NeverlandClub23
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It's so sad. Our trip is over. But to relish in the joy that was once our trip I will tell y'all about it instead of getting drunk and crying.
The group:
Dad, 56 (mind of a 5 year old)
Mom, 48 (the sanity of the bunch)
Brother, 26 (the mind of a three year old, and that's giving him a lot of credit)
Me, 23 (the reason we keep coming back!-well, maybe not entirely me but my begging and crying sure doesn't hurt!)
Day 1:
Our flight leaves from Newport News, Virginia at 5:20 a.m. My brother of course thinks this is perfect because he can go out drinking until we leave. Which is great for the person sitting next to him on the plane (which would be me). So at about 3:45 a.m. we haul our half asleep bodies (and our one drunken body) to the airport. After checking in we go through security and head over to wait to board our plane, while I pray we don't get kicked out of the airport because my brother caught a sausage muffin on fire in their microwave. But, alas, we fled the scene and pointed at another family so we were off the hook. We board the plane and I'm stuck in the middle between my brother and some guy. (You know what I hate? When people argue about getting the window seat and then fall asleep. Are you kidding? I'm awake the whole time and I have to look at the stupid sky mall magazine instead of out the window?) Well, an hour later and after ordering a fake fireplace and magnetic bracelet close thingy and I'm bored...and I have to pee. I've decided to hold it as we only have about 30 min. But as time ticked on and I started getting jealous of other people getting to use the restroom, I looked at the guy beside me. He was dead asleep with his head laying on the tray table thing. So I started tapping his shoulder "Excuse me?" and he continued sleeping. "Ummm, excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom?" He looked up at me like I was the devil and I looked at him like if you don't move I'm going to crawl over you. So he lifted his head up. Now, I might be wrong, but don't people usually get up or at least move their legs to the side? Well, he apparently had an attitude about me waking him up and he just sat there. So I crawled over him, thinking I could've saved all of that time even waking him up. So of course when I get to the bathroom the fasten seat belt sign comes on. So I hurry and make my way back to my seat and we arrive in Atlanta. We ran to our next flight to Orlando. It's about 7:30 now so we're all starting to get our Mickey pants on and disposing of our cranky pants (not literally, although that would've been cute). We land in Orlando with no more bathroom troubles and then the real fun begins. We go skipping through the airport singing Partridge family tunes, butterflies join us, and the birds sing because "We're here! We're in Orlando!". We turn the corner to the Magical Express check in line and our Mickey bubble burst. There were more people in that line than there was for Splash Mountain in July of '93 before FastPass (I'm such a dork
). Well, after hearing the lady with the Mickey hands scream over and over that only one member of your party was to be in the line, my mom went in the line and we went off to find a seat. There wasn't any seat, so we parked it on the carpet. Well, that was the end of our trip, we were waiting until 12/16. Actually, she FINALLY came out and we refilled our Mickey bubble and before we could start skipping we came to another line to wait for the bus. Well, Geez o Petes. We get in that line. Waited about 30 min. and our bus came for our resort (We're staying at WL). We barely made it through as we were the last people they let on the bus before they stopped the line. So we jump on the bus and the guy says WL is the first of four stops, so we're pretty happy because it was about 10:30 and we had arranged for the WDW Car Care Center shuttle to pick us up about 11:00 to rent a car for the day. So we watched the Disney DVD thing on the way there but it didn't really do anything for us. You know, like flips or anything.
So we get to WL and wait for the shuttle. It gets there and the guy had rap music BLARING as he drove and had a plastic cup with ten dollar bills shoved in it with the words TIP written on the outside. I thought that it was pretty funny because he didnt handle any luggage as it was in the Magical Express black hole at the moment and the trip took about a minute and a half, but apparently he was THAT good to deserve ten dollars. After departing our friendly chauffer (who sped away from us like we had a disease), we arrive at the Alamo desk to rent our wonderful car for the day. And then after purchasing fire, flood, health, turtle-crossing, seagull poop, and snow insurance we come to find they dont have any cars and wed have to wait but hes not sure how long because he cant estimate times. So after staring blankly at each other for awhile, he then says But we have plenty of mini-vans! Well, isnt that reassuring. Of course you have a more expensive vehicle. So after more blank staring (were pretty good at it) he finally says itll cost the same as the car. So we grab the keys, jump in, hit every pothole in the parking lot, and go 0-80 in 2.5 seconds (I love rental cars!). And were off to our traditional first breakfast at Cracker Barrel. (We usually drive to Orlando and this was our first time flying but we didnt let that break our traditions.) After breakfast we head to our second tradition, Sea World. We have free tickets to Sea World whenever we go to WDW because my Dad works part-time for Water Country (a Busch company), so we always make it our first day thing. Although this year I didnt realize I was traveling with a bunch of hundred year olds. We were in Sea World for two hours. Wow. Were so crazy. Watch out Florida. We head back to WL to check in and take a nap. We walked through the lobby and all I could think was Man, theres a lot of people here. But from what everyone says WL is the most popular resort during Christmas, so next year we might be staying somewhere else. It just wasnt as peaceful as I remembered it. Anywho, we were upgraded to a Courtyard view room when my mom made reservations because they were sold out of standard rooms. Our room was pretty nice overlooking the lake and beach area, with a huge concrete wall covering up half of our balcony. But we didnt really care as we knew we werent going to be spending much time in the room. Our luggage hadnt arrived yet, but we passed out on the beds only to hear loud knocking 30 min. later. (Ive realized in life if you ever want something to happen, like someone to call, or for you luggage to arrive, just go to sleep or get involved doing something else and itll happen when its the most annoying
). We roll out of bed at 6 p.m. to pretty ourselves for our 8 p.m. reservation at California Grill. After seeing there was no hope in the pretty department for my Dad or brother, we left. We took our nifty rental because we were to drive around looking at resort decorations after dinner. We park our sweet ride and walk to the California Grill, taking a moment to look at the Pinnochio chocolate sculpture in the lobby. Ok, moments over. We race to the elevator to check in on some floor but I wasnt really paying attention because I almost fell asleep again waiting for the elevator. My goodness, I couldve gotten married, had three kids, and watched them graduate high school by the time it came. Hmmm, or maybe I was just starving and every second felt like an hour. We check in, get in the California Grill elevator and head to the top. It was our first time trying out California Grill, and we were a little worried when we got off the elevator and it was so loud. But after waiting about 5 minutes, we were sat and we didnt even notice the noise. We had a window seat in the back and it was so pretty to see the Castle and all of the lights of Magic Kingdom. My brother and I shared the "Peeky Toe" Crab California Roll with avocado and cucumber as an appetizer. I had the Mahi-Mahi with garlic mussels and something else it was all laying on and it was all delicious. In fact, everyone enjoyed their meals. It was a wonderful way to begin our trip. We all made this a must do for our next trip. So it was about 9:15 and we didnt really have the time to wait for the fireworks so we headed out. We got on the monorail, skipped over Polynesian (were eating at Ohanas our last night), and headed to the Grand Floridian. We saw the gingerbread house and listened to the band playing Christmas music in the lobby. We then strolled around the grounds and watched the fireworks over Magic Kingdom. We went back to the Contemporary, grabbed our pimp mobile (my brothers name for it. Yes, hes quite a catch.), and headed over to the Boardwalk. After driving around in circles for days we finally find it (Have you ever noticed when youre driving and looking for signs, youll always see a sign for everything else BUT for where youre going? Ok, maybe its just us.) We parked, unloaded, and walked over to the Boardwalk. Its approx. 10:30 p.m. and we walk around the Boardwalk with everything pretty much closed. It was pretty dead so we went in the Boardwalk to see their chocolate display. I dont really remember much as I was looking for a bathroom but I do remember it wasnt the one they showed on the Food Network special. It was still pretty though. It was pretty much a blur as I ran past when I finally saw the Restroom sign. We then stroll over to the Yacht and Beach Club to look at their Christmas displays. The Yacht Club was so beautiful and I think this is the place to try for our next trip. I loved all of the wood and the nautical theme. We walked over to Beach Club and saw their sugar/chocolate carousel and then I saw something that would make me cry myself to sleep the rest of the trip. Beaches N Cream
.was
.closed. Closed for refurbishment. Closed! Do you people hear me! After getting on my knees and sobbing for a good fifteen minutes, I was dragged out and pushed on with the rest of our excursion. Crossing the bridge back over to Boardwalk I saw two of the cutest kitties in a bush. I walked over to the bush, calling the kitties, but not wanting to get too close as getting scratched to death at Disney World isnt any more magical than getting scratched to death in real life. Well, the bush started moving and out popped two huge raccoons who just trotted across the bridge back toward the Beach Club. After clearing my heart from my throat, we ran back to the car leaving the skipping, butterflies, and birds in our dust. Day one was over. On to Day Two, or as I like to call it Where did all of you people and rain come from? or Isnt it supposed to be warm in Florida?
.See you soon.

The group:
Dad, 56 (mind of a 5 year old)
Mom, 48 (the sanity of the bunch)
Brother, 26 (the mind of a three year old, and that's giving him a lot of credit)
Me, 23 (the reason we keep coming back!-well, maybe not entirely me but my begging and crying sure doesn't hurt!)
Day 1:
Our flight leaves from Newport News, Virginia at 5:20 a.m. My brother of course thinks this is perfect because he can go out drinking until we leave. Which is great for the person sitting next to him on the plane (which would be me). So at about 3:45 a.m. we haul our half asleep bodies (and our one drunken body) to the airport. After checking in we go through security and head over to wait to board our plane, while I pray we don't get kicked out of the airport because my brother caught a sausage muffin on fire in their microwave. But, alas, we fled the scene and pointed at another family so we were off the hook. We board the plane and I'm stuck in the middle between my brother and some guy. (You know what I hate? When people argue about getting the window seat and then fall asleep. Are you kidding? I'm awake the whole time and I have to look at the stupid sky mall magazine instead of out the window?) Well, an hour later and after ordering a fake fireplace and magnetic bracelet close thingy and I'm bored...and I have to pee. I've decided to hold it as we only have about 30 min. But as time ticked on and I started getting jealous of other people getting to use the restroom, I looked at the guy beside me. He was dead asleep with his head laying on the tray table thing. So I started tapping his shoulder "Excuse me?" and he continued sleeping. "Ummm, excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom?" He looked up at me like I was the devil and I looked at him like if you don't move I'm going to crawl over you. So he lifted his head up. Now, I might be wrong, but don't people usually get up or at least move their legs to the side? Well, he apparently had an attitude about me waking him up and he just sat there. So I crawled over him, thinking I could've saved all of that time even waking him up. So of course when I get to the bathroom the fasten seat belt sign comes on. So I hurry and make my way back to my seat and we arrive in Atlanta. We ran to our next flight to Orlando. It's about 7:30 now so we're all starting to get our Mickey pants on and disposing of our cranky pants (not literally, although that would've been cute). We land in Orlando with no more bathroom troubles and then the real fun begins. We go skipping through the airport singing Partridge family tunes, butterflies join us, and the birds sing because "We're here! We're in Orlando!". We turn the corner to the Magical Express check in line and our Mickey bubble burst. There were more people in that line than there was for Splash Mountain in July of '93 before FastPass (I'm such a dork



