rachel3
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We woke up bright and early from a refreshing night at the mariott. Our beds were so comfy. However, after the 14 hour drive from ohio to savanah with rain, mountains, fog, red bull, bug crawling skin, hand foot mouth, ...............you get the point. I could've slept on concrete and told you it was comfy!! 
We shower, gather our overnight bags, and head down to the continental breakfast. I was actually impressed with the breakfast. There was a bit of variety and it all tasted yummy! So ................ on the road again. About 4 more hours of driving and we'll be there. After driving about 1 hour , we stopped for gas. We went to BP first, but all of the gas novels were covered. okay, WTH?? We heard people talking about how they were having trouble getting gas in the southeast. OMG--- i have a mini panic attack, thinking, how are we getting to disney with no gas??? I start to think of back up plans............. We spot a gas station across the street. The lady there said they haven't had any problems getting gasoline. okay, maybe it will be okay. And , woo whoo this gas station has an 8ft alligator!! Sa-weet! here's some pics of us in the gas station. We're not touristy , are we??? ha ha
The rest of the drive was uneventful!! We arrive in Orlando and see the signs!!
Usually at this point , we start yelling and beeping the horn acting crazy. But, bashful fell asleep and we did NOT want to wake him. Check in would be much easier with him sleeping! 
We arrive at all-star movies. I pull the car around to the luggage unloading area. Mom and I go inside to check in, while dh unloads the car. There was a bit of a line, but it went fast. Mom and I checked in together since we wanted connecting rooms. I had called to request this about 2 weeks ago. They look up our rooms and .............................THEY HAVE US IN DIFFERENT BUILDINGS...................... can you believe that??? I request connecting rooms and they give us different buildings!! She asks if we would like to be closer together. Ummm, yeah. So, she finds us 2 rooms beside each other. They're not connecting, but it will do. DH takes the luggage to the room and we drive the car around the front building to park. We are in Toy story building 10 3rd floor. Our room is actually close to the main building and pool!! Room inspection was clean , so we began to unpack. We spent about 2 hours getting our rooms in order! I'm weird like that. I can't relax until I have things in somewhat order.
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We shower, gather our overnight bags, and head down to the continental breakfast. I was actually impressed with the breakfast. There was a bit of variety and it all tasted yummy! So ................ on the road again. About 4 more hours of driving and we'll be there. After driving about 1 hour , we stopped for gas. We went to BP first, but all of the gas novels were covered. okay, WTH?? We heard people talking about how they were having trouble getting gas in the southeast. OMG--- i have a mini panic attack, thinking, how are we getting to disney with no gas??? I start to think of back up plans............. We spot a gas station across the street. The lady there said they haven't had any problems getting gasoline. okay, maybe it will be okay. And , woo whoo this gas station has an 8ft alligator!! Sa-weet! here's some pics of us in the gas station. We're not touristy , are we??? ha ha
ariel and the alligator
the kids and the alligator
happy being silly
he's such a ham!!
The rest of the drive was uneventful!! We arrive in Orlando and see the signs!!
Usually at this point , we start yelling and beeping the horn acting crazy. But, bashful fell asleep and we did NOT want to wake him. Check in would be much easier with him sleeping! We arrive at all-star movies. I pull the car around to the luggage unloading area. Mom and I go inside to check in, while dh unloads the car. There was a bit of a line, but it went fast. Mom and I checked in together since we wanted connecting rooms. I had called to request this about 2 weeks ago. They look up our rooms and .............................THEY HAVE US IN DIFFERENT BUILDINGS...................... can you believe that??? I request connecting rooms and they give us different buildings!! She asks if we would like to be closer together. Ummm, yeah. So, she finds us 2 rooms beside each other. They're not connecting, but it will do. DH takes the luggage to the room and we drive the car around the front building to park. We are in Toy story building 10 3rd floor. Our room is actually close to the main building and pool!! Room inspection was clean , so we began to unpack. We spent about 2 hours getting our rooms in order! I'm weird like that. I can't relax until I have things in somewhat order.
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yipee!!
OMG , this is going to be bad!!! We get off the ride and regroup. Okay, he's afraid of dark rides.........hmmmm.............. I guess we'll ride Dumbo. We wait about 20 minutes for dumbo. He didn't cry on it, but didn't really get excited either. This is really weird. Last year, he loved it. They've been working on his sensory system in occuapational therapy, so maybe he's able to realize he's afraid. That's what i'm guessing anyway. We head over to Philharmagic, since everyone loved it last year. We end up with great seats, right in middle of theatre, middle of row. Well, lights go out and you know it!! Bashful starts crying. UH-OH ........ Like i said, i'm in the middle, so i can't leave. I try to calm him and it works a little. He whimpered here and there, but at least he didn't scream the entire time. I'm at a loss at this point. I don't know what else we can do without child swapping for every ride. Even the kiddie rides!!! ugggghhhhhhhh............ 
at your crocodile pics!!!! We are SO that family too! 
however, it can be embarassing at times!
It didn't seem to matter if we were traveling at night or during the day. It was always bad. Luckily, because of our families locations in Ohio we were also able to travel on I-75 instead. Much better.
