Random thoughts from our trip,
March 6-13
Southwest
Copper Creek
Copper Creek - About 1 hour prior to our landing I was reviewing my text messages and realized that the text I received had my arrival time for 12:00am. I know when I completed the check in process I had the correct time AND I had a reservation for ME. So I pay the $8 for in flight internet so I could update my arrival time. I finally get in and my arrival time says arriving via ME. I then try the chat feature that connects me to someone who without even letting me explain the situation says "go to the front desk."
I explain that I need her to update my arrival time and after insisting she finally does it. She ends her conversation with "you may now calmly pick up your bags and proceed to ME."
This is the second time I have had a 12:00am arrival time. When we were there in January we had a split stay and our room assignment text never came. I also used the chat feature and the CM said that my arrival time was for 12:00am. She could see that it was a split stay and fixed it right away.
Room view - when I booked I asked for a pool view. When we got to the resort our room location (6100) overlooked the front parking lot. Time made a request and we're moved to 5124 overlooking the smaller pool.
One last thing about CC - our hallway was a parking lot of mobility carts parked on either side of the hallway. I suspect they are parked in the hallway because they take up so much room and are an inconvenience to keep in the room. I suspect the housekeeping crew has the same sentiments when zig zapping their carts through the minefield in the hallway. Is it OK to store things outside my room? Like my empty luggage or coolers?
Bus transportation - we had the worst luck and spent a lot of time waiting at the resort/parks.
Mobile ordering - mobile ordering is the best!
Yak & Yeti - ate here for the first time and everyone loved it. Ordered too much food but it was all so good.
6ft markings - had some issues with this and many times felt that people were right on my tail. At those times I would say loudly to my kidlets, "do you know those people in front of you? No. Then step back from them and get on your line." Anyone close enough behind me that could hear got the point and stepped back.
Universal Studios - spent the day here on Wednesday. Too. Many. People.
Mask compliance - saw more people's faces than I would have liked to. It's been a year peeps. There was a strong CM presence throughout the parks holding their signs reminding people and asking for them to pull up their masks.
DAS - while in line for Pirates I overhead a female guest complaining about the wait time. She remarked to her friend that she was going to get a DAS card. "I will just tell them I have a bad back. Then we can get on all the rides without waiting. They can't say anything about it." Is that how easy it is?
RoR - successfully secured boarding groups from our resort room Sunday and Tuesday. No issues.
Oga's - I had an ADR for Tuesday 9am and although I checked and checked for a better time I was not successful. Monday night we went back to MGM (it will always be MGM in my family) and stopped by to see if we could go in. They let us in at 5:45pm, 7pm closing time. Quick stop at guest services on our way out to cancel the early morning reservation for the next day since I was within the 24 hr window.
Savi's & Droid Depot - my kidlets loved every minute. They had been looking forward to those experiences for a long time. I was so happy to see them experience GE for the first time.
Wait times - all times were exaggerated and we came in under every time. My kidlets would start a timer when we entered the que line. FYI, they started a time for pirates on Thursday and never turned it off. Now they are seeing how long the timer will go.
Crowds - crowd size was considerably larger than when we were here in January and picked up Thursday. Our spring break was early and was glad to be on our way out as more people began to arrive.
Flower and Garden Festival - my husband and I were excited to see this festival for the first time. My kidlets, not so much. We are taking an adults only weekend trip in May so we can enjoy the festival.
