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Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jun 25, 2014
All Star Sports 7/3/14 to 7/10/14
In no particular order:
I want to go back RIGHT NOW!!!
I'll add more if I think of anything.
In no particular order:
- Biggest pet peeve - Disney, you are a multi-billion dollar corporation. You couldnt have created a MagicBand system that worked whether its upside down, rightside up, sideways, a foot away or whatever? Seriously? The whole trip i watched people have to be told to exactly match up the Mickey's. Being a computer saavy/programmer guy myself, they should have made it so the system could read the chip from any angle. Ridiculous.
- Ohana is excellent. I was worried after reading reviews from those who said it has changed and went downhill. If it was better before, then I'm blown away. It was the best meal of the trip.
- Portobello's was awful and probably one of the worst meals i've had in a long time. The worst PIZZA i've ever had and that includes Chuck-E-Cheese.
- The massive renovations in downtown Disney will be awesome for the future but SUCKS for those going now. Takes away from the whole atmosphere by the river. Oh well. Here's to the future I suppose
- I liked Fastpasses the way they were when they were first introduced. You went up to the ride, and grabbed a fastpass from the machine. The CM's blocking the standby line to let fastpass people go through is just annoying. Let the lines merge naturally like they used to in the "olden" (lol) days.
- Did the Luau. Had to laugh at all the reviews calling it "corny". It's no more corny than every single Disney show on property. Food isn't amazing but it was a fun time. That bread pudding dessert was amazing.
- I was disappointed that the "Cool Zone" or whatever it is called in Epcot is no longer FREEZING inside! This is my first trip to Disney in 9 years so obviously things change, but when I last went I remember an icy look to the outside and it being soooo cold inside. Now its just another store. Oh well.
- Disney sent us a cooler bag with our family name embroidered on it and popcorn, apples, candy, rice krispie treats, water, etc inside. Do they do this for everyone? I dont remember this last time.
- We brought out 8 month old little girl and still had a blast -- for all those wondering whether you can bring a baby to Disney and still have fun. YES!
- Our "preferred" room at All Star Sports was about as far back as some non-preferred rooms. I could throw a baseball to the hoops hotel from our room.
- For us, the resort drink cup was WORTH IT. We got about 25 drinks out of that for $17.99
- Dining is officially a WASTE OF MONEY. Sorry for those who already payed it. The math shows it, and now the actual experience does. We had 7 adults for 7 nights. It would have been $3,038 for us on the dining plan with 1 snack, 1 counter service, and 1 sit down each day. We passed, and got 2 appetizers, an entree, and dessert each at every sit down meal (dinner). We ordered to our hearts content for counter service including drinks and desert. We ate at Ohana, Portobellos, Luau, T-Rex, Grand Floridian Cafe, End Zone Food Court, and Hoop Dee Doo Revue. Total spent: $2600 ... and we hate more and had appetizers etc. If we stuck to the dining plan rules, we probably would had saved A TON more.
- By the 3rd day I officially wished we did the Memory Maker -- just would have been so much easier than finding someone to take our group pic every time and teaching them how to work the phone etc.
- It was extremely busy and all 3 all-stars were at near capacity from what I heard, however busses were never an issue. The mantra of Music and Movies being 2nd and last on the stops is way, way, way, way, way overblown. If youre going to MK or Epcot you wont EVER share a bus with another resort. If youre going somewhere like Downtown or Blizzard Beach where only 10 people from each resort are going at one time, then you *may* share a bus but it wont matter because so few people want to go at one time.
- Curious why they dont use extended busses for popular parks like MK and Epcot?
I want to go back RIGHT NOW!!!
I'll add more if I think of anything.