We were drivin' along, lovin' life and listening to the radio and pretty soon we were approaching...
THE GATES OF HEAVEN ON EARTH.
WELCOME HOME.
We were soooo happy. I don't think we stopped screaming until we got here:
Just kidding. We were still freakin' out.
HAPPY CHIPPY!
We approached the beautiful Boardwalk and got out of the car. I saw a CM with pins and he had one that I liked.
I kid you not, we were out of the car for literally ten seconds and I was already pin trading.
Frump life.
Allie was laughing at me. She didn't get the craziness of pin trading at first, but after a couple days she was just as into it as me and we are both pin freaks now. She even got her boyfriend into it!
Happy pin trader:
We lugged all of our stuff in the lobby and I started FREAKIN' OUT! I'd never actually been inside the lobby of the Boardwalk, and it is SOOO PRETTY! Holy crap.
I'm in love. This was seriously the day that started it all. The EPCOT resorts are my absolute favorite places on the planet and the Boardwalk is just the epitome of my bliss. I LOVE it there so much. Everything from the theming and the ambience to the hidden Mickeys in the carpet and the striped socks that the male CM's wear. IT'S ALL PERFECTION.
Anywho...
We found out that our room was ready, got our room keys, and Allie and I headed up to the room while the Units took care of some other check-in formalities. We had a TON of stuff to carry, so when we got to the room this nice family walking by held the door open for us while we got our stuff inside. How sweet.
Our room was on the fourth floor, and here's the best part: IT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE ELEVATORS.
If you've ever stayed at the Boardwalk, you know how nice this is.
We literally took five steps from the elevator and BAM- we were there.
It was great.
Here's the tour of our one-bedroom villa!
Full kitchen:
This was really nice, and we used it way more than I thought we would!
The living room area:
THE COUCH BED:
Allie and I shared this for the duration of our stay, and it was SO big and SO comfy! I loved it!
Here was our view from the balcony in the living room:
There were actually two balconies, one in the living room and one in Allie's parents bedroom. It was really nice that we each had our own!
I loved this balcony. I loved sitting on it at night and hearing the jazzy 20's music and just people watching. One night, this group of people in club-wear were walking to the parking lot and they were all REALLY drunk, and the one girl did a complete face-plant. She seemed okay, it I was CRACKING UP. So funny.
Here's the actual balcony:
The bathroom:
The GIANT shower:
Some cool details:
The teacup lamp was right next to my side of the couch bed, and I loved it!
Happy Frump:
Of course we had to turn on Stacey next! Unfortunately, due to a solar flare that was linked back to OUR ROOM (I'm not even kidding- the whole resort was having TV issues and the entire problem was linked to us. Oops.) Stacey was really choppy.
We got through that tragedy (somehow), unpacked and planned to meet up with the Units later on at the Boardwalk. The plan for the four of us was to head to EPCOT, but we had different agendas. So, the Units got to the villa and started unpacking just as we said au revior! We had an important stop to make before heading to EPCOT!
So through the totally gorgeous lobby we went and into the morning sunshine! Stay tuned!
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