Monday, August 25, 2014

Update on the New and Old experiences of our trip!


Sadly I wasn’t able to get on the site to give a quick update during the week because the wi-fi was being finicky, but here are my thoughts on our new and old experiences from our trip!

New things going to be experienced:

·         Traveling with just my sister- We ended up having an awesome time! There were ZERO quarrels which was pretty surprising if you ask me. Only once did I have to say “I’ll leave you behind if you don’t want to come!”

·         Be Our Guest (For lunch with FP+)- Pretty disappointing. I much prefer dinner here over lunch. The food was alright and even though we ordered our meals beforehand, we still had to go through the same process as those who hadn’t pre-ordered. It wasn’t the same without the Beast there either. I will definitely be sticking to dinner here from now on.

·         Switching hotels during our trip- Almost completely painless! I talked to the front desk of Old Key West the day before we had to switch hotels to figure out how we were supposed to get ourselves and all of our luggage from here to All Star Sports. The woman shocked me by saying that the bell service of the hotel will take your luggage there free of charge and just to make sure you had anything you needed because it didn’t happen until late afternoon. I was very impressed with this and over happy that we didn’t have to lug it all the way across Disney by ourselves. The only down side was getting ourselves to the resort. We had to take a bus from Old Key West to Hollywood Studios and then take a bus from Hollywood Studios to All Star Sports. Although it doesn’t seem bad, it ended up taking over an hour and a half to do so. Once we arrived at the resort our room wasn’t ready which was a bit of a downer, but we decided to head to Magic Kingdom and just come back later. Overall, not too bad.

·         Fantasmic Dinner Package- Wonderful choice! Absolutely loved not having to stand in the looooong standby line to get in, plus we had seating in the center of the theatre which is the best!

·         Keys to the Kingdom Park tour- One of my favorite parts of the whole trip! The tour was absolutely amazing. Of course it was the hottest day in Florida all summer so that was rough considering it was a 5 hour walking tour, but the tour guide truly helped in making sure we had time in shade and had plenty of water. I learned so many new things that I am still thinking about all the new facts and information.

·         Memory Maker- probably the best $150 I spent the whole trip. Not having to worry about having my camera out all the time and getting special magical shots was totally worth it. We ended up with over 200 pictures to download which was great. I would buy this again in a heartbeat.

·         Villains Unleashed- I hope they have this again next year! I loved the event, but we definitely learned a few things to do differently if we were to attend again another year. Being as we were up and in line to enter Animal Kingdom by 8:30 that morning, we were a bit tired once it was time for the event at Hollywood Studios beginning at 8pm. Being tired and really hot had a slight impact on the event, but we still enjoyed it and was able to meet all the characters that we wanted to.

 

Favorites that are being revisited:

·         Tusker House – I was a little sad to be rushed through the characters and eating, but otherwise the Characters were great and the food was very yummy!

·         Chef Mickey’s- AMAZING! Always love it here. Never disappoints.  

·         Celebrate the Magic/Wishes- Wonderful as always!!! J

Overall, we had an amazing time and I can’t wait to write up my trip report! Hopefully I’ll have that done by the end of the week!

 

Thanks for reading and have a MAGICAL day!

:)

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