Belated thanks to all for your advice and a (also belated) trip report!

How I looked forward to this first trip to WDW! (My last visit to a Disney property was the DLR in 2004. Many times, I planned a trip but one thing or another came up to prevent it.) There were four in our group: me, dh a.k.a. Tom, Daughter #2 and her boyfriend. The occasion: celebration of daughter and bf's graduation from college.

The young'uns zipped around while Tom (who was about to undergo open-heart surgery - he's doing fine post-op now) and I took it nice and slow.

Lodging: For us, the Polynesian turned out to be ideal. Atmosphere, transportation, eats - all dreamy. We were in Tuvalu, garden view, near the Luau Cove. Absolutely beautiful room on the 3rd floor. We loved:

• that many guests wore Hawaiian-type clothing because that is what we had planned to do, too.

• the luau. Every aspect exceeded our expectations

Eats: Two highlights besides the luau:

• Brown Derby and their glowing drinks :cheers:

• Plain ol' kid's cone at Ice Cream Corner or whatever it's called. Best place to people watch. Tom and I had ice cream for lunch every day.

Stuff I Didn't Like Much:

• Epcot. Sorry but blech and/or yawn. Don't even get me started on that stupid Viking attraction. The Monsters University overlay on the shrubs was fun, though. Also, I got to speak French with the adorably sweet CM at the Frahhhhhhnce movie and, afterwards, eat a napoléon.

• Concierge service. A family member ordered surprise graduation ears to be delivered to the room. That got royally messed-up but eventually fixed.

• IASW facade looking shabby.

• The way-too-rapidfire and bored delivery of the Jungle Cruise CM. FAIL.

Stuff I Loved:

• The Hall of Presidents. Wow on the animatronics!

• Seeing Carousel of Progress again.

• The Frahhhhhhhhnce movie, esp. the scene with all the beagles.

• The Crocs sandals (True fax, I swear) I bought at Epcot. No blisters the entire trip.

• The parades. I don't know how those CMs do it in that heat but they keep on smiling.

And in conclusion: Disneyland is the original and still the best. WDW fulfilled our tropical dreams and showed us all a really fun time.

Happy Tom is doing well! :snap:

Glad you had a happy at WDW!

What he said. (and Encouraging Recovery Vibes for Tom from one Heart Patient to another.)

Plus: Aren't Crocs the BEST for foot-slogging around a park? I love mine, and my DCA Crocs from 2007 are still going strong. :snap:

Also, I love the Carousel of Progress. I hope they never lose that.

Bear Hugs !!

Visible mojo to Moonliner and Flippy! Thanks for the recovery wishes.

Death before Crocs! bleh!

Glad you had a wonderful trip. We decided we're not Epcot fans either.

I am glad to hear you had a good trip and more importantly that surgery went well.
We didn't enjoy Epcot either but to be fair we only gave it half a day.

I don't hate it.

We need to walk around all the countries next time but we were bored/unimpressed with rides/shows. Of course that was like 10 years ago too. I think there was too many parks to fit in, we prefer Disneyland.