Most Recent Reviews
Reviewed by sandra loveless Review Date: 09/30/2018
Rating: (8) Recommended
This resort is sooooo educational and quest friendly!
Pros:
friendliness of staff. design of resortCons:
locationReviewed by StephieEH Review Date: 09/30/2018
Rating: (10) Recommended
My family went to the last breakfast reservation and loved it. My son has sensory issues and I marked the reservation with allergy because they didn't have anything for sensory food issues. He only ate extra crispy bacon and they made him a mountain of bacon to eat. Staff allowed my sons stroller to be his chair so he felt safe and not overwhelmed.We saw all the characters multiple times and Mickey sat with my son and let him get comfortable before offering to hug him. Chip grabbed my son's over sized pen and used it as a sword with the waitress and they had a battle to entertain us.
Pros:
The staff and food was amazing! We saw Mickey, Pluto, Chip and Dale multiple times and they all took time with my son to make the day magical!Cons:
High priceReview of Theme Park Photo Pass
Reviewed by sandra loveless Review Date: 09/30/2018
Rating: (5) Not Recommended
I am an Disney old timer (was there when Magic kingdom opened!). Photo comes with my annual pass. It is nice to have pictures taken by someone. .If they weren't included, I would not pay separately.
Pros:
don't have to depend on yourself to take pictures, can see available pictures and share them with other easily, can add your own borders,etc.Cons:
cost, finding a photographer, quality of picturesReview of Pandora -- the World of Avatar
Reviewed by Nurseu08 Review Date: 09/30/2018
Rating: (10) Recommended
Beautiful setting. The thought and detail put into the designs are incredible. The rides have amazing details.
Pros:
Design, visual scope, immersive.Cons:
Wait times are still quite long.Review of Pandora -- the World of Avatar
Reviewed by survivoramy Review Date: 09/30/2018
Rating: (8) Recommended
The theming is fantastic but Flight of Passage was a let down for me. We got in line as soon as we arrived and it was about a 90 minute wait (we were there at parking opening.) It took forever just to get into actual queue space. But once in the line was definitely a part of the experience. The ride itself was not so great. The one room were in line for broke and we had to be moved to a different one. The ride it primarily a movie screen you are watching as the seat your on mimics riding a banshee. Those type of rides make me feel motion sick and this was no exception. I can ride Soarin' with no issues because it is mostly calm. However this one is a lot more sensory overload. None of the 3 of us go off feeling like it was worth the wait. We were glad we did it once...but never going to wait for over an hour to do it again. We did have a fast pass for the boat ride. It was cute enough. Probably the highlight was the Boba drink. The girls couldn't wait to try that!
Pros:
Disney theming is always amazing. Food/drink offerings are great.Cons:
Long wait times, actual ride for F of P didn't live up to hype to us.Review of Beaches and Cream
Reviewed by survivoramy Review Date: 09/30/2018
Rating: (9) Recommended
To do the sitdown experience you must make a reservation well in advance. But it is worth it. Our server was amazing! 2 of us ordered ice cream sundae concoctions and one tried something with Sunshine it the name (sherbet based). She HATED it. I tried it and it was weird and not sweet at all. Our server noticed and offered to bring her a traditional soda float instead. She like that much better and I liked that he was intuitive about it. My sundae was the chocolate PB one and it was soooo good. We all had more than we needed for sure. If we had a bigger eater with us we would have tried the Kitchen Sink. Next time...
Pros:
Great service, yummy ice creamCons:
Small and can be cramped for bigger people/larger parties, must secure reservation well in advance to dine in.Review of Electric Umbrella
Reviewed by survivoramy Review Date: 09/30/2018
Rating: (6) Recommended
You are in EPCOT - but if you are not feeling adventurous or perhaps you are chaperoning a field trip of kids and need to get everyone fed, then Electric Umbrella may just be the right stop. It is a counter service restaurant and the offerings are very basic. Like burgers, nuggets, and salad. But the drink machines are accessible for you to fill so you can get refills which is a big plus. I go with teen girls and they get one order of the nuggets that comes with fries and then a side of fries (not on the menu board but it is available). They they split out the nuggets and it works for a meal for both. I usually get the Bacon burger. It isn't anything amazing but it works for us. It is the same thing we would get at Cosmic Ray's in MK. So it really doesn't add to the "EPCOT" experience at all. I have been in EPCOT many times with school groups (chorus and band) and we often eat here because it is kid friendly with recognizable foods (which may not be true in a restaurant in the countries.(
Pros:
Free refills, decent amount of seating, bathrooms facilities close by, kid friendly foodsCons:
Food is basic and nothing special. In EPCOT there are far more interesting options.Review of FastPass+ (Retired)
Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 09/30/2018
Rating: (9) Recommended
Fast pass+ was a well thought out plan for helping guests avoid excessively long lines to enjoy attractions. Every time we go to WDW we take advantage of the fast pass+ system. The only thing I don’t like is the tier system.
Pros:
Helps avoid lines and enjoy more attractions.Cons:
Tier system doesn’t allow booking 3 of the desired attractions on the same day.Review of All Star Music Resort (Value Resort)
Reviewed by survivoramy Review Date: 09/30/2018
Rating: (5) Recommended
We won't every stay in an All-Star again after our last stay. Now that said, I would let my kids stay there with a sports team or whatnot if they were going to be playing at Wide World and we had to be budget conscious. But for a family vacation, I will pass. I do like for the hotel to be a part of the experience so we spend time at it. If you are staying out except for sleeping then I guess hotel doesn't really matter so much. When we stayed in the ALL-Star we found mold growing in the sink. The granite look counter has a lip over the sink and all the area underneath that lip had chunks of mold. I just happened to be sitting on the bed at the right angle to catch a glimpse and then check it out. We did complain and we did get a free night for another value resort - so Disney did make it right. And I would hope they changed their cleaning policies. We have stayed in all the values and all the moderate resorts. The moderates may cost a little more but you do get more for the money. The values attract the very budget conscious and we have noticed a lot more of the yelling/bickering type of parents or the ones that ignore their kids totally and let them wreak havoc in the values than what we run into at the moderates. I can't say I wouldn't recommend it because you did get the Disney added values of staying in a Disney resort so I would choose it over a motel off property for sure.
Pros:
Affordable, on Disney property so you get Extra Magic Hours and Disney Transportation includedCons:
Cleanliness was an issue for us on a past visit, and while most guests were great - we always run into the loud/obnoxious ones at the value resort pools. Might be just our luck...Review of Walt Disney World's Magical Express
Reviewed by vincent412 Review Date: 09/30/2018
Rating: (10) Recommended
free, easy
