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Monday morning brain, I’m sure, FoP is ILLYou’re choosing FoP as your first LL which means you cannot book another LL until either you have used that one or, 2 hours after AK has opened.
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Monday morning brain, I’m sure, FoP is ILLYou’re choosing FoP as your first LL which means you cannot book another LL until either you have used that one or, 2 hours after AK has opened.
Yes, you’re right! Monday morning fog! Thanks for catching that!Monday morning brain, I’m sure, FoP is ILLso they can choose Remy/frozen/tt at 7am as well. But, I also think the OP would likely only get 2 of the 3 of those.
So we did the Mama Melrose Fantasmic package last night.
Mama Melrose steak continues to be among the best on property and only costs one arm as opposed to other steaks which also cost a leg.
As for the show..we had second row from the water and let me tell you the impact of seeing Fantasmic up close...you get a mist of the fountains blowing on you the whole time...which after a day melting was pretty awesome.
Also Magic Band + changes colors with the lights of the show!
Amazing show...if you can get up close with the meal package or by waiting it is a completely unique perspective of the show.
We’re here too (well, actually on a friendship boat in our way back.) We gave up. We did Soarin’ at 9:00, then our GotG boarding group. At that point it was 10:30 and the waits were so long we headed back. It’s still so stinking hot, even this late.We’re at Epcot extended evening hours now and I’m not impressed. Test Track is down, the line for Frozen was out of the building, it’s really congested over near Guardians as everyone basically sits around waiting for their boarding group. A big chunk of the world showcase is closed and I can’t find food/drinks anywhere.
I’m so glad we didn’t pay for After Hours here (& we LOVE after hours events) because I can see how 1 ride going down can make a big impact here when there aren’t a ton of other rides.
That’s how I felt last December about the parks especially HS when I major ride is down and how everything gets effected.We’re at Epcot extended evening hours now and I’m not impressed. Test Track is down, the line for Frozen was out of the building, it’s really congested over near Guardians as everyone basically sits around waiting for their boarding group. A big chunk of the world showcase is closed and I can’t find food/drinks anywhere.
I’m so glad we didn’t pay for After Hours here (& we LOVE after hours events) because I can see how 1 ride going down can make a big impact here when there aren’t a ton of other rides.
Yep luckily it ended up working in MDE but at first the person working Frozen wasn’t sure if it’d work. Then they tried not to let us use it on Guardians which was also a first. Luckily we found someone else that knew what they were doing but my son was super overstimulated at that point and losing it.@NotTheBatesMotel Wow, one thing after the other.
How did DAS end up working for the evening hours? Were you able to do it yourself in MDE?
Not sure of your situation but just advising that in order to use DAS for attractions with a VQ, guests must have secured a VQ in order to use DAS. DAS alone does not qualify a guest to ride GotG or Tron.Yep luckily it ended up working in MDE but at first the person working Frozen wasn’t sure if it’d work. Then they tried not to let us use it on Guardians which was also a first. Luckily we found someone else that knew what they were doing but my son was super overstimulated at that point and losing it.
We were there earlier this month and found this to be super annoying.... we were trying to get popcorn around 9:30 and those stands were already closed. The only thing we saw open was the drink stand outside Frozen and the fish & chips stand as we were heading back to the skyliner. We also didn't realize everything at Riviera was closed too. Magic Kingdom on the other hand seems to have tons of food/drink options during the extended hours.Update: Finally found a stand selling popcorn (the one that’s on the walkway as you walk towards test track) and because I arrived at exactly 11pm they wouldn’t let me buy popcorn.
My husband was like “You can’t just throw a scoop in our bucket then?” (Since we assumed the reason they couldn’t help is bc their registers were shut down) and they said no. I asked if there was anywhere else in the park to get food and they said no. So I guess when you pay $400+ a night for a hotel they’d rather throw out a scoop of popcorn than give you one or sell you one.
I should’ve clarified. We did have a boarding group using the virtual queue. Usually they convert your DAS once your boarding group is called and send you through the lightning lane. That’s what they ended up doing, the initial CM just wasn’t trained appropriately I guess. I flagged someone else down and they seemed perplexed that we were initially turned away. They followed the usual procedure, scanned our bands and sent them through the LL.Not sure of your situation but just advising that in order to use DAS for attractions with a VQ, guests must have secured a VQ in order to use DAS. DAS alone does not qualify a guest to ride GotG or Tron.
It may be a good question to ask/look on the disABILITIES board as I'm not sure if it works the same at both AH and EEH events at Epcot and MK.
See this is where the customer service has really gone downhill. Previously that would've been a no-brainer for any cm without you even having to ask. They're just going to throw the popcorn away anyways and yoi asked to buy it. This is the type of thing that used to separate them from your run of the mill company but we've seen a sharp decline in that kind of taking care off a customer stuff in recent years.Update: Finally found a stand selling popcorn (the one that’s on the walkway as you walk towards test track) and because I arrived at exactly 11pm they wouldn’t let me buy popcorn.
My husband was like “You can’t just throw a scoop in our bucket then?” (Since we assumed the reason they couldn’t help is bc their registers were shut down) and they said no. I asked if there was anywhere else in the park to get food and they said no. So I guess when you pay $400+ a night for a hotel they’d rather throw out a scoop of popcorn than give you one or sell you one.
Based on small park I work at they would be fired for giving to you and not throwing out. Cameras everywhere would catch itUpdate: Finally found a stand selling popcorn (the one that’s on the walkway as you walk towards test track) and because I arrived at exactly 11pm they wouldn’t let me buy popcorn.
My husband was like “You can’t just throw a scoop in our bucket then?” (Since we assumed the reason they couldn’t help is bc their registers were shut down) and they said no. I asked if there was anywhere else in the park to get food and they said no. So I guess when you pay $400+ a night for a hotel they’d rather throw out a scoop of popcorn than give you one or sell you one.
Disney gives things away every single day so I can’t see that being the issue.Based on small park I work at they would be fired for giving to you and not throwing out. Cameras everywhere would catch it
Historically that is NOT how Disney handles things. - The opposite actually, which is an example of what used to separate them from your run of the mill aka small park company.Based on small park I work at they would be fired for giving to you and not throwing out. Cameras everywhere would catch it
See this is where the customer service has really gone downhill. Previously that would've been a no-brainer for any cm without you even having to ask. They're just going to throw the popcorn away anyways and yoi asked to buy it. This is the type of thing that used to separate them from your run of the mill company but we've seen a sharp decline in that kind of taking care off a customer
We’ve also noticed longer lightning lane lines this trip which really sucks for DAS users that already waited outside the line (usually longer than the traditional queue since Disney tends to overinflate wait times) and have difficulties in long lines.Day 2: afternoon/evening.
After leaving the park we had lunch at shades of green by the pool and relaxed for a bit. We then decided to hop to Disney springs just to look. We took an Uber from springs back to HS.
You are gonna laugh- but when we walked back into HS I had a RR lightning lane and MMRR LL and a TT LL. We ended up not using a single one. Here's what went down:
We grabbed a bite at ABC commissary. My tacos were good but my husband's chicken sandwhich was really dry. I was bounding at sorcerer Mickey so we wanted to get a picture at red carpet dreams so we did that. We then heading toward RR and.. it was down. We then pivoted to go to MMRR and the lightning lane long was super out of the building. We were HOT. So it being close to 630 we did what any respecting Disney fan does who is really hot but wants to kill time-- we saw the frozen sing along. Which.. honestly was fun. After that RR still wasn't up so we decided to go to GE and eat. After that RR said it was up... and then as we got there it promptly went down again. So I was going to go use the TT fastpass but then it was 8ish and the LL looked long- probably because RR down pushed everyone to them. So at this point we just went ahead and got a seat for Fantasmic. We got snacks and lemonade and waited for the show. Man it was hot just sitting there. I really enjoyed the show.
Since we had a super productive morning we rode everything today except RR.