We have returned to the real world. We stayed at BWI December 16th through 21st. We had a wonderful time. We were in room 5304. I had Touring Plans fax a room request for me and requested room 5302, so we were ecstatic to receive the text that we'd been assigned 5304. For the first night, our neighbors in 5306 were pretty loud -- there is a connecting door between 5304 and 5306. They weren't obnoxious, just loud. It sounded like grandparents with grandchildren. Grandpa was hacking up something for a long time our first morning. When we came back in the late afternoon, the
scooter was gone and so, too, were our neighbors. The new family that moved in was as quiet as we were.
We used the hot tub by the quiet pool every night except one. It was usually just us or us and 2-3 others. It was a great way to wind down for the night. I used the pool one night and it was nice and refreshing.
The CMs at BWI were delightful. It was always nice to see Mary in the Belle Vue Lounge when my daughter got her morning coffee. Our housekeeper was great -- the room was always **** and span for us. We needed an extra blanket and that was promptly brought to us. We also asked for extra towels the first day and had plenty for our entire stay.
We've gone during this time frame a few times, but the parks were noticeably more crowded this year than in years past. We still enjoyed ourselves very much. We did the Candle Light Processional one evening with Neil Patrick Harris and it was fabulous. We did the dining package and our lunch at Chefs de France was outstanding. We were able to do FOP twice; once at rope drop and later with a Fast Pass. We enjoyed that, but it did make my daughter a little queasy.
I'm suffering from a little withdrawal and haven't been on the boards since we got back, but I'll check in and answer questions if I can. I need to schedule another visit to BWI. Perhaps May.