Just back last night - any ?

[Cinderella822]

Back already from my week at WDW. We had a great time. It was hot and crowded, but we managed to get everything done we wanted to and still had some time to relax - which is well needed in the summer! Stayed at WL and loved it. I will definitely go back there again. We ate at Artist Point and had a wonderful meal and a great server named Jack. We enjoyed it so much, we went back the following night. You must ask for Jack if you go - he was great!

The busses were not as frequent as I would have liked. We waited a long time at each park to get on a bus. It seemed WL had less busses running than the other hotels for some reason. My best advice if you go in the summer - get there at park opening and do what you really want to first thing. We were able to get in line for Soarin' at park opening and had about a 10 minute wait. By afternoon, the standby was 2 hours long and fastpasses were gone. But with getting there early and the use of fastpass, we did it four times during our stay.

We went to TL and rode Crush N Gusher 4 times in one morning. We loved that. Really great slide!

 

[Viki]

Sounds like a grea trip! When are you going again??????

 

[bluejasmine]

DId you try using Evening EMH and how was it?

 

[pixiedust23]

Did you go to PI at night? How hot and humid was it? Were the pools too hot to be relaxing?

 

[BESUNNYSIDEUP]

I just got back too. At Epcot when the gates open everyone runs toward Sorin and Test Track. I guess it is good that they are across the park from each other. We picked the one we wanted the most and got a fast pass first thing. We were never able to beat the crowd at the gates enough to get to the ride before there was a long wait. Still get to the one you want most and get a fast pass. Then 3 min. after your fast pass starts you can go to the other ride you want and get a fast pass for that. Then go ride the first one and you should be able to get on the second one soon. Sure beats waiting in line for an hour at each one. While we waited on our fast pass time to come around we got on other rides or went to the bakery and set down and had coffee and a pastery. Much more relaxing than running through the park to get in line and then waiting for 30+ min. Good luck to those going soon.
We were able to get on sorin 3 times and test track 2 during the week.
The fast passes will run out so don't depend on getting one later in the day.

We went to the pool at night and the water was pretty warm. Oh, and it was so hot during the day. 8:45am and the heat index was near 90 already! Just be prepared to sweat anytime you are outside.

 

[pixiedust23]

We went to the pool at night and the water was pretty warm. Oh, and it was so hot during the day. 8:45am and the heat index was near 90 already! Just be prepared to sweat anytime you are outside.

O BOOOO! Lol All I intend on diong is laying by the pool!

 

[Cinderella822]

Yes, the pools were hot, like bath water. Not refreshing at all. The water at TL was cool though. Tried the evening EMH at Epcot - not worth the effort. It was very crowded and the waits for the major rides were longer than during the regular hours. I did like the morning EMH though. I took advantage of that several times and it was well worth it. I did got to Downtown Disney (not PI specifically) on Saturday night. It was hot and crowded. We went to La Nouba, 6:00 show, then strolled from the west side to the east side. The stores were mobbed, so shopping wasn't too easy. But, that was a Saturday night and I suppose more crowded than during the week.

 

[BESUNNYSIDEUP]

We were at DTD Wed night and the big Disney store was so bad you counldn't hardly walk. We still seemed to find plenty to buy though.

We went back to DTD Friday around lunch time and it didn't seem so crowded.