Good morning groupies. I know I should probably put this in the TR section, but I'll try to keep it short. The trip was wonderful. I think we had the same weather as Stopher. It started to rain when we arrived on Thu. & poured all day Friday. The sun came out on Sat. & stayed for the rest of the trip. Not exactly pool weather although DS did go in for a little bit on Sat. afternoon. It was in the low 70s, but windy. I admit it took me a bit to warm up to BCV. My original impressions were it's a lovely resort. I really liked the beachy colors & the couches are much better than VWL. Sorry Granny!
Once we started getting out & about & enjoying the location I really started to love it. You absolutely cannot beat that location for short trips to Epcot. We popped over there on Friday during the rain, again on Sat. just for lunch at Le Cellier, & again on Sun. to do all the rides. DS has decided he now really likes Epcot. We did all the inside things during the rain on Friday. We starred in our own video game in Innoventions East I think. We'd never done that before. DS really liked that.
We had a nice breakfast at Kona on Friday morning. Love, love, love that place.
Since it was raining & we really had nothing else to do I could not resist the call. We headed over to the Lodge for a visit. The lobby was crowded but being the smart groupies that we are we headed up to the 4th floor fireplace area right above the entry. No one there but us. We took off our shoes & hung out by the fire for awhile. Ahhhhh.
Even DS said WL is the most relaxing. Here's a couple of pics I took.
We made it to rope drop at DHS on Mon. Followed the crowd to TSM grabbed a FP then jumped in line. The wait was only about 20 min. That ride is so fun & it was great to be able to do it twice. Did the Art of Disney Animation after that because we wanted to go to the animation studio & draw our own characters. If you've never done this before (we hadn't) I highly recommend it. I do not have 1 stitch of artist ability. I told DS I'd be shocked if they were able to show me how to do anything. This is what I created. We went twice. DS said mine were better than his, but I thought his were pretty darn good too.
We had a wonderful dinner at Jiko. We've never been there either. DS in addition to having Celiac Disease is also a picky eater. They offered him the kid's filet or grilled chicken. He asked if they could make him chicken tenders from Boma. They did of course. I got the Oak Grilled Filet Mignon with Mac & Cheese. Oh my lord! It was so good. I told DS to try a bite. If he didn't like this kind of steak he'd never like steak I said. He tried it & said OMG that is so good! What can I say he has expensive taste. We enjoyed our dinner so much we went back again on Mon. so DS could get the kid's filet.
I'm not usually a picture taker of food, but I couldn't resist here. Here's my entree & also the dessert. It was the Jiko trio. The presentation was beautiful.
Those were pretty much the highlights. I'll continue with more pics in the next post. I am so thankful for our
DVC membership & the opportunity I had to spend some quality time with DS. I know I'll treasure it always & I hope he will too. I can't wait to do it again with my other DS in the fall.
