It was a really a great trip and the weather was amazing. I think the evenings were best. We stayed out/up late every night. WDW was very doable without genie, several rides were walk on. I was surprised to see so much Halloween merchandise, typically that stuff is long gone by the time we get there.
One thing to note my friends, DS bought the Woody Marionette at HS, showed the CM his AP and she told him she needed to see it on the app to confirm the expiration date. A supervisor also jumped in and told him this was a new thing rolling out at all the parks. Just saying, I had no issues buying Pandora at MK.
Universal was a little bit crowded, we had express passes via our resort stay and had no issues at all getting on rides. HHN exceeded our expectations, those scare actors got me real good, many, many times! Lol!
Another thing that got me real good was the final bill from the kennel, a whopping $1200.
They have Tip built into their system so I had to buy more discounted prepaid visa's to cover the $240. I believe it was a 24hr hold, after that I turned those funds into DGC. It all works out in the end but I do plan on finding another kennel. More money, less play time and they no longer offer free grooming.