OK so I'm all caught up and I'm replying to everything in one post lol
And my work computer blocks your pics so I'll have to wait until I get home to look at them. Although since you have an awesome new camera, I'm sure they're amazing!
I actually started before, but I deleted everything I wrote, it was just way too much detail about arriving at the airport!
It's funny because the trip to the airport SHOULD be uneventful...but we always have something go awry....
There is no better feeling than waking up and knowing you are going to Disney World that day! Even at 2:30 in the morning, after you have only slept a few hours.
Sooo true! I could sleep for half an hour and wake up like I just downed 4 Red Bulls! It's even easier for me though when I know that everything is packed and all we have to do is literally get dressed and walk out the door. If I have a lot to do before we leave, it makes me never want to get up because I know I'll be rushed and stressed!
We had to make a quick stop at 7-11 for gum and cough drops (I was getting over bronchitis and still had a horrible cough, and didn't want to annoy everyone on the plane!)
You know, I always complain when we get to Disney that I don't have any gum and I NEVER once thought to stop on the way to the airport. DUH!!
(If you are a baseball fan, you will remember that the night before, the Red Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays were in a tie for the Wild Card to get into the playoffs. The Sox needed to win and the Rays needed to lose...well, the opposite happened, and Brandon, and all of Red Sox Nation, was NOT happy, to say the least. At least the Yankees ended up getting knocked out in the first round of the Division Series, though. 
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I'm not a baseball person...I find it exceptionally boring...but my whole family (except my 90 year old grandfather who is also a Sox fan) is rabid Mets fans so on their behalf, I feel your pain..... I prefer football.
but Brandon had powder in his carry on that they thought was suspicious, I guess. They pulled him aside and ran all these tests. When they realized that it was, in fact, just powder, we were on our merry way!
This is SOOO something that would happen to us. In 2007, my brother tried to get on a plane with his zippo lighter.... and in 2008, my BIL tried to get on a plane with a carry on full of kitchen knives.... He's a chef and he was actually going to WORK at WDW in the CP...they told him he had to bring all his own stuff but apparently he didn't think getting on a plane with 7 or so knives, was going to be an issue.
I silently freaked out about the upcoming plane ride...
Ok, not so silently:
Me-"I'm afraid of the plane."
Brandon-"You're fine"
Me-"I know I'm fine, but I'm afraid. What if the landing gear doesn't work? What if I get a blood clot? What if-"
Brandon-"You're insane. It's fine."
I'm sure that wasn't the exact conversation, but that was the basic idea. We have the same one every single time we fly. I'm not afraid of flying exactly, but I hate taking off. And turbulence. And landing.
We arrived in Orlando about 20 minutes early, and hopped on the mini monorail. I LOVE this little monorail, just one of those little things that reminds me that I'm almost in Disney World!!!!
I love the "Mini-Rail" too!
And YAY for arriving early!!
When we stepped off the monorail, I turned to Brandon and said "It smells like Disney World!" I love the way Florida smells, I don't know what it is, but if I could bottle that and bring that home with me, I'd be a happy girl.
It DOES have a smell! I agree! Funnily enough, when I first read this I thought "Yankee Candle should make a Florida scent!" And then I saw this:
I wish I could find a candle at Yankee Candle that smelled like Florida...maybe I should write to them and suggest that? You know every Disney freak in the country would buy one!
Great minds think alike!
he picked a white Hyundai Sonata, which we both really loved.
I seriously think our next car will be a Hyundai. They have come a long way over the last several years and the Sonata is REALLY nice!
We loaded our bags into the car, cranked up the AC (it was unbelievably HOT that day already, and it was maybe 10 am!) and we were off to Disney World!
It was in the upper 90s when were there in 2009 and the low 90s last year... Crazy hot!
So we made a little detour to Downtown Disney. If we had to stop to eat, it had to be Earl of Sandwich. Mmmmm, Earl of Sandwich. I crave those amazing sandwiches through the entire year, so of course, it had to be the first Disney thing I ate! We got our sandwiches and I was in heaven...unfortunately, I don't have any pictures, I just wasn't in food picture taking mode yet, but I do know that I had my favorite, the tuna melt and iced tea, and Brandon had the Original and a soda.
Mmmmm the tuna melt
Brandon-"Can you please get out of your mood?"
Me-"I'm not in a mood, I'm hot, I'm tired, and I have a headache."
Brandon-"Well try not to let it ruin the rest of the day."
Me-"I won't, I'll be fine once I shower and sleep a little, and when we get to Epcot."
Although I denied it, Brandon was right, I was in a mood, but I didn't want to be in a bad mood in Disney, so I tried to push it aside and look forward to the day we had planned!
Yup...I'm pretty sure we've had that EXACT conversation at some point on all of our Disney trips. I think the excitement of being there is just too much to process all at once!
We drove over to CSR and went in to check in, and I was praying to the Disney Gods that our room was ready! Luckily, it was! And I got my request, to be in the Casitas section! I could not wait to see our room, and it did not disappoint, it was beautiful!
Yay! Another reason I LOVE CSR! Our room is ALWAYS ready when we get there.
Me-"You know what will make me feel a lot better? A margarita in Mexico. Let's go!"
OMG I love margaritas but the one I tried a couple years ago in the Mexico pavilion was SO STRONG I couldn't drink it! I'll have to give it another whirl on our next trip...
Once we finished up in Club Cool, I was on a mission. Anyone who read my PTR can guess where we were headed: My beloved Soarin'! Ohhh, how I love Soarin' so...I was counting on Soarin' to cure me of my headache and my overall blah feeling from the heat, but unfortunately, the stand by line was really long. So we got FP's for later and headed over to the World Showcase!
I love Soarin' too! But the standby line is always SO LONG! I always wondered how many "theaters" they have in there. It seems like they only have 2 running at any given time but I feel like there are more that they don't ever use...
Even though the Food and Wine festival didn't officially start until the next day, the booths were open!
HI-OOOOO!!
Brandon wanted to check out the new Hawaii booth and decided to get the pork slider
I heard a LOT of good things about this...did he like it?? All Ears said it was one of the top rated food items so far...
I'm not a big drinker, but I was cursing my headache at that point, because his beer just looked so cold and yummy and I really wanted one. But I figured since it just wasn't going away, my best bet was to take some more Excedrin and chug some water. Alcohol would definitely not be helping the situation.
I don't know if you like these or not...but for some reason, strawberry-banana smoothies always help me feel better! I don't know if it's the fruit or that it's cold, but headaches and nausea are always cured when I have one (or 2) of those!
We got to Mexico and there was actually a wait for Gran Fiesta Tour! I couldn't believe it, that's always a walk on! Never mind a walk on, that's the kind of ride you expect your own private boat on!
Well, we didn't get our own boat, we had to share with some really obnoxious women sitting behind us. All they talked about was when they went to the real Mexico and how stupid this ride was. And they were not quiet. It kind of ruined it for me, I mean, I don't expect people to not talk on rides, but at least try to lower your voice, you know?
Wow, a wait? We always end up sharing a boat with someone (which is fine) but we NEVER wait. Interesting. And how rude of those women! If the REAL Mexico was better then abandon ship now and go back there. Let me enjoy the ride!
While we were walking, I was really starting to feel terrible. My head was pounding, I was feeling nauseous, and I almost felt like I might pass out. I was trying to stay calm, but I knew it was the heat...I also knew that I had not eaten since our lunch at EoS and I wasn't drinking enough water. I thought maybe I should eat something and rest for a while, so we stopped in Italy. I found a spot to sit and Brandon went to the Italy booth to get me some ravioli, which I loved last year.
After eating, I felt a little better, but I just wanted to sit. So we sat and people watched, which was fun, but I was still so hot. I had to get out of the heat and into AC so as much as I didn't want to walk, we went to Japan and I sought refuge in Mitsukoshi...
Ugh I feel so bad for you...I totally know what you were feeling! I hope you started to feel better!
But as much as I hate it I love being in Disney World. I love the CSR rooms! They always look so pretty! Hoping your headache cleared up!
I get that way when I don't eat enough and/or drink enough water. 
Thanks, I will hopefully finish the rest of the day tomorrow so you guys can see what happened! 
It's strange, I hate the heat, but I still really want to go to Disney in the middle of summer someday, to take advantage of the late park hours! I'd probably just sleep all morning, go swimming and then go to the parks when the sun went down! 
I was SO happy that I felt normal again! 
