avalovesminnie
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2014
When I was planning this trip I could not find anyone recently reporting on going to Disney for the D2 cheerleading summit, so here goooeeesssss…
Characters: Me, mama bear. dd (11) cheer bear, ds (13) brother bear, dd(8) lil sister bear. sadly DH had to work so I am braving this solo.
Split stay- 2 nights Hilton Home2suites at Flamingo crossings- that is our room view in the pic. then our package through varsity with 5 nights at All Star Sports. We rented a car using credit card points. Got a free upgrade to a minivan which has been hard to park due to me not being the worlds best Parker.
Important things that surprised me as a first time cheer summit attendee:
Varsity forces you to get a park hopper, no choice. We did add days so we had 5 park days.
You don’t know your hotel assignment until the week or two prior (you know it’s all all star just not
which one.) If we come again I’d upgrade to Coronado which was other choice.
Since it was booked this way you have no reservation in your MDE. This means you can’t book ILL at 7 but need to wait til parks open. You also have to check in to access other on site benefits.
If you don’t like cheer/ large sparkly groups then stay away from All Stars. It is a bit nuts here. Our room is at far edge so has been quiet but if you face any of the fields lots of teams practice there.
Day 1: Epcot and Hollywood Studios
Day 2: Check in at All Stars and Magic Kingdom
Day 3: Epcot
Day 4: Cheer competition and pool
Day 5: Animal Kinglom and after hours party at HS
Day 6: TBD
Characters: Me, mama bear. dd (11) cheer bear, ds (13) brother bear, dd(8) lil sister bear. sadly DH had to work so I am braving this solo.
Split stay- 2 nights Hilton Home2suites at Flamingo crossings- that is our room view in the pic. then our package through varsity with 5 nights at All Star Sports. We rented a car using credit card points. Got a free upgrade to a minivan which has been hard to park due to me not being the worlds best Parker.
Important things that surprised me as a first time cheer summit attendee:
Varsity forces you to get a park hopper, no choice. We did add days so we had 5 park days.
You don’t know your hotel assignment until the week or two prior (you know it’s all all star just not
which one.) If we come again I’d upgrade to Coronado which was other choice.
Since it was booked this way you have no reservation in your MDE. This means you can’t book ILL at 7 but need to wait til parks open. You also have to check in to access other on site benefits.
If you don’t like cheer/ large sparkly groups then stay away from All Stars. It is a bit nuts here. Our room is at far edge so has been quiet but if you face any of the fields lots of teams practice there.
Day 1: Epcot and Hollywood Studios
Day 2: Check in at All Stars and Magic Kingdom
Day 3: Epcot
Day 4: Cheer competition and pool
Day 5: Animal Kinglom and after hours party at HS
Day 6: TBD