HappyGrumpy
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 15, 2009
I am working a bit out of order on our slideshows. This link will be from day 2 WWR. I am working on our arrival day and the morning of Day 2 Hot Air Balloon Ride.
I want to tell you what I did not like about the trip as it is a shorter list:
#1)Wyoming Balloon Company: Their attitude for $600 was our balloon ride was that we had the longest of all the rides and that should have made up for any inconvienance with space. Bogus answer! if we had to do it again we would have skipped it. The only way it would be worth it is if ABD included it as a part of the trip and ABD required exclusivity of the morning. In other words no other words they would not be allowed to over book.
Again this was booked on our own and had nothing to do with ABD but for those of you who want to do it don't let them send you up crammed in like a sardine!!!
#2) Yellowstone allowed my Jr high science books to come to life however after the morning jaunt to see Old Faithful and then out to see the paint pots I would have been more than happy to mozzy on up to BLL! You can only see and smell that stuff but so much. It was VERY warm and to say our rooms were stuffy is putting it mildly. Everyone in our group had a very hard time sleeping. We even ended up with 2 fans and kept our shutters shut during the day as we had direct sunlight all day.
If I am going to be out sweating and enjoying the sights for the day, I want to come back to my nice cool room and be able to get out of the heat and cool off. Not going to happen at this place. They claim that they don't want to take away from the historical aspect of yellowstone with AC This is load of Bison Pooh!
They have a HUGE gift shop, webcam and plenty of smokers that leave a nice giant carbon footprint! Had we not had our Macbook Pro and season 2 of LOST with us it would have sucked even more. We decided that once is all we needed to see Yellowstone in that capacity. Again one night would have been plenty and a 3rd night at BLL would have been outstanding.
3)Playhouse experience was OK but food was average at best and we would have like to have had a different choice for dining.
PRO'S
1) LOVED LOVED LOVED the trip. The WWR and BLL and the Horseback Riding at BLL were AMAZING! The food Our Cabin and the atmosphere was just so amazing I am really lost for words. I saw and did things that I never would have done had I not gone on this trip. Our guides were fantastic and we had some very funny moments that left us all laughing till we cried! Wonderful people wonderful memories. As soon as we can find the funds we will do another ABD.
Here is the link hope you enjoy!
http://gallery.me.com/samashsound/100020
I want to tell you what I did not like about the trip as it is a shorter list:
#1)Wyoming Balloon Company: Their attitude for $600 was our balloon ride was that we had the longest of all the rides and that should have made up for any inconvienance with space. Bogus answer! if we had to do it again we would have skipped it. The only way it would be worth it is if ABD included it as a part of the trip and ABD required exclusivity of the morning. In other words no other words they would not be allowed to over book.
Again this was booked on our own and had nothing to do with ABD but for those of you who want to do it don't let them send you up crammed in like a sardine!!!
#2) Yellowstone allowed my Jr high science books to come to life however after the morning jaunt to see Old Faithful and then out to see the paint pots I would have been more than happy to mozzy on up to BLL! You can only see and smell that stuff but so much. It was VERY warm and to say our rooms were stuffy is putting it mildly. Everyone in our group had a very hard time sleeping. We even ended up with 2 fans and kept our shutters shut during the day as we had direct sunlight all day.
If I am going to be out sweating and enjoying the sights for the day, I want to come back to my nice cool room and be able to get out of the heat and cool off. Not going to happen at this place. They claim that they don't want to take away from the historical aspect of yellowstone with AC This is load of Bison Pooh!
They have a HUGE gift shop, webcam and plenty of smokers that leave a nice giant carbon footprint! Had we not had our Macbook Pro and season 2 of LOST with us it would have sucked even more. We decided that once is all we needed to see Yellowstone in that capacity. Again one night would have been plenty and a 3rd night at BLL would have been outstanding.
3)Playhouse experience was OK but food was average at best and we would have like to have had a different choice for dining.
PRO'S
1) LOVED LOVED LOVED the trip. The WWR and BLL and the Horseback Riding at BLL were AMAZING! The food Our Cabin and the atmosphere was just so amazing I am really lost for words. I saw and did things that I never would have done had I not gone on this trip. Our guides were fantastic and we had some very funny moments that left us all laughing till we cried! Wonderful people wonderful memories. As soon as we can find the funds we will do another ABD.
Here is the link hope you enjoy!
http://gallery.me.com/samashsound/100020
