Well we got little rain shower tonight but it's over.
It was warm and sunny but the white puffy clouds kept growing during the course of the day. You frequent visitors and Floridians know the warning signs: it gets warmer and hotter with increasing humidity throughout the day. Then the rain cuts loose for a steady rain that ends, the humidity drys up, the skies clear, and it's beautiful again.
Well that's what happened tonight. Although being spring, the rain is a little bit like a kid on training wheels. About 8 pm it started to drop enough rain to move under the canopy, but not enough to worry about. By 9 pm it was over, gone, and we had a starry sky again.
I went for a late night bike ride (no helmet, no light, and encountered practically no one). 1200 and 1300 are about half full as is 900 tonight. 1600 and 1700 are about half full and 1800/1900 have few campers at all. 2000 is pretty empty (20% full?) and 1500 only has 1-2 empty sites (naturally). But this is a Thursday night - and as I tell folks the spring weekends are popular with locals so I'm going to bet the place fills up over the weekend. We shall see.
Ratatouille was the movie tonight and at 9pm the crowd was small. I bet the rain kept folks away at the start of the singalong. I heard the "thump-thump" of the Illuminations fireworks from Epcot right after 9pm too. I love the sounds of the Fort. The boat whistles, the bus brakes, the fireworks sounds.
I mentioned earlier that I had been in a rut and wanted to do something different. Well this is it. First we are in a Preferred loop and not a Partial (got a 15% AAA discount a month ago on this ressie I made last year). Next, we did the drive down a little differently which turned out really well.
I'll outline that at some point in the future.
I have scratched the usual "check list" places we have during a visit. No outlet shops, no Downtown Disney, no Disney theme park, no putt-putt. With the exception of the day at Universal, we go where the wind blows. So I am keeping my ear to the ground.
I didn't post in the "how much does your Disney vacation cost" thread because I don't think it applies to my visit. I don't have the family, am not buying tickets, so it doesn't fit. I didn't post in the "do you go to the Fort and not do the Parks" thread because I'm hear for a participation event. So I do have a purpose for coming now.
It's 945pm and the Electric Water Parade can be heard from inside my trailer with the A/C running. That music so reminds me of the Main Street Electrical Parade (I'm showing my age).
Stay tuned for tomorrow.
Bama Ed
A live trip report that is.
) DW did not accompany me but she sent my father as my chaperone (he's 73, retired, and always free to pick up and go on short notice). DW was afraid I would have too good a time here if I came by myself. Out of respect for her, if someone asks, "where's your wooden Musket Mickey sign?", I didn't bring it because it has her name on it as well as mine and if she's not here, the sign's not here (I hope she's reading this back at home....
). Miss you honey! 
