Much better than expected!!

Dakota731

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After not being to WDW in seven years and reading a lot of negativity on these boards concerning crowds, rude people, restaurants going downhill, cleanliness standards lacking, etc, we were quite scared. However Disney has not lost its magic for us! Being our first Christmas here, crowds were manageable and I found everyone (except one guy) to be friendly and polite.
Restaurants were great - we did a lot of character meals and we found Ohana, Hollywood & Vine, Chef Mickey, Askerhush and TRex to be loads of fun and the food was delicious. The only restaurant that no one in our group liked was Tusker House.
We stayed at AKL and never waited longer than five minutes for a bus. Everything was clean and we enjoyed coffee with the giraffes every morning.
This was our first visit with fast pass and magic bands, and we loved the convenience of both. Cast members at the parks were helpful and loads of fun.
I realize people will post quicker about negative issues than positive ones,but I was worried about our trip after reading posts the past few months. However, I was pleasantly surprised how almost perfect everything was and I know now we will be back again as soon as we can, God willing! Thanks for all the advice and tips over the past year.
 
Yup. I agree....don't believe everything you read lol..... we never see the most of the issues I read about here either
 
Great to hear it was a magical trip. I totally agree with you. I don't see the rude people very often, but I am disappointed by the trash people will just drop. You can't count on the maintenance to be off to the side and ready to pick up every scrap. People are just messier than in the past. Even more amazing how clean everything is.
 

Sounds similar to our experience just before Christmas. Sure, there were a couple of things that weren't ideal, but that' life. The magical definitely outweighed the not-so-magical, and I wasn't home two days before I was booking DVC again to return in June! Just made ADRs a few minutes ago!

Maybe the shine will wear off eventually, but this upcoming trip will be my third visit since Easter 2016. I hadn't been for 17 years before that trip, but have gotten hooked now. If I can afford it, I fully plan to be there every year. It's just my favorite place! :)
 
We were there u til the 23rd and also had a great trip. Although I wonder if the real craziness started after we left?
 


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