So we had a good trip! Weather really only got us the afternoon of my birthday. Crowds were only really bad the day after my birthday, which was weird and we never did figure that out. CMs were polite. For the most part other guests were polite. There were definitely some kids at AKL who failed to bring walking feet and indoor voices, but I couldn't pin down exactly where the din was coming from. Those 6th floor rooms catch ALL of the noise from the lobby because they look down INTO the lobby.
We will ABSOLUTELY go back to Yachtsman, Flying Fish, and Citrico's. Those meals were top notch. We will skip Cali Grill, Narcoosee's and Kona next year. Crystal Palace will continue to be my favorite for breakfast.
We did not have any major issues with buses, which was a concern for me with the opening of Kidani. It will be interesting to see how the buses are in December since Kidani will be fully open by then.
I am pleased that we did some new things this trip. The balloon ride at DTD, the China movie in Epcot, the river boat at MK. One of these days we will see the bird show at AK. Maybe.
We are definitely going to taper off the pin trading. I will still buy a few pins each trip, but the trading will be diminishing. As soon as we trade through our current on-hand stock we will be finished with trading. We came home with at least half of the traders we brought this time. I also came home with a lovely bag of counterfeits.
Not sure if DH can get good enoug resolution to photograph the fakes beside the authentic pins. If not I will at least post a description of the differences. We got fake "alphabet" Hidden Mickey pins, fake "blue square" Hidden Mickey pins, and a couple of pins marked Limited Edition that I am fairly sure are fakes as well. Worrying about authenticity really detracts from the trading experience, and we got SOOO much more accomplished in the parks since we weren't stopping to look at lanyards every other minute.
I don't think I'll tell him the same thing happened to you.
At any rate, it was gone when I went back for my jacket!
And they were INSIDE the park. The Guest Relations CM was on his way to get a manager. Not sure how that turned out in the end. DH heard a bit more than I did - he said the guys were claiming to have spent some HUGE amount of money on passes for their whole family, so I don't know exactly what the whole story was. I am also thinking they did NOT get a refund, but I could be wrong.
