O'MalleytheAlleyCat
05-13-2007, 10:52 PM
We slept in a bit today after 2 very long days. We were up by 8:30 to get ready to go. We had received a letter from ME the day before stating our bus would be leaving at 10:15 (we had a 1:10 flight). We knew we could check in and get our boarding passes at the hotel, so I went to stand in line to do that. There were about 4 groups ahead of me, but only one girl checking people in and she seemed to have a couple of major problems with those ahead of me so it took close to 45 minutes for me to get to the head of the line. When I got there I was informed that I could not check in for both my husband and I, but she needed to see both ID’s. Now, I told myself that I should have known that, but in my defense, on the information I received from the hotel, it states that guests traveling with families can have one person come to check in for the entire family. The girl at the desk told me that was true ONLY for families, not for couples. Hmmm….doesn’t make sense to me, but oh well. Having wasted a lot of time, I had to hustle back to the room and finish packing up. We were at the designated spot in plenty of time and the bus was a bit late anyway. It all worked out just fine, because since we had no luggage to check, we were able to print boarding passes from a kiosk at the airport. Our flights were on time all the way around and we were back in Iowa by 5:00, ready to collect our kids and dog and resume our everyday lives.
Final thoughts:
On our first trip with no kids: I had a great time and am very glad we were able to do this. Will I do it again? Probably not as long as my kids are living at home (or at least under the age of 18!). I kept wishing they were there to have fun with us.
On using only Disney transportation: I thought this worked very well and although we’ll definitely rent a car again for our trip this summer, we’ll consider using the busses on certain days or for certain parks. We just like to do too many things apart from the major parks that would be more difficult to navigate with the busses.
On the parks: They were less crowded than I imagined and very clean. The CM’s were all very helpful and friendly. I noticed several new play areas for small children that were not there last summer. Yeah for Disney for providing tots and parents some more places to take a break!
On the people: Folks were very polite during this trip. Most seemed to be enjoying themselves very much. We saw a few frustrated parents and frustrated kids, but not as many as when we go during the hot summer! I will say on a personal note that there are lots of women out there who really shouldn’t be wearing spaghetti strap tops or tube tops. Now don’t flame me….I certainly fall into this category myself and it’s just my observation. I also noticed that a sizeable percent of the population seem to have tattoos. I don’t have strong feelings one way or another about tattoos, again it’s just an observation that there a lot of them out there!
So…..I am looking forward to a 9 day trip with the kids in July. I think we’ll try to do some different things such as resort hopping, Boardwalk strolling, miniature golf, DTD and maybe even a tour or two along with swimming and relaxing. Only 72 more days!!
Final thoughts:
On our first trip with no kids: I had a great time and am very glad we were able to do this. Will I do it again? Probably not as long as my kids are living at home (or at least under the age of 18!). I kept wishing they were there to have fun with us.
On using only Disney transportation: I thought this worked very well and although we’ll definitely rent a car again for our trip this summer, we’ll consider using the busses on certain days or for certain parks. We just like to do too many things apart from the major parks that would be more difficult to navigate with the busses.
On the parks: They were less crowded than I imagined and very clean. The CM’s were all very helpful and friendly. I noticed several new play areas for small children that were not there last summer. Yeah for Disney for providing tots and parents some more places to take a break!
On the people: Folks were very polite during this trip. Most seemed to be enjoying themselves very much. We saw a few frustrated parents and frustrated kids, but not as many as when we go during the hot summer! I will say on a personal note that there are lots of women out there who really shouldn’t be wearing spaghetti strap tops or tube tops. Now don’t flame me….I certainly fall into this category myself and it’s just my observation. I also noticed that a sizeable percent of the population seem to have tattoos. I don’t have strong feelings one way or another about tattoos, again it’s just an observation that there a lot of them out there!
So…..I am looking forward to a 9 day trip with the kids in July. I think we’ll try to do some different things such as resort hopping, Boardwalk strolling, miniature golf, DTD and maybe even a tour or two along with swimming and relaxing. Only 72 more days!!