Jeannie in NJ
Mouseketeer
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- Nov 22, 2010
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We arrived Sat morning Jan. 2nd and left Sat. Jan. 9th. We stayed at Grand Floridian.
Cons: Chilly and rainy the first few days. Also parks were very crowded from Sat. until Tues. We went to hollywood Studios Sat. and Mon. which were both very crowded (Indiana Jones Stunt show was standing room only). but we got to see the Osborne Lights which was great.
My son asked me to go on Toy Story Midway Mania with him. It was my first time and the ride broke down. We were stuck on it for a while, with an endless loop of arcade music such that I had to stick my fingers in my ears not to go insane. Also the lap bar was very tight and I am a small person. I was starting to panic when the ride thankfully started back up.
MK was crazy busy on Tues. We were waiting in fast pass for Pirates of the Caribbean for an hour , the last 20 minutes we could see the boats and no one was being loaded. Finally the lights all came on and an announcement was made for everyone to exit. We were bummed and dh was so fed up with the crowds and not getting to ride Pirates that we left the park and didn't get to see Wishes ( I did get to see them another night from our resort).
PROS:
all the cast members were excellent, very friendly and helpful.
Hollywood Studios fireworks were AMAZING, the best fireworks we have ever seen. We were able to see them twice, the second time was Thursday the 7th when the park felt almost empty. I went on Star Tours 4 times no waiting. We loved all the Star Wars stuff, especially the short film, The Path of a Jedi, we saw it twice. We spent 3 days visiting Hollywood Studios, my husband's favorite park.
We were in the parks with many of the S. A. tour groups and no problems what so ever.
Ate at the Wave for the first time and it was excellent.
Also on Sat. the 9th we were at AK and decided to see if we could get into Tusker House to eat around 3:00. We walked up, told them we did not have reservations and were told it would be a 10 min. wait, it turned out to be about a 1 min. wait. We loved the characters, all of them came to our table at least 7 or 8 times, we got so many pics with them. The food was good also.
Mon. night at Hollywood Studios, I was cold so bought a nice zip up hoodie (red with Mickey on the back). The next day in MK as I was getting off Peter Pan, somehow the zipper got caught in the moving walkway at the exit of Peter pan and the zipper was completely ripped off. Disney sent a new hoodie to my room the next day and removed the charge from our bill. They said for me to accept the new hoodie as a gift from Disney for the inconvenience of it being damaged. I did not demand anything like that, I was glad to get a replacement so them also removing the charge was quite wonderful of them.
Lastly, we spent Wed. with a realtor looking at developments and houses around Disney as we will be moving there in 1 to 1 1/2 years. Found some areas that we love. She also showed us the back way into Disney.
We had a nice time, like we always do, even with the rain, chilly weather and crowds lol.
Cons: Chilly and rainy the first few days. Also parks were very crowded from Sat. until Tues. We went to hollywood Studios Sat. and Mon. which were both very crowded (Indiana Jones Stunt show was standing room only). but we got to see the Osborne Lights which was great.
My son asked me to go on Toy Story Midway Mania with him. It was my first time and the ride broke down. We were stuck on it for a while, with an endless loop of arcade music such that I had to stick my fingers in my ears not to go insane. Also the lap bar was very tight and I am a small person. I was starting to panic when the ride thankfully started back up.
MK was crazy busy on Tues. We were waiting in fast pass for Pirates of the Caribbean for an hour , the last 20 minutes we could see the boats and no one was being loaded. Finally the lights all came on and an announcement was made for everyone to exit. We were bummed and dh was so fed up with the crowds and not getting to ride Pirates that we left the park and didn't get to see Wishes ( I did get to see them another night from our resort).
PROS:
all the cast members were excellent, very friendly and helpful.
Hollywood Studios fireworks were AMAZING, the best fireworks we have ever seen. We were able to see them twice, the second time was Thursday the 7th when the park felt almost empty. I went on Star Tours 4 times no waiting. We loved all the Star Wars stuff, especially the short film, The Path of a Jedi, we saw it twice. We spent 3 days visiting Hollywood Studios, my husband's favorite park.
We were in the parks with many of the S. A. tour groups and no problems what so ever.
Ate at the Wave for the first time and it was excellent.
Also on Sat. the 9th we were at AK and decided to see if we could get into Tusker House to eat around 3:00. We walked up, told them we did not have reservations and were told it would be a 10 min. wait, it turned out to be about a 1 min. wait. We loved the characters, all of them came to our table at least 7 or 8 times, we got so many pics with them. The food was good also.
Mon. night at Hollywood Studios, I was cold so bought a nice zip up hoodie (red with Mickey on the back). The next day in MK as I was getting off Peter Pan, somehow the zipper got caught in the moving walkway at the exit of Peter pan and the zipper was completely ripped off. Disney sent a new hoodie to my room the next day and removed the charge from our bill. They said for me to accept the new hoodie as a gift from Disney for the inconvenience of it being damaged. I did not demand anything like that, I was glad to get a replacement so them also removing the charge was quite wonderful of them.
Lastly, we spent Wed. with a realtor looking at developments and houses around Disney as we will be moving there in 1 to 1 1/2 years. Found some areas that we love. She also showed us the back way into Disney.
We had a nice time, like we always do, even with the rain, chilly weather and crowds lol.
