Thanks for checking on the rooms.
Sad about the resort boats
I told the boat Captain that we were sad that they weren't bringing back the resort boats and he said that he was sad about it, too.
We were surprised that they were still running the open launches in the rain. We had a delicious dinner at Citrico's last night and took the monorail to MK for the return to WL. It was raining and we missed the larger, enclosed boat. They brought in the small launch and loaded us on, wet seats and all. We had to use our umbrellas the keep the rain off of us as it dripped in off the canopy fringe. We could have waited for the enclosed launch but chose not to.
We are heading home in just a couple of hours. It has been a great stay, but very hot and humid. We managed to dodge a lot of rain but also encountered a few showers. Tuesday night was the worst when we had to wait out the downpour at Epcot before putting on our rain ponchos to get to Beirgarten for dinner.
I think the hardest part about the heat and humidity was that it wasn't comfortable hanging around the pool. Even the pool water was warmer than I would have liked. But the crowds weren't too bad and Soarin' was a ten minute wait at 10:30am yesterday, for example.
We had booked a nature view room and were in room 1001, ground floor next to a deluxe room. It is at the end of the resort, closest to the boat dock. It was a great location for access to the boat, pools, Geyser Point and Roaring Forks. But it was a bit of a walk to the buses. This room is really close to the geyser and we could hear it go off. It was a good thing that it was too hot to sit on the patio, because most of the patio is behind a huge rock wall. I'll post a couple of pictures later.
All it all, we had really good luck with boats and buses. I don't think we waited more than ten minutes for any of them, and many of them were there when we walked up or arrived shortly after. I don't have any negatives about this resort, except for the afternoon Epcot bus going to Fort Wilderness.
