Originally Posted By sjdimon We just got back yesterday from a week-long trip to the DL Resort. Here are some impressions (the full TR will come later): 1. Stayed at the Anaheim Hilton using the $89 special. Got upgraded to the Executive Floor. Staff was a little stand-offish, it was obvious that they didn't like families in the Lounge - they treated business people very well - but were a little nasty to some of the families. 2. DL - Night Fantastic - um...let's see - a few comments on this: o Fantasmic - still a great show, but other than the Crocodile and a few new lighting effects on the Princess Rafts - none of the other new stuff was working. No Dragon (still); no Eels during Ursula's song. o Magical - a BEAUTIFUL show - but a real letdown after Remember (IMO). There were long gaps where there were no fireworks being launched - so it seemed (on several occasions) that the show had ended - only to have it start up again. Oh yes - Dumbo was not flying either - so that was disappointing. o Disney's Electrical Parade - ALWAYS terrific - the new floats and enhancements were a real plus. We liked the new soundtrack - and it didn't "do away" with the Baroque Hoedown. The ending was much tighter as the final announcement came within about a minute after the America unit went by. The night we saw it - it was delayed for over 20 minutes - Tink's float broke down and had to be towed. They then "rushed" the rest of the parade (since they delayed the Fireworks as well). Still - a great parade - and it will be wonderful to have it back at DL where it belongs next year. 3. Didn't care for the Celebrate Street Party - much prefer a REAL parade to this kind of event. 4. New stuff - IASW was really good. We liked the characters (except for Ariel - she stood out a bit too much!). New Monorails (orange and blue were running continuously) were nice. 5. It was strange to have so many attractions and shops closed during the summer. I understand that this is no longer the peak season in terms of overall visitors - HOWEVER - the makeup of the summer guests is such that these folks are NOT the locals who can come to the park every weekend - so the rehabs would make more sense to take place when the out-of-town visitors are there. 6. Overall - the park is looking good. Sure - there were some paint chips missing, and some burnt out lights (we like to spot these and announce "oh no - a burnt out light bulb - our trip has been ruined!) It would be nice to see a little more attention paid to these details like they used to (but it did NOT ruin our trip!). DCA is a MESS right now (the corridor of walls!) from the Winery to Mullholland's Madness it's one HOT wall of concrete. Work has started on the Orange Stinger - converting it to "Mickey's Swing Set" (or whatever it's going to be called <<vbg>>) - World of Color will be nice next year - Carsland is coming along (we had a great view from the Lounge at the Hotel of that construction). On a scale from 1 .. 10, it still rates a strong 9. Tomorrowland needs another makeover; they need a real DAYTIME Parade; and there is just too much construction going on during the Peak Travel Season (Summer).
Originally Posted By seafairy1622 Sounds like you had fun. Looking forward to your trip report! I'm going to DL in Oct. can't wait to see IASW, with the new charactors. Ariel is my favorite, so I'm glad she stands out!
Originally Posted By dlkozy We just returned today from our trip and we found the park to be quite crowded as well as HOT! Even as early as 10am it was hot and lines and sweaty people everywhere! But children seem to overlook all that and just get caught up in the magic of it all=so we just made up our minds to have lots of fun and we DID! :0)
Originally Posted By ssturgeo How did I miss that the Electrical Parade is returning to DL next year????
Originally Posted By dzy76 Ya, I haven't heard that, either. I think it would be great. I always liked it coming down Main Street better.
Originally Posted By dlkozy I thought that it was going to DLT-I would love it if it really was staying here.
