Thank you all so much for reading along! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
I just wanted to share a few final thoughts.
Magicbands- I think the concept of the bands and having easy access to your room, tickets, FP, PP, dining plan, etc. is good, I just think they needed to work a few more of the bugs out before they rolled them out for testing. I know the issues we had were minor, but some people are having big problems that are really impacting their vacations, and that is a shame. Hopefully, they will have all the bugs worked out by the time we return in June. We did not find them uncomfortable, and in fact, we both felt kind of naked when we took them off while waiting for DME. I could not get mine to fit right without making it the child size. I know it is a little nitpicky, but I liked the way it looked with the edging on it, and mine didn't end up with it because I had to peel it off to make it fit! The only thing that really bothered me about the testing while we were there was the lack of knowledge by the CMs of what testing was taking place. It seemed like none of them knew that Pop guests would not have a KTTW and treated us as if we were stupid when we said we didn't have one!
PhotoPass- I preordered the CD, and overall, I was pleased with the photos we got. I was not, however, impressed with the photographers. We had to really hunt for them this time to be sure we had enough to make it worthwhile to have preordered. And when we did find them, they just kind of stared at you like they had no idea why you would be approaching them! It was really weird! I did like that numerous ride pics magically appeared in our account! Unfortunately, the two I would have really liked, EE and ToT, were the only two that didn't show up. I'm guessing this was happening in preparation for the new Memory Makers!?!
Dining Plan- It was nice that it was "free" this trip, but I don't think we will be using it again for our immediate family. It is just too much food, and my kids are picky enough that it just won't work well for us. We will be getting it in June, only because my parents are paying for the majority of the trip, and it is easier to keep track of 11 people that way!
Child free trips- We had an incredible time, but I think this will be our last one without the kids until they are grown and out on their own! There were just too many times we were saying "_____ would like this" or "_____ would really enjoy riding this", etc. It was different on our 2008 trip because the kids were still little and we were able to ride things that they were too small for or too scared of, now they are big enough and brave enough to ride whatever they want. It makes a big difference! We didn't experience several attractions (It's Tough to be a Bug, Nemo, etc) because Brian kept saying it would make him miss the kids too much! He's such a softie!!
Camera- While I am pleased with the overall quality of the pics I was able to take, my point and shoot was really frustrating me this trip with the lag time between taking one pic and being able to take another! If anyone has any suggestions for a better point and shoot or an entry level DSLR, I would love to hear them!
Once again, thanks for reading and join me again for my TR after our June Dream cruise and WDW trip!
The only bright side was that the indoor Christmas decorations had gone up!
