We got back late last night from our 5 days Disney trip. I was there with my two DD's, ages 17 and 15. Our first night we went to MVMCP (our 4th time in 10 years). We had a great time. The longest we waited for any ride (except 7DMT) was 25 minutes for PP, with most being about 10 minutes. We did wait for Sandy Claws, which was awesome. We also did the Wishes Dessert party. This was perfect for us as we do not do the parades, so it didn't matter that we couldn't see the route, but got to sit and eat desserts right up until the Castle light show started and then front row with no one in front of us. The dance party in Cosmic Ray's was a lot of fun, even for my teens.
We LOVED our Magic Bands. We had one issue with our hotel door which we thought was the bands, but come to find out (after 3 trips to the front desk!) that it was the sensor in the door! It was frustrating when we had just come back from a long morning at the park and just wanted to rest. An "engineer" came up and fixed it an hour later and it worked fine that night. THEN, the next day, when we got back from the park, the SAME problem! Manager apologized but it was still frustrating.
FP+ was great for us as I'm a planner. We did mostly afternoon passes except for HS and we didn't do Epcot mornings. I was able to switch some passes quickly on our last day with no problem. We had a Pirates pass but the wait was only 10 minutes and the girls wanted to go on HM which was 20 minutes, so I quickly got on MDE and switched the passes. We were also planning to go to Epcot the last day and I was able to pick up FP's for MK that morning for Space, PP and Pirates (then HM). Very easy.
Dining was good. Crystal Palace breakfast was not what it used to be. Sci Fi was fun as always, Coral Reef not as good as usual, and QS meals good. The best was BOG dinner. Absolutely awesome! Food delicious, service great and the setting stunning. And I got to meet the BEAST! We had lunch FP's, but were so full from CP that we cancelled it.
POFQ was great as always. No problems and everyone was very helpful. I'm very sad as I believe this was my last trip with my kids, at least until they have their own kids. Luckily we used Memory Maker and got some great pictures. We were especially excited for our Sandy Claws and Marie pictures...my daughters had wanted to meet them ever since we started going in 2004!
We LOVED our Magic Bands. We had one issue with our hotel door which we thought was the bands, but come to find out (after 3 trips to the front desk!) that it was the sensor in the door! It was frustrating when we had just come back from a long morning at the park and just wanted to rest. An "engineer" came up and fixed it an hour later and it worked fine that night. THEN, the next day, when we got back from the park, the SAME problem! Manager apologized but it was still frustrating.
FP+ was great for us as I'm a planner. We did mostly afternoon passes except for HS and we didn't do Epcot mornings. I was able to switch some passes quickly on our last day with no problem. We had a Pirates pass but the wait was only 10 minutes and the girls wanted to go on HM which was 20 minutes, so I quickly got on MDE and switched the passes. We were also planning to go to Epcot the last day and I was able to pick up FP's for MK that morning for Space, PP and Pirates (then HM). Very easy.
Dining was good. Crystal Palace breakfast was not what it used to be. Sci Fi was fun as always, Coral Reef not as good as usual, and QS meals good. The best was BOG dinner. Absolutely awesome! Food delicious, service great and the setting stunning. And I got to meet the BEAST! We had lunch FP's, but were so full from CP that we cancelled it.
POFQ was great as always. No problems and everyone was very helpful. I'm very sad as I believe this was my last trip with my kids, at least until they have their own kids. Luckily we used Memory Maker and got some great pictures. We were especially excited for our Sandy Claws and Marie pictures...my daughters had wanted to meet them ever since we started going in 2004!
