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Post by helenabear on Jun 8, 2024 20:44:28 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip on the fountain! We've never been and I'm sure my kiddos would love it. I just saw they have the Grasshopper on their menu. Takes me back to my trips to Wisconsin supper clubs  Yes they do! Someone at our table mentioned it and one of the teens said they loved grasshoppers not realizing the mint chip stuff they were thinking of was a bit different lol Great summary. Glad you enjoyed! Sorry to have missed you this time but between month-end closing and 90+ temperatures you were better off not seeing me, ha. Next time for sure. Every day I looked at the temps I thought, nope, Brian will hate it! I totally get it and honestly didn't expect you out in those temps. |
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Post by disneyteach on Jun 9, 2024 11:43:40 GMT -5
Interesting all the ride delays/closures. I wonder if it has to do with Disney putting their $$ towards streaming and not the parks. Will pay attention when we're there in July. Glad you still had a good trip, though!
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Post by johnb on Jun 9, 2024 19:11:18 GMT -5
He is a super nice and helpful guy. I chat with him almost every time we're at BWI/BWV.
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Post by helenabear on Jun 9, 2024 19:15:36 GMT -5
Interesting all the ride delays/closures. I wonder if it has to do with Disney putting their $$ towards streaming and not the parks. Will pay attention when we're there in July. Glad you still had a good trip, though! It was really the worst I've seen and it did affect wait times unfortunately. Hopefully they start focusing on upkeep of rides more. He is a super nice and helpful guy. I chat with him almost every time we're at BWI/BWV. We love him! BW is so lucky to have him! He was about to raise a fuss for us when our room wasn't ready at 5pm. We just wanted to sit. Our VQ that I got at 1pm was taking forever to be called. |
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Post by tomandrobin on Jun 10, 2024 8:18:16 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing your trip experiences.
As you probably recall on my Memorial Day trip summary, the ride break-downs was bad. Some parks were worse than others, but on some days it was multiple rides at once. For Example, on our Epcot night, Guardians, Spaceship Earth and Ratatouille were all down in the evening.
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Post by Hi from RI on Jun 10, 2024 17:44:52 GMT -5
We were there May 26- June 1st but did not do report been too busy with work!! However, yes one day no wait times posted for a few hours. Our first night we stayed at Dolphin...very nice but do not feel like the disney bubble. Loved the pool there...ate at Bluezoo. Room was crisp, clean and comfy. We moved over the BW the next day in 1 bedroom shockingly our room was ready by 12:30pm!!! Had a great room there with nice view..like the refurb. It was HOT but I only went into parks 2 days...hung at pool ..met friends from the villages for dinner....went to DS. Was there a week and did not want to leave...just DH and myself. Was wonderful.
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Post by helenabear on Jun 10, 2024 18:51:09 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing your trip experiences. As you probably recall on my Memorial Day trip summary, the ride break-downs was bad. Some parks were worse than others, but on some days it was multiple rides at once. For Example, on our Epcot night, Guardians, Spaceship Earth and Ratatouille were all down in the evening. Yes I remember that! I was surprised to see it consistently this bad that many days of our trip. We were there eight days total too so we saw quite a few days with a lot of issues. It really made getting VQs really hard at times because sometimes we had something scheduled and if we saw that the ride was having issues, we would just release our boarding group and by an ILL so at least we could be closer to a known time. Fortunately we only had to do that two times total. We were there May 26- June 1st but did not do report been too busy with work!! However, yes one day no wait times posted for a few hours. Our first night we stayed at Dolphin...very nice but do not feel like the disney bubble. Loved the pool there...ate at Bluezoo. Room was crisp, clean and comfy. We moved over the BW the next day in 1 bedroom shockingly our room was ready by 12:30pm!!! Had a great room there with nice view..like the refurb. It was HOT but I only went into parks 2 days...hung at pool ..met friends from the villages for dinner....went to DS. Was there a week and did not want to leave...just DH and myself. Was wonderful. I spent many years over at the Swan and visiting the Dolphin. I will say I enjoyed the food at the Dolphin more, however, I never liked what I saw when friends or family we're staying there. I actually felt like the Swan was a bit more, I don't know... maybe the vibe I was going for. When I would get rooms, the swan was usually about 10 or $20 more a night, but it was worth it to me (rooms were under $150 then). Thep bus change from covid is unfortunate, but that is easy to work around. I'm not sure I'd want a long trip there again, but fine a few nights. |
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