JerseyJanice
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Eight nights with extended family that included my great nieces, four girls, age 2.5 through 6 months. We stayed in a 2 bedroom executive suite at the Swan. Awesome room that had 4 balconies! 
Most of my group had Annual Passes or upgraded to them during the trip. I upgraded my 5-day hopper to 8 days.
Parks were crowded, but manageable. Saw Illuminations 4 times and fell back in love with it. Saw HEA, OUAT and Fantasmic once each. Caught some of RoL. My group was not interested in seeing it. What I glimpsed looked pretty, but not very exciting.
We enjoyed the four table service restaurants where we had dinner: Garden Grove--good food, craft beer and characters; Be Our Guest--Birthday party for our 2 year-old--it was magical; Yak & Yeti--the Kobe burger with smoked Gouda is to-die-for; and Ohana--on point in every way. The hassle of getting ADRs for BOG and Ohana was worth it. Landry's Select was useful at Y&Y. We got 20% off the food at GG with AAA.
Seeing little girls who totally believe in the Magic is so precious.
I got each of them a special souvenir that I hope they will treasure for a long time: Akoya pick-a-pearls with cage pendants and chains I pre-ordered from Amazon. The older two really enjoyed pearl picking.
The seasonal popcorn bucket is a great deal and a cute souvenir. I will use it to hand out candy on Halloween.
Most of my group had Annual Passes or upgraded to them during the trip. I upgraded my 5-day hopper to 8 days.
Parks were crowded, but manageable. Saw Illuminations 4 times and fell back in love with it.
Saw HEA, OUAT and Fantasmic once each. Caught some of RoL. My group was not interested in seeing it. What I glimpsed looked pretty, but not very exciting.We enjoyed the four table service restaurants where we had dinner: Garden Grove--good food, craft beer and characters; Be Our Guest--Birthday party for our 2 year-old--it was magical; Yak & Yeti--the Kobe burger with smoked Gouda is to-die-for; and Ohana--on point in every way. The hassle of getting ADRs for BOG and Ohana was worth it. Landry's Select was useful at Y&Y. We got 20% off the food at GG with AAA.
Seeing little girls who totally believe in the Magic is so precious.
I got each of them a special souvenir that I hope they will treasure for a long time: Akoya pick-a-pearls with cage pendants and chains I pre-ordered from Amazon. The older two really enjoyed pearl picking. The seasonal popcorn bucket is a great deal and a cute souvenir. I will use it to hand out candy on Halloween.
