RoseGold
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 21, 2020
I decided to take my family to experience Disney Christmas. I've never visited Disney in anything close to peak, so maybe this is what the holiday rush is always like.
From wheels down to WL was 2.75 hours!!! MCO is struggling, y'all. That's no checked bags. Couldn't figure out how to get to a gate, took forever to get the stroller, ME took forever, and then ME went OKW, SSR, Port Orleans, French Quarter, and THEN WL. Bye Mears, Uber next time! That threw the schedule and then kids were tired the next day. Also, I guess I have now finally been to where I own a significant amount of points, SSR.
I've never seen parks this crowded. No big deal, I'll pay Disney a few hundred bucks for G+, like I did at Halloween. I guess they changed the rules a few weeks ago, as now you can only hold one attraction at a time. I paid $15/head for Jingle Cruise, Pirates, Buzz, and Dumbo. Night and day difference from Halloween. Nothing was available, it was frustrating and expensive. I have now been to Disney nine times since 2018 and still have never ridden Slinky Dog. Most ILL$ were booked in the morning. We were able to pay for Snow White, so kids were happy with that. I have a PhD in Disney AND previously used G+ successfully, wanted to throw money at this, and even I couldn't figure this out.
While we paid $6 for one Smore (with blueberry marshmallows?) at the campfire, and there were some people complaining it wasn't "Disney at Christmas." I guess the entertainment is all closed still? Whatever that is, I'm sorry I missed it? Kids loved the decorations and the cavalcades and the smores and the gingerbread house in the GF lobby. They got to see Santa near the funnel cake place at MK. We got to go to Minnie's Holiday lunch at Hollywood & Vine. DVC was lovely. Rooms were immaculate and on time. Aside from Bell Services, no issues at all with DVC. Ended up leaving Owners Lockers in the hall again with a $5 because no one answered the phone. They're back at the warehouse, so I guess that worked. Park transportation was on point, which surprised me. Neve more than 10 minute wait for any buses, from bus dependent transportation. Much better than I expected. Disney is my happy place, and maybe the holiday rush was just too much for us.
From wheels down to WL was 2.75 hours!!! MCO is struggling, y'all. That's no checked bags. Couldn't figure out how to get to a gate, took forever to get the stroller, ME took forever, and then ME went OKW, SSR, Port Orleans, French Quarter, and THEN WL. Bye Mears, Uber next time! That threw the schedule and then kids were tired the next day. Also, I guess I have now finally been to where I own a significant amount of points, SSR.
I've never seen parks this crowded. No big deal, I'll pay Disney a few hundred bucks for G+, like I did at Halloween. I guess they changed the rules a few weeks ago, as now you can only hold one attraction at a time. I paid $15/head for Jingle Cruise, Pirates, Buzz, and Dumbo. Night and day difference from Halloween. Nothing was available, it was frustrating and expensive. I have now been to Disney nine times since 2018 and still have never ridden Slinky Dog. Most ILL$ were booked in the morning. We were able to pay for Snow White, so kids were happy with that. I have a PhD in Disney AND previously used G+ successfully, wanted to throw money at this, and even I couldn't figure this out.
While we paid $6 for one Smore (with blueberry marshmallows?) at the campfire, and there were some people complaining it wasn't "Disney at Christmas." I guess the entertainment is all closed still? Whatever that is, I'm sorry I missed it? Kids loved the decorations and the cavalcades and the smores and the gingerbread house in the GF lobby. They got to see Santa near the funnel cake place at MK. We got to go to Minnie's Holiday lunch at Hollywood & Vine. DVC was lovely. Rooms were immaculate and on time. Aside from Bell Services, no issues at all with DVC. Ended up leaving Owners Lockers in the hall again with a $5 because no one answered the phone. They're back at the warehouse, so I guess that worked. Park transportation was on point, which surprised me. Neve more than 10 minute wait for any buses, from bus dependent transportation. Much better than I expected. Disney is my happy place, and maybe the holiday rush was just too much for us.
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