Thanksgiving week trip report

[Zippa D Doodah]

Cast: me -40yo WDW enthusiast; DW -34yo WDW enthusiast; DD -7; DS -celebrating 5th b-day on this trip

Friday, 11/19

Just days before we were to leave DS comes down with a stomach virus. He seemed better by Thursday night so we went ahead with plans. We were up and gone by 5:30am, fired up about the trip. Kids both did great on the drive down, watching a couple of movies and sleeping just a bit. One of our nice neighbors made treat bags for the kids to open as we crossed each state line. Theye were based on things grown in each state -NC apples; SC peaches; GA peanuts; and FL oranges. Those bags and treats were good for several minutes entertainment each.

We hit a nasty traffic jam in Orlando that slowed us down when we were oh-so-close to the World. In due time we were pulling into WDW. The sight of that "Welcome" sign never fails to move me. We checked in to All Star Music with no problem and no delay.

A side note about AS Music: The place is looking a little rough. We stayed in Jazz #2 and noted several things that were just below standard. I know one gets what one pays for at value resorts. But we noted large mildew patches on teh drums in front of the building. I know this is Florida and all, but they looked like they hadn't been scrubbed in a looooong time. Speaking of mildew, there was lots of black in the shower. The carpet was getting a bit threadbare. The telephone had a brown stain all over the face of it. None of this precluded us enjoying the vacation, but it seemed sort of un-Disney like.

We decided to head over and check out the Christmas decorations as the monorail resorts. Grand Floridian was beautiful. The kids especially liked the large gingerbread house. The Poly was neat too. As we walked from the GF over to the Poly we sat out on the lagoon and watched Wishes. Wow! How beautiful. It was a great prelude to the parks for us.

We had a leisurely supper at Captain Cook's snack bar and headed back to AS Music in anticipation of the next day at MK.


On a scale of 1-5 I give this day

 

[pumba]

for my trip to Disney in 9 days...we are staying at Movies again. As we just went there in may. Hope that the weather holds out and we aren';t freezing.....thanks for the update on Music

 

[Zurgerific]

i would be curious as to how the crowd levels and ride wait time were from saturday 11/20 thru tuesday 11/23 ?

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

Crowds were large but manageable during each of the days you mentioned. Our last day in the parks was Wednesday. On that day MK waqs unpleasantly crowded. I was suprised by some oft he lenghty wait times. Space Mountain and Splash Mountain were always an hour or more (TG for FP!) ToT was 85 minute wait by 10am on Tuesday. We did just fine by using FP a lot and doing standby lines while parades were going on.

 

[mittelst]

... We were at the Contemporary during the first week of Nov. Although our room was very clean, I found the resort in general to be lacking the "spit and polish" I expect from Disney. The tables by the pool-side bar looked like they hadn't been wiped in weeks. I plan to send my comments to WDW guest relations (wdw.guest.communications@disneyworld.com). I encourage others who feel this way to do the same!

 

[dcsetman]

Glad you were able to make your trip - I remember replying to your earlier post about your sick child and hoping and sending up a few prayers for you that you'd all be able to make your trip. Sounds like you had a great time. We were right down the road from you in All Star Movies and our rooms and the grounds were all **** and span - I was impressed to be honest, for a value resort. We were in Toy Store Section on the 2nd Floor
Sorry your experience at Music wasn't as good.