tomandrobin
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2006
DW and I just got back this afternoon from a wonderful 5 day/4 night anniversary trip! Once again we had a terrific time! We absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Saratoga and enjoy every trip more then the last trip.
This was our 9th trip to SSR in the past 15 months. We were really surprised to how busy the resort was. Nothing was over crowded, just busy.
We had requested first building, by the pool, in the GrandStand section and DVC fullfilled our request. Again, we love the new GrandStand section. This might become our favorite section and building.
The GrandStand pool is a really nice addition to Saratoga Springs. The pool is not as "kid" friendly as the main pool. The pool bar was not open yet, which was to bad. It was hot and we were thristy. Maybe once the last building is opened in June, they will open the bar. The interactive kids area is definately a hit. Everytime we walked by the pool or were swimming, there were kids using the new area.
We ate at AP twice during our trip. We really like the food here, not the usual burger and fries. Also, the check-out lines appeared to be better then our past visits. There was definately more staff manning the registers, packing bags and restocking. Maybe it was just the influx of new summer help. Maybe Disney is listening. I'm hoping for the latter.
Bus service was fantastic. We only had one bus (to EPCOT) that took 20 minutes to show up. I really like the new GPS system and music on the buses. Most of the buses now have a led clock at the front of the bus, which we also liked. The downside to the GPS and new music being piped in to the bus is the personal interaction that you would on occassion get from the drivers.
We toured the new AKV models during the open house. WOW they looked great and the layouts of the one bedroom is terriffic. I am glad we had done an add-on at the resort. We did meet our Guide while at the resort. She informed us that the tapestry form/information is going to be mailed out in June. I hope she is right.
Overall, we had a great time. The parks were semi-crowded, we have done NYE and July 4th, so anything else is easy. We were on the DDP and all of our meals were good to great.
Disappointed that we did not run into any fellow disers. Maybe next trip?
Any questions?
This was our 9th trip to SSR in the past 15 months. We were really surprised to how busy the resort was. Nothing was over crowded, just busy.
We had requested first building, by the pool, in the GrandStand section and DVC fullfilled our request. Again, we love the new GrandStand section. This might become our favorite section and building.
The GrandStand pool is a really nice addition to Saratoga Springs. The pool is not as "kid" friendly as the main pool. The pool bar was not open yet, which was to bad. It was hot and we were thristy. Maybe once the last building is opened in June, they will open the bar. The interactive kids area is definately a hit. Everytime we walked by the pool or were swimming, there were kids using the new area.
We ate at AP twice during our trip. We really like the food here, not the usual burger and fries. Also, the check-out lines appeared to be better then our past visits. There was definately more staff manning the registers, packing bags and restocking. Maybe it was just the influx of new summer help. Maybe Disney is listening. I'm hoping for the latter.
Bus service was fantastic. We only had one bus (to EPCOT) that took 20 minutes to show up. I really like the new GPS system and music on the buses. Most of the buses now have a led clock at the front of the bus, which we also liked. The downside to the GPS and new music being piped in to the bus is the personal interaction that you would on occassion get from the drivers.
We toured the new AKV models during the open house. WOW they looked great and the layouts of the one bedroom is terriffic. I am glad we had done an add-on at the resort. We did meet our Guide while at the resort. She informed us that the tapestry form/information is going to be mailed out in June. I hope she is right.
Overall, we had a great time. The parks were semi-crowded, we have done NYE and July 4th, so anything else is easy. We were on the DDP and all of our meals were good to great.
Disappointed that we did not run into any fellow disers. Maybe next trip?
Any questions?
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