Here's my review for 7 days, with 7 people.
All first timers except me, who went twice as a kid and remembers nothing 😂
So. Much. Pressure. To get everyone their favorite ride on Genie+! I nearly made myself sick over the stress. With the help of the skipper, we did every ride at every park that was open except for 4. We waited for FOP for 2.5 hours and it was SO worth it!!
Getting the VQ for guardians was much easier than I thought. Husband watched world clock while I refreshed. Got first group! The ride was AWESOME! Seriously amazing
Two of our kids uses their cash to build droids. They are almost 10 and almost 13 and they love them! I was on the fence about it due to cost but it worth it
Souvenirs seem to repeat in all the parks and not much left after Christmas. We ended up going to the Disney outlet to shop. Much cheaper there too.
Memory maker was well worth it. I just wish i took the time to find more of them
Firework shows at all parks blew us away. Moved my daughter to tears. We've never seen anything like it
The parks were SO clean! Our local theme park has dusty ride through rides with broken parts and just all together run down. Disney's rides are so clean and well maintained. The streets are clean, uniforms are clean. Everything is just beautiful
We stayed off site in a 4 bed, 3 bath condo for 7 days under $2k. Prob unpopular opinion but it was so worth it for us to have our own private space to spread out and decompress when we needed. Especially handy having all the bathrooms.
I rented a van for $277 but they kept my $150 deposit on top of that so I need to call and find out why lol. We did two park days, rest day, two park days, rest day. We needed those rest days!! Highly recommend Kennedy space center! Very cool for adults and kids alike. Close to beach so we took the kids there, too.
We paid preferred parking everyday and it was so nice on cold days and after long days of walking
We walked between 10k-20k steps a day! Husband bought On Clouds, loved them, I had broke in adidas cloud foams and also loved them. We rubbed everyone down with epsom salt lotion every night and it helped!
We only did free park cards with lanyards and it was so easy. Saved the money of purchasing magic bands.
This was a one and done trip for us due to how much it cost so I am so happy we ate all the things, rode all the rides, and watched all the shows we wanted to see! I have no regrets. We got on splash mountain before it closed, and rock n roller coaster before it rebranded. We did not pay for any ILLs. Genie + was essential for us to get everything done that we wanted to do.
My main advice is don't amp yourself up too much like I did. It's really not that serious and the kids will love it either way. But please, GET THE MEMORY MAKER so you'll have the memories! It was all such a blur on the flight home. It's been awesome looking back at the photos.
