Day 5- Epcot day, yay!!!
Did FP+ (mom and I did 2/3) and walked through Living Seas (love this...manatees). When we came out of Living Seas, DDs ran off to WS to eat lunch at Tangierine Cafe and mom and I were going to slowly make our way to WS and decide where to eat (I was wanting nachos in Mexico) but as we were starting our trek a storm rolled in fast so I got on app and tried to make ADR at Coral Reef (as we were right there) but the app wouldn't work so we walked in and got seated in 10 minutes, right by the tank.
When we left the storm had quieted but as we were slowly walking towards WS it began to pour so we ducked into a pin kiosk
Got back to room to see this
Dinner at Akershus that night
After dinner...notice DD-tomboy changed (she wore the shorts under her skirt)
Our last night at WDW we watched Illuminations and here are a few pics (all my pics were taken with my Samsung Note II and aren't that great).
Pros and cons:
BWV- we checked in at 10 am and our studio wasn't ready until 2:30pm. We left our stuff in the car that was parked a mile away in the lot and I had cold stuff in cooler but the ice had melted by the time we got it to our room. We got room #1085...I think. It was first floor and right directly across from door to clown pool's hot tub area...smoking area right there too and ice machine next door. Was a little noisy of a location and room also seemed to be HA room with shallow tub and fixtures all low. We also noticed the age of this room...AC thermostat was antiquated slide cold to warm (no temperature) and bathroom tile needs replacing but I was still pleased with the room....especially when the location came into play. We could walk out that door to the pool and shoot through to the BW and over to Epcot...also could go out and left to walk to HS. Great! But my mom didn't like those walks....she didn't even like walking from the bus to MK the 1st day so I knew we had a problem. But my immediate family can do very well with the BWV location and we are glad to own there....wish ALL our points were there.
Meals-
Beaches and Cream- resort switch day we did 11.05 lunch here...just like the first time we went, it was delish. We ALL enjoyed this meal and the ice cream. One of our faves. Service was pretty good here.
Mama Melrose- waited 20 minutes past ADR to be seated and again saw many empty tables. Food and service was decent. My mom really enjoyed this place...she claims to love Italian food but really just likes American-ish Italian and basically just spaghetti. This place hit the mark for her and my DDs, who aren't big on red sauces, really liked the Alfredo type pasta they got.
Coral Reef- my mom and I walked in for lunch here because my girls were off in WS for lunch at Tangerine Cafe and I KNEW my mom would NOT like that so we strolled around Land and we planned to stroll over to WS to find a CS that she would like when a big storm hit us and I suggested we duck into Coral Reef and see if we could eat there. We were seated right at the tank and had a nice lunch. Not my fave meal and it was pricey so we shared an app and the seafood pasta. It was okay. The atmosphere was the best part. Our server was excellent here too.
Akershus dinner- One DD picked it and we dressed up for nice picture. We were the only ones dressed up and my tomboy DD was quite ticked about that...lol. We checked in and told to stand in ropes and scoot all the way forward to wait to be called...cattle call again...and too hot for this. We waited 10 minutes and had picture taken and then seated. I got braised ribs and they were very good. We all liked the buffet but one DD got mushroom stuffed pasta and hated it. This was pricey and my girls were not into seeing the princesses so we could skip this place. We did get a nice photo. The server here was new and she was excellent as well.
Bad behavior- saw it all on this trip and never saw this stuff before...only read about it on the boards. Saw a kid peeing in a bottle while in line for It's a Small World and there was a CM standing there allowing it...it held up the line too as they couldn't move until the little darling was done. Also saw a mom smack her kid pretty good on the bus to SSR. We had waited, with this family, for a bus and it was a long wait. This family was 2 ladies with several kids and tons of bags from shopping and 2 strollers. The ladies seemed at the end of their ropes and kept shouting at the kids and threatened to smack the $#!+ out of them. Well...on the bus one of the ladies did just that. Jaw dropping. Then, the grand finale was watching a 20-something girl, who was drunk, throw up in the bushes in Epcot at Norway...outside of Maelstrom. Classy stuff.
MB and FP+ and MDE- MB all worked great. We had 2 for this trip and I brought our old ones and they all worked. We had no issues except for trying to get 4th FP or change times...nothing was available. Also at MK...my DDs rode all 3 FP rides while my mom and I only did 2 but the time had passed and we tried to get 4th FP and could not. CM told us that we actually had to ride all 3...but my mom wasn't even showing in our party and that same CM...at FP indoor station when you come into MK....said I had to go to CS to link her. I had her linked and FP selections were made at 60 days out and she used them with no issues...why link her again. We just gave up. Also had trouble getting app up...was slow and error messaged a lot. Tried to get ADR for Coral Reef but it would not go through so we just walked in.
Next up...checking out of BWV and driving to HHI for 4 night stay (where the fellas will meet us)...
Did FP+ (mom and I did 2/3) and walked through Living Seas (love this...manatees). When we came out of Living Seas, DDs ran off to WS to eat lunch at Tangierine Cafe and mom and I were going to slowly make our way to WS and decide where to eat (I was wanting nachos in Mexico) but as we were starting our trek a storm rolled in fast so I got on app and tried to make ADR at Coral Reef (as we were right there) but the app wouldn't work so we walked in and got seated in 10 minutes, right by the tank.
When we left the storm had quieted but as we were slowly walking towards WS it began to pour so we ducked into a pin kiosk
Got back to room to see this
Dinner at Akershus that night
After dinner...notice DD-tomboy changed (she wore the shorts under her skirt)
Our last night at WDW we watched Illuminations and here are a few pics (all my pics were taken with my Samsung Note II and aren't that great).
Pros and cons:
BWV- we checked in at 10 am and our studio wasn't ready until 2:30pm. We left our stuff in the car that was parked a mile away in the lot and I had cold stuff in cooler but the ice had melted by the time we got it to our room. We got room #1085...I think. It was first floor and right directly across from door to clown pool's hot tub area...smoking area right there too and ice machine next door. Was a little noisy of a location and room also seemed to be HA room with shallow tub and fixtures all low. We also noticed the age of this room...AC thermostat was antiquated slide cold to warm (no temperature) and bathroom tile needs replacing but I was still pleased with the room....especially when the location came into play. We could walk out that door to the pool and shoot through to the BW and over to Epcot...also could go out and left to walk to HS. Great! But my mom didn't like those walks....she didn't even like walking from the bus to MK the 1st day so I knew we had a problem. But my immediate family can do very well with the BWV location and we are glad to own there....wish ALL our points were there.
Meals-
Beaches and Cream- resort switch day we did 11.05 lunch here...just like the first time we went, it was delish. We ALL enjoyed this meal and the ice cream. One of our faves. Service was pretty good here.
Mama Melrose- waited 20 minutes past ADR to be seated and again saw many empty tables. Food and service was decent. My mom really enjoyed this place...she claims to love Italian food but really just likes American-ish Italian and basically just spaghetti. This place hit the mark for her and my DDs, who aren't big on red sauces, really liked the Alfredo type pasta they got.
Coral Reef- my mom and I walked in for lunch here because my girls were off in WS for lunch at Tangerine Cafe and I KNEW my mom would NOT like that so we strolled around Land and we planned to stroll over to WS to find a CS that she would like when a big storm hit us and I suggested we duck into Coral Reef and see if we could eat there. We were seated right at the tank and had a nice lunch. Not my fave meal and it was pricey so we shared an app and the seafood pasta. It was okay. The atmosphere was the best part. Our server was excellent here too.
Akershus dinner- One DD picked it and we dressed up for nice picture. We were the only ones dressed up and my tomboy DD was quite ticked about that...lol. We checked in and told to stand in ropes and scoot all the way forward to wait to be called...cattle call again...and too hot for this. We waited 10 minutes and had picture taken and then seated. I got braised ribs and they were very good. We all liked the buffet but one DD got mushroom stuffed pasta and hated it. This was pricey and my girls were not into seeing the princesses so we could skip this place. We did get a nice photo. The server here was new and she was excellent as well.
Bad behavior- saw it all on this trip and never saw this stuff before...only read about it on the boards. Saw a kid peeing in a bottle while in line for It's a Small World and there was a CM standing there allowing it...it held up the line too as they couldn't move until the little darling was done. Also saw a mom smack her kid pretty good on the bus to SSR. We had waited, with this family, for a bus and it was a long wait. This family was 2 ladies with several kids and tons of bags from shopping and 2 strollers. The ladies seemed at the end of their ropes and kept shouting at the kids and threatened to smack the $#!+ out of them. Well...on the bus one of the ladies did just that. Jaw dropping. Then, the grand finale was watching a 20-something girl, who was drunk, throw up in the bushes in Epcot at Norway...outside of Maelstrom. Classy stuff.
MB and FP+ and MDE- MB all worked great. We had 2 for this trip and I brought our old ones and they all worked. We had no issues except for trying to get 4th FP or change times...nothing was available. Also at MK...my DDs rode all 3 FP rides while my mom and I only did 2 but the time had passed and we tried to get 4th FP and could not. CM told us that we actually had to ride all 3...but my mom wasn't even showing in our party and that same CM...at FP indoor station when you come into MK....said I had to go to CS to link her. I had her linked and FP selections were made at 60 days out and she used them with no issues...why link her again. We just gave up. Also had trouble getting app up...was slow and error messaged a lot. Tried to get ADR for Coral Reef but it would not go through so we just walked in.
Next up...checking out of BWV and driving to HHI for 4 night stay (where the fellas will meet us)...
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I have never heard of that happening. I cannot believe a cast member allowed it! I would have been very angry. What are people thinking?! Step out of line, take your little boy to the bathroom, and come back after. IASW will still be there when you get back. Let's all be considerate of others, please. This is not the wilderness. 
