Hi
Back today after a fab trip.We stayed at the lake buena vista resort and spa,I kept checking on trip advisor and all the reviews were positive. When we first arrived we were given a room in building 1 which from doing my homework I knew to be the oldest building, the room smelt of fried food so we went back to reception and asked for a room in building 5 which was great. The rooms have lounge,kitchen,washing machine and dryer,2 ensuite beds and it is a good location.
The weather was great we only had one cold day and one rainy day.
The parks all looked very clean, we have annual passes for seaworld and universal. The Harry Poter part looks fantastic but we queued for the wand bit and honestly I would not bother unless some one in your party is picked it is not worth the wait.
I dont know if it's me getter older but we did find the Disney days exhausting we have the no expire tkts so only did 2 days doing 2 parks per day.
We love Florida but we think that we tried to cram too much into each day and I think next year we will have one day parks then one day doing nothing, although I think this is probably easier said than done.
On a shopping front we signed up for the outlets etc and got great reductions with these, plus we got a 50 percent off Texas de brazil and also if you sign up with earl of sand and tell them your birthday which of course will be when you are on holiday you get a free sandwich.
Prices were fluctuating all the time while we were there especially Macy's who had some great deals, only irritating thing was bought Disney towels from the outlet then a week later they were bogof and of course did not have the receipt.
Pandora rings are cheaper, I got the pandora book and checked uk prices against USA. The charms vary and would rec doing a bit of homework before buying. Cvs were selling some make up revlon, Sally Hanson and almy 75 percent off so picked up lots of lippy and mascara.
Bare essentials was cheaper and I asked for samples and got good sized ones.
Virgins new seat back tvs are fantastic you have about 50 films to watch and the flights both there and back were very quiet. It only took 7 and a half hours to get back but got stuck in terrible traffic as there had been various accidents in Portsmouth.
Any questions I will be happy to answer sorry if this post is a bit rambling
Michelle
Back today after a fab trip.We stayed at the lake buena vista resort and spa,I kept checking on trip advisor and all the reviews were positive. When we first arrived we were given a room in building 1 which from doing my homework I knew to be the oldest building, the room smelt of fried food so we went back to reception and asked for a room in building 5 which was great. The rooms have lounge,kitchen,washing machine and dryer,2 ensuite beds and it is a good location.
The weather was great we only had one cold day and one rainy day.
The parks all looked very clean, we have annual passes for seaworld and universal. The Harry Poter part looks fantastic but we queued for the wand bit and honestly I would not bother unless some one in your party is picked it is not worth the wait.
I dont know if it's me getter older but we did find the Disney days exhausting we have the no expire tkts so only did 2 days doing 2 parks per day.
We love Florida but we think that we tried to cram too much into each day and I think next year we will have one day parks then one day doing nothing, although I think this is probably easier said than done.
On a shopping front we signed up for the outlets etc and got great reductions with these, plus we got a 50 percent off Texas de brazil and also if you sign up with earl of sand and tell them your birthday which of course will be when you are on holiday you get a free sandwich.
Prices were fluctuating all the time while we were there especially Macy's who had some great deals, only irritating thing was bought Disney towels from the outlet then a week later they were bogof and of course did not have the receipt.
Pandora rings are cheaper, I got the pandora book and checked uk prices against USA. The charms vary and would rec doing a bit of homework before buying. Cvs were selling some make up revlon, Sally Hanson and almy 75 percent off so picked up lots of lippy and mascara.
Bare essentials was cheaper and I asked for samples and got good sized ones.
Virgins new seat back tvs are fantastic you have about 50 films to watch and the flights both there and back were very quiet. It only took 7 and a half hours to get back but got stuck in terrible traffic as there had been various accidents in Portsmouth.
Any questions I will be happy to answer sorry if this post is a bit rambling
Michelle
Sounds like you had a great time!!
