IloveJack
07-27-2007, 12:35 PM
Final Thoughts
• I wish as much attention was shown to anniversary couples as there is to just married couples. We got many congratulations, but rarely any special treatment (other than the champagne). There’s also no souvenirs special to the occasion (that we could find).
• If you see a horde of kids all wearing the same shirt, following a flag, and singing in Portuguese, it’s okay to follow them. I promise they don’t know how to use FastPass, and will only fill up the stand-by line.
• Spandex isn’t for everyone! I’ll let you dwell on that, yourself.
• Busses should run between the TTC and the resorts. This having to go to a park to ride back to a resort, just to eat, is ridiculous and time-consuming!
• Soarin’ is well worth the wait, I don’t care how long it is. So is Expedition Everest! But getting a FastPass and riding something else while you wait is even better.
• Learning the FastPass system is mandatory. Get one, then ride something with a short line. Then before you go to the FastPass ride, get another one. You’ll use up some of the wait while riding! We did this over and over again, and rode everything we wanted to (in the middle of July!).
• Although it was July, we never waited for longer than 20 mins for anything (other than RnRC and our last ride on Soarin’). We also never used sunscreen, as there’s plenty of shade, if you know where to walk. We worked the FastPass system and took advantage of EMH. Also, if you can get in line before the park closes, you can ride, so don’t give up just because it’s close to closing time!
• From my experiences, moderate resorts are just as nice as Home-away-from-Home resorts, and the busses run much quicker. I think we’ll just keep staying in moderate resorts and spend our money elsewhere. I had more trouble with HAfH resorts’ transportation than I’d be willing to put up with for an entire vacation. I’ve been wanting to stay at AKL, but we spend very little time in the room, so why pay all that extra? Unless we can someday afford to stay for longer than 5 days, I see no need to.
• And lastly, buy a journal and a good digital camera, and use them both greatly. I am very longwinded in my trip reports, but I print them off and use the exact reports in my scrapbooks. When we go back and read them, it’s like we’re there all over again. We can remember all the little things, and never have to ponder why we took a certain picture, or where it was we ate that we loved so much. Also, we spent a lot on a top-of-the-line digital camera right before we left so that both of us would have good cameras with good zooms. I wouldn’t take the money back for anything. I had a small dig. camera before, but this was so much better. Souvenirs are nice, and fun to play with, decorate with, or wear. But if I want to remember a vacation, my pictures tell the story better than anything I bought while there. Everyone always tells me I have an amazing memory of things we’ve done together. I just tell them, “Take pics, and write it down!” You’ll remember, too.
• I wish as much attention was shown to anniversary couples as there is to just married couples. We got many congratulations, but rarely any special treatment (other than the champagne). There’s also no souvenirs special to the occasion (that we could find).
• If you see a horde of kids all wearing the same shirt, following a flag, and singing in Portuguese, it’s okay to follow them. I promise they don’t know how to use FastPass, and will only fill up the stand-by line.
• Spandex isn’t for everyone! I’ll let you dwell on that, yourself.
• Busses should run between the TTC and the resorts. This having to go to a park to ride back to a resort, just to eat, is ridiculous and time-consuming!
• Soarin’ is well worth the wait, I don’t care how long it is. So is Expedition Everest! But getting a FastPass and riding something else while you wait is even better.
• Learning the FastPass system is mandatory. Get one, then ride something with a short line. Then before you go to the FastPass ride, get another one. You’ll use up some of the wait while riding! We did this over and over again, and rode everything we wanted to (in the middle of July!).
• Although it was July, we never waited for longer than 20 mins for anything (other than RnRC and our last ride on Soarin’). We also never used sunscreen, as there’s plenty of shade, if you know where to walk. We worked the FastPass system and took advantage of EMH. Also, if you can get in line before the park closes, you can ride, so don’t give up just because it’s close to closing time!
• From my experiences, moderate resorts are just as nice as Home-away-from-Home resorts, and the busses run much quicker. I think we’ll just keep staying in moderate resorts and spend our money elsewhere. I had more trouble with HAfH resorts’ transportation than I’d be willing to put up with for an entire vacation. I’ve been wanting to stay at AKL, but we spend very little time in the room, so why pay all that extra? Unless we can someday afford to stay for longer than 5 days, I see no need to.
• And lastly, buy a journal and a good digital camera, and use them both greatly. I am very longwinded in my trip reports, but I print them off and use the exact reports in my scrapbooks. When we go back and read them, it’s like we’re there all over again. We can remember all the little things, and never have to ponder why we took a certain picture, or where it was we ate that we loved so much. Also, we spent a lot on a top-of-the-line digital camera right before we left so that both of us would have good cameras with good zooms. I wouldn’t take the money back for anything. I had a small dig. camera before, but this was so much better. Souvenirs are nice, and fun to play with, decorate with, or wear. But if I want to remember a vacation, my pictures tell the story better than anything I bought while there. Everyone always tells me I have an amazing memory of things we’ve done together. I just tell them, “Take pics, and write it down!” You’ll remember, too.