rotlex
Is it summer yet?
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Just a quick report. My wife and I, along with our 5 year old daughter, just returned from an 8 day stay at POFQ. (We were there from April 25th until May 2nd).
We had a FANTASTIC TIME! Our trip in a nutshell:
Weather - Unreal, beautiful, perfect.
Crowds - Heavy, but manageable.
POFQ - I can honestly say this is now our favorite resort. The place was immaculate, the service outstanding, and well, we just loved it. CBR used to be my first choice in a mod, but the size of POFQ, and the pool, hehe, made this the perfect fit of cost and function for us.
The parks - We visited each park twice, once for Animal Kingdom. We had a GREAT time each visit, and only experienced rain for approx 1 hour of our trip, and that was right before Fantasmic. The rain stopped just before the show, and the show was GREAT!!!!
Overall, I would say this was the best trip of our past three in the past year and a half. We just had a really good time. We planned a little rest time throughout each day, and one whole "pool day" during the trip which kept our daughter energized and not cranky, LOL. The biggest thing I was surprised at were the crowds. We were there this week last year and the parks were fairly empty. This year, IMO, they were JAMMED. Waits were not terrible, but the overall crowds in the general parks was really heavy. Maybe we just picked the wrong days for the parks we picked, but we dealt with it.
Our opinions on updated attractions since our last visit:
Haunted Mansion - HUGE thumbs up - love what they have done with this.
Spaceship Earth - Another BIG plus - I think they kept the feel of the original ride, while doing much needed updates and changes
Dining Plan - This is our 3rd time using it. With all the bad stuff we have read, I am pleased to say I still think it is a great value. We could care less about appetizers, as we normally do the buffet meals mostly, and the food was all good. The tip? I prefer to tip separately anyway, so, not a biggie for us. If it's still offered, I'm sure we will go with it again on our next visit.
I think those were the only three really new things\changes since last trip, but again, very happy with each.
Anywho, as I said, this is a short report, but wanted to post something, as this will probably be our last visit for at least a year and a half. We are expecting an additional family member, , this October, and we figure we need to wait until they are at least a year or so before taking them to the world. At least I don't THINK we can wait any longer than that if our daughter has anything to say about it, LOL
Have a great day all!!!!
We had a FANTASTIC TIME! Our trip in a nutshell:
Weather - Unreal, beautiful, perfect.
Crowds - Heavy, but manageable.
POFQ - I can honestly say this is now our favorite resort. The place was immaculate, the service outstanding, and well, we just loved it. CBR used to be my first choice in a mod, but the size of POFQ, and the pool, hehe, made this the perfect fit of cost and function for us.
The parks - We visited each park twice, once for Animal Kingdom. We had a GREAT time each visit, and only experienced rain for approx 1 hour of our trip, and that was right before Fantasmic. The rain stopped just before the show, and the show was GREAT!!!!
Overall, I would say this was the best trip of our past three in the past year and a half. We just had a really good time. We planned a little rest time throughout each day, and one whole "pool day" during the trip which kept our daughter energized and not cranky, LOL. The biggest thing I was surprised at were the crowds. We were there this week last year and the parks were fairly empty. This year, IMO, they were JAMMED. Waits were not terrible, but the overall crowds in the general parks was really heavy. Maybe we just picked the wrong days for the parks we picked, but we dealt with it.
Our opinions on updated attractions since our last visit:
Haunted Mansion - HUGE thumbs up - love what they have done with this.
Spaceship Earth - Another BIG plus - I think they kept the feel of the original ride, while doing much needed updates and changes
Dining Plan - This is our 3rd time using it. With all the bad stuff we have read, I am pleased to say I still think it is a great value. We could care less about appetizers, as we normally do the buffet meals mostly, and the food was all good. The tip? I prefer to tip separately anyway, so, not a biggie for us. If it's still offered, I'm sure we will go with it again on our next visit.
I think those were the only three really new things\changes since last trip, but again, very happy with each.
Anywho, as I said, this is a short report, but wanted to post something, as this will probably be our last visit for at least a year and a half. We are expecting an additional family member,
, this October, and we figure we need to wait until they are at least a year or so before taking them to the world. At least I don't THINK we can wait any longer than that if our daughter has anything to say about it, LOLHave a great day all!!!!
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