toontoy
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- Feb 11, 2010
Well I am Happy to say that we Survived our Disney World Vacation. That was the saying my wife and I kept saying to each other today. Realizing we overspent and regretted our trip.
A Little Back History, we had the chance last year to go to Disneyland and then this year my family was going in May so we decided to go with them and keep our September trip. That is where I regretted most things. We should have cancelled Disney World. Seeing the quality Differences between the resorts was staggering. We had a relaxed very fun filled 5 days in Disneyland and our 2 year old had the time of her life. We saw parades, rode rides, swam in the pool, relaxed, and we even had the chance to change our plans once we arrived. This is where Disney world was so hard with a toddler. We had to plan our vacation out what seemed a year in advance almost. Dinning booked 180+ out, Fast passes 60+ days out. Fun was supposed to be upon arrival.
Well everything seemed ok on paper, we just had such a structured time that we didnt have time to enjoy the parks. With a toddler I needed to make some changes to plans, and that was nearly impossible. The App never worked. I had to use the web browser that kinda worked to change some fastpasses around. Crowds werent terrible but we ran into 4 rides a day it seemed where 10 min waits were really 25-40 min. We went to visit Rapunzel and Tiana in what was posted a 10 min wait and spent over 45 min with a toddler. That was fun and to top it off rhis made us 15 min late for our peter pan fastpass and we were told sorry, I didnt accept that and they let us on but arguing with staff isnt something I wanted to do after spending a bundle at Disney for a week. All in all this was repeated many days, Slinky dog, Mine Train, Frozen ever after and so on. It was non stop challenges and fun. The dining plan didnt work our first day either. That should have been the sign to get out while we were ahead. I used to be the biggest Disney Fan and now I am like well this trip saved me so much money, next years trip cancelled. 50th trip cancelled. Disney cruise Cancelled. We usually take 2 vacations a year and for the first time in 5 years this is the first I regret.
We booked a stay at Saratoga Springs through our hilton vacation Club and purchased the dining plan and park tickets. All in all we wished we just skipped Disney World or maybe just 2 days at the Magic Kingdom and skipped the Halloween Party and Dining.
We haven't really done disney fir a while and thought this would be fun. Just not for us.
A Little Back History, we had the chance last year to go to Disneyland and then this year my family was going in May so we decided to go with them and keep our September trip. That is where I regretted most things. We should have cancelled Disney World. Seeing the quality Differences between the resorts was staggering. We had a relaxed very fun filled 5 days in Disneyland and our 2 year old had the time of her life. We saw parades, rode rides, swam in the pool, relaxed, and we even had the chance to change our plans once we arrived. This is where Disney world was so hard with a toddler. We had to plan our vacation out what seemed a year in advance almost. Dinning booked 180+ out, Fast passes 60+ days out. Fun was supposed to be upon arrival.
Well everything seemed ok on paper, we just had such a structured time that we didnt have time to enjoy the parks. With a toddler I needed to make some changes to plans, and that was nearly impossible. The App never worked. I had to use the web browser that kinda worked to change some fastpasses around. Crowds werent terrible but we ran into 4 rides a day it seemed where 10 min waits were really 25-40 min. We went to visit Rapunzel and Tiana in what was posted a 10 min wait and spent over 45 min with a toddler. That was fun and to top it off rhis made us 15 min late for our peter pan fastpass and we were told sorry, I didnt accept that and they let us on but arguing with staff isnt something I wanted to do after spending a bundle at Disney for a week. All in all this was repeated many days, Slinky dog, Mine Train, Frozen ever after and so on. It was non stop challenges and fun. The dining plan didnt work our first day either. That should have been the sign to get out while we were ahead. I used to be the biggest Disney Fan and now I am like well this trip saved me so much money, next years trip cancelled. 50th trip cancelled. Disney cruise Cancelled. We usually take 2 vacations a year and for the first time in 5 years this is the first I regret.
We booked a stay at Saratoga Springs through our hilton vacation Club and purchased the dining plan and park tickets. All in all we wished we just skipped Disney World or maybe just 2 days at the Magic Kingdom and skipped the Halloween Party and Dining.
We haven't really done disney fir a while and thought this would be fun. Just not for us.
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