleep. If not I may have to complain, I have never done that on vacation. I know kids get rowdy and excited. Heck we are in Disney! I have 4 kids and they were all small once, but also its another thing to not be respectful of others.
BTW- Crowd levels are also pretty bad. But its hit or miss, we walked by expedition everest and it had a 80 minute wait, then about 2 hours later, walked by and had a 20 minute wait..
Thats the good part--
now the bad part,
Olivias is disgusting- and a ripoff..lol I guess while I was in the bathroom, our waitress took our order, I told my DH what I wanted.. then she asked the kids- a 5yo & 7yo. She had an accent, and I guess the kids didnt understand her, and the rest of the grown ups were talking to each other and not paying attention. they said they wanted Pasta and the tinkerbell juice.
and that all she brought them, she didnt ask follow up questions.. They were suppposed to get an appetizer, meal and desert-- and all she brought them was pasta and a $6.49 EXTRA cup of tink juice,it was expensive because it had a light up tinkerbell.. Still no biggie, the other grown ups should have been paying attention.
If the grown up food was great, I probably wouldnt have cared. But it tasted like a lunch you would eat at the school caf. not impressed at all..
After eating a few bites of her pasta, my sister called the waitress over and told her it was really dry and tasteless, she apologized and walked away.. ??
At the end of the meal, I almost passed out! She charged me full price for all the kids, although NONE were given an appetizer or desert, I didnt realize she did not even offer my 11 year old DS desert. She said he declined it?
I asked him and he said she never asked him.. my 11 yo NEVER turns down food.. I should have called over a manager, but didn't want to make a big deal. As we were treating my FIL and my Sis & BIL and their DD(5) and did not want to draw attention to the check...
Ok, now the busses.. holy moly! The bussing situation is crazy. I guess we must have crappy luck, because every bus we were waiting for took forever to get to our stop, and once we were on the way home, ours was always the last stop as well..
once we got on a bus, it doesnt take too long to get to the parks. and the bus drivers are always pleasant..
We are so far away from the feature pool, and honesly I dont want to wait for a bus to get to it, so we wont be visiting the pool, which was one of our reasons for staying here.
one more negative, holy animals above us!! It is bad!!!
These kids upstairs have not stopped! All we hear is jumping @ 5am most of the day, then it stops, then starts up again at 7pm until 9-10pm. and with the vacation being the one where everyone has gotten sick( yes we got the stomach thing) sleeping was very important..
The rooms are very large, and comfortable...but with all the negatives we wont stay here again..
We have 3 more days and hopefully these kids upstairs and their family go home, so we can sleep. If not I may have to complain, I have never done that on vacation. I know kids get rowdy and excited. Heck we are in Disney! I have 4 kids and they were all small once, but also its another thing to not be respectful of others.
BTW- Crowd levels are also pretty bad. But its hit or miss, we walked by expedition everest and it had a 80 minute wait, then about 2 hours later, walked by and had a 20 minute wait..
) Anyway, this went on for 3 days in a row until I finally decided to do something about it. I went to the front desk and they told me they would note it and for me to call if it started again the following night.....Well it did and they immediately sent security to their room. That stopped the problem and we were glad to have some peace and quiet for the rest of the trip, BUT the lesson I learned is to address situations when they happen, not to wait until I become completely miserable.
