Day 14 Golf, Pioneer Museum and Outback Steakhouse
Who we are:
Me (Fiona) 41 – Commando and Food Planner and Holiday Booker.
DH (Steve) 41 – He really does not like the cheese of Disney! Has got rather keen on golf since our last visit.
DD1 (Kate) 17 – I am ashamed to say that she wants to know if there is a hairdryer everywhere we are staying…shame on her!!
DD2 (Laura) 14 – The Fantasmic Laura of old.
DD3 (Sally) 10 – she will out park the lot of us…… and needs the least sleep.
Pre Trip Report Saturday 16th December 2006 - Monday 1st January 2007
Day 1 Sat 16th Dec Are we nearly there?
Day 2 Sun 17th Dec AK and Boma.
Day 3 Mon 18th Dec EPCOT and Le Cellier
Day 4 Tues 19th Dec MK and Narcossees
Day 5 Weds 20th Dec MGM and Spoodles
Day 6 Thurs 21st Dec AK (or Golf!) and Kona Cafe
Day 7 Fri 22nd Dec EPCOT, Le Cellier and Candlelight Processional
Day 8 Sat 23rd Dec Shopping, Chilling & TGI Fridays
Day 9 Sun 24th Dec Swimming/Golf, Celebration and Joe’s Crab Shack
Day 10 Mon 25th Dec Christmas Day and Dinner at GF 1900 Park Fare
Day 11 Tues 26th Dec Golf and Magic Kingdom for “Holiday” Parades
Day 12 Weds 27th Dec Shopping, Orange City and Olive Garden
Day 13 Thurs 28th Dec Meeting with friends, TGI Fridays and MGM for Fantasmic
Day 14 Friday 29th December 2006
Another very boring read today!! Weather forecast is bad for this afternoon so no beach trip, so we relaxed in the pool and Jacuzzi (and Steve played the 9 hole course AGAIN!!) There is no way he can say he didn’t get enough golf time this holiday!!
After lunch we went off to find the Pioneer Museum, it’s round the back of the Wal-Mart at the other end of the 192 to where the villa was. This was a little gem if you’re passing, we felt 100s miles away from commercial Orlando and passes a good hour plus looking around the “Little House on the Prairie” style Floridian Farmhouse from yesteryear (some lovely patchwork quilts), complete with General Stores/Post Office and schoolhouse. A few pics:
Oh to have a rocking chair and a veranda!!
Inside the Farmhouse
A Hand Made Quilt
General Stores circa 1890s
A trainee teacher!!
Who would like to be a teacher back then?!!!!!
Now reader, do not despair, we now make our one and only Walmart visit this holiday…….we (well adult members of the family) are not great shoppers!! Lots of clothes and stationary for the girls and off we went to find the Congo Crazy Golf course that looked fun.
Unfortunately, the forecasted deluge arrived at that point, and did not look like a passing shower or storm but set in for the day, so we went back to Wal-Mart and bought 10 ponchos at $1 each, we had been tempting fate in parks by having no rainwear at all with us (our beloved AK ponchos gave up the ghost after two holidays).
We gave up and drove back to the Outback Steakhouse, and found a lot of people waiting. Fortunately the posted 45 minute wait was only 20 minutes and we were inside for our delicious meal of steaks, what else!! Gorgeous chunky chips too. The meal made up for a lack lustre day. Back to the villa and we didn’t pack for our move to the Dolphin in the morning and had a relaxing evening.
Tomorrow: Move to Dolphin and NYE in EPCOT a day early!!
Day 15 Sat 30th Dec Move to Dolphin and NYE in EPCOT a day early!!
Who we are:
Me (Fiona) 41 – Commando and Food Planner and Holiday Booker.
DH (Steve) 41 – He really does not like the cheese of Disney! Has got rather keen on golf since our last visit.
DD1 (Kate) 17 – I am ashamed to say that she wants to know if there is a hairdryer everywhere we are staying…shame on her!!
DD2 (Laura) 14 – The Fantasmic Laura of old.
DD3 (Sally) 10 – she will out park the lot of us…… and needs the least sleep.
Pre Trip Report Saturday 16th December 2006 - Monday 1st January 2007
Day 1 Sat 16th Dec Are we nearly there?
Day 2 Sun 17th Dec AK and Boma.
Day 3 Mon 18th Dec EPCOT and Le Cellier
Day 4 Tues 19th Dec MK and Narcossees
Day 5 Weds 20th Dec MGM and Spoodles
Day 6 Thurs 21st Dec AK (or Golf!) and Kona Cafe
Day 7 Fri 22nd Dec EPCOT, Le Cellier and Candlelight Processional
Day 8 Sat 23rd Dec Shopping, Chilling & TGI Fridays
Day 9 Sun 24th Dec Swimming/Golf, Celebration and Joe’s Crab Shack
Day 10 Mon 25th Dec Christmas Day and Dinner at GF 1900 Park Fare
Day 11 Tues 26th Dec Golf and Magic Kingdom for “Holiday” Parades
Day 12 Weds 27th Dec Shopping, Orange City and Olive Garden
Day 13 Thurs 28th Dec Meeting with friends, TGI Fridays and MGM for Fantasmic
Day 14 Friday 29th December 2006
Another very boring read today!! Weather forecast is bad for this afternoon so no beach trip, so we relaxed in the pool and Jacuzzi (and Steve played the 9 hole course AGAIN!!) There is no way he can say he didn’t get enough golf time this holiday!!
After lunch we went off to find the Pioneer Museum, it’s round the back of the Wal-Mart at the other end of the 192 to where the villa was. This was a little gem if you’re passing, we felt 100s miles away from commercial Orlando and passes a good hour plus looking around the “Little House on the Prairie” style Floridian Farmhouse from yesteryear (some lovely patchwork quilts), complete with General Stores/Post Office and schoolhouse. A few pics:
Oh to have a rocking chair and a veranda!!
Inside the Farmhouse
A Hand Made Quilt
General Stores circa 1890s
A trainee teacher!!
Who would like to be a teacher back then?!!!!!
Now reader, do not despair, we now make our one and only Walmart visit this holiday…….we (well adult members of the family) are not great shoppers!! Lots of clothes and stationary for the girls and off we went to find the Congo Crazy Golf course that looked fun.
Unfortunately, the forecasted deluge arrived at that point, and did not look like a passing shower or storm but set in for the day, so we went back to Wal-Mart and bought 10 ponchos at $1 each, we had been tempting fate in parks by having no rainwear at all with us (our beloved AK ponchos gave up the ghost after two holidays).
We gave up and drove back to the Outback Steakhouse, and found a lot of people waiting. Fortunately the posted 45 minute wait was only 20 minutes and we were inside for our delicious meal of steaks, what else!! Gorgeous chunky chips too. The meal made up for a lack lustre day. Back to the villa and we didn’t pack for our move to the Dolphin in the morning and had a relaxing evening.
Tomorrow: Move to Dolphin and NYE in EPCOT a day early!!
Day 15 Sat 30th Dec Move to Dolphin and NYE in EPCOT a day early!!
