All the way south -- a 22 day parent child tour to East America in 2015 (self driving, cruise, Disney)
Days: 22 days
Time: September
Per capita: 23000 yuan
With whom: parents and children
Play: Humanities, self driving, cruise, food, free travel
The author went to these places
Miami Beach
boston
Epcot
The road to freedom
Boston Public Garden
Quincy Market
Boston Common
Central Park
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Battery Park
Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
Fifth Avenue
Times Square
Empire State Building
White House
Capital Hilton
Georgia Aquarium
Coca Cola Museum
Comfort Suites
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Published at 11:45, December 10, 2015
preparation in advance
I have been planning to go to the United States since 2014. In early 2015, my family and good friends finally started to take action. There are four big and two small families, and six people are going to visit the United States. Why choose the east? My husband wants to see MIT, and my colleagues want to go to Miami Beach by Cruise. So we have such a southward route to the East. The first is to apply for a visa. The visa is not specified. It is completely in accordance with the official website of the US consulate. I would like to mention the following signing. Because I am with a friend's family, I choose to sign face-to-face, because in the options, I can choose other relationships except relatives and spouses. But when signing face-to-face, the face-to-face signing officer said that you can't sign face-to-face together. I thought I was going to be refused a visa... So I would like to remind you that for the sake of safety, it's not relatives. I'd like to make an appointment in two groups. Finally, I got the visa, and then I made the itinerary immediately. At first, it was an approximate time point. At last, although there were some changes, the time did not change, but the arrangement in a certain city changed a little. Post the itinerary first.
At first, the general route was decided, and then the air tickets were selected. Finally, the air tickets of American Airlines entering Boston on September 16 and leaving Miami on October 6 were reserved. Because it's not in and out of the same city, the ticket is a little expensive. At the beginning, I compared many flights and airlines, and finally decided to choose this time. It's $1185.9 for adults and $985.50 for children aged 2 and 5. Here, when we began to book air tickets, the US dollar began to rise, and the euro began to fall sharply. We deeply felt that we should plan a trip to Europe first. After booking the ticket, because it was 7 a.m. on the day of flying back, I decided to stay in the hotel near Miami Airport for the last night, so I made a reservation for the hotel for the last night first. Because considering that there are children, safety is the main factor, and the length of stay in each city is not long, we basically consider living in the city center, which leads to the high cost of accommodation. Boston is a B & B booking through airbnb, while other hotels are reserved by elong and Ctrip. Disney is a B & B booking through Expedia. It is worth mentioning that compared with booking, hotels and adoga, eLong is really cheap. After you book your stay in Boston, the first thing you book is a cruise. I didn't have any idea. My friends in the same industry studied it and finally decided to book the Disney Dream Cruise. Before I found some travel notes of other people, I thought it was more appropriate to book the cruise directly on the official website. So my two mothers looked at the cruise prices on the official website and Expedia respectively. Finally, I ordered the cruise on the official website, and the other one was in Expedia, although we saw the cruise in September in March, But there are not many rooms available. So in order to live closer, we ordered separately. When booking on the official website, Disney experience is registered, which can be used in cruise app and Disney World app. After connecting tickets to Disney World, you can choose FastPass + on the app. In Expedia, we have reserved tickets for Disney (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood, animal kingdom) for three days, that is, we can go to any of the four theme parks every day. Although it is cheaper to book tickets and hotels on Expedia than on the official website, I think it is more convenient to book them on the official website if possible, because we can choose some customized services in advance. Sometimes the official website will launch some Hotel + ticket packages. It's better to decide ahead of time and pay attention to the order ahead of time. Our Disney travel plan is temporarily decided more than one month in advance. So many of them are not considered. Avis is the best choice for car rental, because the reservation before the end of August, CMB's all currency card has a 20% discount and the activity of renting 7 to pay 5, which is more cost-effective than those small car rental companies. The key also includes the fee for changing cars in other places, which is not included in the quotation of other car rental companies. Phone card because two people need to contact each other, so T-Mobile is chosen to measure the cost performance. In the east of the United States, at least the routes we take basically have signals. Only some underground parking lots have no signal. I don't want to say much about the reservation. I started to record the travel notes, which are described in the daily itinerary.
Day 1: from Shanghai to Boston
We chose to fly at 4:30 p.m. to Boston at 10:30 local time, but on the day of departure, the time of arrival had changed to 11:59. Because I pushed my 2-year-old son all the way through the green channel, the cart could be pushed to the gate. Because I bought a folding model, I could take it directly to the plane. If I bought an umbrella car, I could check it at the gate. Before I left, the Americans of the company told me that the service of American Airlines was poor, the food was also poor, and they had to prepare some dry food by themselves. In fact, it's better than I expected, as long as I prepare some dry food for my son, because his son's sleeping point is the same as his rice point... I'm still a little tired after flying to Chicago for more than ten hours. My son sleeps most of the time. Fortunately, it's small enough to lie flat on the seat. Poor little one didn't eat very well on the plane. Although it's a stop in Chicago, it takes three hours to claim your luggage, enter the customs and then transfer. But it's quite tense. Even though we continue to go through the green channel, the efficiency of Meidi is low... It takes a long time to pass the customs. When it's our turn, we casually ask why we come here, why we choose to go to Boston, and when we leave. After a pass, I had a McDonald's and went to the gate. In the United States, there is no hot water at the airport. When you go out, you can only ask for hot water from Starbucks for your son. After a transfer flight for more than two hours, we finally arrived in Boston. It's very convenient for us to take route 55 to the airport directly to the car rental point. The Avis service at the airport is not very good. It's very slow, and it will trick you to add extra consumption. Because you don't understand it at first, you are fooled. It's said that if there are other people besides their spouses who drive, they will have to pay more. It's more than 50 dollars. As a matter of fact, no one will take care of it at all. There is no need to pay for it. So when you pick up the car at the airport, don't agree to any other expenses. Just promise to take the car with full gas and return it with full gas. It took nearly an hour to get the car. Although I didn't get the Chevy suburban, I gave it to Ford big enough. Five suitcases, one cart, four big and two small cars.
Get the car and start to navigate to B & B. here, I'd like to praise my husband's TomTom offline navigation. It doesn't need the network. As long as the 4G ipad Mini works, it doesn't need to plug in any phone card, because the 4G MINI has a GPS module, but the WiFi version doesn't. Of course, in the United States, it's OK to use Apple's own navigation and Google's navigation, but not all places have signals, and the mini size is appropriate, so navigation is very convenient. I recommend it. Even with navigation, it's still easy to miss the intersection. There are many one-way streets in Boston, so we took a detour to reach our destination. Before and the landlord are airbnb station SMS contact, because into the early morning, and the landlord after communication, the landlord said will leave the door, the key on the living room. I'm shocked at this kind of public order. I don't lock the door at night! After the trip proved that Boston is the best in terms of law and order and folkway, which is my favorite of several cities. We saved money. We found a B & B home with four beds and a bathroom. We thought it was easy for two families to grab, but it turned out that it was OK. The bathroom was not so tight. Parking at the door was free. B & B belongs to Cambridge District, between Harvard and MIT, closer to Harvard. I just took two pictures and went to sleep, because I was leaving for outlets in the suburbs of Boston the next day.
Day 2 波士顿 — Wrentham Village Premium Outlets
Maybe because of jet lag, everyone wakes up early. My friend searched a breakfast shop and prepared to drive to it. Two men turned around illegally at the one-way street intersection. It was lucky that a police car passed by and let them pull over. In my heart, I'm worried because Massachusetts doesn't recognize Chinese driver's license. Maybe the police saw me standing on the side of the road with my baby in my arms. They just asked us if we had a driver's license to travel. Then they told us that we could only drive forward and not turn around, so they let us go. I want to say that the police in Boston are so nice and touching! You know, the U.S. fine is very heavy. Grand launch of the first breakfast, still satisfied, very American breakfast. You can search the parameter on yelp.
The arrangement is premium outlets, so register on the official website www.premieroutlets.com in advance so that you can get extra discount at that time. If there is no network, remember to print the discount code of each shop on the official website in advance. Although you can get the discount manual with the registration information after registration, the online discount is more. But because the discount will be updated frequently, so to the local, you can also log in by mobile phone and show the discount code to the store. After breakfast, I set out to outlets. This Wrentham village premium outlets is not recommended. It may not be in good condition and I don't have a good time shopping. I don't feel like I have anything to buy. At the beginning of the trip, I had to worry about Premium Outlets and this in New York, because New York is the largest, but New York has high taxes. Later, I made a choice and went to Boston. The starting point is to take less clothes and buy them in America! As a result, I didn't buy anything at this stop. We arrived earlier, but we haven't opened the door yet. We solved it at noon in outlets, which is similar to the big food generation. It's expensive and not delicious. After that, I didn't go all the way to the gate. I planned to go back at about 4 o'clock. Who knows, the return journey was very congested and I had been driving for a long time. On the way back, I found a supermarket, bought some bread and fruit and went back. I was tired on the first day, and I felt that the jet lag was not reversed. The first day passed.
Day 3 波士顿 — Harvard & M.I.T
I have to make a review here. I didn't do my homework well. Because it's very close to Harvard, we chose to walk, but spent a lot of time looking for the information center. In fact, we passed by at the beginning, but I don't know. After a big circle, we also passed by Harvard Law School. It's a half day tour around Harvard. Why information center? Because there are official free tours. In fact, there are a lot of information centers in the campus. Only Harvard Square has every on-time Information Center, and other information centers may be available every morning and afternoon. When we got to Harvard Square, it was a bit awkward, so we followed the other tour teams to visit the real main campus. Let's have a taste of the world's top universities. I feel that I have a sudden sense of culture. Because of taking care of the baby, this trip to the United States is a real mobile party. Any visit information can be found on the official website http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/visit/index.html
Because of no intention, I forgot to check it before departure.
After a round trip, just go back to the entrance, return to Harvard Square and take the red line to M.I.T. I didn't know how to buy a ticket because I didn't do my homework, so I asked the staff for help. With the help of the staff, I bought a ticket on the self-service terminal. One ticket can be used by four adults and free for children. That is, I swiped the card four times at the gate, one person at a time. This is very cost-effective. The subway in Boston is very old, old and dark.
It's two stops to get off MIT, but it took more than ten minutes to get there. But the gate of MIT is very easy to recognize, it will never be missed, the great Roman column! Woodlouse, like his son, was standing at the door to take pictures, remembrance of MIT when he was 2 years old. As soon as you enter the main building, you will see the notice board. From Monday to Friday, there are campus tours at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Just in time for the 3 p.m. visit, led by the students. When we gathered at 3 o'clock, we found many people, so we divided them into three groups and three students led the tour separately. The student tour guide was very diligent and patient. Let's sigh that the eloquence of science and engineering students is also so good. If you look at yourself as a science and engineering student, there is a big contrast in character. Visit information of MIT can also be found on the official website in advance. http://web.mit.edu/institute-events/visitor/info.html
Here's a compliment to the disabled passage in the United States. It's very good. It's available everywhere. It's very convenient to take a baby cart. Below is an old elevator.
The following picture shows the public signs in the lobby. You don't need to sign up. Just wait there when you arrive.
Gu Baobao didn't take any photos, but after the mechanical engineering college, he had to take a notice to keep a memorial. At least he was a mechanical student.
After a short rest, we began to check the route of Hui Min su. Uber lightning changed from 1.7 times to 2.8 times, and the map showed traffic jam. We made a cruel decision to walk back 25 minutes. In fact, it's OK to have a look at the houses and enjoy the scenery along the way. Because our children push a car, my friend's son is 5 years old, they all walk by themselves, tired.
Day 4 Boston - the road to freedom
An earlier search of a target supermarket. Because we rent a car for a long time and it's very expensive to rent a safety seat. We have to pay 2000 RMB for the whole journey, so we bought a portable folding seat on Taobao in advance. It's OK for a short distance. Considering that there are two days on the road in the back and the baby is not comfortable sleeping, we decided to buy a safety seat. I chose the cheapest one with a price of US $49.9. As for safety, all the safety seats sold in the United States are in line with American regulations and standards, so I can buy the cheapest one with confidence. As a result, there was a surprise at the time of paying the bill. All kinds of discounts, together with some other things, made a total of 36 dollars. It's worth it! Today's tour is Boston public garden, freedom road and Quincy Market. In view of the fact that we didn't do our homework well the day before, we studied the parking problem in advance. Parking in the United States is really expensive. Fortunately, we arranged the parking for Boston Public Garden on weekends to be capped at $18. The parking lot is located in the lane in the middle of the park. Just enter 0 Charles Street for the navigation. There is an obvious sign at the entrance that says Boston Common parking garage. The park is not big, but I feel very good. It may be because there are too many people in the park in China, but there are few people here. Squirrels can be seen everywhere on the grass, and they are not afraid of people.
I saw a swan boat in the recommended park on lonely planet before, so I went straight to the theme. When we arrived, we found that the Swan boat was indeed a pedal Swan boat, but it was not a small boat, it was a big boat... The lake is also quite small, but I chose to take it. It's a nice day, so I'm basking in the sun and the breeze blows. I feel it's good.
After taking the boat, we went straight to the starting point of the road of freedom, just in the tourist center of the park. Then go straight along the red brick road. There are many scenic spots along the way.
Half of the way, I was despised by my companions. It was too cultural. I went straight to the Quincy Market. I had a bicycle race on the way. The police who maintained the traffic were too handsome to take photos.
Kunxi market is a market for snacks and small commodities. I feel that there is nothing delicious after going around from beginning to end. So I chose to go to my friend's Union oyster house, which is on the edge of Quincy Market. It's worth recommending. The fresh Boston lobster is really delicious. The meat is compact. It's better than the Boston lobster transported to Shanghai by air. It's also big. The meal recommended by the waiter is also delicious, but I don't know the name. The most satisfied meal, so I would like to recommend it. The only disadvantage is that the dining environment is too dark.
It's already past the meal time, so it's already 3 o'clock after eating. After strolling around, I rush to the parking lot. Enjoy the beauty of Boston along the way, and leave for New York tomorrow.
Day 5 New York - Central Park
Self driving is random... Many of them didn't come as planned. For example, on the way to New York, I found a big supermarket at the rest stop and strolled around for a while. It's about 200 miles from Boston to New York. It takes about three and a half hours to drive directly to New York. Due to the freedom, it's only in the afternoon. The highway in the United States is still very beautiful, with a high greening rate. It is said that deer often appear, but we have never met them in the whole journey.
It's 2:00 p.m. in downtown New York, so you can check in directly. The original plan was to go to the Metropolitan Museum first and then check in, but it was changed to check in temporarily and then go to Central Park. Stay in row NY on the Eighth Avenue. If you book in advance, the price is not cheap. In fact, the closer you get to the check-in date, the cheaper the hotel is, but you may not have a room, so you can only weigh it by yourself. It is suggested to book rooms that can be cancelled and changed free of charge. We do have changes in the itinerary in the next few days, so there is no loss. It's worth mentioning that American hotels don't offer slippers, toothbrushes and toothpaste. We've done this strategy before, so we all brought it with us. For parking, the hotel doesn't have its own parking lot. There are many parking lots nearby. Although there is a small discount for staying in the hotel, it still costs $50 for two nights. Parking lots in the United States are very strange. They all have to hand in their car keys. I'm not very sure about this. Because it's close to the zoo in Central Park, I decided to go to the zoo first. The cost performance of the zoo is very low, but both children have to go to see the animals, so I decided that two mothers and two children went in with 18 dollars for each adult and free for children under three years old. Because my son didn't have to pay for the ticket when he was 2 years old, he didn't pay attention to how much the ticket was for his friend's child. Although the cost performance is low, it's good for children to be happy.
After a tour for almost an hour, when it was time for dinner, everyone was a little tired and decided to have a good meal. Originally, they wanted to go to outback, but yelp found that the score was not high, so they chose another quality meats which was relatively close and had a high score. According to the navigation, they walked and looked for it.
Filet mignon is delicious. It's better than the special recommendation of the season. Steak is almost no more than 30 dollars, oysters 3 dollars a very fresh is slightly smaller. It's just as dark as that lobster shop. The environment is too dark. The steak is like black charcoal...
After eating, everyone was a little tired, so they didn't have the strength to go to the fifth street and went back to the hotel to have a rest. Thinking about the next day, the fact is that the plan can't keep up with the change, Fifth Street has become a pity....
New York - the statue of Liberty & the Metropolitan Museum
In view of the parking problem, we chose the one that is more convenient. New York's subway can be described as messy and poor, and the subway ticket is also a four times swipe. But we have to pay attention to the direction. After four stops, we found that we were sitting backwards. We got off and went to the opposite side to change, but we need to go upstairs and downstairs once. The direction is Battery Park. To go to liberty island where the statue of liberty is located, you need to take a ferry at battery party. You can book tickets on the official website http://www.statuecruises.com/schedule.aspx We don't need to buy tickets on the spot. There is a ferry timetable on the official website. There are tickets of different grades. All of them include ferry tickets. We didn't choose to go to the statue of liberty because our children are young and unhappy, There is a query on the official website about the opening hours of the goddess crown, which is not open every day. If you want to reach the top, you'd better check in advance. Because we were changeable, we didn't book tickets in advance. Fortunately, there were not many people on weekdays. The ferry route is Battery Park Liberty Island Ellis Island Battery Park. Because we live in Manhattan, we chose Battery Park to board. The return journey is the same. We embarked on Liberty Island, and the first stop was Ellis Island. Due to the time, we didn't get off the boat and chose to go back to battery park directly. There is a lemon soda on the island, which is very delicious and worth recommending.
After returning to Battery Park, you'd better take the subway to the Metropolitan Museum of art. I can't understand the New York subway, so I can only pay attention to the station information. According to the subway line, many stations are not skipped. We almost missed getting off the train. The kind-hearted people watched us with our baby, and they actually blocked the door with their hands to let us off! How wonderful the American people are! It's already 2 o'clock when we arrived at the Metropolitan Museum. The Metropolitan Museum is so big that it's too late for half a day. We selectively visited Rome, Greece and Asia museums and left. Let's talk about tickets. The Metropolitan Museum is a voluntary donation principle, that is, you can give as much as you like, or even not. In order not to lose the face of the Chinese people, we donated the maintenance fee at the original price of $25 per person.
I must have missed Chinese food a few days ago. Four adults had been sitting at the entrance of the Metropolitan Museum for nearly an hour, and finally decided to go to Chengdu impression restaurant. They called two taxis respectively. There was a heavy traffic jam in New York, and they set a record of $30 in just 2.9 miles.... Cry to death. It's better not to take a taxi in New York....
Maybe the Chinese don't tip much when they are out, and the impression of this Chengdu restaurant is that it's opened by Chinese people. Although the food tastes good, the service is really not very good. It's very unpleasant that the tip is marked directly when paying the bill.
After eating, we decided to walk to the fifth avenue to have a look. When we walked to the Seventh Avenue Times Square, we saw a toy r us, so we went in for a tour. As a result, we were not happy to walk to the Fifth Avenue and went directly back to the hotel. So Fifth Avenue became a pity for New York. The original plan also included the Empire State building. Due to the leisure and time constraints, we didn't have time to go. Fortunately, we didn't buy a city pass. Students who have a deep tour can consider buying a city pass. They can visit many scenic spots within the specified days, and they can also take the city sightseeing bus.
Day 7 Delaware
Check out after breakfast in the morning. It's very convenient to check out in American hotels. You can check out quickly after signing an agreement without going to the front desk. It's 123 miles from New York to Delaware, and it takes two hours. There's only one reason to go to Delaware, duty-free. When you go to Christiana mall, the largest shopping mall in Delaware, it's not as big as you think. There's Macy's department store in it. Tourists can get a one month coupon with their passport. They can get an extra 10% discount for any purchase of Macy's department store in the United States. A week before departure, my friend's childhood friend learned that we were going to Washington and invited us to her home. Here I would like to mention the advantage of free cancellation of reservation, which is suitable for casual people like us... I don't know in which state. It's a small town between Delaware and Washington. The environment is very good. It's worth 500000 dollars to build and decorate buildings with belts. It's amazing. It's so happy!
Cheeky in other people's home free of charge to eat and live, but also with laundry. It's good to have local guidance. There's only one way to Washington in the morning. Basically, time is wasted in traffic jams, so it's suggested that we start late in the morning. I originally planned to go to the Aerospace Museum next to the White House in Washington. I was told that it was a branch office with a larger headquarters in Virginia. It would be better to enter Washington after visiting.
Day 8 Washington - Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics
In the morning, I got up slowly to tidy up and set off for Steven f. udvar hazy Center (14390 air and Space Museum Parkway Chantilly, Virginia 20151) in Virginia. In fact, it was also mentioned on the official website. Here I have to criticize myself for not doing my homework carefully. I only found the one in downtown Washington in the destination of Ctrip, Did not enter the official website to look carefully http://airandspace.si.edu/ 。 The official website has open hours and parking information, which are very comprehensive. The museum is free, but the parking fee is $15. Male compatriots may be more interested, so I'll just take a look at the Western mirror.
You can also go to the tower to see the plane.
Then he left for Washington. The road was smooth. It was almost five o'clock in Washington. He decided to go to the White House early tomorrow morning. According to the information, the white house used to be open to the outside world, but now it is not. Unless the consulate arranges, the Chinese Consulate does not provide this service, so we can only look around the White House. Because I planned to go to the space and Aviation Museum in Washington, the hotel was set at the capital Hilton next to the White House. This night was a bit of a loss. It's too late to cancel because I knew I should go to Virginia the night before. Living near the White House is safe but expensive. Hotel parking is more expensive $55, we found the next business building underground parking garage, overnight $34.
Day 9 Washington - Atlanta
Early morning check-out plans to drive around the White House. Due to limited time, we have to drive to Atlanta for 639 miles. The map shows that it takes nine and a half hours to drive. However, it backfires. Washington is a one-way street, and various restrictions can't turn left in the morning. As a result, we can't turn to the White House after we accidentally miss a road. It took us a long time to turn around, and then we can't turn right, With regret, I took a long look at the White House. In fact, we should walk to the white house before checking out, because the hotel is really close to the White House. In fact, we drove for 12 hours because we had to rest and eat. We also searched a toy R US city to go around. In the afternoon, because of the rain, I slowed down my speed. Today's long journey really makes it worthwhile to buy a seat. My son is still comfortable to sleep and has a place to lean on. At about 10 p.m., we finally arrived at the hotel. Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Central Park is very close to the aquarium. It's just a corner away. The key is that the hotel in Atlanta is big and cheap, and the buffet breakfast is not expensive. Parking is 24 dollars. Take a look at the night scene and go to bed early.
Day 10 Atlanta Georgia Aquarium
Having done homework in advance, you can book tickets on the official website. There are discounts and you can book tickets on the same day, so you are not in a hurry to book tickets. Considering that today there is only one main task is to go to Georgia Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the world. So I decided to get rid of it in the morning, and then I could do other things with ease. The reason for the tangle is that tickets are cheaper after 4 p.m., which can be seen on the official website http://www.georgiaaquarium.org Before going out online booking payment, mail received said to print, the hotel printer temporarily don't understand, see booking time is coming, everyone said to go first. In fact, you don't need to print at all. You can scan the code with the PDF order sent to the mailbox. But it's not mentioned in the order. I went in smoothly, but I was a little bit unlucky. I met the American children's school and organized a visit, all black children. The front desk can get all kinds of activity schedules, but there's a little doubt that a dolphin show at 1:30 is not on the list. If the families of the same group didn't find the queue, we would have missed it. The biggest highlight of the whole aquarium is the dolphin show, but photography is forbidden. If you go to Atlanta or pass by, you must go and have a look at the dolphin show in Shanghai Changfeng Park and Hong Kong Ocean Park. The aquarium's aquarium glass is also very clean and transparent, much better than Lujiazui's. Although the families of the same trade think it's average, they raise their own sea fish, so they think it's wonderful here. it ' s a rewarding trip!
Before the dolphin show, I secretly took a picture. This is a real show with story line, singing and dancing combined with dolphin performance.
My husband said that there are few people going to open the door in the morning. Standing in front of the big glass should be the following effect.
In fact, I would like to go to the Coca Cola museum nearby, but everyone said they like to buy it, so I searched the nearby North Georgia premium outlets. There was a big traffic jam on the way. It took more than two hours to get there almost an hour's journey. On the way, I connected the outlets to my account by using my mobile phone to surf the Internet. In this way, when I got there, I went straight to the theme and bought it! Because of the time constraint, the efficiency of this stop is much higher than that of the first day. It's almost 7 o'clock, so we all can't walk any more, so we decided to go back early, because we have to go on the road for a long distance tomorrow.
Day 11 Atlanta - Orlando
Today's task is very arduous, because we have to drive to the Orlando Disneyland drop off point before 6 o'clock, and we have to fill up the gas before the drop off. So I dare not neglect for a moment. It takes six and a half hours to drive 438 miles. Along the way, it is getting hotter and hotter, and the plants along the highway tend to be tropical.
The speed is too fast. When passing through the boundary of Disney World, there is no big sign. Only when I arrived did I know what Disney World is. It's really a world. It's very big. We have to take a ferry between the parks, and the hotels are very far away. In the words of friends in the same industry, this is Disney World, and other places are called Disney land. Let's talk about reservations. The trip was changed. The original plan was a Disney, a four day cruise, and two days Universal Studios, one day Outlets. Later, considering that universal studios were not suitable for babies, they all changed into Disney and stayed at the Disney hotel because there was a free shuttle bus to the Disney Hotel, and there were also express access to FastPass+ and garden. Here's another compliment. The reservation was cancelled free of charge. The three night stay was cancelled all at once. The first hotel is Disney's pop Century Resort, which is relatively old, with high cost performance and good service. The key is not big. It's convenient to eat. And it's very Disney. We drove straight to the hotel, filled the road with gas, put down two adults, two children and luggage, and then arrived at the drop off point before 5:45 p.m. Avis dropped off the car very quickly, less than five minutes before and after. But because we didn't study how to get back, we spent some time. There was a bus to Disney town at the drop off point. There was a bus to all hotels in Disney town. But we didn't find the bus to the hotel after we got off in the town. In fact, it was just through the parking lot. We called a taxi. What is not considered here is that we need two passports to check in for two rooms in one order, but we forgot to give them to our friends before we got off the bus, so we have to wait for us to come back. It takes 7:30 to get to the room. When checking in, one person will send a bracelet. If it's reserved on Disney's official website, you can check in online in advance to get the color of the player's ring. But what we ordered by Expedia is not related to Disney experience account, so there are only gray ones on the spot. At the front desk, the bracelet is associated with credit card and Disney three-day tickets, so our bracelet can open the door, consume, enter the park, and brush FastPass +.
According to previous strategies in other places, you can drink soft drinks, coffee and tea in a certain period of time by buying a Disney cup. Considering that we stayed in Disney for four nights, we bought a cup for $17. Here is to play the spirit of sharing of the Chinese people, a family with a cup... Every foreigner has one person. The key is poverty. Let's take a look at the cup first. There are other colors for the lid and handle. I prefer bright red.
The restaurant is full of American fast food. In fact, the baby still likes Chinese food, and it doesn't taste good all the way. One guarantee is that I will buy fruit for him every day. After settling down my son after dinner, I began to study FastPass +, hereinafter referred to as FP. FP is a fast track. You can make three appointments every day. On the Disney app, you can see the queuing situation of the day. You can choose which items are popular and which have a long queuing time as FP. Here, when staying in Disney Hotel, each theme park has magic hours for the guests of Disney hotel at different times, such as early admission or late departure. I'm curious about how to control the late departure.
Day 12 Orlando - Disney Epcot
On the first day, we chose Epcot future world. There are not many elements in this theme park Disney, mainly focusing on the prospect of the future world and theme pavilions of various countries. It is recommended to choose soarin and test track to use FP, but they are not suitable for babies. They all have height restrictions. The age group and height restrictions suitable for all items will be introduced on the app, so study them before you act. In the evening, many popular events don't queue up, because we push a baby and have many height restrictions. We basically play some events that mainly introduce and watch by car and boat. There are a lot of Disney stores distributed in the park, all kinds of Disney products. I would like to say that Lujiazui is definitely not the largest in the world... Because the bracelet is bound to the ticket, the link of buying tickets is not needed. The father pushes the baby directly through the no bag free security channel. I go to the security check with my bag on my back, that is, I open the bag and have a look. After the security check, you can brush the bracelet directly and press the fingerprint to get close to the garden.
This garden is not very deep. Just look around and learn about it. It's suitable for older children to play and interact more. God helps. Since I arrived in the United States, it has been sunny. Except for the rain on the way to Atlanta, the second rain was in Epcot. We just followed the app to find the ice cream in a French town. In the morning, it was really hot and dry. In the afternoon, there was a sudden rainstorm. We took shelter from the rain in the ice cream shop for half an hour. Seeing that the rain was light, we planned to go out. Who knows, we were cheated by God. After a while, it rained heavily. This time, we had to hide under the open umbrella. Fortunately, the rain finally stopped.
My husband first found a Chinese food with yelp, which was located at the entrance of the park. I can't remember what hotel was at the entrance. Because it's not convenient to check the mobile phone with my baby, I went with him. When I arrived, I found that there was no one at all.... I can only take out my mobile phone and look up the app catering map of Disney. I found that this restaurant is in the China Theme Pavilion. If I go back to the China Pavilion, I may miss chinese food too much, so I gave up the appointment of soarin. The families of my peers say it's very worthwhile to play, so you must go. Don't give up everything to eat like our family. Here, FP can change the project and time after booking, but not every time you want to make an appointment, so make your own arrangements. This hotel is called nine dragons restaurant, which is worth recommending. The waiter was very good and told us that we had ordered too much because each dish already contained rice, so there was no need to order fried rice. Ordered kung pao chicken, stir fried vegetable, oil noodles and hot and sour soup, the taste is very good. My son also had a good time. This meal was very satisfying. So happy to write down 15% of the consumption. Compared with the Sichuan restaurant in New York, it's much more comfortable and happy.
After eating, we saw that there was still an hour to go before the fireworks show, and our son looked tired, so we decided to go back to the hotel first. The route to the hotel at the gate of the paradise was different. Just watch the corresponding route of the hotel and go to the queue. Left early also happened to avoid another shower. I went back to my room to pack up. Because I was going to board the cruise the next day, I took a suitcase with me and sent the rest to the hotel. It's very humanized that you can deposit it and get it back.
Day 13 Orlando Disney Dream
In fact, what I'm looking forward to most is a cruise ship. It's the first time for the four major and two minor cruise ships to do cruise. Before departure, I saw the posting from the circle of friends. Disney Dream is a divine cruise ship, so I'm full of expectations. Because I made a reservation on the official website, I paid a deposit at the time of reservation, and the balance will be paid two months before departure. Disney sent the information and boarding information in advance before paying the full amount. Half a month before boarding, we will send you something to tell you how to board the ship and how to check in online. Unfortunately, we started to come to the United States very early, so we only saw the express after we came back. It's very considerate to have luggage labels, personnel registration forms and so on, which can be filled in advance to reduce the time of check in. Official website reservation, you can view all decks, all rooms of the room type, location and size, very convenient, when you choose a good room, you also need to choose dinner time, there are two rounds, one at 17:30, one at 20:00. At the time of reservation, I considered having children and chose 17:30. In fact, I can't eat this point at all. I eat breakfast and lunch late every day, so I can choose the second round of dinner. Because my friend was scheduled on Expedia, I wrote to Disney and asked to put us on a table. All I had to do was provide the room number and the name of the person in the room. Disney quickly replied that it had been arranged. The service was really good. After paying the full amount, you can book all kinds of extra paid projects on the website, as well as the paid projects of Bahamas island and Disney island. My friends checked a lot of strategies and thought they were all very boring projects, so we didn't participate in any of them. Just now I mentioned that you can check in online. The deadline is three days before the boarding day. I chose online check in. Although it shows that you need to print it and take it with you, it doesn't matter. When the port checks in, the counter will print it for you. Don't worry.
After that, I will start to talk about today's itinerary. When checking in at Disney Hotel, I asked if there was a shuttle bus to the cruise port. The reply is: because Disney Hotel and Disney Cruise are two independent operators, the shuttle bus is charged, 70 dollars per person. Losers think they should call themselves Uber. Here we have to follow other strategies. Although it shows that the ship leaves at 3:45 p.m., we can check in in the morning and have lunch. We made a decision to go to the apple store in Florida Mall before boarding the ship for the pink 6S. Because it was on the way, we calculated the time. Uber called a seven seat SUV to Florida Mall and bought the last pink 6S. Then he asked Uber to go to the wharf. It was a coincidence that he was still assigned to the previous driver, so he left his mobile phone and said that he would pick him up when the cruise ship came back and pay him cash. I forgot about the specific amount. It's about $140 a way, which is equivalent to the cost of a person's shuttle bus. But there was a lot of freedom in time, and I bought a 6S by the way. If I remember correctly when I arrived at the dock, it should be around 1 o'clock. Because I have checked in online, my credit card has been bound and the information has been filled in, so I just took a picture and filled in a health form to get the gate card. Friends in the same industry are slower. For a moment. Children over 3 years old also need to apply for bracelets, which we also save. We're coming!
We live in deck 10 near the stern, breakfast, lunch and swimming pool are all in deck 11 near the stern, which is very convenient for us. The food on the boat was good. My friends said that I was a man at last...
After eating, I went to the swimming pool for a stroll. By this time, the cruise had already opened, and there was a welcome party beside the swimming pool. It's very lively. There are also snack bars and drink tables by the pool. So there's something to eat at any time. After sailing, there is no signal, only cruise WiFi, but this WiFi can only use Disney Cruise app. This app has a chat software, people who install the app can contact each other. There is also a telephone in the room that you can take with you, which is convenient to contact, but you can only contact the people on board.
When you are on a cruise ship, you can relax completely. If you eat in a designated restaurant in the evening, there is a table service. On the spot is not to give consumption, in the next day will receive a tip sheet in the room, including room cleaning, restaurant service (main service, Deputy Service, leadership) a total of four. If you agree with the consumption, you just need to tear it apart, put each one into the corresponding small envelope, and finally give it to the relevant personnel. If you don't agree with the consumption, you can go to the front desk to change the price and reprint. Because even though the restaurant was changed for three days' dinner, the service staff remained unchanged. The leader came to say hello and charged us $3 a day, maybe because we are Chinese? I gave him three dollars for the last three days because I saw him perform magic at other tables. When it comes to dinner, the first day's food is not as comfortable as lunch buffet. Before I was tired every day, I started to play with my eyes open until I closed my eyes at night. On the cruise ship, everyone relaxed. After coaxing her to sleep, she left her husband to sleep with her and went for a blind stroll. The lobby has been decorated for Halloween, because there will be a party the next day.
Day 14 Disney 邮轮 — Nassau, Bahamas
I got up in the morning and went to the port of Nassau in the Bahamas. After breakfast, I planned to take my son off the ship to have a look. I heard that the public security in the Bahamas was not very good, so my friends said they would not get off the ship. In fact, we just went out of the pass and went back to the boat. Because there was a market in the place where we went out of the pass, it was noisy, and we were not happy to take risks with our baby. Remember to bring your passport when you get off the ship, because the customs clearance will check it.
When I checked the weather forecast, it was rainy in Orlando these days, but it was a good day on the cruise, so I was lucky. When you get back on the boat, you'll look around. Just relax. There's no purpose.
In the afternoon, I changed my son's clothes and went to the Halloween activities. The second son played Pikachu. I found a lot of people who wanted to embody Chinese characteristics on Taobao before, and found that they were all ugly. Red boy, black cat sheriff and monkey king gave up in the end... My friend's second son bought a pirate suit, which is not bad.
In view of the unsatisfied dinner on the first day, my friend's family didn't go to the second designated restaurant. In fact, the next day's menu was very good, and the desserts were also very good. The waiter saw that we were the only one, so he served all the desserts.... It's full. Needless to say, I went to bed early again, I don't know why I was so sleepy.
Day 15 Disney 邮轮 — Disney Castaway Cay
When I woke up the next morning, I went to a port again. Disney castaway cay is an exclusive island of Disney, and only Disney Cruise can come. I felt great and got off the boat after breakfast. There is a beach and a restaurant. The restaurant offers free lunch, just like the one on the cruise ship. You can spend a day here. Although it is an exclusive Island, you should also remember to bring your passport, because it is also in the Bahamas. There is a small pass on the island.
Today is the last night. I'll get off the ship early tomorrow morning. Time goes by quickly. I bought some special pendants for Pandora's Disney in the cruise store because of duty-free.
Day 16 Disney Cruise - Disney Hotel
I have to leave the ship before 10 o'clock today, so I have to have breakfast early in the morning and then get ready to leave. After disembarking from the ship, you need to enter the country, because you are coming back from the Bahamas. You have to fill in the entry form and simple security check as you fly to Chicago from Shanghai. After we got off the ship, we contacted the former Uber driver. Because it was too early, we couldn't stay at the hotel directly, so we decided to find a big supermarket to replenish the goods. We found a target supermarket next to Florida Mall. The driver of Uber said he would charge 90 dollars. We happily gave him 100 dollars. Because he's not bad. After shopping in the supermarket, I went around Florida Mall and had lunch. About three o'clock, we called Uber to go to the original Disney's pop century resort to pick up the luggage. Disney provides luggage transportation between hotels, but we know it's too late to deliver it the next day, so we had to call a big van taxi to another hotel, Disney's Coronado springs resort. POP CENTURY used to be a cheap hotel, so I changed to a slightly better hotel, but the service of this hotel was not good at all. It's been a long time since the bracelet was linked. My friend's bracelet didn't even have a good connection with his credit card. The view of the hotel is good, but the experience is too bad. Racial discrimination was clearly felt. That's good. Some companies hold meetings here. They provide ferry cars. They only pick up and drop off people with hanging tags. But we found that they refused us to get on the bus, but they would let some foreigners who didn't hang up their tags get on the bus. Bad comments, will not come again, also do not recommend you to go. The scenery is OK. Enjoy it. The feeling of the resort. Pure mobile party, no PS.
The restaurant is so far away from where we live that we have to cross the hotel for a meal. Fortunately, there is a shuttle bus to Disney paradise on the road behind the room. I went back to my room early today to study the next day's Disney project. My friend's family plans to go to Hollywood the next day and Magic Kingdom the third day. Considering that our baby is small, it is not suitable for playing in Hollywood, and Magic Kingdom is relatively large, we decided to stay in Magic Kingdom for two days.
Day 17 奥兰多 — Disney Magic Kingdom
Because we can play magic kingdom for two days, we will get up slowly, have a slow breakfast, and then go to the bus station. This hotel is a little away from Magic Kingdom. It's been a long time.
After getting off the bus, it's still my father pushing my baby fast, no bag free security check, I take my bag for security check. Castle world, I come.
Today is Friday, and there are many people when they enter the park. Today we'll focus on fantasy land and Tomorrowland. First, I made an appointment to play bass Lightyear, a classic project of Disney, which is also suitable for children. I took my son to do the next peoplemover tour around Tomorrowland in mid air. I also got a general idea of the location. Although there is a map on the app, it's more intuitive to take a tour. The key point is that you don't have to queue up when you arrive. It's suitable for rest. At my husband's suggestion, I went to space mountain alone. Because of the height limit, my husband took care of the baby. This is also a hot item. There are many people in the queue. We arrived early. I went after 25 minutes in the queue. For a long time, I had to wait for 60 minutes. This can also use appointment, but with the baby, so don't want to waste a FP, just take advantage of the short line to line up. My husband took my son to play speedway. My son still likes driving, but my husband said it's boring. Space Mountain is very exciting. I'm a little old... It's like a roller coaster, but the environment is dark. You don't know when to go up and when to go down. When I came back, my son had fallen asleep on the cart, so we pushed him to the next appointment, Peter Pan's flight, but he could still sleep, so I had to change the time later. When my son woke up, we went to it's a small world. It's suitable for children to watch the scene by boat.
After coming out, it's time to go to Peter Pan's flight. The queue is also very long. You can use FP to enter quickly without taking photos. It's similar to the hanging chair. The scenes of visiting Peter Pan are suitable for children, and adults are not tired. After that, of course, I'll take a merry go round.
Before, speedway was also reserved by FP, and my son was free of charge. Therefore, speedway only used my husband's FP, and mine was more. So I made an appointment with little Pegasus to take my son. The little flying elephant can control its own rise and fall.
Then it depends on the app, where people play less. Seeing that there were not many people in the barnstormer, I went to line up and took my son on this small roller coaster with a height of 89cm. Disney staff were very responsible. They would confirm their height on their posts before entering the line, and then confirm their height before getting on the bus. After sitting, my son didn't respond and didn't cry.... I don't know whether I like it or I'm afraid. Many of the Magic Kingdom projects are suitable for small children. Under the sea is also a boat.
A lot of shows and many projects were not photographed, so we just played around. Basically, we got there. Then when we saw that it was still early, we went to find the delicious pineapple ice cream in the legend. We looked at the map. At the other end, we happened to be near the station of Huanyuan small train, so we went to take the small train.
I found that I didn't take any pictures at the back. I didn't take many pictures when I played. I had to take care of my son and look around by myself, so I didn't take any pictures. After eating the ice cream, I saw that there were not many people on the side of the magic carpets of Aladdin, so I went to line up. For projects similar to the little flying elephant, I always saw a lot of people queuing up in the morning. In fact, that's it. It saved me the chance to use FP tomorrow. After sitting this, we plan to go back. We can go back to rest early and play tomorrow. With the baby, relaxed. We went back to the hotel to finish our meal. We met our friends from Hollywood. After dinner, we found that it was raining heavily, so we went to the shop to wait for the rain to stop, but the rain didn't mean to stop, so we went to the front desk to borrow an umbrella and told them there was no rain. Seeing that the rain was light, we went to the ferry station to ask for help. After all, we had two children with us. It didn't matter if the adults were in the rain. Our room was in the deepest place, but we were told that the ferry couldn't run because it didn't have a wiper, but we still saw that a ferry left... In a word, the experience of this Disney hotel is very bad. The price and service are not equal. It's better than pop century. There is no way but to walk back. Fortunately, the rain is getting smaller and smaller.
Day 18 奥兰多 — Disney Magic Kingdom
I'm going to check out early this morning. I packed up my luggage and asked the porter to move to my friend's room first. I told him that he would come to our room and carry them away together. Maybe my friend didn't tip me in advance because he said we would give them together. As a result, that person won't come to our room any more!!! We waited for a while, but we had no choice but to drag our luggage to the front desk! The wonderful thing is that the ferry said it couldn't check our luggage or refused us to get on. The hotel has no quick check out and has to queue up. It's embarrassing to check our luggage, so we decided to have breakfast and go to Magic Kingdom. It's almost noon by Magic Kingdom. Just in time for the welcome show at the castle. Today is Saturday. There are so many people, obviously more than yesterday.
Because there is a castle display project on the app, we want to go around the castle and look in the back. But the castle can't go in. There are only restaurants and children's photo studio. The entrance to the castle is closed. When I met Wayne and Tigger on the way out, the team for taking pictures with Disney characters was always very long. We didn't shoot any of them, so we gave up...
When the castle comes out, it's not easy for the staff to meet the square dance. Orlando is really hot, so they have to dance in this kind of clothes.
After watching the square dance, I went to the many adventures of Winnie the Pooh. There are also many people queuing up. Here, although many projects will queue up, you will not be bored when you queue up. There will always be some scenes to see. Some of them have interactive games, which are quite humanized. This project is also a car or a boat, I forget, is to experience Winnie's various adventure scenarios. Next, we'll go to Jungle Cruise, a classic project with a long queue. I used the FP. I took a boat with my son in my arms, so I didn't take any pictures. It's a boat ride on a small river in the jungle, surrounded by scenes and moving animal models. Children will be more interested. But the queue is really long, not FP, I guess I will give up. When I came out, I saw that the street was blocked and many people were waiting on the side of the road. When the Chinese personality was busy, I went to ask the staff why they wanted to block. It turned out that there was a float parade in five minutes. Fortunately, woodlouse saw the flower parade for the first time.
Continue to look for items with few queues and climb Peter Pan's small tree.
According to the legend, we played two of the three mountains. One was yesterday's space mountain, and the other was big thunder mountain. My husband and I took turns playing with FP, because the baby can't play. It's also a roller coaster. It's a little exciting. There is also a splash mountain, which is similar to the torrent. The slope is very big. I didn't go to play when others were all wet. The rest of the basic can play to play. I almost went to the door to meet my friends and go back to the hotel to get my luggage for the next stop. Go back to the hotel and take the luggage big van to DoubleTree by Hilton on Universal Studios. I ordered this hotel because I plan to go to outlets tomorrow. It's close and cost-effective. Coincidentally, Avis car rental is in this hotel. It's a coincidence that booking a car first, changing the itinerary and then changing the car order will not be so favorable.
Day 19 Orlando Miami Beach
Check out today and go to outlets. In the afternoon, it's 236 miles, three and a half hours' drive to Miami Beach. At the pick-up point, the attitude of the service staff was much better than that of the airport, and they didn't ask you to add any other fees. They came directly according to the order. However, there was a very unpl
