So, to use your example. You enter at 10am, then decide to leave to get a snack elsewhere, then return at 11am and they won’t let you in to use your Standby Pass before 12pm?
I think they just mean that you can't enter twice with the same pass, regardless of what type of pass it is (except for the magic passports that allow access all day). So, as you wrote, if you enter at 10am and leave at 11am, then you can't return using the same pass that allowed you entry at 10am. You need a new pass.
Yes, that’s what I meant. This is in line what @Haley R reported how it worked for them. Of course no guarantee, but I think the wording can be read that way.
Sorry to hear that, hope you're feeling better soon. My nephew is also sick from something he brought back. So far, knock on wood, I am healthy.
Have you adjusted back to the time change? We’re all having an awful time. Ds still takes a nap and I have been too but I have to set alarms because we would sleep through like it’s night time otherwise
So sorry to hear that. We were incredibly lucky to have no adjustment period when we arrived in Japan or returning home. We left Japan at 5:15 pm and arrived home at 8:15 pm EST (9:15 am Japan). I purposely stayed awake during our long flight except for a very quick 15-20 min nap. So I had basically been awake over 24 hrs when we got home and went straight to bed around 10:00. I planned ahead and asked my doc for a low dose sleep aid in case I needed it arriving in Japan or back home. I did take one our first night back just to be sure I stayed asleep, mainly because I had to get up that next morning and work from home. I've used that a couple of other nights proactively just to be sure I slept through the night.
Do you get to keep those little cups?DL Hotel
We stayed at the DL Hotel for 5 nights and booked a 5th-6th floor Grand Park View Room. The view from our room was absolutely amazing. Being able to watch the monorail go by and listen to the park music was so magical. We left our window open the majority of the time and ds sat at the table. He kept asking to hear the Disney music. We never actually got to watch the fireworks from our room because they were cancelled almost every day and the one day they went off we were in the park but that wasn’t a huge deal to us.
Our room had two beds with a trundle under the one closest to the window. That’s where DS slept and it was great. They gave us cute little plastic mugs in the bathroom, toothbrushes, an amenity kit, and reusable bags. They gave us new bags every single day even if we left the old ones out so we ended up with 10 of those bags
The outside of the hotel is so pretty and we loved the garden to the right of the main entrance. You have to use a hotel key to access the garden which is nice so it isn’t crowded. Ds had a lot of fun running around and smelling the flowers. We weren’t able to see the outdoor pool because they close it off when it isn’t summer. I was surprised by this. I thought we’d be able to walk by it.
The convenience store in the hotel is actually what made us choose this over Mira Costa and it was great. We went daily to get things like yogurt, cheese sticks, onigiri, orange juice, etc. It’s much bigger than the store at the Sheraton and has things like toothbrushes and even some Disney merch.
The only real complaint I have about this hotel is the noise. We may have just been unlucky with our neighbors but we heard banging constantly and it wasn’t just from one room so I’m thinking maybe the rooms aren’t sound proofed well from each other. We couldn’t hear any outside noise, just from other rooms. Some nights it would go as late as 11:30 pm. It really could be just other people opening and closing drawers, the closet, and things like that but it definitely made it hard to fall asleep most nights. We didn’t have this problem at the Sheraton. It was very quiet there.
Overall, we had a fantastic time. I would 100% book that room category again and being able to walk straight back from the park was so nice. The price is a bit high especially since we could book other places with points but we thought it was worth it for Happy Entry and being so close to the park.
Yep you do. If you put them away they will give you more when they make up the room. We started leaving the cups there because we didn’t want any more
Wow! That area was always super packed for the day and night parades when we looked (hoping to be able to sit down, eat and watch all at the same time). Nice work!
We were able to sit down there our second DL day also. The parade started at 7:30 and I think we sat down for dinner at 7:15 maybe
Tower of terror was my most memorable ride as a kid (though I was quite a bit older my first time, 8 I think). I thought it was pretty spooky so he’s a brave kid!
I went in blind on this one and got off the ride thinking what the heck was that lol. Not what I expected at all, nor do I feel the need to ever do it again. I can see the appeal for kids though! Again, I thought it was a bit creepy!
I agree it was just okay! Overall DS hasn’t really blown me away. I think I honestly preferred DL, which may be my favorite version so far. Not what I was expecting! I think FS is easily my favorite part of DS but I think I’m just a nostalgic ride person.
I prepared ds ahead of time and showed him Tower of Terror on YouTube. He said it looked fun. I was mostly worried about when it’s pitch black but he really didn’t mind. He loved the tiki guy lol. I’d like to take him on the one here and see what he thinks.
Yes DS was so spread out, even when I wanted food it was like dang I gotta cross the whole park! I can see it growing on me if I was a local as it seemed like there were lots of spots to chill and relax but obviously sad a tourist, don’t really have that luxury!
Yeah, the Premier Access kinda blows the whole difference of what makes Soaring great in Japan (the queue and complete story set up). It'll be interesting to see if standby wait times moderate with FS open.
