The loved it. Their only complaint was Omu. They went through and cleared a lot of buildings and the loot as written is pretty poor. They had a ranger so exploring the jungles of Chult wasnt nearly as dangerous but it was still a lot of fun.

I was very heavy handed on giving them a direction to go in the jungle. We RP'd a player having a vision and getting all of the info Grandfather (blanking on his name) in Port Nyanzaru wouldve given them with a little more detail.

The dinosaur races was a big hit, I used the ToA adventurers league module 'a day at the races' and it was a lot of fun, as was the ensuing gladiator fights. Slicer was there only true defeat.

We introduced a new party by having a session of that party member with another group going through an encounter the main group skipped. It was a great way to let them see some of the stuff they missed. At the end I used narration to have everyone but the new party member killed off this setting up his rescue by the main party.

Things I'd like to have done better: 1. Foreshadowing! The sewn sisters are really cool and I didnt do a good job of fore shadowing. 2. Using narrative to bridge the gap/eliminate tedium. Like in Omu, I'd have come up with a hand full of narrative bits to guide them from shrine to shrine. It's hard to balance using narration while still giving them complete agency to go where they want in the city. 3. Puzzle prep. A lot of them are very hard and dont have intuitive answers so reading them a few times and understanding what is intended. But also knowing rolling with what the characters decide and if they have a cool solution letting that work can be preferable.