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<font color=darkorchid>I am embracing the Turkey B
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2005
Well after almost not going, we managed a Pop 7 day trip in August. I have never stayed value except one night at All Stars prior to a stay at Boardwalk.
I didn’t make any room requests. We left it to chance. It was myself and 3 of my kids aged 16-25.
The good
We arrived and were put in building 10 70’s. Told us to park in 70’s. Which was about 100 miles to our room. We discovered parking in the 90’s lot got us way closer to our building. Also going through the front put us very close to the lobby. So all in all not a bad spot.
Our room was way nicer than I expected. The organization between hooks and cubbies made us feel like there was plenty of space. Pull down bed was also nice as we could put it up to get more room in the morning rush. Beds were comfy and shower was good. All in all I liked it! Did I miss my boardwalk balcony? No not really this was an all day park kind of trip.
Skyliner is the bonus. I was an early naysayer on the microwaves of travel. But I was swayed. Getting on that thing early morning to get to Epcot was the best perk of this stay. Entering through the back of the park put us practically on Remy. Fantastic!
We used it to hop over to Riviera to grab food. Worked great almost all the time- more on the not so great below.
The not so great
Skyliner and rain
We were told by several CM’s that if it rains there will be buses up front in Epcot as well as in back at the beach club.
Yeah not so much. Oneevening after dinner at Via Napoli we came out to pouring rain. We put on our ponchos and walked to the international gateway expecting to hop on a bus at the beach club. Wrong! Buses only out front. Which at the end of the night in the rain seemed like 10000 miles away. We waited about 20 minutes in line for a bus with hundreds of other poppers.
And now the ugly or what is that in the pool?
Quick trip to the pool turned into a really quick trip to the pool. Thankfully we were sitting in chairs when we heard the whistle.
“Everybody out of the pool”
Then a net appeared with a big plastic bag. They scooped it out into the bag and threw everything including the net- away!
Met a very funny lifeguard though that would not confirm the incident wink wink.
But hey that can happen at any pool. Not Pop’s fault. And they handled it swiftly if not discretely.
So bottom line. Would I stay again?
YES!
Thanks to the value we were able to Genie+ and score a Space220 lounge meal!
I didn’t make any room requests. We left it to chance. It was myself and 3 of my kids aged 16-25.
The good
We arrived and were put in building 10 70’s. Told us to park in 70’s. Which was about 100 miles to our room. We discovered parking in the 90’s lot got us way closer to our building. Also going through the front put us very close to the lobby. So all in all not a bad spot.
Our room was way nicer than I expected. The organization between hooks and cubbies made us feel like there was plenty of space. Pull down bed was also nice as we could put it up to get more room in the morning rush. Beds were comfy and shower was good. All in all I liked it! Did I miss my boardwalk balcony? No not really this was an all day park kind of trip.
Skyliner is the bonus. I was an early naysayer on the microwaves of travel. But I was swayed. Getting on that thing early morning to get to Epcot was the best perk of this stay. Entering through the back of the park put us practically on Remy. Fantastic!
We used it to hop over to Riviera to grab food. Worked great almost all the time- more on the not so great below.
The not so great
Skyliner and rain
We were told by several CM’s that if it rains there will be buses up front in Epcot as well as in back at the beach club.
Yeah not so much. Oneevening after dinner at Via Napoli we came out to pouring rain. We put on our ponchos and walked to the international gateway expecting to hop on a bus at the beach club. Wrong! Buses only out front. Which at the end of the night in the rain seemed like 10000 miles away. We waited about 20 minutes in line for a bus with hundreds of other poppers.
And now the ugly or what is that in the pool?
Quick trip to the pool turned into a really quick trip to the pool. Thankfully we were sitting in chairs when we heard the whistle.
“Everybody out of the pool”
Then a net appeared with a big plastic bag. They scooped it out into the bag and threw everything including the net- away!
Met a very funny lifeguard though that would not confirm the incident wink wink.
But hey that can happen at any pool. Not Pop’s fault. And they handled it swiftly if not discretely.
So bottom line. Would I stay again?
YES!
Thanks to the value we were able to Genie+ and score a Space220 lounge meal!