Mome Rath
3 Decade Disney Traveler
- Joined
- Mar 13, 2014
1) Crowds on July 5th and 6th were a shock to me. There weren't really any. It was more sparse than I have experienced on my "off season" trips in the past 2 years. Now, on the 7th and 8th it picked up for sure and the crowds were thicker.
2) Tons of "Pixie Dust" on my birthday, more than I've experienced on any past trips. I don't want to go into specifics as these were extra things, and not everyone will get them. I've been on many many trips and there is always Disney Magic, but this is one of the only trips where I got to experience the extra's first hand.
3) It is going to rain in July (it was always around 3 - 8 pm hit or miss) and it is hot hot hot (drink water, stay in the shade, even when you are from somewhere with comparable temps, the sun in Florida is more intense on Northern skin lol). Sometimes it rains fiercely, sometimes a minor drizzle (check 2 different weather sources, the local news was the best). Moreover, it is not guaranteed to clear the parks out. Further, this was the only time I feel the Cast Members "slipped" and were somewhat frustrated and let it show. You'd think they would be used to it by now;
4) Bring extra patience when it is going to rain. The guests are going to be more annoying and the Cast Members are apparently more annoyed, which confused me a bit. When it is raining, of course people are going to rush to shops, and/or the entrances and exits to rides. Guests are going to be cranky, hot, and wet, and they do not want more water on their heads. Cast Members became loud and shrill when it wasn't doing any good, besides adding to the guests' annoyance and bad attitudes. Should people get out of the way of the aisles, yes. Should people be aware, calm, and courteous, yes. But it's not gonna happen. Go prepared with the right shoes, pants, and rain gear.
5) Truly, besides the rain, the Cast Members were happy, helpful, and competent.
6) Bathrooms were fine. Most of them were really good, there was maybe a few stalls where the guests didn't or couldn't flush, but that was about it, I always saw at least one attendant on duty.
7) This trip made me love FP + even more than I already did. Easy to change on the fly and I did so, often.
8) Had an ADR at Be Our Guest breakfast for 8:40. Got let into the park really early (around 7:45 or so), and walked right back to BoG. There were photographers all along mainstreet. Reached BoG and got let in right at 8 when they opened, was really neat to be cheered into the restaurant for opening. lol Ate with plenty of time to spare, headed right to Dwarves, and rode 2 times in a row. You enter into the fastpass lane and walk right on through. As soon as the park opened to guests, the standby line was insane, once that starts happening, no more free rides. lol
9) The Monorail was never down while I was there, it ran on schedule and that is the transportation we took to the BoG ressie.
10) Really liked the new hub and the biggest construction interference in the Disney bubble was Norway, and the area by Adventure land were they are building the new restaurant area I believe. Overall, though, nothing too bad. One thing that does still disappoint me is that they put the frozen stage where the hat was; hated the hat, hate the stage.
11) I love the Pandora store, and have a Disney bracelet; the cast members there were excellent. They had all the park exclusives that had been released up until now.
12) Security was much tighter than normal; they had the sniffer dogs out every now and again, and there were state police here and there at entrances. They searched bags much more thoroughly and yes, they were after selfie sticks too, and I saw one confiscated.
13) Rope drop still rocks esp. for anything that isn't Dwarves or Elsa and Anna.
Awesome awesome trip!
UPDATE: Just received a lengthy survey about Studios (I was stopped by Clipboard Castmember and asked to participate on Monday).
2) Tons of "Pixie Dust" on my birthday, more than I've experienced on any past trips. I don't want to go into specifics as these were extra things, and not everyone will get them. I've been on many many trips and there is always Disney Magic, but this is one of the only trips where I got to experience the extra's first hand.
3) It is going to rain in July (it was always around 3 - 8 pm hit or miss) and it is hot hot hot (drink water, stay in the shade, even when you are from somewhere with comparable temps, the sun in Florida is more intense on Northern skin lol). Sometimes it rains fiercely, sometimes a minor drizzle (check 2 different weather sources, the local news was the best). Moreover, it is not guaranteed to clear the parks out. Further, this was the only time I feel the Cast Members "slipped" and were somewhat frustrated and let it show. You'd think they would be used to it by now;
4) Bring extra patience when it is going to rain. The guests are going to be more annoying and the Cast Members are apparently more annoyed, which confused me a bit. When it is raining, of course people are going to rush to shops, and/or the entrances and exits to rides. Guests are going to be cranky, hot, and wet, and they do not want more water on their heads. Cast Members became loud and shrill when it wasn't doing any good, besides adding to the guests' annoyance and bad attitudes. Should people get out of the way of the aisles, yes. Should people be aware, calm, and courteous, yes. But it's not gonna happen. Go prepared with the right shoes, pants, and rain gear.
5) Truly, besides the rain, the Cast Members were happy, helpful, and competent.
6) Bathrooms were fine. Most of them were really good, there was maybe a few stalls where the guests didn't or couldn't flush, but that was about it, I always saw at least one attendant on duty.
7) This trip made me love FP + even more than I already did. Easy to change on the fly and I did so, often.
8) Had an ADR at Be Our Guest breakfast for 8:40. Got let into the park really early (around 7:45 or so), and walked right back to BoG. There were photographers all along mainstreet. Reached BoG and got let in right at 8 when they opened, was really neat to be cheered into the restaurant for opening. lol Ate with plenty of time to spare, headed right to Dwarves, and rode 2 times in a row. You enter into the fastpass lane and walk right on through. As soon as the park opened to guests, the standby line was insane, once that starts happening, no more free rides. lol
9) The Monorail was never down while I was there, it ran on schedule and that is the transportation we took to the BoG ressie.
10) Really liked the new hub and the biggest construction interference in the Disney bubble was Norway, and the area by Adventure land were they are building the new restaurant area I believe. Overall, though, nothing too bad. One thing that does still disappoint me is that they put the frozen stage where the hat was; hated the hat, hate the stage.
11) I love the Pandora store, and have a Disney bracelet; the cast members there were excellent. They had all the park exclusives that had been released up until now.
12) Security was much tighter than normal; they had the sniffer dogs out every now and again, and there were state police here and there at entrances. They searched bags much more thoroughly and yes, they were after selfie sticks too, and I saw one confiscated.
13) Rope drop still rocks esp. for anything that isn't Dwarves or Elsa and Anna.
Awesome awesome trip!
UPDATE: Just received a lengthy survey about Studios (I was stopped by Clipboard Castmember and asked to participate on Monday).
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