I'm back!!! LOL! Just kidding, the trip really didn't last that long... like anyone believed THAT one!
Day One - Friday, December 12
The trip down was really uneventful. The plane was on time, smooth flight, no drama. Well, almost no drama. It was on this flight that Mandi realized that she will not be having children anytime soon.
There were people turning around looking at us with that "I am so sorry for you" face. I would just reply back and say "this is the best form of birth control... ever!" It really wasn't that bad, the kids ears were probably bothering him. And he was quieter during the actual flight, when he could actually use his portable DVD player.
We arrived at MCO, made a potty stop and headed down to the DME desk. I didn't have to wait in line, I just had to wait for the next window to open up. And she pointed to the red carpet where we needed to file off into the correct line for the resort. See? Last time when Steve and I used DME, I didn't quite hear where I was supposed to go. The nice lady was from Bogata, Columbia and I didn't understand her. I just smiled and said 'thank you'. Steve and I headed toward the glass doors where we saw all of the buses and asked the very first one we saw. And it was the right one (Coronado Springs)!
So, we missed the whole red carpet walk that trip. This time, we only had to wait about 10 minutes, and we were on the correct bus. Picked a seat with a nice view of the TV screen and we were on our way in about 10 minutes after that. They did not pack the bus to the gills before leaving, either. Mandi enjoyed the video for the first time, we were getting very eager to experience all that the video was offering. Excitement was building!
I had called my parents and told them that we would probably arrive at POP around 1:30, and that we would call again when we were all checked in and hopefully in our room. Well, when we walked in the POP lobby, they were there sitting and waiting on us already. So, we checked in, but our room wasn't ready yet. I was given 'the number' to call later. I also reminded them that my parents were checking in the following day, and asked again if we could be close to each other. They couldn't guarantee it, but they would note it again. So, we just followed my parents out to their van and headed to the AKL where they were spending the night.
Their room at AKL was ready and they had already been enjoying the view. Very cool!!! At first the animals were kind of far out and hard to see. But the longer we watched, the more movement we saw. Feeding trucks came out, the humans were very polite... waving, saying 'hello' and explaining which foods were for which animals. And when they put food down, they said 'now watch'... and the animals made their way over! We took lots of pictures and lots of video.
We called the longhorn steer "Righty". He had a right-hand lean the whole time when he walked and grazed. Poor thing!
I was having such an amazing time watching the animals, that I forgot to call the number for my room at POP. It was 4pm when I realized (I think you can call at 3pm). Got my room number, and went back to the animals! Then we got ready to head down to Boma for dinner at 6:05pm.
This was my first time at Boma for dinner. I love their breakfast so much, that I just had to bite the bullet and try dinner there. A little apprehensive because of the menu, but had no problems finding something for everyone. Loved, loved, loved the chicken and corn porridge! I had tried it with my salad course, had eaten dinner, gotten my dessert and went back for another bowl of this soup!
Out of the desserts, we loved the zebra domes and pineapple upside-down cheesecakes. I must have had 3 of those little cheesecakes!
Then it was off POP. We had a room in the 70's building (#6413) overlooking the little lake and a big, red yo-yo. We couldn't see the lake until the morning, but it was there.
And around the corner...
It's been 20 degrees here. Today was dreadful - Snow and sleet. YUK! I'd love to be where you are!!!!
But I will finish my story now that I have started!
And we used 2 of our counter service credits on all of this.
