Disney5Mom
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- Joined
- Nov 11, 2004
- Messages
- 611
Highlights
-travelling with 3 of our children and one girlfriend and Fiancee was fabulous- many wonderful family memories were made on this journey and we converted 2 more Disney Lovers!
CSR-lovely resort,landscaping,room decor,pools, mousekeeping all great,thanks to check- in CM who switched our 3 rooms from the Ranchos (my least favourite section ) to the Casitas which we loved
- Bldg 5 has gorgeous views and is closest to The Dig Site Pool
-shuttle golf cart rides around the lake really helped our tired feet!
-Pepper Market at CSR-mixed reviews-some food was great-the wet burrito and all of the pastries but DH felt some foods at breakfast were prepared too long ahead and were cold and not that tasty
-really appreciated the manager here putting my fanny pack in the safe so that it was returned to me with all my valuables still in it!
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poor weather -although we were not able to swim as much as we like we feel the cool,rainy weather kept the crowds down so we were able to see all the shows during regular park hours and the popular rides during EMH therefore we really only waited 2 times for rides
-Fast Pass is the best-saved us from waiting in all parks
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EMH was awesome for us, both the morning and nights were uncrowded especially the first am hour and last pm hour-our rainy late night at MK was really magical 
-having 3 rooms for 7 of us meant we had lots of room to spread out and lots of bathrooms-priceless
-PS worked well for us -only waited once at SCiFI
-PS times were easy to change on the day and day before and we were able to walk in to Prime Time
-Fantasmic Dinner Package is great especially if you plan to eat at that restaurant anyway!
-Boma,Crystal Palace,The Brown Derby,Park Fair1900,Prime Time Dinner,O"Hannas and the SCi Fi Dinner all provided great food, service and fun times
- for our adult family the Commando schedule worked well as we switched a couple of days and PS times to accomodate the weather and to allow for some sleeping in later in the week as the "kids"were tired
-we were able to accomplish everything on our list and we all still want to go back for more!
Things we won't repeat
-driving to MK-the bus is much faster and more efficient although we did enjoy the ferry boat ride over
and the Monorail back
-Fantasmic Dinner Package on the day we switch resorts- no time to change in room for our 3:40 PS- we changed in pool change room at CSR!
-switching resorts is not for us
-late night EMH at Epcot-not enough to do
-All Stars-too noisy and one pool was closed and the other quite dirty when we arrived late Sat night ( we are swim fanatics)
-Whispering Canyon
Thank you to all on the Dis boards for all the great information which so enriched our vacations for the last 2 years
.
Overall it was our best trip so far and we are already planning for next year.
Our Party of 7!
-travelling with 3 of our children and one girlfriend and Fiancee was fabulous- many wonderful family memories were made on this journey and we converted 2 more Disney Lovers!
CSR-lovely resort,landscaping,room decor,pools, mousekeeping all great,thanks to check- in CM who switched our 3 rooms from the Ranchos (my least favourite section ) to the Casitas which we loved
- Bldg 5 has gorgeous views and is closest to The Dig Site Pool
-shuttle golf cart rides around the lake really helped our tired feet!
-Pepper Market at CSR-mixed reviews-some food was great-the wet burrito and all of the pastries but DH felt some foods at breakfast were prepared too long ahead and were cold and not that tasty
-really appreciated the manager here putting my fanny pack in the safe so that it was returned to me with all my valuables still in it!
-
poor weather -although we were not able to swim as much as we like we feel the cool,rainy weather kept the crowds down so we were able to see all the shows during regular park hours and the popular rides during EMH therefore we really only waited 2 times for rides-Fast Pass is the best-saved us from waiting in all parks
-
EMH was awesome for us, both the morning and nights were uncrowded especially the first am hour and last pm hour-our rainy late night at MK was really magical -having 3 rooms for 7 of us meant we had lots of room to spread out and lots of bathrooms-priceless
-PS worked well for us -only waited once at SCiFI
-PS times were easy to change on the day and day before and we were able to walk in to Prime Time
-Fantasmic Dinner Package is great especially if you plan to eat at that restaurant anyway!
-Boma,Crystal Palace,The Brown Derby,Park Fair1900,Prime Time Dinner,O"Hannas and the SCi Fi Dinner all provided great food, service and fun times
- for our adult family the Commando schedule worked well as we switched a couple of days and PS times to accomodate the weather and to allow for some sleeping in later in the week as the "kids"were tired
-we were able to accomplish everything on our list and we all still want to go back for more!
Things we won't repeat
-driving to MK-the bus is much faster and more efficient although we did enjoy the ferry boat ride over
and the Monorail back-Fantasmic Dinner Package on the day we switch resorts- no time to change in room for our 3:40 PS- we changed in pool change room at CSR!
-switching resorts is not for us
-late night EMH at Epcot-not enough to do
-All Stars-too noisy and one pool was closed and the other quite dirty when we arrived late Sat night ( we are swim fanatics)
-Whispering Canyon
Thank you to all on the Dis boards for all the great information which so enriched our vacations for the last 2 years
. Overall it was our best trip so far and we are already planning for next year.
Our Party of 7!
