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We went with our 6 year old four years ago. He did great and it was awesome not having to haul around a stroller. He kept asking, rather loudly, why older kids needed a stroller.
Heading to Beach Club tomorrow for 6 nights with 18 people. Any last minute suggestions or tips on the resort? I haven't been to Disney World since I was 7! Where were the $10 22 oz craft beers?
18? Offfa.
Well overdue; we rope dropped and only waited 40 minutes but I was holding it by the time we got to ride and I was shocked my 11 year old never asked to go. For some of the most popular rides, you’d really think they would just build a bathroom into the line somewhere.
Disappointed with their fried green tomatoes. I think they sliced them with a mandolin they were so freakin thin.
We ate at Bongo's. That's the cuban restuarant owned by Gloria Estefan. The food was pretty "meh". We weren't crazy about it either years ago when we tried the location at the Seminole Hard Rock in Fort Lauderdale (now closed). The ambiance and service was great though. They give you large portions as well.
Hollywood studios had the best beers IMO. There's a little bar next to the old 50's drive in place that had Jai Alai for $10 for a 22oz IIRC. The flower and garden festival is going on right now in Epcot, and they had some really good beers as well (4.5oz samples but decent prices)
yep. And while it is one of my fav shows, it is over 20 years old.Just got home from Orlando. My wife and I stayed with my father-in-law who booked a timeshare condo/townhome for a few days. It was a Marriott one right near Sea World. Cypress something maybe? Anyway, nice place. We did Disney Springs Friday night. It's still an awesome place. Yes, very expensive ($8 to $12 for a beer....give me a break) but you kind of have to expect that going in with anything Disney. The cupcake ATM is still there at Sprinkles.
On Saturday, we went to Epcot. We did a few of the rides (Soarin' was probably my favorite) and then did the eat/drink around the world thingie. Some of the food was disappointing but I really liked the school bread in Norway. I thought it was cool too how they had legit people from the countries working (4 girls all in German restaurant speaking German to each other, French dude made my crepe, etc). The illumination show at 9 PM was pretty cool. Is it true they are doing away with that?
But yeah, had a good time.
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Awesome post, thanks. We are staying at the regular resort. We have young kids so thanks for the tips on the pool. Have reservations for Cape May Cafe specifically for the crab legs so good to know it doesn't disappoint. Thanks again!
Duuuude...I think I polished off like 7 buckets of crab legs. You should not be disappointed.
no other info about the overlays were released but lets hope they are overall better than 2018's.....POC had an actor running around inside the ride and a few actors in the line. SM had the lights completely turned off (which I didn't mind). And Tea Cups had some new funky lighting and soundtrack, which was pretty cool.
There is zero chance that every fast pass in the MK was gone for the whole day. You can always snag a small world or a philharmagic fastpass.
I saw the crowd trackers for Spring Break this year and it was insane. No way I would expect anyone to enjoy themselves on weeks like that.
My friends obviously had poor planning, but I'm talking bigger picture you know. You can't just fly by the seat of your pants and drop in MK and have a fun day. It is what it is now.
No offense to your friends but from the outside it appears they were unprepared for what they were getting in to. What I do think is a fair question - should someone have to be so prepared for an amusement park visit where they are paying hundreds of dollars for a single day? Ideally no, but I do think people need to understand that going in. I'd argue that other than maybe the top 10% of days I could head to any park and have a good time. But I've been doing this for 17 years. Knowing what I know now plus what has changed over the years I would never recommend going to Disney to someone who hasn't spent a lot of time researching the trip - including weather, crowd calendars, special events going on, etc.
It's unfortunate what happened to your friends and those are the people who will probably hate Disney forever and think the rest of us are crazy. Any friend of family member of mine who brings it up I give them lots of warnings about planning and cost of trip.
I know I ##### about it, probably too much. Friends should have totally planned better, thats obvious.No offense to your friends but from the outside it appears they were unprepared for what they were getting in to. What I do think is a fair question - should someone have to be so prepared for an amusement park visit where they are paying hundreds of dollars for a single day? Ideally no, but I do think people need to understand that going in. I'd argue that other than maybe the top 10% of days I could head to any park and have a good time. But I've been doing this for 17 years. Knowing what I know now plus what has changed over the years I would never recommend going to Disney to someone who hasn't spent a lot of time researching the trip - including weather, crowd calendars, special events going on, etc.
It's unfortunate that it's that way and every trip I think it's our last but never is.
I hear you, if you were there 20 years ago, and happened to eat at Pecos Bills, I probably served you (probably not, but just go with me here.) The parks were def much different then and there were days I could walk through the parks and see only a handful of people. We only really got super busy during the holiday and typical vacation weeks. Flash even further back and my parents NEVER stayed on property, like ever and we never had a problem doing most everything.
We did eat at Pecos Bills! Would have been Jan 2002. We were the strung out kids that got more food from the salad bar than we ordered. We were all nice though.
I don't see a 5th park until they untangle the Marvel legal issues, and that's not happening any time soon. Even if they put shovels in the ground today, you are looking at 5 years at their current pace at best.
It’s funny - the planning has become one of my favorite parts.We did eat at Pecos Bills! Would have been Jan 2002. We were the strung out kids that got more food from the salad bar than we ordered. We were all nice though.
The super ultra planning involved gets me down. I know vacations are expensive now with kids. Its why we liked DL so much. we stayed 4 days, 2 park days...but we woke up and decided what we were going to do that day over coffee!
I'm done, carry on guys
Some people just aren't planners. They don't stand a chance at Disney regardless of whether they stay on or off resort.
I have no doubt it will be good but at some point it seems inevitable there will be a drop off. Granted I remember thinking the same when TS3 was announced.
It requires planning if you want to do it "right". Without planning you will miss the better rides, food, etc.
It really has come down to organizing in order to maximize the fun. For newbies, it sounds miserable. For most of us here, it is fun and what we look forward to the most. It is not as bad as it sounds once you know the premise of the fast pass system, how to use it and then how to ride the rides you dont have fastpassed.
I have been going to Disney World since the mid 70's. It is not even close to what it was in the 70's, 80's, 90's or even early 2000's.
Simply plan way ahead with fast passes for must do rides....the rest is all whatever you want to do. It is fun. Just know it is a ton of walking, standing and waiting in lines. But the kids love it. That is why we go.
Yes, you need to plan...no you don't need to be militant in order to have a really good time.
So DL is extremely different than DW.
Thanks for the feedback, glad to hear we don't have to sweat the dining reservations at DL like we do at WDW. I'll check out the restaurants you suggested.AcerFC said:
It's a challenge for most here in the most ###### up way you can imagine. We did Animal Kingdom today. I took my two oldest and we did everything in the park sans the stuff in dino land. The shows, the rides, everything. Even waited two hours at the end of the day to get on Avatar. We had done literally everything there by 5pm and they were game to stand in line, so we did. We did NOT wait around for the night time river light show thing...whatever it's called and we didn't have formal dining of any sort.
