Hey....that would have been a good title for my trip report. As you can tell, I have been trying to come up with a theme. I started with Kickin it at Kidani, ate my way through Playin it at Pop, and for this TR I needed to come up with a verb that started with a W. I thought of everything - wishing, wondering, wandering, wallowing, whispering. Nothing seemed to work, so I finally settled on Wheeling because there were a ton of strollers inhabiting the WL. More than I care to remember. I saw strollers in every imaginable design, color, and configuration. There certainly were lots of moms and dads wheeling their way through the lodge that week.
So I struggled and struggled for a TR title starting with a W verb and I could have simply used Waking Up at the Wilderness Lodge. Is it too late to change my TR title??????
And waking up we did. I was still in work mode, so my internal clock got me up at 6:15am. I wanted to sleep a bit longer, but why bother. I mean, really, we're at Disney.....time to rise and shine!!!!!!!
The sun was still behind the clouds and it looked a tad overcast. But it was really hard to tell what it was like outside because I could see was the trees. I sat on the balcony with my coffee (yes - REAL coffee Cynthia) and gazed upon the evergreens. I said to Denny, "I could almost pretend I am in New England or in the mountains out west". To that he replied, "maybe, if it wasn't for that trash compactor noise".
He was right. I could hear the dull roar of a trash compactor off in the distance. Denny, that darn realist. I was in full Disney mode. Was it necessary for him to break my trance???
I straightened up the living room, changed my lens, and took a few pictures of the villa:
I spent more time here than I care to admit.........
Here are a few outside pics:
A neighboring villa:
The brick outside of the villa:
The view down from the 5th floor balcony:
Oh, Look....I even have a picture of the window sill!
Staring down from the balcony.....
Coffee down the hatch, pictures taken, Chuck up to watch the news with Denny, I decided to go running. I knew there was a path from the WL to Fort Wilderness and I really wanted to find it. The dirt trail started near Bay Lake at the boat rental area. I followed the path around the lake. It was very deserted back there and once the trees cleared I had an amazing view of Bay Lake, the Contemporary, and BLT. The trail forked and to the right was a sign that said "Nature Trail". I ignored that and kept running along the lake until I got to a sign that said "Cast members only". Drat. I was forced to hang a right to a smaller trail which lead me to a road. I figured one way had to be the campground. But I got myself all turned around and I ended up running back to the lodge. Doh! I ended up by the bus stop. I had barely run over a mile so I was forced to run back between the villas and the lodge and back to the original trail. Once I felt like I had a decent run I headed back to the resort.
I figured it might be smart to stop at Roaring Forks and check out the breakfast items. I wanted to bring back some muffins/pastries with our snack coupons. I picked out 4 things that I hoped everyone would like. When I got back the folks were on their second pot of coffee and we shared some high sugar breakfast.
Once showered and dressed I was pretty much ready to head into the MK. I didn't care if I was there for rope drop, but I was kind-of hoping that we would be out the door by 9am. No such luck. Cathy and Chuck were not in sight, so by 9:10am I told Denny I was going out to take some pics while I waited. I took quite a few. Does that give you an idea of how long I waited?
So - How long did I have to wait before we left for the MK? Is the boat really better than the bus?
especially since we didn't hit up any nighttime shows due to the weather while we were there 
That was horrendous! I am leaving as soon as my son is up and ready to go. He is staying home from school that day so our departure time is flexible.
) I had a wonderful raspberry cocktail...I don't remember what it was but it had lychee in it and was sooooo tasty...I also ended up finishing Sue's drink too....that happened several times throughout the week 
Or maybe she always gives off that special glow whenever she goes to Disney! 
You know what direction I wanted to go. You don't even have to think twice about that. 
