Epcot and transfer day today! ( Boardwalk to Polynesian)

Gorgeous morning.

Checkout is at 11am and we have an 11:35am Beaches&Cream ADR. So we plan to pack up, take bags to bell services at 11 to transfer to the Poly then walk to the Beach club for our B&C ADR.

Update: A word of warning at Beaches and cream, be prepared. 😂. The desserts are huge! Even with splitting our lunches, each dessert could probably have filled us up by itself, excellent though. We will be back! If you see a group of five people walking very slowly to Epcot, you’ll know why. They should provide a cot for a nap along with your dessert
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Can’t say enough great things about the Boardwalk. Also, this was our first time staying deluxe. I under appreciated just how awesome it is to be able to walk to Epcot and be in such close proximity to Hollywood studios.

Primary goal at Epcot is to ride TT at some point plus some of the secondary attractions, and to explore some of the countries that we’ve missed so far. We are not rope dropping EP. We love our Epcot days to truly sleep in

Super excited to stay at the Poly, our first time! We’re in a lake view deluxe studio. Loving that the Epcot monorail loop opened up just before our stay!

1:30pm It’s hot, like nuclear hot. Full sun right now outside. Seas with Nemo. Posted 15 minutes. Walked on.
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2:20 PM. We were going to ride TT but impending weather has it shut down so we are going to check into the Poly and get things settled over there and then return later.

4:20 PM all unpacked and chilling at the Polynesian. Love our lake view! Could easily enjoy HEA from our balcony. Heading back to Epcot soon
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5:22 PM heading back to Epcot. TT is first priority

6:00 PM TT and rain are not cooperating for us today. We tried earlier for TT and it rained, and as soon as we were walking towards TT just now it started raining again so it has been down. We are headed towards frozen. Got to frozen and that line is too long and it is too hot and muggy outside to stand in that line. Moving on to explore countries

wandered around the rest of the countries for the remainder of the evening, eating small bites as we went. Heading over to test track around 8:30 PM.

8:42pm decided to do TT single rider since the standby line was so long. On in 10 minutes. It was great because three of our family got to be together in one row and the other two were in another car in the same row. That was an unexpected surprise but worked out great.

9:15 PM Soarin. Posted 10 minutes. On in 6 minutes. Requested middle seats and were granted that request. We were top row as well also which is our favorite. Perfect way to end our last time on soarin this trip
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Goodbye Epcot. Until next time😥
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9:50pm Heading back to the Polynesian to explore the resort a little bit and maybe some pool time and especially adult drinks :-)

Tomorrow HS

-Dan
 
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Can someone point me in the right direction about how to get a great boarding group for RoTR??
 
Can someone point me in the right direction about how to get a great boarding group for RoTR??
There's an entire thread on it in the Galaxy's Edge sub-forum. My phone's being a little wonky right now or I'd link it. But it is pinned at the top.
 

When I was there last week, it seemed that all indoor restaurants had gone back to pre-pandemic operations in terms of seating every table and/or distance (or lack thereof) between tables. Is that still the case or has the transition back to indoor masking requirements changed anything? I'm guessing not as most were likely already fully booked with reservations they need to accommodate but am curious.
 
Thanks so much for the detailed reporting. What are “recovery passes”?
If a ride breaks down they give you a fast pass sort of thing to use later. Or sometimes it’s given out to someone due to another issue
 
Not sure why, but whatever. I don’t have to pretend things are perfect in order to have an enjoyable time. I’m brutally honest about the good and the bad.

The fact is, the food has been lousy. The alcohol has been excellent. I think I’ve figured out what Disney is doing there.
Keep posting your experiences. I like to hear the good and bad. No place is all perfect and no place is
all bad. Everyone makes up their own mind anyway.
 
I had forgotten we got the cheeseburger spring rolls. They were delicious and as good as ever- the 1 bright spot in MK food.

Today we’re going to Epcot when we hop this afternoon. Food from the festival has been consistently good but we’re trying the bbq from Regal Eagle for the first time. Fingers crossed!

We enjoy Regal Eagle so much! And the salad they have is so unique, but one of my favorite things in the parks! Hope you have a great experience!
 
Not sure why, but whatever. I don’t have to pretend things are perfect in order to have an enjoyable time. I’m brutally honest about the good and the bad.

The fact is, the food has been lousy. The alcohol has been excellent. I think I’ve figured out what Disney is doing there.
I for one want to say I’ve greatly appreciated cakebaker’s posts. They’ve helped informed our recent trip. We just got back and made it resort only. We had a great time and I concur with this. The food was fine. I finally got to get a Nautilius drink at Trader Sam’s and those were to of the most generous pours I’ve ever had (they served it in two separate plastic cups).
 
I for one want to say I’ve greatly appreciated cakebaker’s posts. They’ve helped informed our recent trip. We just got back and made it resort only. We had a great time and I concur with this. The food was fine. I finally got to get a Nautilius drink at Trader Sam’s and those were to of the most generous pours I’ve ever had (they served it in two separate plastic cups).
Never had a resort only trip. Do you live locally?
 
For what it is worth-I am very happy for all reports from both WDW and UOR right now. Each has their own pros and their own cons right now. It is helping to set expectations for upcoming trips. So thank you to everyone who has posted and to all the CMs and TMs who may be on here who are doing their hardest to make each day a great one.

Everyone please stay safe and hydrated!
 
To add to these sentiments I am preparing my children for the August trip from hell (we leave Friday). While the weather will be literal hell on earth I feel if they go into this trip expecting the worst and things aren't too bad (somewhere between the most negative and most magical reports) then it will be considered a success. I know with the amount of dough it is costing that this shouldn't be an expectation but, hey, it is still a pandemic and if this past year has shown us anything it is the ability to push on amongst not so optimal circumstances.
 
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To add to these sentiments I am preparing my children for the August trip from hell (we leave Friday). While the weather will be literal hell on earth I feel if they go into this trip expecting the worst and things aren't too bad (somewhere between the most negative and most magical reports) then it will be considered a success. I know with the amount of dough it is costing that this shouldn't be an expectation but, hey, it is still a pandemic and if this past year has shown us anything it is the ability to push on amongst not so optimal circumstances.
Same, we fly down Saturday. My teens don’t understand how hot it’s going to be. They started to pack black t-shirts. Lol
 
Same, we fly down Saturday. My teens don’t understand how hot it’s going to be. They started to pack black t-shirts. Lol
We fly Saturday too and you made me realize I have too many dark colored tanks packed! I made sure DD didn’t pack anything dark, but I just completely ignored that for myself! 😂
 
We enjoy Regal Eagle so much! And the salad they have is so unique, but one of my favorite things in the parks! Hope you have a great experience!
For whatever reason we hadn't been to Regal Eagle since it opened until our recent trip-LOVED IT!

Agree about the Salad and really all the dishes we tried were A Plus!

GREAT atmosphere as well-really well themed(loved reading all the Posters) and we really enjoyed talking to many of the CPs working there.

I am easily "entertained" so I was really impressed with the Guest Sink right out there in the Restaurant!lol :)

Definitely our new Epcot Go-To!
 





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