Brought the family back down for spring break this week to use the passes one more time. I say this almost every time I post in this thread but man, you really have to know what you are doing down here to enjoy yourself plus be willing to pay for Genie+.
Easter Sunday crowd was nuts but staying on property and with Genie we managed to ride 17 rides at MK, watch the Easter parade, ride the boat to Geyser Point and have lunch and beers, park hop to EPCOT and ride a few things, come back to MK and we could have stayed and ridden 3-5 more things or watch the fireworks.
You just really need to know how things work, where stuff is and be willing to pivot and shell out $$.
Yesterday we had a great day at HS despite enormous crowds. Got everything in but SW land and left for EPCOT to eat Flower and Garden for lunch. Went back to resort and swam and napped - dinner at Beaches and Cream and then watched the nighttime stuff at HS.
Today did start off rough - earliest LL was lunch time for Frozen so moved it to Soarin- we walked all the way to the back of the park to ride Remy and the line was insane. We were there at 8:05 for 8:30 early entry and we were on the bridge to France when the line stopped - we were like no way. Took a bunch of pictures in empty country pavilions, drank coffee and got pastries at Norway bakery. Frozen was down so told my wife, let’s keep an eye on it opening and hop in line - sure enough, as we finished it opened and we got to wait 15 minutes for it.
It really does suck for families that don’t know what they are getting in to and expect things to be magical - it won’t be for most.
Driving back today - had a great trip despite the insane crowd levels. Won’t go in to all the gory details but will share the food damage:
Geyser Point x 2 (love that place), Beaches and Cream, Le Cellier, Ale and Compass (women), Yak and Yeti (men), ‘Ohana, Casey’s, Kona, Homecomin’, City Works, Port Orleans for beignets, some Flower and Garden kiosks. I’d weigh 500 pounds if I lived down here, even with all the walking.