princessvacg
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We just got back today from 10 wonderful days!! Me my DH, DD 25, DD 23 and her dbf and my DS 14 along with my brother and his wife and their 2 DD's. Very depressing to have to leave.. Anyway, so here are my comments from this trip. We checked into AKLV concierge on July 1. As always, this hotel is absolutely incredible! One of the best themed resorts on Disney property, IMO of course. Concierge is always great and it was wonderful to have a nice hot late every morning as soon as I woke up to watch the animals with
The offerings did not change much from last year, however, they do not have the variety of deserts and apertifs as they did last year. Everyone at concierge was great as usual and having maid service every day was a bonus! On July 5th, we checked into Bay lake Towers. In all honesty, it was not my cup of tea. It almost seemed like any Hilton, Weston, etc.. that you stay at. The proximity to the MK and the monorail was great though! I did however love the activities they had available. My son went Parasailing which terrified me and we did the night time fireworks private cruise which was amazing!! Obviously that was how the fireworks were intended to be viewed!! They pool was nice there except for the blackbirds that sat and waited for lunch time! On the first day I felt like I was in a scene from "the birds." The staff (especially Jacquie and Robin) were fantastic and went above and beyond! The community hall was great and had activities all day long! The kids absolutely loved it!
Now for the WOW... where did everyone go???? We walked on every ride for the entire trip!!! They never even made capacity on July 4th! This was the first trip in 9 years they did not close MK due to capacity. We were shocked. The longest we waited for a walk on ride was 20 minutes for Soarin! Most everything else was 5 to 10 minute waits. This was at every park we went to and every ride!! This was for 9 of the 10 days we were there! Yesterday we were at MK and it was the busiest it had been while we were there. 15 minute waits and we were shocked!! (spoiled is more like it) All in all it was probably the best family vacation we had and everyone had a great time! Anyway as they say... back to reality!!
The offerings did not change much from last year, however, they do not have the variety of deserts and apertifs as they did last year. Everyone at concierge was great as usual and having maid service every day was a bonus! On July 5th, we checked into Bay lake Towers. In all honesty, it was not my cup of tea. It almost seemed like any Hilton, Weston, etc.. that you stay at. The proximity to the MK and the monorail was great though! I did however love the activities they had available. My son went Parasailing which terrified me and we did the night time fireworks private cruise which was amazing!! Obviously that was how the fireworks were intended to be viewed!! They pool was nice there except for the blackbirds that sat and waited for lunch time! On the first day I felt like I was in a scene from "the birds." The staff (especially Jacquie and Robin) were fantastic and went above and beyond! The community hall was great and had activities all day long! The kids absolutely loved it! Now for the WOW... where did everyone go???? We walked on every ride for the entire trip!!! They never even made capacity on July 4th! This was the first trip in 9 years they did not close MK due to capacity. We were shocked. The longest we waited for a walk on ride was 20 minutes for Soarin! Most everything else was 5 to 10 minute waits. This was at every park we went to and every ride!! This was for 9 of the 10 days we were there! Yesterday we were at MK and it was the busiest it had been while we were there. 15 minute waits and we were shocked!! (spoiled is more like it) All in all it was probably the best family vacation we had and everyone had a great time! Anyway as they say... back to reality!!
