January 9, 2008
So we decided to sleep in today since we had a really long day yesterday with a full day at the parks, a wishes cruise, and a late dinner. Once we got up around 10am we decided we would kinda make this a casual day. We decided to just park hop and visit some of our most loved rides so far. First we headed to Magic Kingdom and rode Space Mountain, Stitch's Great Escape (I know, I know... this ride is dissed by most on the DIS, but I LOVE Stitch and really enjoyed this ride - minus the gross smelling burp
). We decided to go ahead and have an early lunch at Cosmic Rays before heading to another park. The lines weren't long at all. Hubby hopped into the line that served burgers and I hopped into a line that served BBQ sandwiches. DH ordered a double bacon burger with everything on it and fries and he said it was very good - fries were greasy though. My BBQ sandwich was VERY good an so were my grapes - big and juicy and very refreshing! DH and I also both had a piece of chocolate cake but it was very dry and we didn't like that.
After our lunch at MK we decided to hop the monorail, head to the TTC, then hop the Epcot monorail and head there for a bit. At Epcot we did Soarin', Test Track (twice - DH really likes this attraction
), and Mission:Space - the orange version (isn't that the more intense?? - it was VERY bad and I felt VERY sick after riding!!!!!!!!). We didn't do the World Showcase since this was just a slow paced "favorites day". After Epcot we decided to head back to the Lodge for a swim. We arrived at the Lodge, grabbed a few drinks, and relaxed by the pool for about an hour. We slipped into the hot tub and then hubby got into the pool and took a few dives down the slide. After we stayed in the pool awhile we headed back up to our room and changed into our dinner clothes then headed to the bus stop and caught the bus to Hollywood Studios.
At hollywood studios we rode ToT with only a 5 minute wait and Rock -n- Rollercoaster with only a 15 minute wait - I guess it's true - crowds really do thin at DHS around 4pm!!! After DHS's we ventured on to Animal Kingdom which is truly my favorite park I do believe when it come to the theming. We rode EE (3 times - AGAIN) and just walked around Animal Kingdom enjoying the sights and the animals and then headed to our ADR for dinner.
Tonight we were having dinner at Narcoosee's at the Grand Floridian. We hopped a bus in Animal Kingdom, took it to the Lodge to grab a few things we had forgotten, the hopped a bus to MK, and then took, the ferry over to the Grand Floridian. It was magical - Wishes was taking place right as we were crossing the water - beautiful. We arrived at the dock and went to check in for our ADR. We were early so we got a drink and went and sat one the dock overlooking MK until we were called. After about 20 minutes we were seated and our drinks and appetizers were ordered. I ordered the hearts of romaine with ceaser dressing and hubby decided to be adventerous as always and ordered the cheese platter. Most of these cheese I can't even pronounce... My salad was wonderful but DH couldn't stand ANY of the cheeses. Our waitress kindly took the platter away and brought DH another appetizer (hearts of romaine) free of charge. Once appetizers were finished we ordered our entrees. We both decided on the surf and turf and were sadly disappointed... The "turf" was wonderful but the "surf" was not. I confess, DH and I had never tried whole lobster and will not ever again. I don not think it was bad because of the way it was prepared, DH and I just didn't like the taste of it. The vegetables and potatoes that it was served with were good though as was the filet!! Now it's time for my favorite part - dessert!!!! Sadly we were so full that we decided to order it to go and enjoy it later in our room. DH ordered the almond crusted cheesecake (which will prove to be a demon - keep reading) and I ordered the Warm Chocolate Almond Gateau. They put the desserts in trays and then put them in a large paper carry out bag for us. I went ahead and stuck my handbag and my camera and our wedding ears in the bag too so I wouldn't have so much to carry. We went on our way, took the ferry back to MK and then took a bus from MK to AKL. Along the way I started feeling something squishy.... I looked down and realized that the bag that held our desserts was oozing white, sticky, goo... I opened up the bag and realized that hubby's cheesecake had melted and leaked everywhere.... All over our ears, all over my handbag, and all over my digital camera..... I was SOOOOOOOOO upset.... We got back to the Lodge and cleaned up our ears and my handbag and then took a look at my camera. The cheesecake had gotten all down inside the battery chamber and the camera and it would no longer work. We even bought brand new batteries at the gift shop but it didn't work - my wonderful hot pink digital camera was dead.... This meant this was the end of the honeymoon picture taking.... I actually cried because taking pictures is something I love to do!! We decided no hot tub tonight, we just went on to bed because I was really upset
Oh and planning my wedding but of course
sorry..... I'm working on the update right now for the trip report!!!!
The "casting director" announced our names and that we had only been married for a few days - asked us to take bow for making it so long already - told us what we were going to do on stage - and sent us on up to get into costume. Once we were in costume and the show officially began the "director" said he needed someone really special to die in one scene and picked me. GREAT.... I'm already shaking like jello and now I have to DIE in front of God knows how many people?!?!?!? I reluctantly made my way front and center and followed the directions to die a slow and painful death after being "shot". After my performance the "director" said that I had a great career in the movies - selling popcorn 
This was of course the highlight of DH's day, mine too after I got over my stage fright!!!! We headed on back to our seats and enjoyed the rest of the stunt show. 
They also presented us with one of their CD's which is really cool and then we went back to our seats and the show began. This was one of my favorite things in Disney - I love Beauty and the Beast and this show was just magical!!! Even DH really enjoyed it!!!! After the show we decided to go and grab some lunch. We headed over to the Backlot Express and grabbed two burgers, two fries, two cokes, ,apple slices, and a chocolate mousse. It was great considering we were STARVING!!!!! After lunch we decided to hop on over to Epcot since we wanted to see more of the World's Showcase and had dinner reservations at Chefs De France. We arrived at Epcot and wandered around the World Showcase for about 2 hours. We browsed through alot of the shops, got Crepes for a snack in France, rode Maelstrom and the ride in Mexico, and just walked around hand in hand enjoying being married. It was wonderful!!! We stood watching the sunset and then prepared to watch Illuminations. We decided to view Illuminations from the bridge near France (I think that's where it was) since we had an ADR at Chefs de France at 9:30pm and Illuminations was at 9pm. Illuminations was beautiful!! It didn't make me tear up like Wishes did, but it was gorgeous none the less! 
We really enjoyed it and will be going back in March for lunch. After dinner we headed back to AKL, took a dip in the hot tub, and headed off to bed after enjoying a truly magical day!
