ThisIsJason
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..mostly rambling.
Just came back from a six night AKV and a one night CSR stay. Overall, the trip went pretty smooth. Had a few hiccups here and there but nothing overall extreme.
I think after this trip my wife and I are officially off Disney in resort transportation. On our second full day we had breakfast at Akershus in Epcot for 8:10. We were at the bus stop at 6:45 for this, and the first Epcot bus didn’t come until 7:55. Four MK busses came during this time and three other busses came for each HS and AK. None for Epcot. This was even after three different drivers called into where ever they call into, stating a bus hadn’t come and we were waiting. We got to Akershus 15 minutes late and had no problem getting in, but still. I think from now on we will still take DME each way but rent a car from Alamo at Dolphin (Swan?). Other than that small problem the bus service was great, it just left a sour taste in my mouth over waiting an hour.
At first I thought FP+ was going to be a dud for us, but it turned out to be fantastic. Our first MK day (Wednesday 6th) we did Big Thunder and Splash Mountain and had a fireworks viewing for the third so we had to standby all the other rides we did. On our second MK day (Saturday 9th) we had all of our FPs for first thing in the morning and ended up have 18 FPs and went on a total of 22 rides before a 6:30pm Be Our Guest dinner and then not doing anything the rest of the night before the parade and fireworks. This was a record for us.
Did the Keys to the Kingdom tour again. While it was great, I do not think that I will do it again. Might do it again in another two or three trips. Thought that Behind the Seeds tour stunk to be honest. Went on the last tour of the day (4:30pm) and it was done by 5:35. Didn’t feel like I got my monies worth out of it.
Did the Deluxe Dining Plan and for the two of us it ran $1314.32, our total ended up being $1519.56. Would Tables in Wonderland have saved us more? Probably. But I like the convenience of the meals prepaid for.
Transferring resorts wasn’t a problem, but getting the luggage was. We were told at AKV that the bags would be in the room between 1 and 4pm (this was at 6:30am). We went over to CSR to check in about 12noon and were told the same thing. We got the text starting the room was ready and the number about 2:30pm. Had dinner and went to the resort about 6pm. No bags. Called and were told that, no they do not place them in the room for a resort change you have to call and be in the room for them to come. Not what I was told by two different people but ok fine, we are here now and they could bring them. 7:30pm rolls around and no bags. Called again (my mistake, should have done to bell services myself at this point) and could they bring them. 8pm finally comes around and I went and got them myself so we could swim.
Some bad things some good things. Hopefully going to go to Aulani May 2016. So we won’t be back to WDW until sometime in 2017 (trying to convince the wife to go in late October so we can do a Halloween party and hopefully Avatarland will be open by then, or part of it anyway).
Just came back from a six night AKV and a one night CSR stay. Overall, the trip went pretty smooth. Had a few hiccups here and there but nothing overall extreme.
I think after this trip my wife and I are officially off Disney in resort transportation. On our second full day we had breakfast at Akershus in Epcot for 8:10. We were at the bus stop at 6:45 for this, and the first Epcot bus didn’t come until 7:55. Four MK busses came during this time and three other busses came for each HS and AK. None for Epcot. This was even after three different drivers called into where ever they call into, stating a bus hadn’t come and we were waiting. We got to Akershus 15 minutes late and had no problem getting in, but still. I think from now on we will still take DME each way but rent a car from Alamo at Dolphin (Swan?). Other than that small problem the bus service was great, it just left a sour taste in my mouth over waiting an hour.
At first I thought FP+ was going to be a dud for us, but it turned out to be fantastic. Our first MK day (Wednesday 6th) we did Big Thunder and Splash Mountain and had a fireworks viewing for the third so we had to standby all the other rides we did. On our second MK day (Saturday 9th) we had all of our FPs for first thing in the morning and ended up have 18 FPs and went on a total of 22 rides before a 6:30pm Be Our Guest dinner and then not doing anything the rest of the night before the parade and fireworks. This was a record for us.
Did the Keys to the Kingdom tour again. While it was great, I do not think that I will do it again. Might do it again in another two or three trips. Thought that Behind the Seeds tour stunk to be honest. Went on the last tour of the day (4:30pm) and it was done by 5:35. Didn’t feel like I got my monies worth out of it.
Did the Deluxe Dining Plan and for the two of us it ran $1314.32, our total ended up being $1519.56. Would Tables in Wonderland have saved us more? Probably. But I like the convenience of the meals prepaid for.
Transferring resorts wasn’t a problem, but getting the luggage was. We were told at AKV that the bags would be in the room between 1 and 4pm (this was at 6:30am). We went over to CSR to check in about 12noon and were told the same thing. We got the text starting the room was ready and the number about 2:30pm. Had dinner and went to the resort about 6pm. No bags. Called and were told that, no they do not place them in the room for a resort change you have to call and be in the room for them to come. Not what I was told by two different people but ok fine, we are here now and they could bring them. 7:30pm rolls around and no bags. Called again (my mistake, should have done to bell services myself at this point) and could they bring them. 8pm finally comes around and I went and got them myself so we could swim.
Some bad things some good things. Hopefully going to go to Aulani May 2016. So we won’t be back to WDW until sometime in 2017 (trying to convince the wife to go in late October so we can do a Halloween party and hopefully Avatarland will be open by then, or part of it anyway).
