Liz
Make a miracle!
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- Aug 18, 1999
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Cast:
ME - 43, Author of this report, grew up in Florida, too many WDW trips to really count
PAUL - 50, my dear husband, several WDW trips under his belt
JEFF - 14, our dear son, this is about his 6th trip to WDW
LAURA - 13, our dear daughter, her 6th trip also. Will be participating in the U.S. Transplant Games in Orlando.
MY MOM - late 60's, been to WDW many times, last time 5 years ago
(As I posted on Day 1, the Disney World part doesn't start till Day 4, but for the sake of continuity I'm just posting everything. Please feel free to skip to day 4!)
JUNE 21 - FRIDAY
We had great plans for today! But the best of plans sometimes need to be changed! Today was to be our beach day! We all got up early, ready to hit the beach before it got too hot and crowded. We got our swimming suits on and I opened the drapes to see what kind of day it was outside. Hmmmm. Probably should have looked out the drapes BEFORE getting our swimming suits on. It was a gentle, but steady rain. It sure was sneaky and quiet because we didn't hear a thing or have a clue it was raining before looking outside. Guess we should have made time to watch a weather report!
We sat around awhile in our swimming suits crossing our fingers it would soon quit. After about half an hour I changed into clothes and everyone else soon followed. By this time it was pouring even harder. We turned on the weather report and the forecast was 100% chance of rain all day! Yesterday would have been a perfect beach day, but we wouldn't have wanted to travel to Keystone and back in this weather either, so it didn't do any good to wish we had changed anything.
Laura had a bowling competition in Orlando on the 27th so we decided to find a bowling alley where she could practice. We found the address of one close by, and the address of another one that said open 24 hrs. in case the first one was closed. We headed out into the rain.
The first bowling alley close to my mom's house appeared to have gone out of business. So we went to the 24 hour place. Just as we got there a bus load of kids pulled up. We went inside and asked about availability of a lane and were told nothing was open because they had school groups booked all day. Sigh. She told us of another place further down the road that we could try.
We found that place and they did have lanes available! Finally we were getting somewhere!
Paul and the kids bowled 3 games and I watched. It was kind of expensive so I didn't bowl to save some money. Here's everybody's scores:
Jeff bowled a 65, 103 and 83.
Laura bowled a 44, 44 and 87.
Paul bowled 95, 130 and 147.
When we left the bowling alley it was . . . RAINING! We had a $25 gift certificate for Bennigans from rewards programs I used to do so we went there for lunch. Everything was really good. With the voucher we only had to pay $7. We even had leftovers to take home for dinner.
Back at mom's house we tried to find a movie we could all go to. It was so hard to find even a movie theater! The one at the mall nearby was closed. We found a theater out by the beach so we went there. The weather was still horrible. Gotta give the weatherman credit, he had that 100% chance of rain down right.
Before the movies started we had a little time so we drove down to the beach. We said we at least had to SEE the ocean. We got out of the car and I took a picture real quick, trying my best to keep the camera from getting ruined! I can only imagine how that picture will look! The wind was blowing, rain blowing all directions! But at least we can say we made it to the beach!!!
Laura and I went to see Lilo & Stitch. It was really crowded because it was opening day. Laura liked it. I had a hard time staying awake through parts and sometimes dozed off.
Jeff and Paul went to see Spiderman. Jeff had seen it before and I guess he slept through parts. Paul liked it a lot.
After the movie we were driving back to my mom's house and for the first time that day the rain was only a drizzle. Jeff said couldn't we please go back to the beach. We were already headed to mom's, which is in the opposite direction of the beach, but I turned the car around and we went back. Being a Florida gal myself, the lure of the beach was pulling me too.
About the time we got there the rain had stopped! We took off our shoes & socks and splashed in the water and had a ball for about 30 minutes! Jeff, of course, ended up being soaked from the waist down so he sat on a Mickey poncho we saved from our trip last year. There was a dead bird floating in the water. That was gross. The waves were quite high. There's nothing quite like the Atlantic Ocean in my opinion. I love it! I was really glad the kids got the chance to have fun at the beach.
We got back to my mom's house, got in our jammies so I could wash everything and prepare to head to Mickey's house tomorrow! Wahoo!!!
Budget for the day:
$28 Bowling (3 games)
$7 Lunch - Bennigans
$18 Movies (Lilo & Stitch & Spiderman)
ME - 43, Author of this report, grew up in Florida, too many WDW trips to really count
PAUL - 50, my dear husband, several WDW trips under his belt
JEFF - 14, our dear son, this is about his 6th trip to WDW
LAURA - 13, our dear daughter, her 6th trip also. Will be participating in the U.S. Transplant Games in Orlando.
MY MOM - late 60's, been to WDW many times, last time 5 years ago
(As I posted on Day 1, the Disney World part doesn't start till Day 4, but for the sake of continuity I'm just posting everything. Please feel free to skip to day 4!)
JUNE 21 - FRIDAY
We had great plans for today! But the best of plans sometimes need to be changed! Today was to be our beach day! We all got up early, ready to hit the beach before it got too hot and crowded. We got our swimming suits on and I opened the drapes to see what kind of day it was outside. Hmmmm. Probably should have looked out the drapes BEFORE getting our swimming suits on. It was a gentle, but steady rain. It sure was sneaky and quiet because we didn't hear a thing or have a clue it was raining before looking outside. Guess we should have made time to watch a weather report!
We sat around awhile in our swimming suits crossing our fingers it would soon quit. After about half an hour I changed into clothes and everyone else soon followed. By this time it was pouring even harder. We turned on the weather report and the forecast was 100% chance of rain all day! Yesterday would have been a perfect beach day, but we wouldn't have wanted to travel to Keystone and back in this weather either, so it didn't do any good to wish we had changed anything.
Laura had a bowling competition in Orlando on the 27th so we decided to find a bowling alley where she could practice. We found the address of one close by, and the address of another one that said open 24 hrs. in case the first one was closed. We headed out into the rain.
The first bowling alley close to my mom's house appeared to have gone out of business. So we went to the 24 hour place. Just as we got there a bus load of kids pulled up. We went inside and asked about availability of a lane and were told nothing was open because they had school groups booked all day. Sigh. She told us of another place further down the road that we could try.
We found that place and they did have lanes available! Finally we were getting somewhere!
Paul and the kids bowled 3 games and I watched. It was kind of expensive so I didn't bowl to save some money. Here's everybody's scores:
Jeff bowled a 65, 103 and 83.
Laura bowled a 44, 44 and 87.
Paul bowled 95, 130 and 147.
When we left the bowling alley it was . . . RAINING! We had a $25 gift certificate for Bennigans from rewards programs I used to do so we went there for lunch. Everything was really good. With the voucher we only had to pay $7. We even had leftovers to take home for dinner.
Back at mom's house we tried to find a movie we could all go to. It was so hard to find even a movie theater! The one at the mall nearby was closed. We found a theater out by the beach so we went there. The weather was still horrible. Gotta give the weatherman credit, he had that 100% chance of rain down right.
Before the movies started we had a little time so we drove down to the beach. We said we at least had to SEE the ocean. We got out of the car and I took a picture real quick, trying my best to keep the camera from getting ruined! I can only imagine how that picture will look! The wind was blowing, rain blowing all directions! But at least we can say we made it to the beach!!!
Laura and I went to see Lilo & Stitch. It was really crowded because it was opening day. Laura liked it. I had a hard time staying awake through parts and sometimes dozed off.
Jeff and Paul went to see Spiderman. Jeff had seen it before and I guess he slept through parts. Paul liked it a lot.
After the movie we were driving back to my mom's house and for the first time that day the rain was only a drizzle. Jeff said couldn't we please go back to the beach. We were already headed to mom's, which is in the opposite direction of the beach, but I turned the car around and we went back. Being a Florida gal myself, the lure of the beach was pulling me too.
About the time we got there the rain had stopped! We took off our shoes & socks and splashed in the water and had a ball for about 30 minutes! Jeff, of course, ended up being soaked from the waist down so he sat on a Mickey poncho we saved from our trip last year. There was a dead bird floating in the water. That was gross. The waves were quite high. There's nothing quite like the Atlantic Ocean in my opinion. I love it! I was really glad the kids got the chance to have fun at the beach.
We got back to my mom's house, got in our jammies so I could wash everything and prepare to head to Mickey's house tomorrow! Wahoo!!!
Budget for the day:
$28 Bowling (3 games)
$7 Lunch - Bennigans
$18 Movies (Lilo & Stitch & Spiderman)
I know you are ready for Disney.
Sorry about the weather for your beach day
