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It’s not bad for a gift shop. I thought the old decor was fine. I hope this isn’t a sign of things to come for the whole lobby, because I won’t be loving it on a large scale.

No doubt. There is no way these resorts are anywhere near full. There’s more elbow room everywhere than there has been in years. It’s like an off season trip from a decade ago (when May and September were actual off seasons). I remember when I came the last week of June 2022 the parks and...

I do remember that, but I’ve not noticed a portion reduction anywhere else I’ve eaten on property, so this stood out. Buffets are one thing, but portions haven’t seemed significantly smaller at table service restaurants where you order an entree, and QS seems the same as ever. Picture a single...

Breakfast was equally awful. The service was dismal and the portions were laughably tiny once again, and we had the same issue with asking for refills and not receiving them. The food was fine, just no luck getting it. The server and helper kept coming back to top off the POG juice but it was...

Been here since last Friday and while wait times for rides are not low, the parks and resorts are overall MUCH less crowded than they’ve been on any of my trips since Covid (October ‘21, June ‘22, and April ‘23). There’s a marked difference everywhere. Low to no waits for QS (walk up, not...

I have zero experience with the other hotels you’re considering, but I stayed one night at the Drury last week and would happily stay there again. Still very new, and clean as a whistle. The free breakfast and evening kickback were crowded but offered tons of options (and I didn’t feel the hotel...

Exactly. Book twice for 4. You’ll need two separate MDE accounts to accomplish this. I log in under my account on one device, and my sister’s account on another device. Then when you check in at the podium, ask to be seated at one table. I’ve had like a 95% success rate of being seated together...

I’ve had dinner at Ohana at least 10 times in the past decade. Even chose it for my wedding night dinner in 2021. The menu has never returned to pre-2020 levels of greatness, but still always pretty damn good and a must-do for us. Last night, however, was a different story. The food was as...

I get this. My trip is 6/22 to 6/29 and if it wasn’t going to open, like, *now*, then I’m a little relieved to hear about the 6/28 opening date.

YC is my forever favorite and go-to resort, but I stayed at BW last July. We had daily rainstorms, and the thing I missed the most about YC was everything being under one roof. At BW you have to trek out to the boardwalk for everything; YC is more compact, and it’s a quick indoor walk to the...

I like Mouskepros. $6 a month, unlimited searches, text alerts. It’s gotten me everything I want my past two trips, and that’s with a party of 10, so I’m looking for two tables every time. It doesn’t really blow up until a week or so before my trip, and then the alerts go crazy as people...

Last October I took a bench while my kids went to ride Mission Space. A family — mom, dad, grandma, 2 young kids, and a baby in a stroller — stop on the path maybe 15 feet away from me and start loudly arguing. Grandma was drunk and obnoxious, and was refusing to let go of the stroller handle...

Agreed. I thought the food was great at Connections and it’ll be a must-do now. The decor is blah but the lines moved and everyone really liked what they ordered.

I can’t wait to hear more about the “new recreation and dining options.” The Poly is always a crowded cluster as it is, between guests and visitors who are just there to eat and drink. I have a feeling they’re going to add a quiet pool and a snack bar to the new tower, if even that, and that’s...

The area with rooms overlooking the YC quiet pool and tennis courts were being worked on in November when I was there. Not the most beautiful thing to look at, but there was never any real noise from it. It wasn’t intrusive at all.

I appreciate both perspectives here. If I had to do it all over again, I’m not sure I’d be as forthcoming, because it bit me big time. It was aggravating seeing kids I know were on vacations entering and leaving the school today. When the school nurse and principal called me today in response...

Oh, don’t get me started. My 12 year old was considered fully vaccinated this past Thursday, while we were in Disney World. I’m from NJ and we, like half the state, took advantage of Jersey Week plus a few extra days. I was honest with the school that we were going on vacation, but found out...

I had a real internal struggle over vaccinating my 3 kids. I jumped at my own chance to get vaccinated in March, and forced my Fox News loving fiancé to get his at the same time. But while my oldest 2 boys were eligible all along, my youngest didn’t turn 12 until late August, so I took a wait...

Love this report! I laughed out loud at “just meandering anywhere we wanted, like carefree Disney tourists in the 1980s or something”. So true.

You’ve got people in every state that refuse to get vaccinated and/or wear masks, and Delta is ripping through children and younger people more than Alpha ever did. I don’t think the Northeast is reversing course so much as altering the course. I don’t doubt the Northeast will have a spike soon...