We are in SC for the night. Driving the rest of the way home tomorrow.
A quick recap of my trip:
Good:
Magic Bands! Loved them! DS had some issue getting into the MK yesterday, but that was the only time we had any problems with them.
POP food court. Despite rumblings of discontent on the POP thread, I found plenty of good choices for our meals there, and didn't even get to the bakery cases!
Walking around POP and AoA. Fun!
Concierge. Very helpful in changing out some FP+ for me when the website wouldn't cooperate.
Buses. So convenient! Parked my car and didn't get back in it until this morning. Longest wait was probably 20 minutes, and that was at Epcot in the afternoon.
1900 Park Fare breakfast. Good food, lots of choices, and the Mad Hatter was hilarious! Also, this was the only restaurant to recognize our birthdays. We were given 4 mini-cupcakes to take on the road with us.
Not-so-good:
Our preferred pool-view room at POP. Many people still in the pool having a very raucous time well after midnight, and one night until 3am! We could hear them like we were right beside them. I paid extra for that?! If I stayed at POP again I would choose 50's building 1.
FP+ viewing location for Wishes. We would have had a better view if we had stayed at our FP+ MSEP viewing spot. I would have stayed there if DD didn't say she had to go potty.
Not enough communication from the CM checking us in. I should have asked more questions, but I guess I thought I could figure out the parking and luggage thing, but it would have been nice to know where to find the bellhops. We lugged most of the stuff to our rooms ourselves, but we were tired, hot, and sweaty by the time I found the bellhops standing around.
Plaza dinner. Good food, but I ordered a $3 Sprite for DS10, and he barely touched it. I asked if we could take it to go, and our waiter said they didn't have to-go cups. Don't know why he couldn't have just poured it in a kids cup.
DS got sick on our last day, poor thing. I'm suspecting Strep, but it could be ear infection. He also has blisters between his toes on one of his feet. If our vacation had been any longer he wouldn't have made it.
Our Mousekeeper was not a creative one. No towel animals for us.
. We did have Blanca one day, and she rearranged the kids' toys in the window and left a sweet note. Not a big thing.
It looks like I have more negatives than positives, but I don't feel that way at all! It was a good trip, our last hurrah of summer. I can say I have been to Disney in August and survived.
Did I mention I loved the MagicBands?!