Hi there
Ok, back to my mini-trip report imbedded in my "real trip report"
So I left off saying how I met 2 nice ladies that helped me get "started" at a park and we did the 3 biggies at Studios. Like I said, I probably was only there an hour or two and can't wait to go back and see all the other stuff!
So, I said goodbye to my new friends and then figured I would go check out the Poly in person since that is where I booked our oncoming family vacation. I really can't remember how I got to the Poly from the Studios but somehow I managed. I think I took a bus to the TTC and then the monorail around the loop back to the Poly? Beings a newbie, I had no idea it was actually easier to walk from TTC to Poly.
Anyhoo...I got there one way or another and then I just walked around scoping out the lobby and stuff. Of course it's beautiful there
I kind of wanted to ask to see inside a room but I couldn't work up the nerve to do that. I wandered outside and checked out the pool and all that. The Poly is gorgeous!
I then got on the monorail and zipped into the contemporary because I wanted to look around there too. It was pretty cool but it was very dated looking and kinda dirty I thought. I went into the gift shop there and bought a wine glass with mickey heads on it which I love to use!! It's the only glass I drink out of at home cause it brings back such good memories.
So all this time, I'm totally touring around solo. It was just fine and I didn't feel like a big dork because there's so many people everywhere that nobody can really tell you're alone anyway.
So...it was probably noonish by now and I'd already knocked out the 3 biggies at Studios, checked out the Poly and Contemporary, and bought a fabulous wine glass!
I then figured I wanted to go to AK and see what that was all about. Let me tell you, that place gets a bad rap on the Dis sometimes but I thought it was AMAZING!! As a matter of fact I think it was the most well-themed of all 4 parks and you really felt like you were in Asia and Africa! Here's a couple pics and then I'll tell you more. You can see the tree lady in one pic (what's her name?) and then I just thought these flowering bushes were the coolest. Little fluffy puff ball plants I guess?
anyway...I didn't have a "touring plan" or anything so I just wandered. I believe I stumbled upon The Bug movie in the tree first so I popped in there. I was expecting cheesy baby-ish stuff but I thought it was FABULOUS! As a matter of fact, I thought that when I came on this mini-preview trip I would just sort of scope out the lay of the land and familiarize myself with WHERE all the attractions were. I honestly didn't expect to want to ride anything. I was in the Six-Flags state of mind where I'm usually the pack mule and stand around in the shade while kids do the stuff. But...not so much at Disney!! I WANTED to do all the rides which was my biggest surprise of the trip. In a million years, I would have not expected to actually WANT to do all the attractions. I really had some sort of vision of everything being too "kid-ish" or something but boy was I surprised! I was wanting to shove the kids out of the way so I can get on stuff first!
So it turns out that AK was amazing and I stayed there from about 1-6 that day. Probably around 3 I realized I was starving since all I had all day was a cookie around 8am. I was TOO excited to want to eat, I swear. And if you see my photos, I'm not skinny so it's very rare for me not to want to eat
I had to force myself to take a break and I sat at the CS yak and Yeti and had some chicken. It was decent, kinda like mall food court food. But I found a shady table and put my feet up and re-grouped and organized my purse and stuff. I wanted to get on my iphone and check email and such but I was worried that Julie would try to call me and want to hook up so I didn't want to run my phone battery down. Those iphones drain some serious battery!! Eventually Julie did call and said that she was going to stay in the room and rest for her big race the next morning.
So...I continued on my own. No big deal. At Ak, I knocked out EE, safari (beyond amazing!), dinosaur (ugh, way too bumpy) and I also did Festival of the Lion King which was also beyond amazing. I have no problem chatting with people so I met some crazy people in line for Lion King. An older couple from NJ or NY that come all the time and it was like their 100th anniversary or something The were so funny. They told me how they'd bring swimsuits for Kali Rapids and get all sorts of funny looks. They were great! I mean, they were pretty darn old too so I can just picture them in swimsuits. haha
By this time, it's probably 6 pm and I'm getting pretty tired because of getting up at 5am and backtracking and looping all over these parks (lost as a goose most of the time). But....instead of going back to the resort like a normal person I decide I'm going to go to MK!!
Yep, I'm going to be a crazy woman and do 3 parks on my first day! So...I'll fill you in on that in my next chapter.
Ok, back to my mini-trip report imbedded in my "real trip report"
So I left off saying how I met 2 nice ladies that helped me get "started" at a park and we did the 3 biggies at Studios. Like I said, I probably was only there an hour or two and can't wait to go back and see all the other stuff!
So, I said goodbye to my new friends and then figured I would go check out the Poly in person since that is where I booked our oncoming family vacation. I really can't remember how I got to the Poly from the Studios but somehow I managed. I think I took a bus to the TTC and then the monorail around the loop back to the Poly? Beings a newbie, I had no idea it was actually easier to walk from TTC to Poly.
Anyhoo...I got there one way or another and then I just walked around scoping out the lobby and stuff. Of course it's beautiful there
I kind of wanted to ask to see inside a room but I couldn't work up the nerve to do that. I wandered outside and checked out the pool and all that. The Poly is gorgeous! I then got on the monorail and zipped into the contemporary because I wanted to look around there too. It was pretty cool but it was very dated looking and kinda dirty I thought. I went into the gift shop there and bought a wine glass with mickey heads on it which I love to use!! It's the only glass I drink out of at home cause it brings back such good memories.
So all this time, I'm totally touring around solo. It was just fine and I didn't feel like a big dork because there's so many people everywhere that nobody can really tell you're alone anyway.
So...it was probably noonish by now and I'd already knocked out the 3 biggies at Studios, checked out the Poly and Contemporary, and bought a fabulous wine glass!
I then figured I wanted to go to AK and see what that was all about. Let me tell you, that place gets a bad rap on the Dis sometimes but I thought it was AMAZING!! As a matter of fact I think it was the most well-themed of all 4 parks and you really felt like you were in Asia and Africa! Here's a couple pics and then I'll tell you more. You can see the tree lady in one pic (what's her name?) and then I just thought these flowering bushes were the coolest. Little fluffy puff ball plants I guess?
anyway...I didn't have a "touring plan" or anything so I just wandered. I believe I stumbled upon The Bug movie in the tree first so I popped in there. I was expecting cheesy baby-ish stuff but I thought it was FABULOUS! As a matter of fact, I thought that when I came on this mini-preview trip I would just sort of scope out the lay of the land and familiarize myself with WHERE all the attractions were. I honestly didn't expect to want to ride anything. I was in the Six-Flags state of mind where I'm usually the pack mule and stand around in the shade while kids do the stuff. But...not so much at Disney!! I WANTED to do all the rides which was my biggest surprise of the trip. In a million years, I would have not expected to actually WANT to do all the attractions. I really had some sort of vision of everything being too "kid-ish" or something but boy was I surprised! I was wanting to shove the kids out of the way so I can get on stuff first!
So it turns out that AK was amazing and I stayed there from about 1-6 that day. Probably around 3 I realized I was starving since all I had all day was a cookie around 8am. I was TOO excited to want to eat, I swear. And if you see my photos, I'm not skinny so it's very rare for me not to want to eat
I had to force myself to take a break and I sat at the CS yak and Yeti and had some chicken. It was decent, kinda like mall food court food. But I found a shady table and put my feet up and re-grouped and organized my purse and stuff. I wanted to get on my iphone and check email and such but I was worried that Julie would try to call me and want to hook up so I didn't want to run my phone battery down. Those iphones drain some serious battery!! Eventually Julie did call and said that she was going to stay in the room and rest for her big race the next morning.So...I continued on my own. No big deal. At Ak, I knocked out EE, safari (beyond amazing!), dinosaur (ugh, way too bumpy) and I also did Festival of the Lion King which was also beyond amazing. I have no problem chatting with people so I met some crazy people in line for Lion King. An older couple from NJ or NY that come all the time and it was like their 100th anniversary or something
The were so funny. They told me how they'd bring swimsuits for Kali Rapids and get all sorts of funny looks. They were great! I mean, they were pretty darn old too so I can just picture them in swimsuits. hahaBy this time, it's probably 6 pm and I'm getting pretty tired because of getting up at 5am and backtracking and looping all over these parks (lost as a goose most of the time). But....instead of going back to the resort like a normal person I decide I'm going to go to MK!!
Yep, I'm going to be a crazy woman and do 3 parks on my first day! So...I'll fill you in on that in my next chapter.
I hope you have blast staying there!
so when I'm at the Poly I'm really going to feel like I'm somewhere exotic, even if we can't get in the water!
