Trust Grumpy to leave out a whole day!!! His 'Day 2' is actually a 'Day 3', this is what he (and you, dear viewer), missed:
Having had an over indulgent NINE hours sleep, we awake-not really knowing where we are-but soon realising we are indeed in the happiest place on earth. Actually this is the first year I have experienced really bad jet lag which leaves me exhausted for a good few days-Instead of getting very excited seeing the odd toad or bunny at our hotel, I feebly point and manage a small contented smile!
Watch The Nanny (boo-no complete season 3 boxset to buy in Virgin this year!) Have a shave and shower and leave hotel about 10, having applied factor 2000 suncream (I burn quickly and painfully) and sorted out my glasses-one pair I brought with me are very lop sided and therefore completely destroying my normally placid and calm temprement
Luckily I have a second pair and are much happier with these!
Our lovely phone card which should give us 3 months worth of calls for £20 keeps telling us we have no credit at all on it-and Grumpy has to prise me away from the phone area before I am thrown into Disney prison for destroying Disney phones. Parents knowing we have arrived safetly will have to wait!
Enter the bedlam that is The All Star Movies foodcourt. Grab a counter service meal of a full heart attack special and munch surrounded by noise-actually I am a lot happier than I sound-it's just that I am tired and things are niggling me a bit! Still, at least no flaming cheerleaders this year!
Grumpy has told you about the buses-waiting in the heat with a Lovebug infestation gnawing at your legs isn't that great-and the taped music of Gnarls Barkely's Crazy and U2 and Mary J Blige's shoutathon could actually be harmful to your inner soul, having to hear it about 150 times in one day!!! Being British of course, neither of us ask for it to be turned down or off for the entire length of our stay!!
Arrive at Downtown Disney. Look in the Marketplace shops in a bit of a daze (or is that doze?) I wake up a bit seeing Stitch spit water onto people's heads, looming over the entrance to World Of Disney! Everywhere you look this year it's Blooming Pirates of the Carribean-even Stitch has a pirate outfit on!! I actually walk out of the store, with NO purchases-Grumpy's jaw has to be prised from the pavement. Maybe I have no energy to reach into my pocket for my money-bleedin' jet lag!!
Over to the West Side (ALWAYS said in a Cartman from South Park hip hop accent-did you know that Westlife were orginally going to be called Westside??---i'm loosing my thread-help!!!)---ahhh, back again-Over to Virgin-actually it would be called Zavvi now, wouldn't it? Buy Golden Girls Season 7 and the Iron Man DVD as it was on sale for $10! At last, spending money-Now i am waking up!
It's just the start of my spending spree, because after a short cab ride (Grumpy was happy-the driver was playing Vaughan Williams) we are at the Premium Outlets-within an hour I have 2 pairs of jeans, trainers and a Stitch pin in a frame!! My karma is slowly being restored!
Back to All Star Movies to have a cookie and muffin snack, drop bags off, have a kip then back to Downtown Disney and a meal at Raglan Road Irish theme pub. Add to cuddly toy mountain in my room with a cuddly lamb then into pub. It's huge inside, quite quiet with actually a nice atmosphere. The food is ok (vegtable barley soup, fish & chips, choc pudding) but the sevice is bad-it's the first time we have spent over 2 hours in a restaurant-without other people or characters visiting us, that is!
Clamber into bus back to hotel (Mary J Blige-SHUT UP!!!!!), watch Kirsty count down her top 7 WDW attractions ("love rollercoasters, love Aerosmith...Helllllooo..." Smash the tv and collapse, kinda grouchy but content at the same time-maybe I am only happy when I am moaning-too tired to contemplate that. Night. zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Having had an over indulgent NINE hours sleep, we awake-not really knowing where we are-but soon realising we are indeed in the happiest place on earth. Actually this is the first year I have experienced really bad jet lag which leaves me exhausted for a good few days-Instead of getting very excited seeing the odd toad or bunny at our hotel, I feebly point and manage a small contented smile!
Watch The Nanny (boo-no complete season 3 boxset to buy in Virgin this year!) Have a shave and shower and leave hotel about 10, having applied factor 2000 suncream (I burn quickly and painfully) and sorted out my glasses-one pair I brought with me are very lop sided and therefore completely destroying my normally placid and calm temprement
Luckily I have a second pair and are much happier with these!Our lovely phone card which should give us 3 months worth of calls for £20 keeps telling us we have no credit at all on it-and Grumpy has to prise me away from the phone area before I am thrown into Disney prison for destroying Disney phones. Parents knowing we have arrived safetly will have to wait!
Enter the bedlam that is The All Star Movies foodcourt. Grab a counter service meal of a full heart attack special and munch surrounded by noise-actually I am a lot happier than I sound-it's just that I am tired and things are niggling me a bit! Still, at least no flaming cheerleaders this year!
Grumpy has told you about the buses-waiting in the heat with a Lovebug infestation gnawing at your legs isn't that great-and the taped music of Gnarls Barkely's Crazy and U2 and Mary J Blige's shoutathon could actually be harmful to your inner soul, having to hear it about 150 times in one day!!! Being British of course, neither of us ask for it to be turned down or off for the entire length of our stay!!
Arrive at Downtown Disney. Look in the Marketplace shops in a bit of a daze (or is that doze?) I wake up a bit seeing Stitch spit water onto people's heads, looming over the entrance to World Of Disney! Everywhere you look this year it's Blooming Pirates of the Carribean-even Stitch has a pirate outfit on!! I actually walk out of the store, with NO purchases-Grumpy's jaw has to be prised from the pavement. Maybe I have no energy to reach into my pocket for my money-bleedin' jet lag!!
Over to the West Side (ALWAYS said in a Cartman from South Park hip hop accent-did you know that Westlife were orginally going to be called Westside??---i'm loosing my thread-help!!!)---ahhh, back again-Over to Virgin-actually it would be called Zavvi now, wouldn't it? Buy Golden Girls Season 7 and the Iron Man DVD as it was on sale for $10! At last, spending money-Now i am waking up!
It's just the start of my spending spree, because after a short cab ride (Grumpy was happy-the driver was playing Vaughan Williams) we are at the Premium Outlets-within an hour I have 2 pairs of jeans, trainers and a Stitch pin in a frame!! My karma is slowly being restored!
Back to All Star Movies to have a cookie and muffin snack, drop bags off, have a kip then back to Downtown Disney and a meal at Raglan Road Irish theme pub. Add to cuddly toy mountain in my room with a cuddly lamb then into pub. It's huge inside, quite quiet with actually a nice atmosphere. The food is ok (vegtable barley soup, fish & chips, choc pudding) but the sevice is bad-it's the first time we have spent over 2 hours in a restaurant-without other people or characters visiting us, that is!
Clamber into bus back to hotel (Mary J Blige-SHUT UP!!!!!), watch Kirsty count down her top 7 WDW attractions ("love rollercoasters, love Aerosmith...Helllllooo..." Smash the tv and collapse, kinda grouchy but content at the same time-maybe I am only happy when I am moaning-too tired to contemplate that. Night. zzzzzzzzzzzzz
