WOW! Leave for 2 weeks and miss about 100 pages! OK, so I haven't read any of them since I wanted to give my "trip report" - I don't do full ones.
We left on January 3 and got to Pop Century at about 6 PM. Magical Express was great - we only waited about 20 minutes on the bus before it left. Checked into Pop Century with no problem - had the AP rate, and no one asked to see it! Which was good, because I was upgrading a 7 day hopper to an AP and didn't have it yet!
I did the upgrade without problem (thank you, ChesireFigment!
) and got the Tables in Wonderland card. We went to the Wave at the Contemporary for a drink & appetizers and then to the Poly bar for the same. When we went back to Pop, our bags were in the room - no issues.
Jan. 4, we took the bus to MK (which came first). Turned out that its route then changed to CSR, so we didn't even have to change busses! Checked into CSR again with no difficulty - didn't get a renovated room, but that's OK - we were in Casitas. Got the $200 gift card and upgraded my d's ticket to hoppers with it. Also had the tickets taken off my room key, since I had the AP. No difficulties, and everyone was pleasant and polite.
I never realized how much park hopping I'd want to do! The first day, D decided that we'd go to whichever park's bus came first. That was AK. Had fun there, crowds manageable. Hopped over to DHS in less than 15 minutes, did a couple of rides, had dinner at Sci-Fi, and saw the last night of the Osbourne Lights. Beautiful (and we did enjoy the one Jewish window in it!). After that, we went over to MK for EMH (again took about 15 minutes). Boy were we glad we did. It was the last night for the Castle lights. And we got a bonus! Splash Mountain was supposed to be closed for refurbishment, but because the crowds were greater than anticipated, they kept it open another day! D, who had been disappointed in the refurbishment, was thrilled!
The only disappointment of that day was that when we got back to our room, our bags hadn't been transferred from Pop to our room at CSR. It took about 30 minutes to get them, and it was already late.
The rest of the trip was fabulous. We were surprised about the crowds on Monday the 4th, but by the 5th the crowds were really manageable. Weather was perfect except for Wednesday when it rained and got cool, but the other days were in the high 70's to low 80's. Got a good afternoon at the pool one day, and spent all of Sunday before our 4:45 departure to the airport at the pool.
CSR was great, mousekeeping was wonderful. I didn't realize how different it was between Pop and CSR. At Pop, it's always loud and bright and go-go-go. CSR is calm and serene, and when you get off the bus, you just relax. The walk to El Centro was about 4-5 minutes, and was beautiful.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask away!
Do you know what it is?? Thanks
So glad to hear you had a great time! 
I see that you are "bouncing back" ? Was that a planned thing or did you decide while you were there? Did you enjoy CSR? The theming of that resort intrigues me although DH says He is not at all interested in trying that one! Again, welcome back! 
