Disneymaddness
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 6, 2003
I love winter, but I've had enough this year.
I don't love winter so I have REALLY had enough this year. LOL! This is what I need!
I love winter, but I've had enough this year.
I don't love winter so I have REALLY had enough this year. LOL! This is what I need!
Just returned from our magical trip. Weather was very up and down. FP+ was good, not needed some times. Tour groups were are biggest problem.
Memory maker worked great as well as magic bands.
Welcome back! Any other tips or tricks for some of us that haven't gone yet?
Shughamster - Were you out on the lagoon for that marvelous fireworks photo?
Hi everyone!
I just got back yesterday. Bummer. We had a great trip.
If you are early risers and plan to hit the parks early in the morning I would definitely save yor fast passes for the afternoon or evening.
In th MK most rides were easy to get on before 10 or 1030 but after that it was crazy at times. During the main part of the day Peter Pan would be anywhere from 40 minutes to 70'. The worst wait time I saw was for thunder mountain for 120 minutes!!! With Splah Mountain closed it is putting more riders on thunder mountain
Even the fast pass line was crazy heading down the walkway almost to the bridge . But it was only 20.-25 minute wait but that was with a fast pass
In my experience, rope drop is important. Wait times are much lower in the morning.
FP+ for the afternoon. Wear comfortable shoes and bring rain ponchos.
Do you have any questions?
Got some nice pictures too.
just back from 10 day trip, 2/8-2/18 Lots of fun, many good things and a few not so good. First 7 nights were at FQ, our 2nd stay. We are usually deluxe people but wanted to try a mod back in May, and were happy w/ POFQ. Still loved the resort, but did NOT love sharing EVERY bus with Riverside! We never shared in May but, this being their "slow time" buses are shared. :
just back from 10 day trip, 2/8-2/18 Lots of fun, many good things and a few not so good. First 7 nights were at FQ, our 2nd stay. We are usually deluxe people but wanted to try a mod back in May, and were happy w/ POFQ. Still loved the resort, but did NOT love sharing EVERY bus with Riverside! We never shared in May but, this being their "slow time" buses are shared. Very frustrating. Also wasn't as thrilled with food court this time. Last 3 nights were at AOA in LM room, my request since I'm the only girl in the family and don't often get to do girly things lol Theming is incredible! Walk to main bldg./pool.......yes, 6 minutes, so not bad the first day or so, but then gets old. Also not bad first thing in the morning, but we were over it by the afternoon of day 2. However bus service was much better than at FQ. Buses seemed to come extremely often, one after the other for the same park. And HS and EPCOT are very short bus rides away. Also food court is very organized and food selection is better than FQ/R. Won't go much into MB/FP+ except to say we had one MB issue that sent us to GR at EPCOT for an hour which didn't sit well with DH, but we were given 4 anytime FP's for EPCOT and 4 for HS as we had made our 3 FP's for there for later in the day, so that made it better to deal with. FP+ wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be but it definitely changes the way we do things, will change our future trips, and I much prefer FP-. We tried 5 new restaurants, all were good! Two that we will definitely return to are Brown Derby and Sanaa. Hope all you Feb. people who are there or heading down soon have magical trips!
In Clearwater Beach at the moment after 10 days at POR. Was with my dad for his 50th birthday trip from Scotland. One question though - is it always so busy in February? We booked thinking that it would be a quiet time of year to go. The HS National Cheerleading (nice to look at I suppose) wasn't anticipated, but even as we were leaving, 90 minute lines for Soarin' etc. daily, I didn't get it at all! Love the new app/FP+ integration, and I can't recommend the dining plan highly enough. Got some nice pictures too.
We were at PORFQ the same time you were --Feb 9-16 but We only shared a bus with POR twice. Once for MK and the other near the end of the night from Downtown Disney
It is funny how that worked out. I guess we were lucky and must have been going at odd times or different parks.
Did you go swimming? We went two days. The little golf cart ride was quick and fun. It gave me a chance to visit with the cast members. We walked back once and the walk was enjoyable. I wish I was back there now and taking a walk
Funny you and middlesista had totally different experiences than we did! Seriously though, we shared EVERY time, except for one morning when we went to MK and the bus completely filled up at FQ. And yes middlesista, the waits were longer than when we were at FQ May of 2013. Different at AOA though, buses came so quick and they had the double-busses for MK - first time I've seen them. But as I said the trip was still great. Since we're normally at BWV and can walk to 2 parks, we were using the busses more than usual, so add that to the sharing and it just wasn't our finest hour transportation wise lol. We did go swimming but not until we got to AOA. We tried to spend more time in the parks at the beginning of our trip, before the Presidents Weekend crowd came in, then relaxed more after the 15th. Kids loved the pools at AOA I was afraid they'd miss having a slide but they were just happy to swim! Glad you enjoyed your trip, mdsouth! I noticed your ticker......are you already planning a Feb. 2015 trip?