Most Recent Reviews
Review of All Star Sports Resort (Value Resort)
Reviewed by Kare423 Review Date: 08/15/2013
Rating: (7) Recommended
My trip was from 8/7/13 - 8/14/13. I stayed on the 3rd floor of Building 6 (Surf's Up). This is a good resort, for the most part. It is clean and has a nice pool. Though, the dining area was under construction for the Sports resort, they had a shuttle to take you to the Music or Movies resort to use their dining area. Some of the park buses only picked up people from the Sports resort, but others picked up all the All-Star resort locations. It seemed like it wan't consistent though. Going to the park the bus would only pick up the Sports resort people, but leaving the park had people from all the All-star resorts. Tended to be a very crowded bus ride back to the resort.
I went over to the Movies resort for dinner one night and I was jealous at the theming at that resort compared to the Sports. The Sports pool located near the main building lacked much theming or decoration.
I would recommend this resort for people wanting to save money, but stay on Disney property.
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Clean, friendly staffCons:
small rooms, crowded buses, walking distnace to/from bust stopsReview of Yak and Yeti Restaurant
Reviewed by jjcscanlon Review Date: 08/14/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
My family is very picky and I did not share with them the menu before we arrived. Based on the high score here on allears.net, I wanted to try Yak & Yeti. If my family had seen the Asian-infused menu they would have balked.
As we approached, the fact that it was located in "Asia" was not lost on my daughter. I assured everyone that that there would be something on the menu that they each liked.
We arrived about 30 minutes ahead of our ADR, but were seated within 5 minutes. Our server was attentive and took time to explain different dishes, what he recommended, and steered me away from a dish I was considering.
Well I have to say - we've been home a week and my son is STILL talking about the Ribs which both my husband and I had as well (they were very good and compared to a local rib place by us they they all like. Yak & Yeti won the comparison). My daughter who eats like a bird ate all the honey chicken so I think that's a big thumbs up too.
I think this will now be our go-to restaurant at the Animal Kingdom. And everyone admitted they were glad we tried it since they all enjoyed it.
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—Review of Everything POP! Lunch/Dinner
Reviewed by Jen797 Review Date: 08/14/2013
Rating: (4) Not Recommended
After spending a long, hot August day at Animal Kingdom with our two kids, we decided to get a quick dinner at our hotel, Pop Century. Well, after waiting in 3 lines for over 50 minutes (combined) plus the check out line, we were not happy at all. Neither were the other customers, one of whom just left in anger without getting their dessert order. 20 minutes of my wait was for a simple kids hamburger and fries--never thought I would wish for a McDonalds!! Another 20 minutes was for dessert (2 apple blossoms a la mode)--someone asked me if they had to make the apple blossoms from scratch (they were right there on the counter the whole time I waited!) The hold up was scooping the ice cream, which only one person could do, but even then that person did not work very fast or efficiently.
On our last day, we ate lunch there because we had to be out of our room, but we had a later flight home. I got in line wanting a vegetable sandwich, which I could see under the heat lamp. After 15 minutes, I got to the front of the line. Then the lady taking orders disappeared into the back in search of pasta with white sauce, someone else got mad and left without their food, and another person complained loudly that they had been waiting for 45 minutes for their food. Then the 2nd worker (who had been shuffling salad from one place to another for a long time) took my order and handed me the same sandwich that I had been looking at the whole time!
After observing, these stations for a lot longer that I wanted to, I can say with certainty that there is a serious lack of management (at the dessert line a manager came by and left without saying a word!) and they are very short handed at most of the stations. Also, there doesn't seem to be a system for getting food out fast and efficiently. The workers don't know what to do when they fall behind and customers get mad. This place could really benefit from more self service and self check outs too.
The menus on the right-hand LCD screens change too fast to read all the way through, driving me nuts. Meanwhile, the left-hand LCD screen featured an ordinary chocolate chip cookie at least 50% of the time at every station. Are those cookies really that profitable??
It might just be me, but I hate it when there are two lines for one cashier. It's impossible to judge how fast they are moving and how long the wait will be. I agree with a previous reviewer that there should be a line that is dining plan-free because there is always a problem with what is included or not, and no one knows that you can't use it after you check out.
The self-serve drink area was a cluster-jam of people. It was hard to move around and get want you wanted. There has to be a better way. On the plus side, I was happy to see real brewed coffee had replaced that awful concentrated syrupy stuff I had to endure 3 year ago. My husband reports that late at night the soda fountains didn't have the right mix and his drinks tasted bad.
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Food tasted good. Nice variety and selection.Cons:
VERY, VERY, VERY SLOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!! Expensive too!Review of DiveQuest - Epcot
Reviewed by xtandt Review Date: 08/13/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
Loved the tour. The information they give about the animals are excellent too. Would highly recommend
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Awesome tourCons:
ExpensiveReview of Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria
Reviewed by ijohn1002 Review Date: 08/13/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
Kids loved the Pizza. The portions were very large. A member of our party has a gluten allergy and the manager took care of the order and offered options including gluten free pasta noodles. Great service. The menu was a decent price especially for dining in World Showcase. The pizza was very large and fed 3 Adults and 3 children with left overs.
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food, service, portionsCons:
noneReview of Plaza Restaurant
Reviewed by ijohn1002 Review Date: 08/13/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
We had a party of 6 for lunch. A member of the party has a gluten allergy and the chef not only came to the table but discussed the allergy and recommended ways to prepare gluten free bread for better taste. He was amazing. The food was great; burgers and sandwiches. The kids loved the mickey ice cream that comes with the kids meal. Highly recommend for good food at a reasonable price. Great views!
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View of the castle, parade, food, chefCons:
small menuReview of 'Ohana Best Friends Character Breakfast
Reviewed by thorntda Review Date: 08/12/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
We had breakfast with our family at 'Ohana 8/11/13. As good as the last time we dined, the cast members were always around to see if you needed a refill. The characters came around during our meal, and gave all their attention to our daughter, never felt rushed at all. Wonderful way to end our stay.
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Atmosphere, food, lovely cast membersCons:
noneReview of Captain Cook's
Reviewed by thorntda Review Date: 08/12/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
I had read an article on Capt Cook's as another location then MK to get a dole whip, we were not disappointed. We had the pork sandwich, wonderful taste, slaw on top. You buy the dole whip cup and fill it up when you are ready to eat, yum!
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pork sandwich, dole whipCons:
noneReview of Contemporary Resort (Deluxe Resort)
Reviewed by castle Review Date: 08/12/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
We stayed from 8/2-8/8 in two garden wing rooms. We arrived to the resort around 12:30. Only one of our rooms was ready and were told that when the other was ready they would text us. Upon entering the room we noticed there no refrigerators. I called the front desk and was told that we should have received a letter prior to our arrival explaining that we would not have a refrigerator. I explained that I never received a letter and that we were having groceries delivered later that day. We eventually had two refrigerators delivered to our rooms. Interesting enough upon delivery of the refrigerators to our room we were given a different explanation of why the refrigerators were removed-they were updating the refrigerators. Where as the front desk told us they were no longer going to have them in the rooms. So if you are checking into the Garden Wing you may want to call ahead of time to verify you will have a refrigerator.
The only negative aspect of the resort were the magic bands. Disney asked us to try them out prior to arrival. We agreed and they were sent ahead of time and we brought them with us. Some members of our party could not access their room with the bands. We all had to make sure we brought the key card with us in addition to our magic bands. We spent about an hour with guest services trying to fix the magic bands only to find out that two members of our party's magic bands were deactivated by the business office for no reason (at least that is what we were told). We were never informed. It was a little irritating that we had to spend an hour trying to get them fixed especially when time is precious at Disney World.
Overall we had a great time.
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location to monorail, appearance of roomsCons:
magicbands and room keyReview of Art of Animation Resort (Value Resort)
Reviewed by jbkilcoyne Review Date: 08/12/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
We just returned from a 5 night stay in a Cars suite. My son is 3 and loved the life sized cars! Our room was really too big for a family of 3. We had an abundance of space to spread out and relax. I liked having a mini kitchen to prep a toddler snack or have milk handy.
The only real draw back were large crowds. This resort is massive! The suites hold 6 people! All that adds up to longer lines, full buses, and tons of pool patrons.
We've only ever stayed at a deluxe resorts. Both my husband and I agreed that we would stay here again...only in a off season time.
