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Originally posted by trishb
I sense a tone of disappointment in your vacation. Do you think that you expected too much from your trip?
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Trishb: I think you hit the nail on the head. I was disappointed because we had been looking forward to it for so long and we had heard how wonderful it was.
To be honest I love Disneyland and I like California Adventure better then WDW and our trip just made me miss them more. The things that you can't find in MK or the other parks the matterhorn, Screamn California, the big Sun Wheel, Mr. Toads wild ride, even It's a Small World and others. I also think that the cast members in Disneyland are much more informed. You can walk up to some of them and ask a question and they know the answer. If they don't they find out for you. I am not saying that this doesn't happen in WDW I am saying that it did not happen to often.
The transpertation at WDW sucks big time. We ended up renting a car for the whole 2 weeks we were there. We didn't like the idea of having to wait 20-30 minutes for a bus then another 30 minutes to get to the park because it had to stop at each of the resorts. If the bus was full to bad you had to wait for the next one which was another 20-30 minute wait. That is NOT a way to make people happy all you get is a bunch of hot pissed off customers.
The nights we were going to Pleasure Island we would take the bus because we were going to drink and didn't want to drive. Anyway we waited for the bus 20 or so minutes some people that were there before us had been there longer to go to Downtown Disney. The bus pulled up opened the doors closed the doors and picked up someone that was in a lark the handicap door in the back of the bus. The bus driver then got back in his seat closed the doors then proceded to drive forward. Talk about a mob one man rushed forward and started hitting the side of the bus and another man ummm... started making hand gestures. The bus then slowed and stopped opened its door for people to get in.
It stopped the first time to pick up the handicap person if the bus driver would have only told everyone that was waiting he was going to be pulling forward NONE of that type of thing would have happened. I saw this take place a few times the bus drivers causing people to get irate and say nothing. OHH by the way it was NOT anyone from my family that caused a scene..
Mickey and All
If you were thinking about renting the water mouse (mini speed boats) DO IT it is well worth the money this is one of the things that we enjoyes VERY VERY much! When your out in the boats and you see the big ferry's or rescue speed boats leave a wake make sure you speed up and go over their WAKE WOW what a rush!!! I suggest you hold on tight!! :D
TOURS
We went on the "Keys to The Kingdom" tour and enjoyed it very much. My husband and son went on the "Train tour' not sure what the name is off hand but my son is 10 and he enjoyed it very much. MAKE sure you take a camera because at the end of the tour you can take a picture of the empty train in front of the train station. They told everyone in the tour this was the only chance to get this picture because it was before the park opened and no one was around. My husband and son didn't take a camera ;) because we were told you couldn't take pictures. So CARRY your cameras you
can take pictures of the empty park as well you just can't take pictures in the back areas.
The dolphin experiance: We were a little disapointed because our tour was cancled because one of the dolphins died a few weeks ago. They told us they would let us know when they resumed and reschedule our tour. The Monday of our second week I called just to find out if it had been resumed and found that it had(by the way our tour was for the Friday before this was only 2 days after our scheduled tour). NO ONE HAD CALLED US to reschedule like they said they would. The grand planner more or less laughed and said well we can fit you in if you extend your stay another week. At this point I didn't think much was funny about the way we had been treated so this really irked me. I kept cool and said thanks I did not argue because it was no use....
Needless to say when we got back home many letters were sent out to lots of people.
The Contemporary Management, Disney Travel, Disneyland (to tell them how wonderful we thought their treatment was compared to WDW). We also sent one to Disney Co. to express how displeased were were with the treatment that we recieved.
I really hope that I don't sound bitter!!!! We did have a very good time we just could have done with out some of the stuff we put up with.
Thanks everyone for all your help before we went. There are some things that I wouldn't have done if it hadn't been for all of you. One of them being Cir Du solie (sp) a NOT TO BE MISSED SHOW!
OHHHHHHHHHHHHH ONE MORE THING ICKY, ICKY DON'T DRINK THE BEVERLY YUCK!!!!! lol I almost lost my lunch I can't beleive anyone would want to drink that stuff. The last day we went back to Epcot (which I LOVED did I say that already?, I thought I was going to dislike it but ended up LOVING IT) any way the last time we went we swang by the Icestation Cool (think that is the name) and The cast memeber said COME ON in its snowing inside and OH MY GOD it was. There was a guy in a parka making snow inside the tunnle and it was just soooo cool. My kids started throwing snow balls at each other. If this is normal for the Icestation cool I don't know because we had gone there a day or so before and they didn't have the snow but it was a great added touch.
Ok, I better shut up or this may never end see we did have a good time. I can't stop talking about it!!!
Take care,
Jena :)