Disney Overview

I’m typing this post while flying through the air. I got up to go to the bathroom earlier and I felt like I was walking on air.  In a way, I kind of was: I mean, I’m in an airplane and so I’m not floating but I am walking some 30,000 feet in the air.   Our last day in Disney World went by quickly but we really didn’t do much.  I was okay with that as it made our trip feel more complete and I felt more ready to go home.   In all honesty, I could move to and live in Orlando, Florida pretty easily.  Teaching is a greater possibility here and I’m sure I could find something I could do in the world of Disney.  Even retail would be worth it during the summers to get all the benefits that being a cast member at Disney offers.

Looking back on this trip, we had a good time.  However, I would do things differently if we were to do it again.  It wasn’t a bad Disney trip by any means but it wasn’t my best trip.  I felt more disorganized this trip and kind of all over the place.  I’m glad that my parents have been to Disney before because had this been their first trip ever, I can’t imagine they would consider Disney worth it.  A lot of that had to do with our hotel which was far from “magical.”  I don’t know if we were just there at the wrong time but it was not what I’ve come to expect as a Disney experience.

Pros and Cons to Coronado Springs

    + large spacious room
    + Blu-ray player
    + Cool Doors that separate the bedroom from the bathroom
    + Warm pool with super cool design and slide

    - Customer Service was dismal and not Disney at all (short, curt responses, mistakes, etc)
    - Blu-ray player hooked up with extremely outdated and poor quality RCA connectors (per Dave!)
    - Huge, sprawling resort with multiple bus stop locations that were not logically laid out and required lots of walking
    - Our area was under constant construction, had to navigate around workers
    - Cast members drove these golf carts that gave off horrible fumes
    - My parents door lock broke, took 25- 30 minutes to respond, and didn’t handle it well until complained
    - I found a bug on my towel just as I was about to wipe my face with it (eww)
    - Resort location was not centralized.  Better than the value resorts but only barely

In the end, I felt like we paid a lot more for a slightly lesser experience than what we’ve received in the Value Resorts.  All of these opinions are based solely on this vacation.  Like I said, maybe it would be better at a different time but I’m not going to find out as I will not being staying there again.  We’ll try a different moderate one if we’re trying for a reasonably price vacation but a part of me wants to splurge the next time we go and stay at a Deluxe resort like the Beach Club.  When we visited it this year, we were able to walk to Epcot in the same amount of time it took us to get to our bus stop at Coronado.  We can also walk to Hollywood Studios too.   I just like it more.   I don’t know if Dave and I will splurge ourselves but they offer two- bedroom suites that might work well if we decide to do a family vacation with my parents and my sister to help split the cost.  I loved being there with my parents and missed my sister so I think we will go back all together someday.   Depending on the price and where everyone is financially, I may think about splurging a bit more.

So yeah, we’ll see.  There are so many other places I want to go and so many things I want to do so who knows when we will be back to Disney.