Just a few notes as I sit here at SSR watching Boston Legal ("Denny Crane!")...
One night in a BCV Studio:
- First trip to the resort.
- Room was pre-assigned, but we were told all of our requests were met (non-smoking, Epcot view).
- Got into the room about 2pm.
- Room was in great condition (by my relatively lax standards.) Only noteworthy issue was the coffee table looked like someone used it as a sawhorse in the past. (In other words, it was really beat up.)
- We were in room 559, which our room service waiter said had one of the best views in the resort. Fifth floor. We saw just about every part of Illuminations higher than the spinning globe.
- Resort was very nice. I still think that we prefer the condo-style of OKW / SSR, but that's just personal preference.
- Breakfast at Cape May was wonderful. DD 1.5 was scared to death of the characters, DS 3.5 loved them.
First day in SSR 2B:
- Resort is everything we had hoped for, and more.
- Checked in about 10:30am. CM gave us a choice of two rooms that were cleaned and ready for occupancy. Got right in.
- Our room is technically labeled "pool view", but only because it faces the quiet pool, with Downtown Disney farther in the background. View is great.
- This room is in fantastic condition. Wonderful furnishings. Looks brand new.
- Signage on the buildings really stinks. I really don't have a good solution to offer, but it still stinks. Would probably help to have directions to the nearest elevator on each sign. Beyond that, if I hadn't known that our room was on the second floor, I might have been walking in circles forever.
- Construction is still evident, but not obtrusive (IMO.)
Other comments:
- Holiday parade at AK was really fun. Rhetorical question: why do people insist on being verbally offensive when you can't make room for their 6-member family + stroller two minutes before the parade starts?
- Weather is spotty. 60s last couple of days--70+ tomorrow--could be 50s after that. But guess what? Can't do anything about it so who cares...
- The parks really are busier than we expected--busier than recent trips we've had in January, May and September--but wait times don't seem to be impacted much.
- The holiday add-on to Illumiations was just stunning. We watched from our hotel room at BCV, but I just can't describe how the sky lit up. I hope to video later in the week, and will post somewhere on the net if I can.
If anyone has questions, particularly on SSR or the parks in general, feel free to ask. I'll post more info on our trip next week some time.
One night in a BCV Studio:
- First trip to the resort.
- Room was pre-assigned, but we were told all of our requests were met (non-smoking, Epcot view).
- Got into the room about 2pm.
- Room was in great condition (by my relatively lax standards.) Only noteworthy issue was the coffee table looked like someone used it as a sawhorse in the past. (In other words, it was really beat up.)
- We were in room 559, which our room service waiter said had one of the best views in the resort. Fifth floor. We saw just about every part of Illuminations higher than the spinning globe.
- Resort was very nice. I still think that we prefer the condo-style of OKW / SSR, but that's just personal preference.
- Breakfast at Cape May was wonderful. DD 1.5 was scared to death of the characters, DS 3.5 loved them.
First day in SSR 2B:
- Resort is everything we had hoped for, and more.
- Checked in about 10:30am. CM gave us a choice of two rooms that were cleaned and ready for occupancy. Got right in.
- Our room is technically labeled "pool view", but only because it faces the quiet pool, with Downtown Disney farther in the background. View is great.
- This room is in fantastic condition. Wonderful furnishings. Looks brand new.
- Signage on the buildings really stinks. I really don't have a good solution to offer, but it still stinks. Would probably help to have directions to the nearest elevator on each sign. Beyond that, if I hadn't known that our room was on the second floor, I might have been walking in circles forever.
- Construction is still evident, but not obtrusive (IMO.)
Other comments:
- Holiday parade at AK was really fun. Rhetorical question: why do people insist on being verbally offensive when you can't make room for their 6-member family + stroller two minutes before the parade starts?
- Weather is spotty. 60s last couple of days--70+ tomorrow--could be 50s after that. But guess what? Can't do anything about it so who cares...
- The parks really are busier than we expected--busier than recent trips we've had in January, May and September--but wait times don't seem to be impacted much.
- The holiday add-on to Illumiations was just stunning. We watched from our hotel room at BCV, but I just can't describe how the sky lit up. I hope to video later in the week, and will post somewhere on the net if I can.
If anyone has questions, particularly on SSR or the parks in general, feel free to ask. I'll post more info on our trip next week some time.
