Haley R
DIS Veteran
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- Sep 3, 2017
We just got back from our week long trip. It was just Dh and I and we were there 10/23-10/30. Here are my thoughts on the trip:
A week was way too long to do just Disney. We’ve stayed for a week before, but did sea world and discovery cove with Disney. We just wanted to be at home relaxing the entire trip. When people ask about the trip I’m going to try to be positive and not mention it but we just felt stressed for most of the vacation. The crowds were heavy most days and people were very rude. I heard too many parents yelling at their kids and kids screaming about wanting to go home or back to the hotel.
We did extra magic hours last night at mk and ended up leaving because it was pointless. Lines for everything were ridiculously long because cms were scanning every single person and often times the system wouldn’t work. Then every time someone asked a question the cm had to stop scanning. Haunted mansion said 15 minutes but we waited that long just to be scanned. We got to the front of the line for scanning and she stopped for a good 5-10 minutes so we just left. We went two years ago to emh and the park stayed open until 2 am. We were able to ride BTMR like 12 times. I know things are changing but Disney might need to figure out something else with them adding so many buildings which in turn allows a lot more people to come to emh.
The Halloween parties were pretty fun but standing in line for characters took up most of the party, which was our choice so not Disney’s fault at all. We just realized that trick or treating was so much more fun then waiting in line for the characters.
The prices for things at the food and wine festival were a little ridiculous. There were maybe one or two things that were worth what they charged for the portions we got. I like f&g a lot more than f&w.
We stayed at pop and beach club. Pop would’ve been fine but our neighbors were terrible. Again not Disney’s fault but back to how people were rude and inconsiderate. Beach club was pretty nice. We switched rooms from our first standard room which was the LAST room from the elevator and our magic bands didn’t work even though they tried 2-3 times. It was a lot of walking back and forth. Our second room was much better until we heard the beeping of something backing up in the morning at 6 am (we were right above the car port). It just seemed a little silly to pay $400/night for that experience but we knew that going in. The pool was fantastic and we spent the majority of our time in the sand pool where kids were making sand castles lol. It was really nice to be able to walk to Epcot.
Rides broke down quite often and it always seemed to be something we had a fp for so we got stuck in long fp lines. We also had a fp for BTMR yesterday and splash broke so guess where all of those people went to use their fp. The line went all the way down to the fp entrance. It happened at rnrc and a couple of other rides as well. For some reason it seemed like a lot more rides were breaking down this trip than we’ve experienced before.
We were very disappointed in the merchandise being sold out when we arrived. We weren’t able to get either of the popcorn buckets (oogie or cauldron), the green apple stein, the party pins were all gone. Luckily I bought a Halloween magic band before the trip because I didn’t see any of those on the trip. The party t shirt was limited in sizing available. It just seemed like a lot of things to be gone. I emailed guest services just to let them know we weren’t very happy and their response was to look on the Disney shop app for items to buy....obviously that doesn’t help me lol.
Overall, the trip was okay. It was nice to be away from home but at the same time we often found ourselves saying we wished we were at home relaxing with our cats. We will be taking a break from wdw for a little while to do and see other things. I never thought I would say that but unfortunately that’s how we feel.
If you read all the way through this thanks! I know it was a lot.
ETA: I forgot to mention something else. There were SO many people from England. Is there a large fall break going on there? I honestly think 70% of the people there had an English accent. It was crazy! They were all very friendly and polite but I was surprised.
A week was way too long to do just Disney. We’ve stayed for a week before, but did sea world and discovery cove with Disney. We just wanted to be at home relaxing the entire trip. When people ask about the trip I’m going to try to be positive and not mention it but we just felt stressed for most of the vacation. The crowds were heavy most days and people were very rude. I heard too many parents yelling at their kids and kids screaming about wanting to go home or back to the hotel.
We did extra magic hours last night at mk and ended up leaving because it was pointless. Lines for everything were ridiculously long because cms were scanning every single person and often times the system wouldn’t work. Then every time someone asked a question the cm had to stop scanning. Haunted mansion said 15 minutes but we waited that long just to be scanned. We got to the front of the line for scanning and she stopped for a good 5-10 minutes so we just left. We went two years ago to emh and the park stayed open until 2 am. We were able to ride BTMR like 12 times. I know things are changing but Disney might need to figure out something else with them adding so many buildings which in turn allows a lot more people to come to emh.
The Halloween parties were pretty fun but standing in line for characters took up most of the party, which was our choice so not Disney’s fault at all. We just realized that trick or treating was so much more fun then waiting in line for the characters.
The prices for things at the food and wine festival were a little ridiculous. There were maybe one or two things that were worth what they charged for the portions we got. I like f&g a lot more than f&w.
We stayed at pop and beach club. Pop would’ve been fine but our neighbors were terrible. Again not Disney’s fault but back to how people were rude and inconsiderate. Beach club was pretty nice. We switched rooms from our first standard room which was the LAST room from the elevator and our magic bands didn’t work even though they tried 2-3 times. It was a lot of walking back and forth. Our second room was much better until we heard the beeping of something backing up in the morning at 6 am (we were right above the car port). It just seemed a little silly to pay $400/night for that experience but we knew that going in. The pool was fantastic and we spent the majority of our time in the sand pool where kids were making sand castles lol. It was really nice to be able to walk to Epcot.
Rides broke down quite often and it always seemed to be something we had a fp for so we got stuck in long fp lines. We also had a fp for BTMR yesterday and splash broke so guess where all of those people went to use their fp. The line went all the way down to the fp entrance. It happened at rnrc and a couple of other rides as well. For some reason it seemed like a lot more rides were breaking down this trip than we’ve experienced before.
We were very disappointed in the merchandise being sold out when we arrived. We weren’t able to get either of the popcorn buckets (oogie or cauldron), the green apple stein, the party pins were all gone. Luckily I bought a Halloween magic band before the trip because I didn’t see any of those on the trip. The party t shirt was limited in sizing available. It just seemed like a lot of things to be gone. I emailed guest services just to let them know we weren’t very happy and their response was to look on the Disney shop app for items to buy....obviously that doesn’t help me lol.
Overall, the trip was okay. It was nice to be away from home but at the same time we often found ourselves saying we wished we were at home relaxing with our cats. We will be taking a break from wdw for a little while to do and see other things. I never thought I would say that but unfortunately that’s how we feel.
If you read all the way through this thanks! I know it was a lot.
ETA: I forgot to mention something else. There were SO many people from England. Is there a large fall break going on there? I honestly think 70% of the people there had an English accent. It was crazy! They were all very friendly and polite but I was surprised.
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