Most Recent Reviews
Review of Mara - Jambo House
Reviewed by melody Review Date: 11/13/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
I love eating at Mara! I always get the lentil chicken salad with the cilantro dressing...so yummy!!! My husband got the special of the day which was a corned beef sandwich and that was very good as well. I love the unique, different food you can get here instead of the usual burgers, etc.
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—Review of California Grill
Reviewed by melody Review Date: 11/13/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
I decided to take my family here for appetizers before the Spirits Confidential party. My family & husband had 3 different kinds of sushi and I had the meatballs. The meatballs were so delicious and unique. My husband is from NYC and has had some of the best sushi but absolutely loved the sushi at CA Grill! He said it even topped NYC! Waiter was very friendly and the manager seated us at the sushi counter. We will definitely return!
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noneReview of Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria
Reviewed by melody Review Date: 11/13/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
Not sure why so many do not like the food or service at Via Napoli. We love the food so much that we ate here twice during our 10 days! The pizzas are amazing as well as the family salad! The wait staff that we had both times were very friendly! Please give this place a try!
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Food!!Cons:
NoneReview of Boulangerie Patisserie les Halles
Reviewed by melody Review Date: 11/13/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
Food was good! I had the ham & cheese hot croissant and my husband had the chicken sandwich. Both were very good! The seating is limited and the chairs to sit on are tiny & hard. Will return though for the delicious food & pastries!
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Hard chairs for seatingReview of Brown Derby Lunch/Dinner
Reviewed by melody Review Date: 11/13/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
We ate here for lunch on November 2nd. My husband and I decided to pay for this meal so we could save our table service credits. We decided to share the cobb salad & grapefruit cake. I ordered it without bacon & eggs and unfortunately the waiter took it down correct but the chef/cooks prepared it incorrectly. So we had to wait even longer for a new salad while my entire family ate their lunch. By the time we got the new salad, our family was done eating. Other than the slow service, the food is always good here.
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slow service for lunchReviewed by melody Review Date: 11/13/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
We stayed from Oct. 31-Nov. 9 and had a fabulous time! Grounds are gorgeous, cast members are so friendly & willing to help and remodeled rooms were nice. Would definitely recommend to everyone!! Can't wait for the Villas to be built.
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Great location, beautiful grounds & nice roomsCons:
noneReview of FastPass+ (Retired)
Reviewed by srm444 Review Date: 11/13/2013
Rating: (6) Recommended
FP+ was interesting. We had a lot of trouble getting everyone synced up per reservation. We had a couple of room reservations, and therefore we couldn't see everyone in the DME, so we weren't always certain that everyone had the same FP. Getting them changed wasn't a problem, but getting everyone on at or around the same time was.
It was also unfortunate that you could only do 3 per day, and typically they were right away in the morning. What do you do the rest of the day? We were fortunate enough to still have paper tickets so we definitely utilized those as well as the MagicBands to get as many FPs as possible. I am hopeful they'll up it up to more than just 3 per day b/c that certainly isn't a lot nor the best way to maximize your time at the Parks, especially if you park hop.
In general, I can see where the MagicBand is going to be cool, but there are quite a few bugs that need to be fixed first before I'm fully satisfied with it.
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Loved tapping my wrist rather than holding on to a paper FPCons:
3 per park is not enough!Review of MagicBand
Reviewed by LynnM Review Date: 11/13/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
The bands are easy to use for everything. We had some difficulties in the beginning of our trip but the issues were corrected and then it worked perfectly.
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easy to useCons:
uncomfortable when it is hotReview of FastPass+ (Retired)
Reviewed by LynnM Review Date: 11/13/2013
Rating: (1) Not Recommended
We find it difficult to plan every hour of our vacation in advance. For Our last visit in October we used fastpass +, and did not use any of them because we changed our plans completely when we got there. We prefer the old system.
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difficult to plan every hour of vacationReview of My Disney Experience
Reviewed by dianamagoon Review Date: 11/13/2013
Rating: (6) Recommended
I am planning a family trip (husband, 2 kids, and in-laws) to WDW in Feb and decided to use My Disney Experience to organize the trip. I'm an event planner by nature (and I also have a degree in event management) plus I did a TON of research before starting to plan the trip. I had already started a huge, multi-tab spreadsheet for this trip before I got onto the site.
What I don't like:
> When I'm on the site and try to change ADR, I have to delete the existing one and then make a new one (even if I just want to add someone). Also, the site will make me log back in frequently when trying to navigate back to (my) home page.
> When you go to the "Find Things To Do" section, I was able to click on items but couldn't not get them added to my main page. The only things you seem to be able to add are ones that have a time assigned (parades, ADR, etc.) This could have been user error but I'm usually pretty good about figuring this stuff out and have not been able to do so. I do not want to spend my time in the parks navigating between different pages on my cell phone and would just like it all in one place.
What I do like:
> Our first night in town we are having dinner @ Raglan Road with friends who live in Orlando. I was able to add them to my "friends & family" section and assign each person a Disney Character. I don't know if it's something ADR has always offered but I loved the ability to make my father-in-law Goofy and my best friend Ariel.
> It is nice to see all of my (timed) plans on one page. I can log in and see what day we have reservations and where so it's easier to plan the day around that.
Overall, I think it's a good site but could use a little more tweaking. We are staying a POP Century and have not been invited to use the MagicBands yet. I am hoping that they will be available for our trip.
The FastPass+ system does concern me a bit. It just seems so restrictive. I'm travelling with my children (5 & 7/boys) and I don't want to have to plan our rides weeks in advance. As another post mentioned, what happens if it rains and we have to adjust our park plans for the day? I am making a park plan for each day but trying to leave it flexible in case we want to make changes, for any reason. I'm actually hoping we can't use the FastPass+ system and then it won't be an issue.
