Goofydiane
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My first attempt at writing a trip report.....be patient with me.
Who: Diane (me) somewhere between 30 and 40
Mom if I wrote her age down, I wouldn't see tomorrow!
Dad 66 (gives you a clue on mom's age)
Where: Animal Kingdom Lodge
When: November 28 - December 8
Why: It's Christmas time!
After falling asleep in front of the TV yesterday, I woke up in the middle of the night and was watching animals from my balcony at 4:00am. Watched for a bit and then went back to bed for a few hours.
I woke up again about 9:00am and took my time getting ready before leaving by 10:30am. Decided to take the first bus (other than Magic Kingdom) that arrived and the EPCOT bus arrived about 1 minute after I got to the bus stop. Went to EPCOT and renewed my AP. (Gave me a reason to visit the Food/Wine festival next year!) I was in the parks by 11:30am. The posted wait time at Spaceship Earth was 25 minutes! That was my first clue that there were a lot of people in the park. I usually travel the week after Thanksgiving, not Thanksgiving weekend - boy, was I in for a surprise! Test Track was at 75 minutes and even the silly boat ride in Mexico had a posted wait time! I was tempted to leave the park and go find another...except I knew they would all be like this.
Got my map and time guide and went to the fountain and sat and reviewed the times of the shows.....WHAT??? Off Kilter is on VACATION??? I'm on vacation....they can't be on vacation when I am here to watch them. That put a damper in the day, however, I trudged on. I watched the Fountain through one set of songs and moved on to World Showcase. I stopped and admired the tree and the holiday music on my way to Canada. Once in Canada, they told me that Off Kilter was on vacation for the entire week
Who: Diane (me) somewhere between 30 and 40
Mom if I wrote her age down, I wouldn't see tomorrow!
Dad 66 (gives you a clue on mom's age)
Where: Animal Kingdom Lodge
When: November 28 - December 8
Why: It's Christmas time!
After falling asleep in front of the TV yesterday, I woke up in the middle of the night and was watching animals from my balcony at 4:00am. Watched for a bit and then went back to bed for a few hours.
I woke up again about 9:00am and took my time getting ready before leaving by 10:30am. Decided to take the first bus (other than Magic Kingdom) that arrived and the EPCOT bus arrived about 1 minute after I got to the bus stop. Went to EPCOT and renewed my AP. (Gave me a reason to visit the Food/Wine festival next year!) I was in the parks by 11:30am. The posted wait time at Spaceship Earth was 25 minutes! That was my first clue that there were a lot of people in the park. I usually travel the week after Thanksgiving, not Thanksgiving weekend - boy, was I in for a surprise! Test Track was at 75 minutes and even the silly boat ride in Mexico had a posted wait time! I was tempted to leave the park and go find another...except I knew they would all be like this.
Got my map and time guide and went to the fountain and sat and reviewed the times of the shows.....WHAT??? Off Kilter is on VACATION??? I'm on vacation....they can't be on vacation when I am here to watch them. That put a damper in the day, however, I trudged on. I watched the Fountain through one set of songs and moved on to World Showcase. I stopped and admired the tree and the holiday music on my way to Canada. Once in Canada, they told me that Off Kilter was on vacation for the entire week
