Raeven
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 15, 2015
Today was our first Disney day!
After a disappointing meal at Amatista Cookhouse where what I was served was most definitely not queso dip.
We headed over to the Dolphin!
Because our room wasn’t ready yet we walked over to the Boardwalk.
After getting some food at Boardwalk Bakery we headed back to The Dolphin to check out our room. We’d stayed at The Dolphin before in 2018, and were kind of disappointed with our room and the hotel in general. I’m not sure if it was the different category, not booking through Hotwire, or if they remodeled since then but we loved our room this time!
I decided to splurge a little for a balcony view and access to the Epcot/MK extra hours. And somehow we got a corner room with two balconies! The views were great and it really was the best part.
The room was really large and bright with lots of light and windows. The bathroom was a good size, and the views were great. The bed was also really comfortable. The one balcony door was a little iffy, it didn’t close all the way there was a bolt on it to keep it closed; but it didn’t connect to anything so it didn’t really matter.
On the balcony Josh said I was “chairing” weird which means I sit on chairs weird.
Here's his interpretation of how I sit on chairs:
After relaxing for awhile and checking out the view we headed over to Epcot.
It was a nicer day, breezy but still hot; and we didn’t go till like 5 pm which made the heat easier.
We were eating around the world for Flower and Garden.
Here are some highlights of our trip around the world:
In France I ran from a large bird.
We used our individual LL's for Remy's. (It was cute and worth a one time paid LL I think, but I wouldn’t pay to do it again.)
We briefly saw The Commodores, and then rode the Gran Fiesta Tour. While the people behind us loudly debated how it was and wasn’t like Pirates.
I also knew we couldn’t go on Guardians, but was hoping to get a picture out front... which nope wasn’t happening . It was all blocked off so this was the best I could do.
Once the sun set it got A LOT colder so this Violet Lemonade was a weird choice, but we had to get some.
We went on Spaceship Earth where I missed the memo about making silly faces.
We did a little shopping, and saw some fireworks from a distance.
The extra hours had officially started!
Journey to the Imagination was closed (not sure if it always is during these but it was that night). We walked on Soarin’, and then tried to go to Test Track which was down…So we walked over to FEA, but it was a 45 min wait still.
So the Epcot extra hours for us were kind of a bust. I would not recommend staying deluxe just for the extra hours. I was really happy with our room, but was disappointed with this perk. It's really only an hour and half once most people are out, the food is closed, and I'm not sure if it was a bad night but most the rides were closed or had long waits. We didn’t buy LL for the whole day just the one ride because of the extra hours, and I was a little disappointed because we had to skip rides like TT and FEA that should've been easy to get on during the extra hours.
Here's Josh and his favorite troll:
I did find this statue I was looking for though.
After that we took the boat back, and watched Dexter.
Next up
Our first trip to Animal kingdom in years!
After a disappointing meal at Amatista Cookhouse where what I was served was most definitely not queso dip.
We headed over to the Dolphin!
Because our room wasn’t ready yet we walked over to the Boardwalk.
After getting some food at Boardwalk Bakery we headed back to The Dolphin to check out our room. We’d stayed at The Dolphin before in 2018, and were kind of disappointed with our room and the hotel in general. I’m not sure if it was the different category, not booking through Hotwire, or if they remodeled since then but we loved our room this time!
I decided to splurge a little for a balcony view and access to the Epcot/MK extra hours. And somehow we got a corner room with two balconies! The views were great and it really was the best part.
The room was really large and bright with lots of light and windows. The bathroom was a good size, and the views were great. The bed was also really comfortable. The one balcony door was a little iffy, it didn’t close all the way there was a bolt on it to keep it closed; but it didn’t connect to anything so it didn’t really matter.
On the balcony Josh said I was “chairing” weird which means I sit on chairs weird.
Here's his interpretation of how I sit on chairs:
After relaxing for awhile and checking out the view we headed over to Epcot.
It was a nicer day, breezy but still hot; and we didn’t go till like 5 pm which made the heat easier.
We were eating around the world for Flower and Garden.
Here are some highlights of our trip around the world:
In France I ran from a large bird.
We used our individual LL's for Remy's. (It was cute and worth a one time paid LL I think, but I wouldn’t pay to do it again.)
We briefly saw The Commodores, and then rode the Gran Fiesta Tour. While the people behind us loudly debated how it was and wasn’t like Pirates.
I also knew we couldn’t go on Guardians, but was hoping to get a picture out front... which nope wasn’t happening . It was all blocked off so this was the best I could do.
Once the sun set it got A LOT colder so this Violet Lemonade was a weird choice, but we had to get some.
We went on Spaceship Earth where I missed the memo about making silly faces.
We did a little shopping, and saw some fireworks from a distance.
The extra hours had officially started!
Journey to the Imagination was closed (not sure if it always is during these but it was that night). We walked on Soarin’, and then tried to go to Test Track which was down…So we walked over to FEA, but it was a 45 min wait still.
So the Epcot extra hours for us were kind of a bust. I would not recommend staying deluxe just for the extra hours. I was really happy with our room, but was disappointed with this perk. It's really only an hour and half once most people are out, the food is closed, and I'm not sure if it was a bad night but most the rides were closed or had long waits. We didn’t buy LL for the whole day just the one ride because of the extra hours, and I was a little disappointed because we had to skip rides like TT and FEA that should've been easy to get on during the extra hours.
Here's Josh and his favorite troll:
I did find this statue I was looking for though.
After that we took the boat back, and watched Dexter.
Next up
Our first trip to Animal kingdom in years!
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