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Today was a bitter sweet day - on the one hand we had to get off the ship we had come to love over the past week but on the other hand we were going to be spending the next 4 nights at Animal Kingdom Lodge, which we also love.
We got up at 7:00 and after a final check around the room went down to Enchanted Garden for breakfast at 8:00. After breakfast we said goodbye to our table mates and to Noel and Jelena and by 8:45 we were off of the ship.
We found our cases easily enough, got through customs quickly and a Budget shuttle arrived just as we got outside. We waited until a few more people got on and then we were on our way to the Budget rental office at Port Canaveral.
Once again I went to take out the credit card, which I thought I had put with my driving licence but it wasn’t there. I couldn’t find it again so I took Dad's and went into the office. When I got to the desk I was asked how many of us there were and how many bags we had - unfortunately we had too many bags as the lady was going to upgrade us to a Mustang free of charge, but there was no way we would have fitted everything in so we settled for a Nissan Versa which was parked outside. I suddenly realised that I might have put the slippery credit card in my planning folder and when I checked it was indeed in there and were on our way - but it wasn’t the last time we would be at that office - more about that later.
By 10:45 we were passing under the arch and within a few more minutes we had arrived at Animal Kingdom Villas. I knew that I would need to show photo ID to check in so I went to take out my driving licence but it wasn't in the envelope with the paper counterpart. I couldn't find it anywhere so I used my passport instead and decided to check my bag properly once we got to the room. We checked in and were assigned room 5131, which I was surprised to find was all ready for us to go to. We had left the cases in the car so we just went up to the room to make sure everything was OK and then, although we had planned to go to EPCOT we just went downstairs for a drink and decided to do Wal-Mart and Downtown Disney this afternoon and then go to EPCOT after dinner.
After having a drink we went and got the bags from the car and took them upstairs. I searched all through my hand luggage bag but my driving licence wasn't in there so I decided that I must have left it at the Budget office. We went off to Downtown Disney and had a wander around World of Disney, the Christmas shop and Art of Disney and then went off to Wal-Mart to get our supplies for the next few days.
We were back at the room at around 3:30 and I phoned Budget who confirmed that I had dropped my licence in the parking lot and somebody had handed it in so I made arrangements to go and collect it tomorrow - this holiday was not going well at all!
One of our traditions is to eat at Sweet Tomatoes on our first full day in Orlando, so at 5:30 we went back out and drove up to the one on International Drive, which I prefer to the new one at Crossroads. We filled up on salad, soup, pasta and brownies and then came back down to WDW and in to EPCOT, arriving at 7:30.
We had a quick wander around Mousegear and then went round to our usual spot for Illuminations, the peninsula between UK and France.
I've seen Illuminations so many times now but it never gets old and I still get goosebumps at the end. There was something different about it tonight though - the flame barge wasn't working and the globe was already out before the show started and didn't move.
After Illuminations we went back to the room and off to bed ready to go and pick up my driving licence and go on to Animal Kingdom tomorrow.
Day 11
We got up at 7:00 and after a final check around the room went down to Enchanted Garden for breakfast at 8:00. After breakfast we said goodbye to our table mates and to Noel and Jelena and by 8:45 we were off of the ship.
We found our cases easily enough, got through customs quickly and a Budget shuttle arrived just as we got outside. We waited until a few more people got on and then we were on our way to the Budget rental office at Port Canaveral.
Once again I went to take out the credit card, which I thought I had put with my driving licence but it wasn’t there. I couldn’t find it again so I took Dad's and went into the office. When I got to the desk I was asked how many of us there were and how many bags we had - unfortunately we had too many bags as the lady was going to upgrade us to a Mustang free of charge, but there was no way we would have fitted everything in so we settled for a Nissan Versa which was parked outside. I suddenly realised that I might have put the slippery credit card in my planning folder and when I checked it was indeed in there and were on our way - but it wasn’t the last time we would be at that office - more about that later.
By 10:45 we were passing under the arch and within a few more minutes we had arrived at Animal Kingdom Villas. I knew that I would need to show photo ID to check in so I went to take out my driving licence but it wasn't in the envelope with the paper counterpart. I couldn't find it anywhere so I used my passport instead and decided to check my bag properly once we got to the room. We checked in and were assigned room 5131, which I was surprised to find was all ready for us to go to. We had left the cases in the car so we just went up to the room to make sure everything was OK and then, although we had planned to go to EPCOT we just went downstairs for a drink and decided to do Wal-Mart and Downtown Disney this afternoon and then go to EPCOT after dinner.
After having a drink we went and got the bags from the car and took them upstairs. I searched all through my hand luggage bag but my driving licence wasn't in there so I decided that I must have left it at the Budget office. We went off to Downtown Disney and had a wander around World of Disney, the Christmas shop and Art of Disney and then went off to Wal-Mart to get our supplies for the next few days.
We were back at the room at around 3:30 and I phoned Budget who confirmed that I had dropped my licence in the parking lot and somebody had handed it in so I made arrangements to go and collect it tomorrow - this holiday was not going well at all!
One of our traditions is to eat at Sweet Tomatoes on our first full day in Orlando, so at 5:30 we went back out and drove up to the one on International Drive, which I prefer to the new one at Crossroads. We filled up on salad, soup, pasta and brownies and then came back down to WDW and in to EPCOT, arriving at 7:30.
We had a quick wander around Mousegear and then went round to our usual spot for Illuminations, the peninsula between UK and France.
I've seen Illuminations so many times now but it never gets old and I still get goosebumps at the end. There was something different about it tonight though - the flame barge wasn't working and the globe was already out before the show started and didn't move.
After Illuminations we went back to the room and off to bed ready to go and pick up my driving licence and go on to Animal Kingdom tomorrow.
Day 11
