Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by jacobcary1 » Jun Tue 21, 2011 2:11 pm

This is also a great place. It is very peaceful.

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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by figmentaholic » Jun Tue 21, 2011 3:34 pm

I love when you just start walking into Epcot, with the music and the giant Spaceship Earth... man... that just makes me happy thinking about it.
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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by Soarin08 » Jun Tue 21, 2011 4:19 pm

figmentaholic wrote:I love when you just start walking into Epcot, with the music and the giant Spaceship Earth... man... that just makes me happy thinking about it.
Don't even get that picture in my head, I'll cry! :D
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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by Amy » Jun Tue 21, 2011 4:54 pm

Soarin08 wrote:
figmentaholic wrote:I love when you just start walking into Epcot, with the music and the giant Spaceship Earth... man... that just makes me happy thinking about it.
Don't even get that picture in my head, I'll cry! :D
At least you know exactly how long it will be before you can see it in person ;)

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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by Mark86 » Jun Wed 22, 2011 12:10 am

mindflipper wrote:
Mark86 wrote:Haunted Mansion at night is probably my favorite. You never know what comes out at you :D
They do have 999 happy haunts there, Mark86, but there's room for a thousand. Interested in volunteering for the final spot? You can put in an application at Ghost Relations, where a charming ghostess will be hand to help...


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I have a few more favorite areas in WDW:

Epcot: I love the entrance to restaurant Marrakesh. It is so quiet and the architecture makes you feel like you are in Morocco.

Hollywood Studios: I love the layout of Sunset Blvd!

AK: Anywhere along the Kilimanjaro Safari.
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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by Jacca5660 » Jun Wed 22, 2011 12:41 am

Rose and Crown has the best ambiance!!
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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by disneylizzy » Jun Wed 22, 2011 8:09 am

jacobcary1 wrote:This is also a great place. It is very peaceful.
LOL! :D

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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by mindflipper » Jun Wed 22, 2011 9:30 am

Main Street Train Station, upper level balcony overlooking the Town Square area. Grab a seat and just sit back watching the world go by...

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Post by reiki1 » Jun Wed 22, 2011 10:42 am

In Magic Kingdom Main Street area, there is a "side street" in between the Arribas Bros. Crystal Arts and the Shadow Box. If you sit there for any length of time you can hear first a piano lesson and then a vocal lesson occuring (complete with mistakes) from the "2nd floor" of the building. This in addition to the band music and it does feel like you have been transported to a much simpler time.

I was also impressed with ToT, the sound, look and feel of the hotel really does make it seem like time just stopped on that fateful night. PoTC in both WDW and DL can't be beat (and add to that the view of people embarking on the PoTC ride through the bayou from the Blue Bayou restaurant in DL). Liberty Square right before any nightime parade or firework is also magical with the twinkling "fireflies" that light up the trees (just make me wish for summertime when I was a child).

In EPCOT, I love the French Pavilion at night. Sitting near the water fountain, eating a croissant with a glass of wine...beautiful.

Resorts: AKL or WL during the day. AKL at any lookout point the animals are pretty active during the day definately doesn't feel like you are in Florida there! As for WL, I always expect to go out back and see a moutainscape and waterfalls in the back.

This list goes on and on (heck I guess most of the Disney theme parks and hotels would end up on it eventually). :goofy_bounce:
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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by Amy » Jun Wed 22, 2011 10:44 am

reiki1 wrote:...In EPCOT, I love the French Pavilion at night. Sitting near the water fountain, eating a croissant with a glass of wine...beautiful....
I don't know if I had ever noticed the fountain in the French Pavilion before this last trip. It truly is magical at night! I'm glad I snapped a few photos of it the first night we were there because the last night we were at EPCOT, the fountain was turned off due to the freezing temperatures :shock: :(

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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by figmentaholic » Jun Wed 22, 2011 11:53 am

Soarin08 wrote:
figmentaholic wrote:I love when you just start walking into Epcot, with the music and the giant Spaceship Earth... man... that just makes me happy thinking about it.
Don't even get that picture in my head, I'll cry! :D



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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by Len90 » Jun Wed 22, 2011 11:55 am

I know exactly what you are talking about with the little side street on Main St. It is really scary how in just a few feet you can go from the throngs of people to a place of perfect ambience.
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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by jacobcary1 » Jun Wed 22, 2011 12:35 pm

disneylizzy wrote:
jacobcary1 wrote:This is also a great place. It is very peaceful.
LOL! :D

Whats the lol for?

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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by MmeLeota » Jun Wed 22, 2011 1:52 pm

Jacca5660 wrote:Rose and Crown has the best ambiance!!
You beat me to it Jacca! ;) R&C, the Cantina in Mexico, the biergarten in Germany... :lol:

But seriously, as far as atmosphere ambiance goes, we like sitting in the lobby of the GF listening to the piano.

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Re: Best Areas in WDW (based on ambiance)

Post by mindflipper » Jun Wed 22, 2011 2:55 pm

MmeLeota wrote:
Jacca5660 wrote:Rose and Crown has the best ambiance!!
You beat me to it Jacca! ;) R&C, the Cantina in Mexico, the biergarten in Germany... :lol:

But seriously, as far as atmosphere ambiance goes, we like sitting in the lobby of the GF listening to the piano.
Aren't you and Jacca5660 thinking of liquid ambiance? :wink: :mrgreen: :mickey:

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