sonnyjane
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Just got back from an overnight trip and it was, as reported previously, starting to get pretty crowded!
I arrived at Camelot Inn last night around 6:30 PM. I stayed here for the location, and have another two-night reservation next week that I won't be changing, but my review is that it's in an awesome location, but MAN the beds are rock hard! Also, unlike other hotels that I have stayed at, they only have enough parking spots for exactly how many rooms they have, so I could not check out and still leave my car, so I had to move the car this morning to the parking structure.
ANYWAY, I arrived at the parks last night at 7:00 PM with my husband and was pleased to see that a lot of people were heading home, so I got POTC (15 min) HM (5 min), BTMRR (20 min) and Winnie the Pooh (0 min lol) out of the way. Too cold for Splash last night. I ate for the first time at Riverbelle Terrace (shortest line) and had the BBQ pork sandwich which was decent. Then I went on Astroblasters (10 min) and Nemo (20 min). By that time (about 10:30 PM), I was super tired (had worked all day in San Diego then drove up) so we went back to the hotel for the night. I will say though, after the fireworks at 9:30, there was a mass exodus, so if you have some caffeine and wanted to make a late night push, you could accomplish a lot, as DL is open until midnight these next few spring break weeks.
Today we got to the parks at 8:15 AM (moved to the lot and parked in Pinocchio). The first couple of hours were great, and we rode Jungle Cruise (5 min), Indy (15 min), got an FP for Splash, and then did Matterhorn (15), Small World (walk on), Peter Pan (20), and Mr. Toad (10). That was about the extent of what I wanted to cover in DL (my husband is too tall to fit in Space
) so we headed over to DCA at 10:30 AM and got an FP for Soarin' (standby 30 min). TSMM was next (40 min. - bummer!), then we ate at Pizza Ow Mow Mow, used our Soarin' FP, and headed back to use our Splash FP. By 1:00 when we were on it, the standby line was up to 60 min, Indy and Space were 50 min. It was definitely challenging walking around, especially in Tomorrowland and Adventureland - LOTS of people. After Splash, we decided we'd accomplished all we wanted so we left and headed home around 2:00 PM.
My advice for those going this week, next week (which I am - 29th, 30th, and 31st), or the week after is go EARLY and go LATE, but definitely try to take that afternoon break if you can. It was really starting to get uncomfortable, but as always was a fun trip!
I arrived at Camelot Inn last night around 6:30 PM. I stayed here for the location, and have another two-night reservation next week that I won't be changing, but my review is that it's in an awesome location, but MAN the beds are rock hard! Also, unlike other hotels that I have stayed at, they only have enough parking spots for exactly how many rooms they have, so I could not check out and still leave my car, so I had to move the car this morning to the parking structure.
ANYWAY, I arrived at the parks last night at 7:00 PM with my husband and was pleased to see that a lot of people were heading home, so I got POTC (15 min) HM (5 min), BTMRR (20 min) and Winnie the Pooh (0 min lol) out of the way. Too cold for Splash last night. I ate for the first time at Riverbelle Terrace (shortest line) and had the BBQ pork sandwich which was decent. Then I went on Astroblasters (10 min) and Nemo (20 min). By that time (about 10:30 PM), I was super tired (had worked all day in San Diego then drove up) so we went back to the hotel for the night. I will say though, after the fireworks at 9:30, there was a mass exodus, so if you have some caffeine and wanted to make a late night push, you could accomplish a lot, as DL is open until midnight these next few spring break weeks.
Today we got to the parks at 8:15 AM (moved to the lot and parked in Pinocchio). The first couple of hours were great, and we rode Jungle Cruise (5 min), Indy (15 min), got an FP for Splash, and then did Matterhorn (15), Small World (walk on), Peter Pan (20), and Mr. Toad (10). That was about the extent of what I wanted to cover in DL (my husband is too tall to fit in Space
) so we headed over to DCA at 10:30 AM and got an FP for Soarin' (standby 30 min). TSMM was next (40 min. - bummer!), then we ate at Pizza Ow Mow Mow, used our Soarin' FP, and headed back to use our Splash FP. By 1:00 when we were on it, the standby line was up to 60 min, Indy and Space were 50 min. It was definitely challenging walking around, especially in Tomorrowland and Adventureland - LOTS of people. After Splash, we decided we'd accomplished all we wanted so we left and headed home around 2:00 PM. My advice for those going this week, next week (which I am - 29th, 30th, and 31st), or the week after is go EARLY and go LATE, but definitely try to take that afternoon break if you can. It was really starting to get uncomfortable, but as always was a fun trip!
