darlaya
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- May 3, 2004
Hello Fellow Disney Lovers. After reading the boards obsessively since planning my first solo trip, I wanted to report back on how it went...it was absolutely wonderful
I stayed at CBR in Martinique. It was an excellent location. I felt safe and it was very convenient to Old Port Royale, the buses, the pools and the Coca-Cola refill station.
The staff were absolutely wonderful and welcoming.
I upgraded my one day per park passes to an Annual Pass. I was really glad I did as it gave me the flexibility to park hop at anytime. I always found myself wanting to return to Epcot each day for dinner and strolling through the world.
My trip was very laid back. Having good use of Fast passes allowed me to schedule a morning or afternoon at the parks with plenty of time to sit by the pool and visit Disney Springs and then return to a park for some evening activity.
The only thing I did not love about CBR was the food options. I was on QS dining plan. Next trip I am planning without dining plan. It was too much food for me and on my last day, I had 9 snack credits to use. I used them to purchase pastries from France and a ham & cheese croissant for my trip to the airport the next day. I also stopped at the German pavilion and purchased the caramel popcorn, caramel apple and chocolate caramel squares. All traveled well home in my carry on. I had brought ziploc bags with me from home...just in case. My last credit was used on a snack mix from the resort gift shop. All of these things were unnecessary, but I didn't want these credits to go to waste. I also ordered an alcoholic beverage with my meals only because it was included and it made the dining plan a better value, but not necessarily better for me. I also felt the change in coffee vendors greatly improved the taste and quality of the coffee. I brought my french press with me this trip because Disney coffee was historically terrible, but I don't think I will next trip (5/6-5/10).
I never felt lonely or awkward being alone. Other posters reminded us all that no one is paying attention to you, they are having their own good time...I definitely found this to be true. Being solo really helped me to navigate crowds and certainly to take advantage of single rider lines and to adjust my day according to how I was feeling. I changed it up quite a bit...because I could. No one to disappoint. The only park I took advantage of extra magic hours was AK. So glad I did because I got to do Flight of Passage twice...once from rope drop and the other using my fast pass. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this attraction. If you don't use fast pass or rope drop, you are looking at waiting a very long time. Once I walked by and it was a 195 minute wait...yikes.
I also really enjoyed walking from HS to Epcot using the walking path. This was so enjoyable and relaxing and something my family never wanted to do. The other thing I loved being solo was the time I had to reflect and take it all in. One thing that I loved noticing was that WDW is really a wonderful global community. In a time where there is so much divisiveness in our country and the world, it was nice to see people form all over the world all there for the same love of family, fun and Disney. I loved sharing smiles and joy with everyone around me regardless of whether we spoke the same language. Seeing families and friends share their excitement about the attractions we had just been on or anticipating was just absolute fun! This was a great trip all around and I am planning on going back in May and hopefully the end of September as well
Denise
I stayed at CBR in Martinique. It was an excellent location. I felt safe and it was very convenient to Old Port Royale, the buses, the pools and the Coca-Cola refill station.
The staff were absolutely wonderful and welcoming.
I upgraded my one day per park passes to an Annual Pass. I was really glad I did as it gave me the flexibility to park hop at anytime. I always found myself wanting to return to Epcot each day for dinner and strolling through the world.
My trip was very laid back. Having good use of Fast passes allowed me to schedule a morning or afternoon at the parks with plenty of time to sit by the pool and visit Disney Springs and then return to a park for some evening activity.
The only thing I did not love about CBR was the food options. I was on QS dining plan. Next trip I am planning without dining plan. It was too much food for me and on my last day, I had 9 snack credits to use. I used them to purchase pastries from France and a ham & cheese croissant for my trip to the airport the next day. I also stopped at the German pavilion and purchased the caramel popcorn, caramel apple and chocolate caramel squares. All traveled well home in my carry on. I had brought ziploc bags with me from home...just in case. My last credit was used on a snack mix from the resort gift shop. All of these things were unnecessary, but I didn't want these credits to go to waste. I also ordered an alcoholic beverage with my meals only because it was included and it made the dining plan a better value, but not necessarily better for me. I also felt the change in coffee vendors greatly improved the taste and quality of the coffee. I brought my french press with me this trip because Disney coffee was historically terrible, but I don't think I will next trip (5/6-5/10).
I never felt lonely or awkward being alone. Other posters reminded us all that no one is paying attention to you, they are having their own good time...I definitely found this to be true. Being solo really helped me to navigate crowds and certainly to take advantage of single rider lines and to adjust my day according to how I was feeling. I changed it up quite a bit...because I could. No one to disappoint. The only park I took advantage of extra magic hours was AK. So glad I did because I got to do Flight of Passage twice...once from rope drop and the other using my fast pass. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this attraction. If you don't use fast pass or rope drop, you are looking at waiting a very long time. Once I walked by and it was a 195 minute wait...yikes.
I also really enjoyed walking from HS to Epcot using the walking path. This was so enjoyable and relaxing and something my family never wanted to do. The other thing I loved being solo was the time I had to reflect and take it all in. One thing that I loved noticing was that WDW is really a wonderful global community. In a time where there is so much divisiveness in our country and the world, it was nice to see people form all over the world all there for the same love of family, fun and Disney. I loved sharing smiles and joy with everyone around me regardless of whether we spoke the same language. Seeing families and friends share their excitement about the attractions we had just been on or anticipating was just absolute fun! This was a great trip all around and I am planning on going back in May and hopefully the end of September as well
Denise
And now I am planning two additional trips this year. One in May and the other the end of Sept/October
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