Skjhjb
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2012
We had an amazing time - we did DL for 3 days (with a one day interruption of a Hollywood/Warner Bros tour day) and then another week driving the beautiful California coast.
My thoughts on DL? LOVED it!
DLH was great!!! We checked in - I had booked through a friend who is a TA, and booked a standard room. When we were checking in she said something about Deluxe - so we may have had some pixie dust there. We had planned to get a car after DL, but checked rates, and ended up only being $20 more for our rental to have it early, so we picked up at the airport instead. It was on our reservation that it was my 50th and our 25th Anniversary - so they didn't charge us for parking. Pixie dust!! Our room was in Adventure Tower, overlooking the pool. And when we got to our room? AMAZING!!
Totally wasn't expecting that!! There were chocolates tucked in there too!
We'd had a super long day (up at 3am Ontario/Canada time yet it was only 3pm California time) so we went to Downtown Disney to wander and check things out. We lasted until 6:30 and called it a night LOL.
Some thoughts from a first time gal:
1) On property was amazing - we did have to move off site on the Friday night and walk back on Saturday for our last day, which wasn't bad at all. But after 3 nights at DLH, off site wasn't as thrilling lol.
2)MaxPass - LOVE it - so easy to get the hang of and use!!
3)Early Mornings - with ALL the reading and research I did for this trip, somehow I missed that only Tomorrowland and Fantasyland (and yet no Small World running either) were open at DLP. Kinda disappointed with that - we'd done DCA the first morning and really got to do a lot more.
4)Costs - we do like to have drinks. We were looking forward to fun drinks at a few places - Trader Sam's, pool side, and of course, Dole Whip with rum. But man! Every time - two drinks and it was $30 with tip. That's a bit much if you ask me. Enjoyed them all, but man they have you with those prices!
5)Food - we can't complain about anything really, we enjoyed every meal we had. Steakhouse 55 was our big splurge, and it was fantastic. WoC Dessert Party was absolutely worth the splurge for the seat!!
All in all it was so great. We decided we preferred DCA to DLP, Radiator Springs was hands down our favourite ride! I did bail on the 6am Power Walk I had registered, but was SO sore from walking the day before, even though I was already up (thank you 3 hour time difference) I just didn't have it in me. But I was thankful I had packed my fancy running shoes - they ended up being great for walking in.
Thanks to all for the tips and advice and help with planning. Maybe someday I'll get to go again!!
My thoughts on DL? LOVED it!
DLH was great!!! We checked in - I had booked through a friend who is a TA, and booked a standard room. When we were checking in she said something about Deluxe - so we may have had some pixie dust there. We had planned to get a car after DL, but checked rates, and ended up only being $20 more for our rental to have it early, so we picked up at the airport instead. It was on our reservation that it was my 50th and our 25th Anniversary - so they didn't charge us for parking. Pixie dust!! Our room was in Adventure Tower, overlooking the pool. And when we got to our room? AMAZING!!
Totally wasn't expecting that!! There were chocolates tucked in there too!
We'd had a super long day (up at 3am Ontario/Canada time yet it was only 3pm California time) so we went to Downtown Disney to wander and check things out. We lasted until 6:30 and called it a night LOL.
Some thoughts from a first time gal:
1) On property was amazing - we did have to move off site on the Friday night and walk back on Saturday for our last day, which wasn't bad at all. But after 3 nights at DLH, off site wasn't as thrilling lol.
2)MaxPass - LOVE it - so easy to get the hang of and use!!
3)Early Mornings - with ALL the reading and research I did for this trip, somehow I missed that only Tomorrowland and Fantasyland (and yet no Small World running either) were open at DLP. Kinda disappointed with that - we'd done DCA the first morning and really got to do a lot more.
4)Costs - we do like to have drinks. We were looking forward to fun drinks at a few places - Trader Sam's, pool side, and of course, Dole Whip with rum. But man! Every time - two drinks and it was $30 with tip. That's a bit much if you ask me. Enjoyed them all, but man they have you with those prices!
5)Food - we can't complain about anything really, we enjoyed every meal we had. Steakhouse 55 was our big splurge, and it was fantastic. WoC Dessert Party was absolutely worth the splurge for the seat!!
All in all it was so great. We decided we preferred DCA to DLP, Radiator Springs was hands down our favourite ride! I did bail on the 6am Power Walk I had registered, but was SO sore from walking the day before, even though I was already up (thank you 3 hour time difference) I just didn't have it in me. But I was thankful I had packed my fancy running shoes - they ended up being great for walking in.
Thanks to all for the tips and advice and help with planning. Maybe someday I'll get to go again!!
If you get another trip to DLR, come on back for your trip planning -- we'll be here to help!
). After 5 days at the GCH we are going up to Yosemite and back over the next 3 weeks. (We have to make it count after a 12hr flight from Australia).
is always an Extra Treat 
