After chatting with Karin, we had to make the decision on how we were getting back to WL. Sooooooo, we figured that there was way too much drama with the monorail/boat thing so we took the bus.
We headed over to the bus stop and there were two people there waiting. We thought, cool, maybe it will be a nice, calm ride over.

We waited what seemed like forever, but was really around 20 minutes. We watched a few busses go by for other resorts, none looked too packed from what we could see. Then ours came.................and there were what looked like a ZILLION people behind us
The people behind in front of us were wondering if the driver made a stop at both the Lodge and the campground. After the driver loaded a
scooter, I asked and he said yes. Rut-row....that meant that the driver would probably load everyone! Yep, he sure did. We were like sardines in a can.......pickles shoved in a glass jar, jelly beans in a guessing game jar....you get the picture. This is where I realized that not everyone at Disney remembered to bring deoderant with them. Nor did they recall that Disney does have showers AND that they provide soap. We had butts in our faces the entire trip back to the lodge, but I guess we were lucky to get seats, right?
We got back to WL pretty late, and Joe still had to drive my bro back to POR. We decided then as a family that all the craptastic stuff had already happened to us so this trip was sure to start getting magical....um, no.
While Joe took my bro back, I took a few more pictures of our room. I just loves the rooms at WL.
I watched a bit of Wizzards of Waverly Place (thanks to Joe I am now addicted to that stupid show) and waited for Joe to get back.
I summarized our day in my notebook and added this:
Disney, Day 1 - Craptastic Stuff/Drama = Late cabbie who couldn't drive worth a hill of beans; crabby and hungry family stopping at BK where they decided to get the grains for the buns from an Ohio farm before serving us; Alama drama that will undoubtedly prevent me from ever renting from them again; and finally.......guess who is NEVER going to make transportation decisions for the family again?
Disney, Day 1 - Fun Stuff = Being with my family and seeing my brother for the first time since the holidays and meeting Liesa and LeeAnn and Karin, Tom, Joe and MaryEllen.