Thanks for the trip review. We're going down to Disney in a couple of years, and I'm hoping to spend a day at the Nick Resorts before heading for WBC. Your review answered a lot of my questions, but it also gave me a few more questions.
We checked in and the room was not ready so we headed to Guest Services to make reservations for shows.
What shows do you have to make reservations for?
The receptionist was very nice but I warn you...they are evil timeshare people! She slyly got me to answer some questions reguarding my income and it did not register to me until I saw a Vistana tag on her shirt.
I'm assuming they're selling at the Visitana. Actually, I may reconsider staying at Wyndham Bonnet Creek if I could trade into the Visitana...if I could get the Nick Hotel perks (water park, access to the characters and character meals). Highly doubt it.
I was like wait why is she asking me this ?! She said something about Nickelodeon dollars and seeing if I qualified. I answered truthfully I did'nt qualify( $70,000 a year if you are single).
What are Nickelodeon dollars? And $70,000/year as a single parent seems low for not wanting to talk to you about timeshares. My DH and I don't make too much more than that as a married couple. And we own two weeks. Bought retail, through the developer. (Yeah, I know. Big mistake. But that was 15-20 years ago).
We visited the arcade and it was small but the kids enjoyed it. We also saw Dora/Diego with no lines as well as Spongebob/Patrick within that first hour!
So Dora, Diego, Spongebob and Patrick are all accessible throughout the day? Cool. My DGD are huge fans of all four. In fact, she's fans with almost all of the Nick cartoon characters.
What other Nick characters did you see? (e.g. Bubble Guppies, Blue, Backyardigans etc)
I got a text when the room was ready and it was quite a walk. The layout is wierd . Im just glad I was in the Lagoon section because Oasis was VERY far and that water park is closed during the weekdays.
The bad reviews about Nick Hotel are NOT true. The room was cool when we entered. The couch was clean and the carpet was dry and appeared to be clean. The bathroom was very clean and I
the bed . It was very plush! I have a difficult time falling asleep and within minutes of laying on this bed I was knocked out. I found out that it is a Simmons HealthSmart Signature Plush .I'm so going to buy this mattress!!
I forgot..how many kids did you have? I'm thinking a one bedroom will be enough for us. There'll be three adults and one child that night.
We got out at 5:00 pm to get ready for the Spongebob Crabby Patty Celebration . It was a cute show. I expected more though
What exactly is that?
We had about an hour before Slime Time Live was supposed to start and so I decided to purchase wristbands for the 4D movie experiences. The wristbands are 12.95 each plus tax.I spent 27.95 on our wristbands . (3 years and younger are free) I would like to say I enjoyed the movies but honestly I did not. The theater is FREEZING cold.I kid you not..make sure you bring a winter coat if you watch the movies there! I was so uncomfortably cold I could not enjoy the movies I paid for. The effects just make you colder with the wind and the spontaneous water splashes . I thought the spongebob 4D movie was the best one. I loved the pickle juice smell effect
The craziest part of the whole thing is each movie is 10 minutes long and they'd have a 6 minute break. The theater had maybe six families in the whole thing and after each movie we had to leave ...and come back!! It was so stupid. The movie ends and you'd have to file out the back door...go back through the entrance of the mall wait two minutes and come back in for the next movie!!
I can't say this enough...bring a coat to the theater!! It really is that cold in there. I did not see the last two movies because I could'nt bare to sit through that cold any longer. I felt like it was a waste of money because we only had one day to see the movies but if you were staying longer the wristbands would be a great deal.
How many movies were there, and who all were in it?
Does one of the movies feature Dora and Diego trying to capture a motorized swiping bird or bug? If so, we've seen that one at our local zoo.
We also had no desire to do the character breakfast because the characters were always out . We met all the characters many times over. I loved that about the Nick Hotel. No obnoxious long lines like Disney .
That's good to hear. I thought we'd have to get a character meal in order for her to meet all of her faves. We'll probably have to get a Disney character meal though. That said, right now, she'd probably rather meet Dora, Diego, Blue and Spongebob than Ariel, Belle, Cinderella and Aurora. Although, right now, she is in a Mickey Mouse phase.
We really enjoyed Nickelodeon Hotel ,ignore the bad reviews it's very clean and fun .
Sounds like you had fun. It may be because you went during the off-season. We will too.
Actually, I wish there were a few more Nick Hotels. We'd make a weekend of it, if it was within reasonable driving distance.
. AKL policy says "Balloons - Guests are asked to leave any balloons they purchase with Bell Services to be stored in the Luggage Room. Balloons pose a health risk to the animals if they were to get into the savanna." http://allears.net/acc/faq_kidani.htm
While it's great that the OP got to vent once again at the posters she feels attacked her based on information she provided in the original thread, she may want to now consider deleting the first few paragraphs of that post - the ones referring to the closed thread. Just treat this thread like a brand new one, unrelated to anything that appeared in the last week.
