gemmybear83
<font color=royalblue>I would blame it all on Bob<
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We are back! Had a fantastic holiday, going to be the last one for a while, as we are hoping to move house next year boo! I dont have the time to post a trip review but in my jetlagged state I am going to do my food review with photos!
I am posting a food review: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44929754#post44929754
Highs
Virgin Holidays excellent from start to finish, we got a great price cheaper than the doing DIY. I know they get a bad reputation on here, but when I had a couple of queries the facebook team or the customer service centre via email always got back to me quickly. Didnt make use of the reps apart from to collect the $300 gift card at the airport, but there were plenty of them around.
Premier Inn Manchester Airport FT Brilliant, clean and quiet for the night before. Really please we cancelled the Radission and went with this as it only cost £30!
Manchester Airport Valet parking terminal 2 Again really good, and was a great price. No problems and would use this again as it was so easy.
V-Room at Manchester airport loved it! I have got a few photos in my food review, it was an excellent start to the holiday, so relaxing and quiet (we were in the adults only section), and the food was great too!
Virgin Atlantic flights We were on the new planes on row 35, near the front of economy and both flights were great. The new planes make such a difference! The IFE was fantastic, I actually wanted to stay awake on the return journey so I could watch all five parts of the HBO Mildred Pierce mini-series I was watching. Cabin crew were great, and handled a poorly lady near us very well. We dont really eat the food, so cant comment on that, but there were plenty of drinks and best of all we landed EARLY on the way out and one time on the way back! We were through immigration in about 15 mins from landing.
Saratoga Springs Resort Loved it! Our online check in requests were met, and we were in the Springs section on the 4th floor. For us upgrading to a 1 bedroom was worth it, I loved all the extra space and the Jacuzzi bath! We have come home no dirty washing thanks to the washer and dryer! The villa was immaculate, mousekeeping fab and we loved how quiet the resort was. Buses were excellent we only stood twice and usually waited less than 5 mins, and only had a couple of 10 mins wait. It really is a beautiful resort, and we are looking to buy DVC here!
Free $300 gift card, was fab to have an we have come home with a few collectibles from the retro WDW Shag collection the its a small world one from the art of Disney store
Lows:
Sanaa We loved this restaurant when we went previously, my dish was great, but my husbands lacked any taste, and we had an awful server who didnt know what she was doing. We were there nearly 2 hours for one course, we left after one as we couldnt bear it any longer. I will write more about it in my food review but its a shame as we loved it previously.
Trail Ends Restaurant Awful in one word. We both hated it, but had a good laugh about it afterwards. I thought I would really like Fort Wilderness as we are big Wilderness Lodge fans, but its not for us we felt like we were in the film Wrong Turn More in the food review (no photos though I was too scared!).
Fellow guests So a few obnoxious/spoilt children on the trip and their behaviour annoyed me (not my husband though I think I have a far lower tolerance level than him!). For example one was screaming in the Saratoga springs lobby that they didnt have concierge and how unfair it was interestingly none of these were from the UK!
The parks were busier than we were expecting, but nothing that we couldnt manage with fastpasses etc. I wouldnt say they were busy but I wouldnt describe it was low season either?
I havent put the free DDP as a high or a low, it was fab to have it for free but it was far too much food. We swapped around ADRS when we were there as we couldnt keep up. We have done the free DDP before, I would never pay for it but do enjoy the table service restaurants, just not as many!
I am posting a food review: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44929754#post44929754
Highs
Virgin Holidays excellent from start to finish, we got a great price cheaper than the doing DIY. I know they get a bad reputation on here, but when I had a couple of queries the facebook team or the customer service centre via email always got back to me quickly. Didnt make use of the reps apart from to collect the $300 gift card at the airport, but there were plenty of them around.
Premier Inn Manchester Airport FT Brilliant, clean and quiet for the night before. Really please we cancelled the Radission and went with this as it only cost £30!
Manchester Airport Valet parking terminal 2 Again really good, and was a great price. No problems and would use this again as it was so easy.
V-Room at Manchester airport loved it! I have got a few photos in my food review, it was an excellent start to the holiday, so relaxing and quiet (we were in the adults only section), and the food was great too!
Virgin Atlantic flights We were on the new planes on row 35, near the front of economy and both flights were great. The new planes make such a difference! The IFE was fantastic, I actually wanted to stay awake on the return journey so I could watch all five parts of the HBO Mildred Pierce mini-series I was watching. Cabin crew were great, and handled a poorly lady near us very well. We dont really eat the food, so cant comment on that, but there were plenty of drinks and best of all we landed EARLY on the way out and one time on the way back! We were through immigration in about 15 mins from landing.
Saratoga Springs Resort Loved it! Our online check in requests were met, and we were in the Springs section on the 4th floor. For us upgrading to a 1 bedroom was worth it, I loved all the extra space and the Jacuzzi bath! We have come home no dirty washing thanks to the washer and dryer! The villa was immaculate, mousekeeping fab and we loved how quiet the resort was. Buses were excellent we only stood twice and usually waited less than 5 mins, and only had a couple of 10 mins wait. It really is a beautiful resort, and we are looking to buy DVC here!
Free $300 gift card, was fab to have an we have come home with a few collectibles from the retro WDW Shag collection the its a small world one from the art of Disney store
Lows:
Sanaa We loved this restaurant when we went previously, my dish was great, but my husbands lacked any taste, and we had an awful server who didnt know what she was doing. We were there nearly 2 hours for one course, we left after one as we couldnt bear it any longer. I will write more about it in my food review but its a shame as we loved it previously.
Trail Ends Restaurant Awful in one word. We both hated it, but had a good laugh about it afterwards. I thought I would really like Fort Wilderness as we are big Wilderness Lodge fans, but its not for us we felt like we were in the film Wrong Turn More in the food review (no photos though I was too scared!).
Fellow guests So a few obnoxious/spoilt children on the trip and their behaviour annoyed me (not my husband though I think I have a far lower tolerance level than him!). For example one was screaming in the Saratoga springs lobby that they didnt have concierge and how unfair it was interestingly none of these were from the UK!
The parks were busier than we were expecting, but nothing that we couldnt manage with fastpasses etc. I wouldnt say they were busy but I wouldnt describe it was low season either?
I havent put the free DDP as a high or a low, it was fab to have it for free but it was far too much food. We swapped around ADRS when we were there as we couldnt keep up. We have done the free DDP before, I would never pay for it but do enjoy the table service restaurants, just not as many!
And so i just love it when I hear something positive about something ive planned or somewhere we are going!
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