ballarinamom
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I will do my trip report soon but thought some of you may be leaving soon and might have questions. We stayed at the Desert Inn. It was great for the price! The only hotel closer was Park Vue.
We ordered groceries from Von's and we had no problem. DMIL ordered a ECV scooter and it was waiting the the lobby when we arrived.
We flew into LGB and LOVED it. I can't believe how fast we were out of there! We used a car service that was waiting for us at the luggage claim. It was $48 inclusive of the airport fees each way. We hit traffic coming back so we definately saved money on that one.
We did the Fantasmic viewing (check in early for best seat assignments), the Walking in Walt's tour and the Holiday tour (Hi Dizme! It was great meeting you!) I highly recommend this as we walked right onto HM, IASW and had front row seats for the parade with hot coco and gingerbread Mickies. As a bonus they gave us a front of the line pass for any ride!!
We ate at all 5 character meals. Minnie's was our least favorite as it always has been. The character rotation is not consistant and we missed Peter and Wendy which was a drag.
WE LOVED ARIEL'S GROTTO!! After 3 trips there for lunch/dinner, we loved the food! It was awesome!! Ate at Blue Bayou twice- great as always. (Monte Cristo and Ribs for our group).
We did not like Cafe Orleans. Aweful service and food was just ok for the price.
Churos and Dole Whips rocked as usual.
If you are at DCA before rope drop, I did get a fastpass 30 minutes before rope drop. The line for TSM was started on the Grizzly River rapids side and we were on and off the ride in 10 minutes after rope drop.
Nemo right at rope drop and were off and on in 15 minutes. On MM it took 20 minutes to get off and on.
Early in the mornings, most fastpass lines were chained. They were opened but unmaned. Don't make the mistake of thinking they are not open. They will let you in. We saw several wait signs saying 5 minute waits that turned into 20 minute waits.
That's it unless someone has some other questions!! Weather was awesome and had a celebrity sighting- Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters was hanging out in the Princess Faire with his daughter having fun and trying to make other kids smile for their parents photos! Got dreamed with a lanyard and pin coming into the castle at 10:00am!
We ordered groceries from Von's and we had no problem. DMIL ordered a ECV scooter and it was waiting the the lobby when we arrived.
We flew into LGB and LOVED it. I can't believe how fast we were out of there! We used a car service that was waiting for us at the luggage claim. It was $48 inclusive of the airport fees each way. We hit traffic coming back so we definately saved money on that one.
We did the Fantasmic viewing (check in early for best seat assignments), the Walking in Walt's tour and the Holiday tour (Hi Dizme! It was great meeting you!) I highly recommend this as we walked right onto HM, IASW and had front row seats for the parade with hot coco and gingerbread Mickies. As a bonus they gave us a front of the line pass for any ride!!
We ate at all 5 character meals. Minnie's was our least favorite as it always has been. The character rotation is not consistant and we missed Peter and Wendy which was a drag.
WE LOVED ARIEL'S GROTTO!! After 3 trips there for lunch/dinner, we loved the food! It was awesome!! Ate at Blue Bayou twice- great as always. (Monte Cristo and Ribs for our group).
We did not like Cafe Orleans. Aweful service and food was just ok for the price.
Churos and Dole Whips rocked as usual.
If you are at DCA before rope drop, I did get a fastpass 30 minutes before rope drop. The line for TSM was started on the Grizzly River rapids side and we were on and off the ride in 10 minutes after rope drop.
Nemo right at rope drop and were off and on in 15 minutes. On MM it took 20 minutes to get off and on.
Early in the mornings, most fastpass lines were chained. They were opened but unmaned. Don't make the mistake of thinking they are not open. They will let you in. We saw several wait signs saying 5 minute waits that turned into 20 minute waits.
That's it unless someone has some other questions!! Weather was awesome and had a celebrity sighting- Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters was hanging out in the Princess Faire with his daughter having fun and trying to make other kids smile for their parents photos! Got dreamed with a lanyard and pin coming into the castle at 10:00am!