What a horrible trip! Heat index of 110-115 for 4 days. I had the paramedics twice for me. Children (7, 4, 4, 3, 2) were crazy...probably with heat exhaustion too if only we had recognized. Long lines. A woman hit me at Tinkerbell's flying thing...she said I was too close to her, but had been standing there for 3 hours. : ( People were nuts I think due to heat. And their own stupidity. A lot less security at the night shows was not good.
I lost my $5,000 camera but it was recovered. A good thing that was handled well.
Food was hard-we were not hungry and we always, always, always lose so much on the meal plan. I left 4 sit downs, 13 snacks, and 2 stand-ups. Not as bad as last September though.
Anyone have advice on taking children this age. I am a FL resident so I know that I need to avoid the heat, but that is when the dgc were there so we tried.
Disney not as good on recovery now either with stolen water sprayer they did not want to replace. Hotel was Pop Century-horrible food court and filthy-floor was disgusting. Never there before. Room newly renovated-so fresh. Now I know to ask for the most recently reno-ed area. Buses were so jammed-the worst I have ever personally seen since 1980 of our first trip from PA. One night we waited in line for the 4th bus to get back to hotel. People rude and did not ask my ill husband(leukemia) if he would like to sit down. Sometimes daughters holding small children did get asked...but husband looked a lot sicker than daughters...and they gave Daddy the seat. With a lot of mean looks.
I have stayed on property over 50 times in my life. This was the worst. Oh, and no hot tub although they said on ressies that there was one. Great lifeguards though-the best on property I have seen. Best part of the trip! : ) I also missed having a place to sit in lobby-never thought to ask about that. Going again in December with dh alone.
