Im back!

jen_uk

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We finally got back this afternoon. :sad: The flight was delayed for 4 hours which really dragged. Ive got the usual post WDW blues (and I think we all know the way to fix that!!) We had an amazing time, the best ever and I cant wait to go back!

Here are a few of our highs and lows:

Highs

The weather - this was fabulous, most days it was in the early 80's and was perfect. I went and bought lots of fleeces, hats and scarfs before we went and they never got worn once!! We wore shorts/t-shirts all day and evening, I think there was one night when I put on a jumper and that was it!

The crowds in the first week or so - these were really good up until Christmas, we went to MK on Christmas eve and there was only a 10 min wait on most things which was much better than I expected.

Pop Century - really liked this hotel, we had a great room (3101) we were in the 50's building right next to Tramp. It was only a 2 min walk to the food courts and the bowling pin pool was literally right outside our door.


Expedition Everest - now I have to be honest and say that I was too chicken to ride this but dh did and it was his favourite ride.

There are loads more but my tired brain cant think of any at the moment!

Lows

The flights - on the way over there were a couple of kids sat behind me who alternated between fighting very loudly and kicking my seat! As you can imagine this got annoying very quickly! After a while I said something along the lines to dh that could he either please ask the kids to stop kicking my chair or I was afraid I would have to reach behind me and throttle them!! The air hostess also forgot about our section of the plane when doing dinner, it was only when she came to collect the trays and saw 4 rows of hungry faces that she realised and went to get us something to eat!
The flight back was delayed for 4 hours which dragged but Ive had worse delays, we were lucky to be flying really as they bumped quite a few people off of the plane at the departure gate! What really sucked though was that the entertainment system was not working in our section of the plane so no seatback tvs. I wasnt too upset by this as I had a good book to read but then quickly realised that the lights were not working either which meant that for 8 hours we sat in the dark with nothing to do! About midway through the flight dh and the woman sat next to him were fast asleep and I was really thirsty and wanted a drink but I couldnt get up becuase of them and I couldnt call for an air hostess as the little call light was not working either, this felt like a very long flight!!

Universal Studios - for the first time ever we went to Universal and I was really disappointed! It just didnt seem to have to same finish or attention to detail that Disney had and the rides seemed a bit outdated. Twister, Back to the Future and MIB were all not working and the queues for the other rides were huge, we realised then how good Fastpass is!

Thats about it, any questions??
 
welcome back :) sorry to hear you have the blues but as you said you know the cure for that !!
 
Welcome back Jen, glad to hear you had a great time and the weather was good,:thumbsup2 shame about your flight home, I bet that felt like a never ending flight with nothing to do.
 

Welcome back, Glad you had a good time, Not including the plane or Universal Studio's!
 
Welcome back. We had a similar flight home once with BA - no lights but I think the movies were working. This is one of the times where having a Palm handheld with books and games on is a huge benefit - no lights needed to read:) The kids on the way out sounded really frustrating!
 
Welcome Back.Sorry to hear the return flight wasnt what you expected but glad you had a lovely time :goodvibes
 
Jen - glad to hear you had a good time, you know the only cure for beating the blues !!
 
It sounds like you had a fab time Jen, what are you doing up at this time of night ?? are you struggling with jetlag ?? :rotfl2:

We're in the 90's building, right next to the Computer pool

Welcome home

Mandy :)
 
Hi ya,

We just got bk to,arrived on new years Eve to a very wet uk, and feelin as blue as can be, Need a holiday Hmmm, wonder where???

Had a brilliant time at all the parks, Did the everist ride, an I hate Rollercoasters!! but ya just gotta go with it and it was ok, did the Mummy at Universal and wild horses wont drag me back on that one NO WAY, Loved Soaring at epcot and The new Shrek was good to.

Got a bit miffed with some people though who thought it was their devine right to push and shove in front of you or a couple of time have their kids on their shoulders so NO ONE could see any thing, I know my girls are older but there were still some wee ones who missed out because of the selfish behaivour of other kids and their parents, is that just me that feels that way?

Still we didnt let it spoil things had a fab time all round and melted DH credit card Haha, By the way The Mouse Says Hi, Ya just gotta love him.

Ooh one thing we did do and It was truely a Fantastic evening and worth every Cent, was go to see the Circque de Soliel sorry if I havent spelt it properly, but that was Amazing, Go see it if you havent been, or On your next visit, its soooooo good. Well I thought so, on my way to travel agents in the morning:dance3:
angiex
 
Welcome back Jen and Angie. Sounds like you both had great trips. I always seem to suffer with getting kicked in the back on planes too :rolleyes:

ArielJasmine princess:
 
welcome back
this is one of the reasons we have never done US/IOA either
just frighten it wil not be like Disney
even got the tickets this time , but never went maybe next time
 














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