re: Disney World - Observations from my first trip

quote:

---

Something Screams Lafayette about you..

---

No sir. Lived there for about a year between jobs though. Haha

quote:

---

My rankings:
Magic Kingdom
Epcot
Hollywood Studios
Animal Kingdom

---

I guess I rank mine by experiences available (includes food)

Epcot:
love Soaring, Illuminations, test track, American adventure, figment, and the educational aspects of Spaceship Earth, Living with the land, the countries' films, and energy ride. The food is the best. Fish and chips in the UK, La hacienda at Mexico, kriglas at Norway, pastries in France, Japans hibachi, Italys Pizzeria, and now they have Starbucks

Magic Kingdom:
Crowds keep it from being first. Assortment of rides, parades, and fireworks is the best, but I only found a couple of dining experiences that I would do: Cosmic Rays, Liberty Tavern, Columbia Harbor House

Hollywood Studios:
our favorite place during Christmas season, but 2nd in ride favorability. 50s Primetime Café, Sci-fi drive in, and Mama Melroses are the only dining experiences that we enjoy

Animal Kingdom:
can be done in half a day (unless you hang around viewing the animals). Only place I enjoy eating is the Flame Tree BBQ (which is currently closed)

Not to beat a dead horse but...
If you're taking the kids I get it. It's the grown adults w/o kids I will never understand. Just my humble opinion.

quote:

---

Liberty Tavern

---

Pot roast!!...mmmmmmmmmm

Have you tried the Plaza restaurant? Its at the end of Main St on right..

Liberty Tree is my favorite in MK.

Be Our Guest was a disappoinmtnet. The setting was cool though. We did love Gaston's Tavern as well as all the candy apples in the circus tent. Also love the Dole Whip.

Been wanting to try PLaza. We had reservations there in a previous trip but they weren't until like 8:30 so we cancelled since we were ready to go back to the hotel prior.

quote:

---

will say the old fast pass method was better than the fastpass+.

---

I agree..This trip in June I've had to schedule out things.. normally its go get passes to something as soon as you walk in ..Especially on rides that fill up quick.. then try and hit the lesser attractions in middle..

must be someone from here they put TL;DR

quote:

---

On our family trip to Disney World. I was leaning over a railing looking down into some water. a few unreachable feet below i spot a tiny (1.5ft to 2ft) alligator. Being from africa and relatively unfazed with a slightly sharp swimming lizard thought nothing of it. I called my mother over and said "look an alligator! How cool." Sweet jesus was this a mistake. Not 2 seconds later (ears everywhere man) a staff member was looking over the railing whispering on the radio. All hell broke loose in the most hushed professional way ever. We were escorted away on a golf cart and a huge section of the park was cordoned off. We were taken to a room where they were very apologetic for our negative experience and offered us a free day vip the works. So we said very a big thankyou and took what was offered. In future I will be smuggling other small harmless creatures in for free stuff. i also got stuck on the Big Thunder Mountain ride in paris... that was handled in a much more french way "je suis désolé" blows smoke in face
tl;dr- Disney World + tiny alligator being all chill= free stuff.

---

quote:

---

I agree..This trip in June I've had to schedule out things.. normally its go get passes to something as soon as you walk in ..Especially on rides that fill up quick.. then try and hit the lesser attractions in middle..

---

Not to mention if you want to do things like Soarin and Test track you're shite out of luck because you can only choose one of them for your FP+. It wasn't terrible, but I prefer the old method with the paper tickets.


We would just get a ticket for a ride and hit up 2 or 3 with short line around it and do that all over again.

I'm a planner and had been before so I had a good idea of what to do and how to schedule the fastpasses, but even then i didn't like it.

Can't imagine what a pain it is for people that are clueless or can't plan.

quote:

---

Liberty Tree is my favorite in MK.

---

Mine as well

quote:

---

Be Our Guest was a disappoinmtnet.

---

agree ..the setting is great ..food is meh

quote:

---

We did love Gaston's Tavern

---

Got a cinnamon roll the was the size of a bowling ball from there.. And some apple drink that was.....interesting to say the least

quote:

---

Been wanting to try PLaza

---

Honestly I think its the best bang for your buck and far a sitdowns go.. Plus the handspun shakes are fantastic

quote:

---

And some apple drink that was.....interesting to say the least

---

LaFleau's Brew.

My wife, kid, and I all loved it.