Plans for January 8, 2017 (and other updates!)
We are now only 15 days away from the start of our trip! Eek!
In life updates - my new medication I've mentioned before is still awesome, but my dose hasn't been figured out just yet. The goal is to go 8 weeks in between treatments, so I just recently did my first 8 week stretch - and it didn't go too well. My medication is an immune suppressant, which is a very common form of dealing with Crohn's disease, but I clearly didn't have enough in my system and my entire immune system went out of whack. I ended up getting an eye infection, which is just now starting to get better. I also had a rash break out around my ear/on my scalp, which my Gastroenterologist believes might be psoriasis so he is now referring me to a dermatologist. So, I've pretty much once again abandoned my running, since I was feeling overall like garbage for the 2 weeks leading up to my treatment appointment. I did get to see my Gastro specialist today, and he has decided to put me onto a 4 week schedule for treatment until I can get everything else back under control. This was such a relief, since our trip to California was going to fall on week 7. Now, I'll be having an extra treatment in between our two trips
I also can't remember if I mentioned it, but the treatment itself is an IV infusion, so I actually go to a clinic that only deals with this one type of medication. They have big, comfy recliners to sit in, baskets of snacks to eat and free Wi-Fi - each treatment takes 2-3 hours. It's really not bad though, I usually just play games on my phone or something.
Since I haven't been running, I have no idea how I'm going to do on my 5km in Disney. Our original plan had me on track to be up to intervals of 10 minutes running, 1 minute walking, but I doubt it if I could even do 3minutes running and 1 minute walking right now. I might just have to accept the fact that I'll be walking most of it
This will mean less character stops since I don't want to be swept. Luckily, I know I can walk faster than the sweeping time and I can walk 5km without being sore or anything. It just sucks since I haven't even really gone for a walk. The past two + weeks have been brutally cold here, like -30C (-22F) and colder. The cold snap finally broke yesterday, so hopefully I can get out for some decent length walks over the next 2 weeks.
I'll mention it again once I get my plans posted for January 9th, but we finally booked the last thing we really wanted - the Star Wars Galactic Spectacular Dessert Party! I'm so excited for that!
Now on to our plans for January 8th -
After waking up, we need to finish packing up our suitcases and call bell services. We have to say goodbye to Old Key West, but we still have another 4 nights at Disney - when we leave the park at the end of the day we'll be checking in to our room at Saratoga Springs
Once bell services takes our luggage to be delivered to Saratoga Springs, we will catch the bus to Epcot. The plan is to be there early, so we can watch and cheer on some of the people running the full marathon. We did this last year, and it inspired Luke to want to run the full in 2018, so going to Epcot on the morning of the full on this trip was his biggest request. We have a FP for the Seas With Nemo that opens at 10:05, but I won't be terribly upset if we miss it. There never seems to be a long line for that one, so I know we can get to it later. However, we will not be missing FP#2 which opens at 11:15 - for Test Track!
We both like Test Track, and wouldn't miss it, but I imagine we'll both be talking about our excitement to go on the
Disneyland version - Radiator Springs Racers - only a few weeks later. After our ride on Test Track, we'll need to start making our way to the World Showcase for our first (of many) ADR's on this day. For lunch, we will be eating at... Le Cellier! We probably won't be ordering a steak, since we live in Alberta - where the best beef in Canada comes from. We have been eyeing up some of the appetizers though. I really want to try the Cheddar Cheese Soup - I'm just hoping it doesn't taste like beer, since it's made with Moosehead and that beer is disgusting haha (Fun Fact - it's made in my home province of New Brunswick, and is the oldest independent brewery in Canada). I'm also very intrigued by their version of a poutine - which sounds nothing like a real poutine. The loaded mashed potatoes also sound pretty tasty...and I have a feeling we'll also be ordering dessert from here - nainaimo pie will be delicious if it's anything like a nanaimo bar. And mple creme brulee? Can you go wrong with maple anything!?
After filling up on appy's and dessert, we have a 2:20 FP for Figment - mainly because we missed it on our last trip. The idea is also to go to Ellen's Universe of Energy at some point to let our food settle, while taking in a ride that probably won't be around by the next time we go back to Florida. We'll play it by ear, and fill the rest of the afternoon as we see fit.
At 6:35, we need to check in for our next ADR - at Via Napoli
I've read so many great things about this place, I'm looking forward to trying it. Plus, it serves my favourite type of pizza I love neopolitan style pizza. We do plan on splitting a pizza here though, since we do still have another ADR to get to at 8:30 - at La Hacienda de San Angel. We've heard you can see Illuminations from in there, plus we want to try their margaritas. We'll probably order dessert here (or maybe an appetizer as well, depending on how hungry we are haha).
Once we finish there, the park will be closed - although I do believe there are Extra Magic Hours at Epcot that evening. So, we'll decide how we're feeling, and possibly stay for a bit. Once we're tired enough, we'll head to Saratoga Springs to check out our new room
Which is part of why we're going again.
In the next three weeks, I only have to finish putting up my Christmas decorations, then take them all down and put them away, maybe go Christmas shopping and wrap whatever I buy (luckily Luke and I don't buy for each other at Christmas anymore, since we've been taking trips every January - 2015 we went to the Dominican for a week, 2016 was to WDW, 2017 is again to WDW, 2018 is planned for another WDW trip in January). We're having some friends over next weekend, so I need to do a major cleaning of my house... We bought a new TV on Black Friday, and it's still sitting in the box so I'd like to actually hook that up so it's done (after we got it home, we realized it wouldn't work with our current set-up and was too big, so we had to order a wall-mount online, then it took over a week to show up). I still need to do my Christmas cards and get those in the mail. Not to mention packing for our trip... I think the next few weeks might be a little bit busy haha.
