Well, I tried to go through and quote parts as I read. But the Disboards must not have liked that because when I went to insert them it said it couldn't find them... Anyway, it looks like a fun trip. I hope the dining plan drama ended up being something that was easily fixed. It kind of makes me nervous after the problems you'd already had with Photopass being tied to your sister's MB.
BINGO! It did end up being cause of my sis being a CM, I'll cover that in the new update...
And no, that was definitely not the right way for the CM to handle it. In your sister's defense, the whole
MDE and MB system is very convoluted without many explanations of what you're doing. I can totally see how she could have made that simple mistake, unknowingly. On our trip, I actually made my solo single night Reservation on a separate MDE account that I set up on another e-mail just so that I wouldn't have to worry about something funky screwing with my account for the main part of our stay.
The system, while being a great way to plan together, has a long way to go before it's user friendly.
But Disney's lack of explanations also kind of ties into the issue you had with the family getting on a hostess because they didn't have an ADR. You went in September, so I'm going to assume free dining was in effect? I think Disney causes these kinds of problems with free dining. They get people to book, they think because they have the dining package or free dining that they can just eat wherever or whenever they want. I can't defend someone for being rude to a CM who has no control over it, but if they aren't a die hard Disney geek who hangs around boards like this, I can definitely see their confusion and lack of understanding that you have to book ADR's 6 months ahead.
I totally agree. I feel bad for people who go to WDW thinking it's 1990 and they can just go and do everything. Things have changed! More epople go and there are people who are VERY serious about their trips! You will miss out if you don't do your research.
I've got to admit... I'm kind of slow when it comes to Disneybounding. I've heard of it, but I swear I'd never seen it in the parks. Then on this last trip, I'm walking through the parks and I see this lady walking by and I'm like "Holy crap! She's Disneybounding as Snow White!" About 5 minutes later, I see a Disneybounder who was clearly going for the Ariel look. So I felt like I'd finally figured it out and was going to continue to watch for Disneybounders the rest of the trip.
I totally never once noticed it, until I read about it online!
Never noticed another one the whole time.
I'm sure I saw some, I'm just pretty oblivious to it unless it is blatantly obvious.
This was our first effort in DisneyBounding and it was fun, I highly suggest it for any adults who wanna get into the dress up part of WDW!
Anyway... after the hints (like the ears) or the explanations, I appreciate your Disneybounding efforts. You're going to think this is ridiculous, but the only one I actually figured out right away was your Darth Vader.
YES!! That one is my favorite,. cause I wear that exact outfit ALL. THE. TIME! Makes me have a little bit of a Disney/Dark Side feel in my everyday life!
I'm glad you managed to get by the windows at CRT. I've been there twice, and honestly, I don't think it is worth it if you're not by the windows. The experience in the back of the restaurant kind of sucks.
Yeah, we won't be eating there again, unless DD is like a die hard princess fanatic, like a certain little lady you know...
I'm sorry that the Halloween party wasn't as much fun as you'd have liked. Maybe you should have slept in a little later on your sleep in day. I'm really sorry the wait was so long for such crappy candy though! I've always heard about how good the treats are there. That's a huge disappointment. At least you got to enjoy Hallowishes and parade before hitting the wall and calling it a night.
It was a classic mistake on our part, honestly. We should have skipped rides, and just done party stuff. And I agree tat if we had just slept in late, and chilled before the party, maybe even gone in later, we would have enjoyed it more. We tried to do too much, and in the end it bit us in the rear.
Your rocking out pictures outside of RnRc.... awesome!
I love those photos!
I'm glad you had CM there to help with the lines... I really noticed on our trip, that the parks were much more crowded than typical for the time of year. I think that people are really starting to come back to the parks in pre-recession numbers now.
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Who is this guy and what has he done to my partner?!
), POP and PORS Royal Rooms. We went through the presentation, he had lots of questions, about didning plans and restaurants and money, of course. In the end here's what we came up with:
