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Well, not JUST back, as we left on Wednesday, but some things worth mentioning. We stayed at Coronado from 8/18 (really, 8/19 at 2 AM) until 8/26, building 6B. Trying to go in order of the days.
1) I got the room assignment around 10 AM on the 18th, and they didn't honor either request (I know they're just that - requests). What got me is that when I tried to call to see if I could possibly change the room, I was told that I could only go to the front desk. Of course, I knew we weren't going to get there until late, so that kind of put a damper on the beginning of the vacation. We were eventually offered a preferred room, but it wasn't near a bus, either, and further from the pool, so we didn't take it.
8/19
2) 7DMT is about as intense as BTMM, so not bad at all. Love the video on Memory Maker.
3) BOG waiter said they had the best steak on property. Sorry, our visit to Le Cellier later proved that incorrect.
8/20
4) Everest went down right before our FP+ window. We actually sat down for a while in the area where you come out, as it was nice and cool. The funniest part was when they were testing, and the empty ride pictures would come up. My daughter grabbed one on her magicband. It did come back up in the middle of our window, so it wasn't a loss.
5) You know how you move up a dining reservation so you could have some pool time at night? Yeah, well, the heavens opened up last Thursday when we were waiting for our bus back to CSR. It didn't stop for a long time.
6) We did the Target gift card/pay down your debt thing. The first time we tried, at the concierge desk in the lobby, the woman gruffly told my wife that she couldn't do it. Not even 5 minutes later, someone else came to that same desk and did it. This was our ONE bad encounter with a CM. Everyone else was great.
8/21
7) Captain EO is worth seeing once. I really liked the opening video where they show some of the production. My kids now have a greater understanding of the 80s.
8) This is the first time I really noticed how bad the Soarin' film was getting.
9) Hacienda wasn't nearly as good as prior times we'd eaten there. Don't know why. Neither my wife nor I felt all that great after that meal.
8/22
10) I was the rebel spy. The people behind me were *really* happy about it.
11) ToT - not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Went on with a bunch of CPers that were starting that Monday. They tried (and failed) to get the bellhop to break - he was great.
12) 50's Prime Time was fun, and good, and just the meal we needed. Definitely recommend.
8/23
13) SotMK is connected to magicbands, though it wasn't last time we went (11/13). Luckily, we had just started the medium level, so that's where they put us.
14) FP+ for the parade isn't worth it when the heat index is 104. FP+ for Wishes was *completely* worth it. We sat in that area during Wishes. Yes, sat. Barefoot.
15) Went to Trader Sam's, couldn't get a table inside, so we got our drinks outside. Got buzzed in and was told kids couldn't sit at the bar. They had seen the kids when we came in... Anyway, we had to get back because we had a 7DMT FP+.
16) 7DMT was down during our FP+ time (sensing a trend?). We would have stayed longer at Trader Sam's, but did Peter Pan, and then 7DMT was back.
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1) I got the room assignment around 10 AM on the 18th, and they didn't honor either request (I know they're just that - requests). What got me is that when I tried to call to see if I could possibly change the room, I was told that I could only go to the front desk. Of course, I knew we weren't going to get there until late, so that kind of put a damper on the beginning of the vacation. We were eventually offered a preferred room, but it wasn't near a bus, either, and further from the pool, so we didn't take it.
8/19
2) 7DMT is about as intense as BTMM, so not bad at all. Love the video on Memory Maker.
3) BOG waiter said they had the best steak on property. Sorry, our visit to Le Cellier later proved that incorrect.
8/20
4) Everest went down right before our FP+ window. We actually sat down for a while in the area where you come out, as it was nice and cool. The funniest part was when they were testing, and the empty ride pictures would come up. My daughter grabbed one on her magicband. It did come back up in the middle of our window, so it wasn't a loss.
5) You know how you move up a dining reservation so you could have some pool time at night? Yeah, well, the heavens opened up last Thursday when we were waiting for our bus back to CSR. It didn't stop for a long time.
6) We did the Target gift card/pay down your debt thing. The first time we tried, at the concierge desk in the lobby, the woman gruffly told my wife that she couldn't do it. Not even 5 minutes later, someone else came to that same desk and did it. This was our ONE bad encounter with a CM. Everyone else was great.
8/21
7) Captain EO is worth seeing once. I really liked the opening video where they show some of the production. My kids now have a greater understanding of the 80s.
8) This is the first time I really noticed how bad the Soarin' film was getting.
9) Hacienda wasn't nearly as good as prior times we'd eaten there. Don't know why. Neither my wife nor I felt all that great after that meal.
8/22
10) I was the rebel spy. The people behind me were *really* happy about it.
11) ToT - not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Went on with a bunch of CPers that were starting that Monday. They tried (and failed) to get the bellhop to break - he was great.
12) 50's Prime Time was fun, and good, and just the meal we needed. Definitely recommend.
8/23
13) SotMK is connected to magicbands, though it wasn't last time we went (11/13). Luckily, we had just started the medium level, so that's where they put us.
14) FP+ for the parade isn't worth it when the heat index is 104. FP+ for Wishes was *completely* worth it. We sat in that area during Wishes. Yes, sat. Barefoot.
15) Went to Trader Sam's, couldn't get a table inside, so we got our drinks outside. Got buzzed in and was told kids couldn't sit at the bar. They had seen the kids when we came in... Anyway, we had to get back because we had a 7DMT FP+.
16) 7DMT was down during our FP+ time (sensing a trend?). We would have stayed longer at Trader Sam's, but did Peter Pan, and then 7DMT was back.
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