civileng68
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I just returned after a week trip and have some observations that I made: Please note that the following opinions are mine and though you may not agree, please approach them with respect. I'm just not very flameworthy.
Firstly, this past week was incredibly crowded, just insane. The park was open until midnight each night and unlike last year at the same week, the crowds didnt clear out after the fireworks. Lines for Space Mountain and Splash Mountain went up to 120 minutes everyday.
While I love Fastpass, at times this week I questioned it's fairness as I realized that some rides like Space Mountain with two seperate ques had nobody at times in the Fastpass line, or very few, and lines in the other que that stretched halfway through Tomorrowland (literally, at times the line nearly reached the Lunching Pad). I couldn't help but think that if they filled the second que that was nearly empty, the waiting time would have been half what it was earlier.
The new que at Its A Small World is nice. The nicest and most obvious work seemed to be just inside the ride in the loading room. Lots of white! All new room in the loading room. Looks great. The rest of the ride was nice, but trust me, it's the same ride, and very very few noticeable differences after the loading. However because it was new and improved, the lines were EXTREME.
The strollers are just madness. I know some hate and cause a big issue over rolling backpacks but folkes, the bigger issue is strollers. Now I am one that fully understands they are needed, but people need to be responsible with them. While on Main St. just before Wishes, I was in a packed crowd moving towards the castle and a lady literally kept nudging me behing my leg. I turned to her and her face seemed frustrated with the crowd, so literally she was nudging me to move forward as if i could. I noticed also in many occassions that folked with strollers never yielded to other foot traffic.
Folks, if you plan on stopping to take pictures, look through a bag, talk to a friend..............please move to the side, then stop. Please dont just stop in mid-walk.
Finally a great innovation was used last night on Main St. (the only night I saw it used), traffic going to the castle was made to stay to "their" right, and traffic leaving was made to stay to "their" right, creating "lanes" on Main St. that moved very fluidly.
On many nights we know they open up the back stage areas for moving out of the park to help ease congestion upon leaving the park. However the parks were so crowded this week that at times the gates just stayed open and even if you came IN to the park, as we did, we were not allowed to use Main St. and instead were redirected backstage and came out at Carousel of Progress.
Leaving the park at night on a crowded night is Mayhem, considering the wait for a ferry is far too long (and then they never even filled the top decks), and the wait for a monorail is far too long. Then when you reach the TTC the wait for a tram is also miserable. Something should be done to ease this.
Cinderellabration was "ok" and I was disappointed that none of the constumed characters were involved at the end, if even for a photo op.
Turtle Talk with Crush was INCREDIBLY cute! MAKE SURE TO GO! EVEN IF YOU ARE AN ADULT AND HAVE NO KIDS!
Never take a CM's word as gold when asking if something will be open or not. Before I left, someone said a CM told them they would not be running the stund show at MGM all week, well, it ran all week long.
I saw the stunt show, pictures to come soon, and it was great. They did mention that not everything make work perfectly yet. The only flaw was that a guy who was supposed to catch fire did not. Also the lady who introduces the show stuttered on her words alot and was a little over the top for me personally. (if you go to the show, sit up on the top row and you can watch Catastrophy Canyon from overhead, pictures to come soon).
While Priority Seating is typically a good thing, it really at times isnt fair. You pay to go to the parks and if you dont have a PS and the park is crowded, you WILL get turned away. We found ourselves at the MK one night and literally were refused at every restraunt we went to (at 4:00). Other than eating the cheaper food, which we werent in the mood for, we were told we couldnt eat in the MK that night. That just doesnt sound right. Id' rather just sit and wait for an hour or more for my name to be called (as relaxation is nice sometimes) but nope, no walkins, PS only. Fortunately someone saw me asking and handed me their PS and changed it at the counter. They were very nice. However, later we found out that so many people make PS at so many restraunts now because of the risk of not getting a seat, and then if they dont feel like going at a later time, they dont, meaning many people would not have had to be turned away. Something needs to be done about this. Most PS do not require any reservation fee either, so you can do whatever you want. Something HAS TO BE DONE HERE.
AFter eating at so many Disney restraunts, I feel for what we pay, the Liberty Tavern is just awesome! The dessert is just WOW! Also we love Le Cellier, and go every anniversary, it is overpriced. The food is great and the atmosphere is nice, but we paid $100.00 for food I felt I could get at any good steakhouse. Also, last year, all of the waiters were Canadian and this year we didnt find but 2 Canadian waiters. Our waiter was from India.
Also, some of the effects in Splash Mountain still were not working. The water effects in the laughing place were still not all working. One of the buzzards at the ends had a bad eye that didnt blink and was stuck in half blink. And someone needs to clean the furr on the last Brer Rabbit at the end of the ride. He's looking a little dungie.
Our first ride this trip on Spaceship Earth was bad show. The bulbs in the TV's on the first incline were burned out and said "The life of the bulb has expired, please replace". We did however notice they were replaced and working fine two days later.
Jasmine is just hot in Cinderellabration, nice abs! Ok, i couldnt help myself.
While some on these boards criticize those who criticize disney for the price of food, I say, that it is too high. We bought food all through the week and it is really too high. Sure you'd pay the same at any park, but that doesnt make it more affordable. I mean, I'm not criticizing Disney but rather all theme park food prices!
CM's need courtesy training in some areas. I love photography and got excited when we were the only two in line for the Epcot monorail and asked to ride in the front, so I could get good pictures. The CM said "Sure, just go sit down over there" and pointed to a roped off bench area. Well when the monorail arrived, he literally just dumped me and my wife and put another adult couple on in our spot. Remember he told us to go sit in a special area, well because of this we were not allowed in line for the monorail. Well by the time I got up and said something to him, the monorail was full and was leaving. We missed it. I was upset, mostly that we missed the monorail. I asked him what his problem was. He said "you have to ask" I said "i did, and you told me to sit there". He said "oh yeah". He totally forgot. Then I said "well can we sit up front for the next monorail" and he said "no, this other couple already asked". I said "you have to be kidding me" and after that he walked off not to be seen again.
Firstly, this past week was incredibly crowded, just insane. The park was open until midnight each night and unlike last year at the same week, the crowds didnt clear out after the fireworks. Lines for Space Mountain and Splash Mountain went up to 120 minutes everyday.
While I love Fastpass, at times this week I questioned it's fairness as I realized that some rides like Space Mountain with two seperate ques had nobody at times in the Fastpass line, or very few, and lines in the other que that stretched halfway through Tomorrowland (literally, at times the line nearly reached the Lunching Pad). I couldn't help but think that if they filled the second que that was nearly empty, the waiting time would have been half what it was earlier.
The new que at Its A Small World is nice. The nicest and most obvious work seemed to be just inside the ride in the loading room. Lots of white! All new room in the loading room. Looks great. The rest of the ride was nice, but trust me, it's the same ride, and very very few noticeable differences after the loading. However because it was new and improved, the lines were EXTREME.
The strollers are just madness. I know some hate and cause a big issue over rolling backpacks but folkes, the bigger issue is strollers. Now I am one that fully understands they are needed, but people need to be responsible with them. While on Main St. just before Wishes, I was in a packed crowd moving towards the castle and a lady literally kept nudging me behing my leg. I turned to her and her face seemed frustrated with the crowd, so literally she was nudging me to move forward as if i could. I noticed also in many occassions that folked with strollers never yielded to other foot traffic.
Folks, if you plan on stopping to take pictures, look through a bag, talk to a friend..............please move to the side, then stop. Please dont just stop in mid-walk.
Finally a great innovation was used last night on Main St. (the only night I saw it used), traffic going to the castle was made to stay to "their" right, and traffic leaving was made to stay to "their" right, creating "lanes" on Main St. that moved very fluidly.
On many nights we know they open up the back stage areas for moving out of the park to help ease congestion upon leaving the park. However the parks were so crowded this week that at times the gates just stayed open and even if you came IN to the park, as we did, we were not allowed to use Main St. and instead were redirected backstage and came out at Carousel of Progress.
Leaving the park at night on a crowded night is Mayhem, considering the wait for a ferry is far too long (and then they never even filled the top decks), and the wait for a monorail is far too long. Then when you reach the TTC the wait for a tram is also miserable. Something should be done to ease this.
Cinderellabration was "ok" and I was disappointed that none of the constumed characters were involved at the end, if even for a photo op.
Turtle Talk with Crush was INCREDIBLY cute! MAKE SURE TO GO! EVEN IF YOU ARE AN ADULT AND HAVE NO KIDS!
Never take a CM's word as gold when asking if something will be open or not. Before I left, someone said a CM told them they would not be running the stund show at MGM all week, well, it ran all week long.
I saw the stunt show, pictures to come soon, and it was great. They did mention that not everything make work perfectly yet. The only flaw was that a guy who was supposed to catch fire did not. Also the lady who introduces the show stuttered on her words alot and was a little over the top for me personally. (if you go to the show, sit up on the top row and you can watch Catastrophy Canyon from overhead, pictures to come soon).
While Priority Seating is typically a good thing, it really at times isnt fair. You pay to go to the parks and if you dont have a PS and the park is crowded, you WILL get turned away. We found ourselves at the MK one night and literally were refused at every restraunt we went to (at 4:00). Other than eating the cheaper food, which we werent in the mood for, we were told we couldnt eat in the MK that night. That just doesnt sound right. Id' rather just sit and wait for an hour or more for my name to be called (as relaxation is nice sometimes) but nope, no walkins, PS only. Fortunately someone saw me asking and handed me their PS and changed it at the counter. They were very nice. However, later we found out that so many people make PS at so many restraunts now because of the risk of not getting a seat, and then if they dont feel like going at a later time, they dont, meaning many people would not have had to be turned away. Something needs to be done about this. Most PS do not require any reservation fee either, so you can do whatever you want. Something HAS TO BE DONE HERE.
AFter eating at so many Disney restraunts, I feel for what we pay, the Liberty Tavern is just awesome! The dessert is just WOW! Also we love Le Cellier, and go every anniversary, it is overpriced. The food is great and the atmosphere is nice, but we paid $100.00 for food I felt I could get at any good steakhouse. Also, last year, all of the waiters were Canadian and this year we didnt find but 2 Canadian waiters. Our waiter was from India.
Also, some of the effects in Splash Mountain still were not working. The water effects in the laughing place were still not all working. One of the buzzards at the ends had a bad eye that didnt blink and was stuck in half blink. And someone needs to clean the furr on the last Brer Rabbit at the end of the ride. He's looking a little dungie.
Our first ride this trip on Spaceship Earth was bad show. The bulbs in the TV's on the first incline were burned out and said "The life of the bulb has expired, please replace". We did however notice they were replaced and working fine two days later.
Jasmine is just hot in Cinderellabration, nice abs! Ok, i couldnt help myself.
While some on these boards criticize those who criticize disney for the price of food, I say, that it is too high. We bought food all through the week and it is really too high. Sure you'd pay the same at any park, but that doesnt make it more affordable. I mean, I'm not criticizing Disney but rather all theme park food prices!
CM's need courtesy training in some areas. I love photography and got excited when we were the only two in line for the Epcot monorail and asked to ride in the front, so I could get good pictures. The CM said "Sure, just go sit down over there" and pointed to a roped off bench area. Well when the monorail arrived, he literally just dumped me and my wife and put another adult couple on in our spot. Remember he told us to go sit in a special area, well because of this we were not allowed in line for the monorail. Well by the time I got up and said something to him, the monorail was full and was leaving. We missed it. I was upset, mostly that we missed the monorail. I asked him what his problem was. He said "you have to ask" I said "i did, and you told me to sit there". He said "oh yeah". He totally forgot. Then I said "well can we sit up front for the next monorail" and he said "no, this other couple already asked". I said "you have to be kidding me" and after that he walked off not to be seen again.
