Live trip report

[yankeesfan123]

So, I'm here right now as we checked in yesterday morning.

Our beach club villa was ready around 11 am.

Hungout around the hotel.

Ate dinner at Captain's Grille at 5pm. All four of us loved our meals.

Headed to MK via bus. Arrived about 7pm.

Hit Philharmagic with no wait, HM with no wait, the Splash Mountain with FP+ around 7:45.

Then we went to our reserved spot for MSEP. We got there around 8:25 (15 minutes before the return window) and there were already about 75 people in the area.

After MSEP, we walked onto Buzz and MiLF before heading out for tonight. Got back to the hotel about 11pm.

MDE and FP+ worked flawlessly. I'm traveling with my in laws who haven't been here in 20 years and couldn't be more thrilled with MDE and FP+. Granted, they never knew the old system, but they love this so far.

Today: Epcot and more resort/pool time.

[yjgirl32]

Thanks for sharing. Have a magical trip!!!!

[VWL Mom]

Sounds like a successful first day, enjoy your trip!

[AgentC]

Great first day. Have fun!

[DKA041177]

Thanks for the information! Keep it coming!

[marlyn]

I'm here also. Arrived Saturday, I was very surprised with how small crowds were yesterday at both MK and EPCOT!

Have a great day today!

[rjmdds]

Looking forward to hearing more as we arrive on the 22nd.

[yankeesfan123]

Day 2 (so far):

We didn't really have any plans today originally but decided to head over Epcot in the morning because we were all up and moving.

We entered through the International Gateway at 9 and wandered through the west side of the World Showcase. We went to Spaceship Earth and hopped on with no line. Then we went to The Land and, one again, hopped on with no line. We road Figment and then watched the fountain show.

At 11, we strolled through the rest of the World Showcase and grabbed a light lunch in France before heading back to the Beach Club.

We spent a few hours by Stormalong Bay and now we are relaxing in our room.

Tonight: 5pm ADR at Coral Reef followed by a FP at Soarin and Maelstrom.

We might mosey over to HS for EMH tonight or maybe Jellyrolls.

Every attraction had a standby wait of less than 15 minutes except Soarin (50) and TT (70) when we left Epcot at 11:45 earlier today.

[conan617]

This is great stuff!~ I was checking the MDE app this morning for wait times and your feedback on waits is very similar to the what the app is listing. Good to know that your real time data is translating to the app.

If you keep posting, I'll keep reading

"yankeesfan123 - forum legend"

[yankeesfan123]

As long as you keep posting it in the Trip Report forum, which is what it's for. Always fun to read something there.

Yet no one sees it there because not as many people visit that forum.

Here, as I'm reporting on the THEME PARKS (yes, as well as other things) I think it to be more useful.

[Imalismom]

We can leave it here, and when the trip is done - move it over to Trip reports...

[yankeesfan123]

We can leave it here, and when the trip is done - move it over to Trip reports...

Thanks Ali's mom!

To finish up day 2:

We left the BC and went to Coral Reef for a 4:45 ADR. We finished dinner, rode Nemo with no wait, and hungout in the Seas for a bit.

At 6:45, as we were about to leave The Seas, it began pouring. We hustled over to The Land before it really got going though.

We hit Soarin with a FP+. Now, it's pouring out and a lot of people are taking shelter in The Land pavilion (and TT was closed), but even then, the SB line for Soarin was only 45 minutes when we entered the line and 40 minutes when we exited. I think that 40 minutes is a very reasonable time for that attraction.

It was still raining when we left the Land around 7:45. We started to head to Norway for an 8pm FP at Maelstrom. Well, two of our paths were blocked by GIANT puddles, 3-6 inches deep. This was a mess and caused quite the little mess.

After shuffling sideways on the curb while holding onto the fence in front of Mexico, while my FIL carried my MIL across the puddle, we made it to Maelstrom. 15 min SB line here, but we used our FP.

We stopped at France for dessert and exited the park around 8:40pm. The rain was just letting up after about 2 hours. The WS had very light crowds. Almost no one was waiting for Illuminations but it looked like it hadn't been canceled.

Once again, MDE worked perfect. Not a single issue and even the website worked smoothly. I also didn't see or hear anyone who had any issues. Most guests seems to have a pretty good handle on the system from what I can see. Very few people with just "gray MB" if you know what I mean.

Tomorrow: HS in the morning to hit some of the "lesser" attractions as my party likes to avoid the chaos that can be Disney World. Then an ADR at Chefs de France followed by some MK time.

Goodnight all!

[hauntedmansiongirl]

Thanks for the live report! So glad to hear that the lines are good!

[conan617]

As long as you keep posting it in the Trip Report forum, which is what it's for. Always fun to read something there.

I'll keep reading no matter where it is posted. I enjoy your reports immensely.

[yankeesfan123]

Today we headed to HS in the morning. We walked over and arrived just a few minutes after rope drop.

We were avoiding any of the big attractions that would attract big crowds because we have FP for the ones we want to do at the end of the week.

We walked to the left and almost did Star Tours but the rest of my party decided that simulators aren't their thing. We skipped it, even though the line was only posted at 5 minutes. I assume it was a walk on.

Instead, we saw MuppetVision then walked onto the Backlot Tour. Not too much going on in this area of the park which was nice.

We strolled down the Streets of America then wandered to Indiana Jones. We saw people lined up to see the Frozen royal welcome parade at this time (about 10:55) but it didn't seem to be overly crowded.

Indy was fun but the ball wasn't rolling! They covered it just fine but it did seen a tad awkward if you've seen the show.

We exited the park around noon, took the boat back to the hotel and ate lunch at hurricane hannahs.

Relaxing now. 5pm ADR at Chefs de France tonight followed by MK.

Thanks all!


Edit: I need to add that I did see some confusion with MDE today. I saw/heard more than 1 party that didn't think you could change just 1 FP without canceling and changing ALL your FP. Not sure where they received that info.

Also, the people seated behind me at Indy wanted to right the "Twilight" Tower of Terror. I hope they weren't expecting vampires!

[tinkx2]

Also, the people seated behind me at Indy wanted to right the "Twilight" Tower of Terror. I hope they weren't expecting vampires![/QUOTE]


That is too funny!!!!

[yankeesfan123]

BTW, I'm doing all this by phone so I apologize for the typos!

[hauntedmansiongirl]

No problem with typos! It's just adding to the charm!

[ransam]

This is like eating too many cookies. I want to eat them, but I know it's not good for me. I want to read your reports, but it's making me so jealous that i'm not at the park.....
anyway, I like cookies and I like your reports. LOL

[yankeesfan123]

Wrapping up yesterday's report:

After lounging around the pool, we ate at Chefs de France at 5pm. Then, we walked to the front of the park to catch to monorail to MK.

MK seemed to be pretty crowded for a random Tuesday night without EMH, but it is summer vaca.

We had a 30 minute wait at Jungle Cruise. Not terrible for this time of year. We then journeyed up the Swiss Family Treehouse before heading to BTMRR with a FP. The queue is awful. It was sweltering with no airflow and we were only in line for 5 minutes.

We walked back through Adventureland and rode a Pirates. The wait was listed as 35 minutes but it only took 20. By the time we exited (8:20), it was only a 15 minute wait.

We grabbed some Dole Whips and headed to the Rose Garden to watch Wishes. Some people were hopping the fence in the front of the reserved area to join us FastPassers, and there really weren't too many CMs to catch them.

That was it for the night for us.

Today: AK and then we brave DTD later tonight. Eek.