Disney Day 3!
Well, after a very late night at Magic Kingdom, this day was scheduled to be our "sleep in" day. And I definitely slept in. It was also sort of a final recovery from that drive down, too.
I think Brian got up before me, but I slept until 10:40am!
We had breakfast in our room - we had brought cereal from home. However, eating it was made challenging by the fact that there were NO spoons in our room! Let me tell you, eating cereal with a fork is quite the challenge! You have to drink the milk, then put the cereal in your mouth. (Or I guess you could also do it the opposite way - regardless - it's tough.)
After getting showered, it was off to AK so we could transfer over to Jambo House. We had to film some footage for my video project. I was including the resort in my "Hidden Gems" video and Zawadi Marketplace was on my list of best gift shops.
Being back at AKV really made our Disney trip feel more real. It's our DVC home resort, and we LOVE it. Walking into the lobby at Jambo House just feels so comfortable, welcoming, and wonderful.
But before doing any filming, we decided to grab lunch at Mara. We split the chicken flatbread and the turkey ciabatta. And of course we had to get some zebra domes for dessert! It was all SO good!
We filmed some footage at the outlook areas and the gift shop. Also got some pics too, of course!
And we went to the side observation room that overlooks the Sunset savannah to see if we could see our Eland buddy from two years ago....
Success! He was hanging out in the shade with an ostrich!
After filming, it was time to head to the Poly to get footage at the Boutiki gift shop, which was also on my list.
We hopped an MK bus and then took the monorail to Poly.
I saw the most
adorable dress at Boutiki! (Dude, why did I not take a picture of it?!?!?) However, the straps were too long, and were not the kind that could be easily fixed. I was hoping that maybe they would have an XS for me to try on? Maybe that would alleviate the problem? But alas, it was not meant to be.
There was a bridal party in the lobby of the Poly getting pictures. SO cute! Her bouquet was beautiful. (Again, why did I not get pics?!?!? We were tired and distracted, I guess.)
We then took the monorail back to MK and walked over to the bus area to get a bus to OKW. But there was already QUITE the line. So we thought that was good sign - that there would be a bus any time now!
Ummmm....
No.
No bus. We waited. And waited. We were really perplexed, as we don't normally have bus issues. By the time the bus came, we were starting to hear people say that there was some kind of accident and that's why things got so backed up. Never did hear the official story, but at least we were on our way back to OKW.
When we got back, it was time to change for dinner. Here in my notes, I see that I made a comment on how I really liked my make-up and how well it stayed on. Because we were filming, I was having to wear make-up each day. My morning routine was to use one of the Sephora sweat wipes on my face (for those who know me or have read my other TR's, you know that I sweat - alot.) But with using the sweat wipes on my face, then putting make-up on, I looked mostly normal for most of the day! Plus, the foundation is NOT a department store brand. It's Maybelline Super Stay Make-up. I used to work in cosmetics, so I can be a little snobby with the make-up I use. But seriously, this stuff is great!
Anyway, back to our story.....
For dinner, I wore my new white dress that I got from my store:
The belt is one I got at a consignment store. I thought it went great with the dress!
We took the bus to Epcot. Before heading back to dinner, we stopped at Mouse Gear to get some gift shop footage, before walking back to Italy.
We waited about 10 minutes for our table.
Once seated, we ordered a pitcher of Sangria.
Here we are at the table....
Me:
And Brian being strange:
Our server was Luca. He was really nice, but his English wasn't so great. So we were a little worried at first if he understood what we were asking. He wasn't familiar with TIW, which we wanted to use for the Sangria. But everything was fine - he did a fabulous job.
I ordered the lasagna that I had been dreaming about since eating here back in October with the girls....
And Brian got the Candele pasta:
Luca brought us out a cute little anniversary dessert dish:
(not-so-hidden Mickey!)
Then for dessert, we got the tiramisu and the ricotta fritters:
After our dinner, we headed to SE to film the "How to use Photopass" video. Here's my pic!
Then we found a spot in Norway to stand and watch Illuminations.
Sigh..... I LOVE Illuminations..... like SO freakin' much!!!
After Illuminations, we lingered a little, as the mass exodus out of the park is always a pain to deal with. I decided to call my mom again and see how Grey Kitty was doing.
Then we left to go back to the resort.
Once back in our room, we decided to watch all the footage so far from the trip. It was then that we realized I should NOT be taping anything. You see, I have a problem with shaking. I just shake. Not really sure why. My dad does it too. And my sister a bit. Guess it's a weird hereditary thing. Sometimes it freaks people out that don't know me and they see my hands shaking all weird. But it's normal for me. I could never have been a surgeon. And clearly, I could never be a camera person either....
After watching our clips, we knew what we would need to re-tape. We got our showers and got to bed so we could be up nice and early the next day!
) Will definitely put them on the list to try in November! 
) but I still enjoy listening to music/reading. I miss having somewhere to practice now that I've gone on to grad school.
). Doing a European audition tour certainly sounds very glamorous and exciting!
