(& Monorails!)
Similar to my trip report from last year, I’m presenting mine as a top ten list. I have a tendency to get verbose in my writing, and this format forces me to be concise. For the record, we stayed at the Polynesian from 8/6 – 8/12 and had a fabulous time. Here goes:
2003 Top 10 WDW Insights
10. Go to Blizzard Beach in the morning when it’s raining. You’re there to get wet anyway, and the crowds are non-existent (we walked on to Teamboat Springs twice and waited all of 10 minutes for Summit Plummet).
9. Don’t leave a half-filled pressed penny book by a game at Moana Mickey’s Arcade. Within 30 minutes, it may get stolen (and make a 6-year old boy very unhappy).
8. Auntie Claire at the 50’s Prime Time Café is one of (if not, the) most entertaining waitress you’ll ever encounter. Scott at the Crystal Palace provides the best service.
7. One of the traditional Polynesian dances at the Luau must be a rain dance (it poured during the third act, but the show went on!).
6. If you leave the kids at the Neverland Club (which they will adore), you will be able to have a quiet, romantic meal at the Kona Café without being interrupted every two minutes with requests (“Can we go on Space Mountain?”) and statements (“I’m going to show Mickey my watch!”).
5. The Paint-and-Eat Troll Cookies at Akershus are a kid favorite.
4. If you ride up-front on the monorail, the kids get an official “monorail co-pilot” card. The question is: where’s the card for the adults???
3. If it rains during your FastPass return time for Test Track, you can still use the FastPasses two days later.
2. Spirit Airlines’ pilots will good-naturedly reassure your 8-year old that they indeed will not be flying too close to the sun.
1. If simulators and/or spinning rides make you dizzy, you will find riding Mission:Space to be an unpleasant physical experience (make no mistake, I think the attraction has an unquestionable “wow” factor and is extremely well done – and I was able to walk-on in the Single Riders Line - but I will never ride it again).
Similar to my trip report from last year, I’m presenting mine as a top ten list. I have a tendency to get verbose in my writing, and this format forces me to be concise. For the record, we stayed at the Polynesian from 8/6 – 8/12 and had a fabulous time. Here goes:
2003 Top 10 WDW Insights
10. Go to Blizzard Beach in the morning when it’s raining. You’re there to get wet anyway, and the crowds are non-existent (we walked on to Teamboat Springs twice and waited all of 10 minutes for Summit Plummet).
9. Don’t leave a half-filled pressed penny book by a game at Moana Mickey’s Arcade. Within 30 minutes, it may get stolen (and make a 6-year old boy very unhappy).
8. Auntie Claire at the 50’s Prime Time Café is one of (if not, the) most entertaining waitress you’ll ever encounter. Scott at the Crystal Palace provides the best service.
7. One of the traditional Polynesian dances at the Luau must be a rain dance (it poured during the third act, but the show went on!).
6. If you leave the kids at the Neverland Club (which they will adore), you will be able to have a quiet, romantic meal at the Kona Café without being interrupted every two minutes with requests (“Can we go on Space Mountain?”) and statements (“I’m going to show Mickey my watch!”).
5. The Paint-and-Eat Troll Cookies at Akershus are a kid favorite.
4. If you ride up-front on the monorail, the kids get an official “monorail co-pilot” card. The question is: where’s the card for the adults???
3. If it rains during your FastPass return time for Test Track, you can still use the FastPasses two days later.
2. Spirit Airlines’ pilots will good-naturedly reassure your 8-year old that they indeed will not be flying too close to the sun.
1. If simulators and/or spinning rides make you dizzy, you will find riding Mission:Space to be an unpleasant physical experience (make no mistake, I think the attraction has an unquestionable “wow” factor and is extremely well done – and I was able to walk-on in the Single Riders Line - but I will never ride it again).
