Ducks and Honey Boo Boo. That is all.
August 14th
I set my alarm on my iTouch for 8 that morning. It never went off. Good thing Mum woke up a little after 8 because there is no sleeping/sleeping in in Disney. Just sayin.
I've gotten about 10 hours of sleep between the past two nights. #NOsleepingindisney
We decided to take it easy on this fine morning. Unheard of, I know. But since we were staying at the Beach Club, we had to go to Stormalong Bay, since it is the best pool on property.
Mum called down to guest services to see when it opened and the girl said 7 but the lifeguards dont get there until 10. I thought the whole thing opened at 10, but whatever. We would just go down.
We had breakfast and we were out the door by 9. We stopped at the Marketplace and got a drink in our mug and walked around for a few minutes. We left the lobby at 9:20 and made our way to the pool.
And guess what guys?
It wasnt open.
We were both standing there like WHAT THE CRAP???? THE CM TOLD US
Yeah, the whole thing opens at 10. Wonderful.
I could have caught up on my sleep or do something else and not waste 40 minutes of precious time in Disney sitting around. Thank you lovely CM for the good information. She must have been earning her ears, but the guy at the Sunshine Tree Terrace wasnt, so that just tells you Disney doesnt hire good CMs. Well some are great, I have to say. Not all of them are awful. But some. And those were the ones who helped us on this trip. Lucky ducks we are.
So we sat around for 40 minutes doing completely nothing. Just sat there by Beaches & Cream. Ten of 10, we got in line and with the rest of the people (like 5 others, who probably got the wrong information too) and they picked the pool family of the day (or whatever they are called
) and let them in 5 minutes early. And they got there after us. So we stood around for those awful 5 minutes and got our bracelets to show that we are resort guests at the Beach Club or the Yacht Club. Yes, you do have to show your Key to the World card to get in.
We FINALLY were let in and we plopped our stuff down on a chair and headed right for the pool.
STORMALONG BAY IS AMAZING ABIKWGOBIOHQIOPHQPOHQPHEIOG.
You guys HAVE to stay at the Beach or Yacht Club, well because they are amazing, but THIS POOL. Now, I have heard amazing things about it, but the sand
omg. If you guys didnt know, there is sand at the bottom of the pool. It feels amazing on your feet and its just like you are at the beach.
We swam around for about an hour. Stormalong Bay is HUGE and a CM said its big enough to be a mini water park!
Some ducks were swimming around in the amazing pool and people were freaking out. Yes, I know they are ducks and all, but just dont go near them. I would love to go up to one of them and ask about their life living at Disney as a duck and how awesome it must be getting free food from stupid guests, but I think that would be a little strange and people might think I have problems.
Anyways, people were saying how unsanitary that is and how that is so gross, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. JUST GET OVER IT. THEY ARE DUCKS. I thought they looked cute and I just left them alone so they could enjoy their lovely morning swim in Stormalong Bay, even thoughIm guessingthey arent Beach or Yacht Club guests. But I have to stay, wouldnt it be so funny if two ducks came waddling in with their Key to the World cards and got bracelets for Stormalong Bay? And they were staying at a resort and went to the parks? That would be hysterical.
If you are wondering, I do not have mental issues.
And now this whole update has turned into weird stories that I just made up about how ducks could be resort guests with KTTW cards. First I went on and on about chicken (that probably scared people away) and now I am going on and on about ducks.
I really have learned something about myself writing this trip report. And now what would that be?
Im nuts.
Where was I even?
Oh yeah, Stormalong Bay.
SOOOOOO, we swam around in the pool for about an hour. I wanted to take pictures and I didnt have my camera with me, so took the long, grueling, walk back to the room to get it. Then I had to walk all the way back. It sounds rough, I know.
Once I got back to the pool, I showed the CM at the gate my bracelet and then took some pictures of the area.
Oh, look who it is!
See that blue thing in this picture (not not the water!)? Its for guests that are in wheelchairs! We thought that was really cool and havent seen that at a Disney resort before. Oh wait we wouldnt because I dont make time for swimming.
We left the pool at about 11. Im sorry, but I dont make a lot of time for swimming. There are better things to do except sit in water when I could do that in my bathtub at home, but we HAD to go to Stormalong Bay, since it is incredible. I would definitely make time for it if you are staying at the Yacht or Beach Club!
We made our way back to the room.
This is where we sat for five hours aka 40 (long) minutes.
We walked into the Villas lobby and noticed this door was open to this little seating area. We noticed it before but the door was never open, so we went in.
It was very cute in there!
And I LOVED this rose on the window.
We refreshened (yes, I made that word up. Im awesome like that) up and headed to the boat dock.
Spent the morning at Stormalong Bay. Coolest pool EVER!
On the way there, I saw the car outside the main entrance so I had to go inside and pose. Well not really pose. I basically smiled like Ok, Mum. Figure out how to use my camera. Its not that hard. My mouth hurts. I want to go to Epcot.
Oh, she figured out how to zoom
Then Mum wanted to take a picture to show my ears, my backpack, and my Team August tags. Well at least I didnt have to smile.
After our little two second photo shoot, we finally made our way to the boat dock.
We saw a very purdy
speaking of Honey Boo Boo (since she says purdy all the time), I CANNOT BELIEVE THE SEASON FINALE WAS ON WEDNESDAY. I was heartbroken. A few things about the episode
SPOILER ALERT!
1) What the CRAP was up with Pumpkins new baby and the two thumbs it has?!?!? Like that is just weird.
2) Honey Boo Boo did NOT look good in her bathing suit and she did look like a very fat blueberry.
3) I will never get over how Mama sneezes.
4) I cant believe Mama is a grandmother at 34 years old.
5) I thought Alana was going to be able to keep Glitzy after the pageant! Way to go for a happy ending!
I did hear a rumor that they will do holiday episodes, so I am very excited.
I really should go to bed and finish this update later because this is getting to be ridiculous, but I dont want to. So THERE!
Dear God.
Five million years ago when we were going to the boat dock, we saw a very purdy butterfly.
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Mum looked very lovely on this fine day!
A CM that worked at the boat dock told us the boat that was coming to pick us up broke down and they were going to send another one, which took about 10 years. Like, I didnt want to be chased around by bees (yes, that happened there and I ran away like the little girl that I am) and be melting from the heat. I just wanted to get to Epcot!
So I decided to take this time to take some artsy pictures. Of rope. Yes, of rope, that is the "wall" to protect us from falling into the nasty water of the Epcot resort area.
I took like 20 more pictures of the rope, but I wont torture you with them all.
Waiting for a boat to Epcot right now.
10 years later, our boat finally came. We stopped at the Boardwalk and then we were off to Epcot!