Hi! No, we did not also have the dining plan. We decided since we had the DDE we would just cook breakfasts in the room and eat most other meals out and maybe do the dining plan next time. I am sorry I do not know the answer to the gelato question concerning snack credit on the plan. We did not have any this trip, however, my ds had some on the last trip and really enjoyed it.
I am also sorry to say no, the mattresses have not been replaced yet. Atleast ours were not. Although dh and I thought the mattress on the king bed was comfortable, DS (13.5) did not feel the same with his pull out bed. He said the mattress was very hard and the bed made a lot of noise when he moved.
In fact, we had a running joke about that mattress because we had gotten into bed late one night and we did not want DS to stay up any later so DH took his ipod and hid it without letting him know. All of a sudden while we were in bed, I hear what sounded like DS going through the spoon drawer. I yell out, " Are you going through the spoon drawer?" I thought maybe he was up looking for the ipod. He yells back "Mom, What are you talking about? That is my bed. I am in bed." This night we left our bedroom door open so I guess we could hear him more than on previous nights. Poor kid, he said it really was not that comfortable, but as the nights went on and he got more tired, he seemed to do ok with it.
We spent many afternoons at SAB, which was great as usual. However, one of the whirlpools was not working well while we were there. In fact, on Monday (yesterday), they seemed to be doing some work by the whirlpools. Hopefully, they will be in good shape again soon. The pool area was crowded most days and getting a lounge chair was a bit challenging around 11 am on most days. Of course, we were there busy 4th of July week. We saw fireworks on the 3rd at MK and at MGM on the 4th. They were both wonderful. After the MGM ones on the 4th, we stood on the boardwalk bridge and saw some of the Epcot ones, before going back to our room. We def. got our full of fireworks on this trip. They were GREAT! Overall, the parks and resort were pretty crowded, but we did not generally wait more than 20 minutes for an attraction. By one o'clock, some popular attractions had 45 plus waits but having been to WDW many times, we did not wait for any of those attractions. We saw Crush at Epcot for the first time and really enjoyed that. We were there before 11 and had only about a 20 minute wait. DH and DS went on Expedition Everest 3 times before 10:15, one being a single rider line and then DS finally convinced yours truly to try it with the fast passes I got at arrival. It really was fun. I generally shy away from fast roller coasters these days, however, I did enjoy this one and DS was so happy to finally get his scared mom on a "fast and fun" ride. We also went on the refurbished Pirate ride 3 times. The first two times, we went on before it officially reopened on the 7th and there were practically no lines. The third time was on Sat. the 8th and we probably waited about 15 minutes, not too bad. We enjoyed the changes.
We ate at Beaches and Cream about 3 times, Le Cellier twice, Prime Time Cafe twice, once for lunch and once for dinner. We ate at Ohanna for the first time. We enjoyed it, but would not say it was our favorite. We also ate at Cape May Cafe which DS and I really enjoy. DH does not really enjoy that meal too much but goes for us since we do. We had an ADR for Coral Reef yesterday, but cancelled and just went to Beaches and Cream and stayed by the pool until we left for the airport. I can not wait until we start planning next years trip. I just have to figure out how we can do a 1 bedroom again since we only have 200 points.
I loved having the extra space and washer and dryer. All of you were right when you said once you try a 1 bedroom, there is no going back. LOL!
Sorry this is so long. Any other questions, I will try to answer.
Go to the list that is on the restaurant boards/DDP. Someone started a thread that has a list of all the things you can get using snack credits.
