Just back from one of the best trips ever. Stayed 3 nights at Poly, 4 at Beach Club, 4 at W-Lodge. Hadn't stayed at Poly in 10 years, forgot how truely wonderful this resort is, the new pool and slide are great. First time at Beach Club, beautifully decorated room, one of the newly refurbished, water view room looking straight at Boardwalk, great night time view. Storm Along Bay is the best resort pool no question. Finished up at the Lodge as is our tradition every trip, our all time favorite resort, 6th time we have stayed there. Courtyard view room looking towards the MK, right over the pool. This place is the best on the property.
June 4- Land at 6:00 PM, rented rag top Sebring, drove off in a torential downpour. Arrive about 7:30 PM at Poly, rain stopped. Checkin, get 7 day park hopper. Take a dip and then off to Fantasia Golf (another 1st night tradition), no crowd at all. Back to Poly for another dip
June 5 - First day to AK, arrived early, very low crowd. Had 10:00 PS for Restaurantosaurus, castmember was at entrance offering immediate seating, went for it, done eating by 9:30, average buffet, lots of character time. Straight to Dinosaur, little line but ride is down. Waited about 10 minutes, CM informs they do not know when ride will operate, stood around for another minute and ride opens. Fast passed coming off ride and straight to P-Whirl, first time ride, good coaster/not great. Back to Dino for 2nd ride, my son really likes this ride. Went to Safari expecting the worst, only 15 minute wait for standby. Did everything else and was back at Dino for a third ride by 5:00 PM. Back to Poly for swim and off to DD for 7:30 PS at Fultons, great meal. PI looked very crowded with Gay week guests. Walked DD and back to Poly for late dip. The more I go to AK the more I like it.
June 6- Off to MK for 8:20 PS at Crystal Palace, good buffet, sparse crowd, lots of open tables. Overall low crowd at MK, very little wait time on all attractions, still used fast pass for Space and Splash mountain. Rode everything we wanted multiple times. Dinner at Liberty, one of my favorites, great meal and service. Again, lots of available tables, CM out front offering immediate seating. Stayed for E-Ride night, scored 270k on Buzz, my all time high. One of our best days ever at MK, Pooh down for refurb. Returned to room to find letter advising of high crowd expected for Saturday 6/7 at MK (Gay day) and suggesting trying another park on that day. Late night dip (poly pool is open until midnight).
June 7 - Check out of Poly, have bags transferred to BC. Head for Studio's and early open, Star Wars weekend, lots of costumed guests entering park. Rode TT3 times and RnR twice before 9:30. TT is an outstanding attraction, the new sequences are great.
GMR closed, CM out front advising the ride is opening tomorrow.
Lunch at SciFi, average food/decent service, same flick. One of my son's favorite places to eat. Had a 12 noon PS and was seated by 12:15, not bad for SciFi. Millionaire was all Star Wars trivia, lots of SW stuff going on in the park . Thunderstorm started right as parade was finishing up, quick storm. RnR closed in afternoon due to quest passing out on ride. Fantasmic package at Brown Derby, great food/got a good seat for show. Took boat back to BC, disappointed to find out pool closes at 10:00 PM, went to Beaches and Cream for first time, wow. Evening resort cup refills only available at B&C, no self serve. You must use to-go line, kind of an inconvenience, B&C closed at 11:00 PM.
June 8 - Character breakfast at Cape May then off to Blizzard Beach, threat of rain kept crowd low. T-storm shut down all pools and beach area for about 45 minutes, really cleared out the park, got in lots of sliding when it all reopened. Returned to BC for swim at SAB, what a pool!! Smee jr says the slide is the best at any resort, I agree. Clam Bake buffet for dinner, very good. Golf at Winter/Summerland, played both,very slow. Even though rules say max group size of 4, we counted 15 in one group, jumped ahead. Walked around Boardwalk, took another swim. Lifeguards were checking resort IDs and wrist banding pool patrons. Guests from other resorts may not swim at SAB, but BC quests may hop to other resort pools.
I'll have to finish up another time,assuming anyone iinterested.
June 4- Land at 6:00 PM, rented rag top Sebring, drove off in a torential downpour. Arrive about 7:30 PM at Poly, rain stopped. Checkin, get 7 day park hopper. Take a dip and then off to Fantasia Golf (another 1st night tradition), no crowd at all. Back to Poly for another dip
June 5 - First day to AK, arrived early, very low crowd. Had 10:00 PS for Restaurantosaurus, castmember was at entrance offering immediate seating, went for it, done eating by 9:30, average buffet, lots of character time. Straight to Dinosaur, little line but ride is down. Waited about 10 minutes, CM informs they do not know when ride will operate, stood around for another minute and ride opens. Fast passed coming off ride and straight to P-Whirl, first time ride, good coaster/not great. Back to Dino for 2nd ride, my son really likes this ride. Went to Safari expecting the worst, only 15 minute wait for standby. Did everything else and was back at Dino for a third ride by 5:00 PM. Back to Poly for swim and off to DD for 7:30 PS at Fultons, great meal. PI looked very crowded with Gay week guests. Walked DD and back to Poly for late dip. The more I go to AK the more I like it.
June 6- Off to MK for 8:20 PS at Crystal Palace, good buffet, sparse crowd, lots of open tables. Overall low crowd at MK, very little wait time on all attractions, still used fast pass for Space and Splash mountain. Rode everything we wanted multiple times. Dinner at Liberty, one of my favorites, great meal and service. Again, lots of available tables, CM out front offering immediate seating. Stayed for E-Ride night, scored 270k on Buzz, my all time high. One of our best days ever at MK, Pooh down for refurb. Returned to room to find letter advising of high crowd expected for Saturday 6/7 at MK (Gay day) and suggesting trying another park on that day. Late night dip (poly pool is open until midnight).
June 7 - Check out of Poly, have bags transferred to BC. Head for Studio's and early open, Star Wars weekend, lots of costumed guests entering park. Rode TT3 times and RnR twice before 9:30. TT is an outstanding attraction, the new sequences are great.
GMR closed, CM out front advising the ride is opening tomorrow.
Lunch at SciFi, average food/decent service, same flick. One of my son's favorite places to eat. Had a 12 noon PS and was seated by 12:15, not bad for SciFi. Millionaire was all Star Wars trivia, lots of SW stuff going on in the park . Thunderstorm started right as parade was finishing up, quick storm. RnR closed in afternoon due to quest passing out on ride. Fantasmic package at Brown Derby, great food/got a good seat for show. Took boat back to BC, disappointed to find out pool closes at 10:00 PM, went to Beaches and Cream for first time, wow. Evening resort cup refills only available at B&C, no self serve. You must use to-go line, kind of an inconvenience, B&C closed at 11:00 PM.
June 8 - Character breakfast at Cape May then off to Blizzard Beach, threat of rain kept crowd low. T-storm shut down all pools and beach area for about 45 minutes, really cleared out the park, got in lots of sliding when it all reopened. Returned to BC for swim at SAB, what a pool!! Smee jr says the slide is the best at any resort, I agree. Clam Bake buffet for dinner, very good. Golf at Winter/Summerland, played both,very slow. Even though rules say max group size of 4, we counted 15 in one group, jumped ahead. Walked around Boardwalk, took another swim. Lifeguards were checking resort IDs and wrist banding pool patrons. Guests from other resorts may not swim at SAB, but BC quests may hop to other resort pools.
I'll have to finish up another time,assuming anyone iinterested.