Recent content by bwr827

Sports is just fine as others have pointed out. I’ll add: use some of your $$ saved to pay for a few uber rides back to the hotel (not from MK due to the TTC). Skipping the bus when you’re tired is a great move.

When did you last ride the riverboat at Magic Kingdom?

Silly perspective born of cynicism. If it were true, the care and attention to detail would be nowhere near what we’re seeing.

This new update sounds amazing! I’m excited to experience this. Really impressed. Two things stand out to me: 1. Bringing new attractions to replace has-been stuff. 2. Keeping or even improving on the aesthetic quality of the area.

I’m no expert but these seem like two very different kinds of construction, with one obviously far more specialized than the other.

We avoided it on our first family trip based on park enthusiasts’ opinions. Glad we actually tried it recently, as it was fun and well worth the 10-minute wait. Only complaint I had was the odd aesthetic design that has the seating looking like it’s constructed from raw plywood.

There is more to the bubble, starting with the actual bubble. The outside world disappears, in my experience. But we do give up quality of accommodation in order to afford it, sadly.

I’ve done Gringotts 30+ times with my family. It’s our fav Harry Potter ride after Hagrid’s. Convinced my son to try The Mummy with me once. I thought it was cool and surprising, and he thought it was a one and done. (Obviously not a majority opinion.) So, Gringotts wins for us.

Hagrid’s has a spike.

Using a sample size of one family (ha), on our recent trip I estimate we shifted ~90% of our Lightning Lane spending directly from dining.

Better to lecture through vague one-liners, right? On Mufasa, what I’ve seen here is expectations it would bomb, unfulfilled by a more positive and interesting result. Which led inevitably to shifting goal posts.

I don’t think that’s in question. It’s the intent behind staffing/capacity/estimates being argued — that it’s all intentional to sell more Lightning Lanes. If I’m running a store and expecting a slow day, I’ll schedule fewer clerks.

That would make way more sense! My brain got stuck on cherry.

Universal is objectively hit-or-miss with attractions. Hagrid’s and Velocicoaster are awesome, while they also have stinkers like F&F and Minion Blast. I’m more excited about walking around Nintendo land than I am to ride Mario Kart. I wish they had developed a more exciting attraction...

While I think this is crazy, if I had 5x more wealth I’d probably buy it. And I know there are plenty of people who have a boatload more wealth these days. One thing that’s clear at WDW is that time and convenience are precious commodities.