chunkymonkey
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Day 1 Part 3: More Disney Springs, Jock Lindsey's, and 'Ohana!
After lunch CS and I continued walking down Disney Springs. We hadn't seen many of the new stores that opened so I was excited to do so. DH decided he'll do his own exploring. I told him he had a park hopper so he could go wherever he wanted, so he decided to go to Animal Kingdom! Of course being the DH that he is...he took no pictures. So I can only take his word for it.
Meanwhile...somewhere in a galaxy far far away...
I had not been to the Star Wars Galactic Outpost yet so I was super excited!
Look at all the cool stuff!
I bought my baby nephew this t-shirt. It's so cute!!
I was looking to buy a couple of Star Wars art pieces by Jerrod Maruyama, and luckily I found them at the Galactic Outpost! They were sold out online so I could only buy them in-store. They are available now online though at the Shop Disney Parks app!
Here's me with one of them:
And here's the other one I bought:
I just love his artwork! I have a few other pieces at home, and I love them! They are so cute! I had a large hard-sided suitcase with me so I was able to bring the prints home with me in my luggage but they do ship for a fee.
Next door was Superhero Headquarters which was pretty cool too! Lots of Marvel merchandise!
We went to the jewelry store nearby and I channeled my inner @Elevationist!!
I didn't end up getting the tiara but I just thought I'd take a picture with one on my birthday! We then decided to turn around and head back. On the way we passed by the little food truck area. A lot of the stuff looked great! I'm gonna come back another time to try it!
As we were walking back...we passed by Jock Lindsey's again...and CS and I looked at each other and said, how about a drink!?! OK! We're doing this! Woohoo!
We walked in and there was plenty of people, already seated and having drinks. I was surprised how small it was because I think of the word hangar and I think of a large airplane depot but it was much smaller than I envisioned it. I guess it's a typical bar size. There were seats at the bar so we sat there.
Loved the decor and details inside.
We weren't hungry so we just had drinks. I ordered the Cool Headed Monkey: Starr African Rum, Van Der Hum Tangerine Liqueur, fresh Lime Juice, Watermelon, and Pineapple Juice. CS got the Singapore Sling: Plymouth Gin, Heering Cherry Liqueur, Bénédictine, Cointreau, fresh Lime Juice, Pineapple Juice, and Grenadine.
We liked our drinks a lot! They were a little strong, but i guess that's to be expected!
After our mid-afternoon libations, we headed back to the buses to the Poly. The walk was quite long so we were relieved the bus didn't take long to come and soon we were headed back to the Poly! OK so our room number completely escapes me now but we were in the Tokelau longhouse on the 2nd floor. It was very close to the outside staircase. I really liked the building as it was convenient to both the main Ceremonial house as well as the TTC.
Here's a pic of our room. Sorry it's a bit dark. The sun was streaming through the shades but if I used the blackout drapes the room was pitch black. That is one issue I have with these Poly rooms. They really needed more lamps or at least brighter bulbs! They had already brought our luggage to the room so excuse the mess!
The bathrooms were the best part! There were 2 baths - one was a sink and standing shower, and the other was a tub, sink and toilet. That bathroom was huge!
Loved the Poly-inspired artwork, including this one of a certain little mermaid...
We had a little kitchenette too. We didn't use it much except for the fridge but I did use the microwave once during the trip!
OK so here's the reveal of the birthday gift I bought myself at World of Disney...
Isn't it just gorgeous? And the best part is that it comes with the 2 little bangles so for the price of a watch I got a watch and 2 bracelets!! Woohoo!
I just love them! I love how one of the bangles has a little mickey head charm. It's all so sparkly and fabulous!!
We spent the last bit of the afternoon early evening unpacking all our stuff. DH finally came back to the room after his stint in AK. He said he rode the safari twice and went to Rafiki's Planet.
We got ready for our decadent dinner at 'Ohana after which DH and I would be headed to MK for the last few hours of my birthday so I could watch Wishes and take a picture in front of the castle! The only problem was that it was going to be COLD. The forecast was projecting it to be in the 40s!! Yikes! I've never been in Orlando when it's been cold! We just packed on the layers and hoped for the best!
We headed to Ohana to check in. I took this picture from the 2nd floor:
Soon we were called and seated!
Some pineapple bread:
The view from our table:
Our server took our drink orders and soon we were munching away!
Our salad:
Potstickers and wings:
Noodles and veggies:
I mainly focused my attention tonight on the shrimp. I honestly don't care for the other meats so I only got a small piece of everything else. But I ate a lot of shrimp!
I also split a lapu lapu with my sister! I'm not sure I really like this drink as much as the look of it. It's cool to be drinking out of a pineapple but it was mostly alcohol and not much flavor to me.
Happy and very FULL!
And finally the piece the resistance:
Yummy!! It was a great meal, as usual! I told our server to not bring me the birthday cupcake because I just wouldn't eat it.
After dinner we rolled out of there...DH and I headed to the monorail while CS sadly had to stay behind. She was planning to shop at the Poly and watch the water parade and wishes from the beach, then get ready for her really early wake up call the next morning at 3am!! Yikes. Goodbye CS! This is the last you'll see of her on the trip report.
Get ready for our cold cold night at MK!! Coming up!!
After lunch CS and I continued walking down Disney Springs. We hadn't seen many of the new stores that opened so I was excited to do so. DH decided he'll do his own exploring. I told him he had a park hopper so he could go wherever he wanted, so he decided to go to Animal Kingdom! Of course being the DH that he is...he took no pictures. So I can only take his word for it.
Meanwhile...somewhere in a galaxy far far away...
I had not been to the Star Wars Galactic Outpost yet so I was super excited!
Look at all the cool stuff!
I bought my baby nephew this t-shirt. It's so cute!!
I was looking to buy a couple of Star Wars art pieces by Jerrod Maruyama, and luckily I found them at the Galactic Outpost! They were sold out online so I could only buy them in-store. They are available now online though at the Shop Disney Parks app!
Here's me with one of them:
And here's the other one I bought:
I just love his artwork! I have a few other pieces at home, and I love them! They are so cute! I had a large hard-sided suitcase with me so I was able to bring the prints home with me in my luggage but they do ship for a fee.
Next door was Superhero Headquarters which was pretty cool too! Lots of Marvel merchandise!
We went to the jewelry store nearby and I channeled my inner @Elevationist!!
I didn't end up getting the tiara but I just thought I'd take a picture with one on my birthday! We then decided to turn around and head back. On the way we passed by the little food truck area. A lot of the stuff looked great! I'm gonna come back another time to try it!
As we were walking back...we passed by Jock Lindsey's again...and CS and I looked at each other and said, how about a drink!?! OK! We're doing this! Woohoo!
We walked in and there was plenty of people, already seated and having drinks. I was surprised how small it was because I think of the word hangar and I think of a large airplane depot but it was much smaller than I envisioned it. I guess it's a typical bar size. There were seats at the bar so we sat there.
Loved the decor and details inside.
We weren't hungry so we just had drinks. I ordered the Cool Headed Monkey: Starr African Rum, Van Der Hum Tangerine Liqueur, fresh Lime Juice, Watermelon, and Pineapple Juice. CS got the Singapore Sling: Plymouth Gin, Heering Cherry Liqueur, Bénédictine, Cointreau, fresh Lime Juice, Pineapple Juice, and Grenadine.
We liked our drinks a lot! They were a little strong, but i guess that's to be expected!
After our mid-afternoon libations, we headed back to the buses to the Poly. The walk was quite long so we were relieved the bus didn't take long to come and soon we were headed back to the Poly! OK so our room number completely escapes me now but we were in the Tokelau longhouse on the 2nd floor. It was very close to the outside staircase. I really liked the building as it was convenient to both the main Ceremonial house as well as the TTC.
Here's a pic of our room. Sorry it's a bit dark. The sun was streaming through the shades but if I used the blackout drapes the room was pitch black. That is one issue I have with these Poly rooms. They really needed more lamps or at least brighter bulbs! They had already brought our luggage to the room so excuse the mess!
The bathrooms were the best part! There were 2 baths - one was a sink and standing shower, and the other was a tub, sink and toilet. That bathroom was huge!
Loved the Poly-inspired artwork, including this one of a certain little mermaid...
We had a little kitchenette too. We didn't use it much except for the fridge but I did use the microwave once during the trip!
OK so here's the reveal of the birthday gift I bought myself at World of Disney...
Isn't it just gorgeous? And the best part is that it comes with the 2 little bangles so for the price of a watch I got a watch and 2 bracelets!! Woohoo!
I just love them! I love how one of the bangles has a little mickey head charm. It's all so sparkly and fabulous!!
We spent the last bit of the afternoon early evening unpacking all our stuff. DH finally came back to the room after his stint in AK. He said he rode the safari twice and went to Rafiki's Planet.
We got ready for our decadent dinner at 'Ohana after which DH and I would be headed to MK for the last few hours of my birthday so I could watch Wishes and take a picture in front of the castle! The only problem was that it was going to be COLD. The forecast was projecting it to be in the 40s!! Yikes! I've never been in Orlando when it's been cold! We just packed on the layers and hoped for the best!
We headed to Ohana to check in. I took this picture from the 2nd floor:
Soon we were called and seated!
Some pineapple bread:
The view from our table:
Our server took our drink orders and soon we were munching away!
Our salad:
Potstickers and wings:
Noodles and veggies:
I mainly focused my attention tonight on the shrimp. I honestly don't care for the other meats so I only got a small piece of everything else. But I ate a lot of shrimp!
I also split a lapu lapu with my sister! I'm not sure I really like this drink as much as the look of it. It's cool to be drinking out of a pineapple but it was mostly alcohol and not much flavor to me.
Happy and very FULL!
And finally the piece the resistance:
Yummy!! It was a great meal, as usual! I told our server to not bring me the birthday cupcake because I just wouldn't eat it.
After dinner we rolled out of there...DH and I headed to the monorail while CS sadly had to stay behind. She was planning to shop at the Poly and watch the water parade and wishes from the beach, then get ready for her really early wake up call the next morning at 3am!! Yikes. Goodbye CS! This is the last you'll see of her on the trip report.
Get ready for our cold cold night at MK!! Coming up!!
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