I will add an update but first I will bring your attention to my picture on the plane. Did you happen to notice the shiner on my right eye? The Monday before we left I was taking trash out to the curb, carrying the bag in front of me. Almost to the trash can and the bag splits open from the bottom. I trip on the trash and BOOM I am down like soft butter all over the drive. First landing on my knees (losing my shoes) then my hands then knowing my face is going to turn to the left so only my right side gets it. (Aren't I the brilliant one?) So one black eye, concrete burn on cheek and forhead I manage to pick up the trash, find my shoes and stumble into the house to see the damage. Yes, I am a faller. I have now fallen 4 times this past month. 3 years ago I fell on the concrete in front of the building where I work and blackened the left eye. At the lake this past weekend I was jumping off the boat and jabbed my thumbnail in my right eye and blackened it again.
What are we going to do with klutzy me?
Now on to the report with more pictures.
We had arrived at CSR and unpacked. The kids went and checked out the pool and the rains came. Not just a sprinkle but a downpour. They had told us at the airport they had had 12 inches of rain in the past 3 weeks. How much more could we add to the week?
I have texted to Sandi numerous times during the day and gave her a bunch of fluff of how nice the massages were and where we ate lunch (of course I said her favorite place), she was jealous. She informed me her plane was late so they wouldn't get out till 5:00 pm. Arrival time was to be 7:30.
It is now 6:45 and we need to head to MCO to pick up Sandi and her group but first we need to make a sign. Sorry no picture but it says Welcome _____ family. And has Mickey ears on it. We park the cars and head into the baggage claim area. Here are pics of them on the plane.
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I got these later not while they were flying.
We checked the boards and they said their flight was delayed so we sat and took it easy for awhile.
About 7:45 they stated their plane was on the ground. It was so late they wouldn't let them pull into the gate because another plane that arrived on time got it. They finally start to unload at 8:10. We sent Austin up to the tram area to take a picture. The idea was to im the picture to them and she would see it and try to figure out what was going on.
Silly Sandi forgot to turn her phone back on so didn't get the picture till later. So they come down the escalator and Andrew is holding the sign and Alex sees it and yells "Hey Mom it is Andrew". She says don't be silly. So again he yells " It is Andrew and Aunt Sheri and they are holding a sign."
Sorry it is blurry. Me and my cell phone have issues.
So by 8:30 after the hugging and kissing and surpise factors we get luggage and head to the cars. We are all starving at this point so we get out the trusty GPS and find a Golden Corral. By the time we get done eating and back to CSR to unload luggage and hit MK. Remember Comando Sheri is on a mission to get to a park TODAY! Luckily they have EMH till midnight. By this time Mike was too tired to go so just the other 8 of us head over.
Would you believe not a one of us took a camera and we could not locate one photopass person.
Spectro was going on so we cut through the crowd and get to POTC. No line whatsoever. Lucky us. We are on a ride at MK. Finally. After this was over we head to our next favorite ride HM. Again no line. We were on a roll.
By now it is 11:30 and the day is starting to hit all of us. Sandi still had all of her unpacking to do and I had a book that need a read. We head back to CSR to start again another day.
Your DD1 was planning on a trip to WDW and didn't know that you, your DH, DD2 and family were going too, is that correct? (I'm so dense sometimes but I get all mixed up when I'm trying to figure out abbreviations 
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Glad you rode it first...
And you are off to a fine start! 
I am impressed with the way the surprise worked out so well! You had so many balls spinning to surprise her and it worked out PERFECTLY! 
Splash holds that place in my heart! 
