MEK
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Celebrate Good Times
I know, I know. It's been over a month since I've done an update. That is a record. I hope I still have readers out there after my long hiatus. Tell me you're still out there. Please!
And I am still slowly catching up on everyone's TRs. If I haven't gotten to your yet please forgive me. Better yet, please remind me and PLEASE tell me if you've started a new TR in the past month that I am not subbed to!
Before I get on with my next update let me just say that we had a great time in Disney last month. But despite the fact that we had a longer than average trip, we never made it to Hollywood Studios. I know - its blasphemy. We had plans to go there on three separate occasions and each time something came up. The first time we bailed to go spend more time with Denny's family in Epcot, the second time we made a last minute decision to trade HS for a water park (which actually turned out to be a good trade), and the last time, well, yours truly ended up sick and had to miss some valuable park time. *sigh*
We also never made it to DTD and, more importantly, we ran out of time for a repeat visit to the Vera Bradley store. THAT was depressing.
On the other hand, we saw family, friends, and lots of DISers. We fully enjoyed F&W and we absolutely loved our little side trip to Saint Augustine. It's an awesome town. It was a pretty full vacation with not a lot of down time.
But you'll hear all about it soon enough. I need to finish this TR first.
In other news, eandesmom (Cynthia) made our ADRs for May! Thank you Cynthia. I am finally eating in the castle - so excited!
And - Denny and I decided to do a 5 (actually 6) night trip to Florida in February. Sort of an extended long weekend. But our first 3 (actually 4) nights will be in the Tampa Bay Region. We have never been to the Gulf Coast. So we will be flying there very late Thursday evening after work and then staying the next 3 nights at a VRBO rental in Tarpon Springs. It's super cute and once the owner confirms she received my deposit I'll post a picture. I figure we have almost 4 full days to play in the Tampa area.
As it turns out (conveniently) it is easier to fly home from Orlando (schedule and price wise), so we couldn't pass an opportunity to stay there for a couple nights. The decision was made even easier because we still have an annual pass. So yay! We will stay our final two nights at SSR, probably arriving late afternoon on Monday. Our flight leaves about 48 hours later. It's a short trip, but I think its just what we'll need to cure the winter blues. The more I read about the over abundance of activities on the Gulf Coast, the more I am sure we will not want to leave.
If anyone has an suggestions on "must sees", let me know. So far I am looking at a manatee kayak tour and a dolphin cruise on a catamaran.
Now back to this much ignored TR.
Celebrate Good Times!
We had spent a lovely morning at AK, picked up lunch at Chik-fil-a, waited out an extended summer shower, then got ready for a pre dinner drink.
Selfie

It was still raining off and on when we left the condo.
See

Passing by Old Town Kissimmee

No, it's not time to return to the airport yet.

We were going someplace I have always wanted to visit.

Where, you ask?
Look - A break in the rain


What town in Florida could possibly have such perfect houses?


If you guessed Celebration, you are correct.

We easily found a parking space. I can only imagine how cute this street would be if it wasn't raining.

5:30. Time for a cocktail.



Our destination? The Celebration Town Tavern.

Sheree (MnDisneygirl) told me about this place. What I remember most? They have cheap beer. Hey, that's important. I have my priorities people!

The beer was about $4.50 a glass. Gotta love that.

So I had two.
Why not?
The menu actually looked pretty good and it was tempting not to stay here for dinner. But I resisted.
To avoid drinking a third beer before dinner we decided to go walk around a bit before our dinner ADR.
The Celebration Inn wasn't too far away. Even though it was still a little drizzly, we decided to head there.






The entrance to the Celebration Inn

We (actually I) decided to go in and check out the lobby

Continued In Next Post
I know, I know. It's been over a month since I've done an update. That is a record. I hope I still have readers out there after my long hiatus. Tell me you're still out there. Please!
And I am still slowly catching up on everyone's TRs. If I haven't gotten to your yet please forgive me. Better yet, please remind me and PLEASE tell me if you've started a new TR in the past month that I am not subbed to!
Before I get on with my next update let me just say that we had a great time in Disney last month. But despite the fact that we had a longer than average trip, we never made it to Hollywood Studios. I know - its blasphemy. We had plans to go there on three separate occasions and each time something came up. The first time we bailed to go spend more time with Denny's family in Epcot, the second time we made a last minute decision to trade HS for a water park (which actually turned out to be a good trade), and the last time, well, yours truly ended up sick and had to miss some valuable park time. *sigh*
We also never made it to DTD and, more importantly, we ran out of time for a repeat visit to the Vera Bradley store. THAT was depressing.
On the other hand, we saw family, friends, and lots of DISers. We fully enjoyed F&W and we absolutely loved our little side trip to Saint Augustine. It's an awesome town. It was a pretty full vacation with not a lot of down time.
But you'll hear all about it soon enough. I need to finish this TR first.
In other news, eandesmom (Cynthia) made our ADRs for May! Thank you Cynthia. I am finally eating in the castle - so excited!
And - Denny and I decided to do a 5 (actually 6) night trip to Florida in February. Sort of an extended long weekend. But our first 3 (actually 4) nights will be in the Tampa Bay Region. We have never been to the Gulf Coast. So we will be flying there very late Thursday evening after work and then staying the next 3 nights at a VRBO rental in Tarpon Springs. It's super cute and once the owner confirms she received my deposit I'll post a picture. I figure we have almost 4 full days to play in the Tampa area.
As it turns out (conveniently) it is easier to fly home from Orlando (schedule and price wise), so we couldn't pass an opportunity to stay there for a couple nights. The decision was made even easier because we still have an annual pass. So yay! We will stay our final two nights at SSR, probably arriving late afternoon on Monday. Our flight leaves about 48 hours later. It's a short trip, but I think its just what we'll need to cure the winter blues. The more I read about the over abundance of activities on the Gulf Coast, the more I am sure we will not want to leave.
If anyone has an suggestions on "must sees", let me know. So far I am looking at a manatee kayak tour and a dolphin cruise on a catamaran.
Now back to this much ignored TR.
Celebrate Good Times!
We had spent a lovely morning at AK, picked up lunch at Chik-fil-a, waited out an extended summer shower, then got ready for a pre dinner drink.
Selfie

It was still raining off and on when we left the condo.
See

Passing by Old Town Kissimmee

No, it's not time to return to the airport yet.

We were going someplace I have always wanted to visit.

Where, you ask?
Look - A break in the rain


What town in Florida could possibly have such perfect houses?


If you guessed Celebration, you are correct.

We easily found a parking space. I can only imagine how cute this street would be if it wasn't raining.

5:30. Time for a cocktail.



Our destination? The Celebration Town Tavern.

Sheree (MnDisneygirl) told me about this place. What I remember most? They have cheap beer. Hey, that's important. I have my priorities people!

The beer was about $4.50 a glass. Gotta love that.

So I had two.
Why not?
The menu actually looked pretty good and it was tempting not to stay here for dinner. But I resisted.
To avoid drinking a third beer before dinner we decided to go walk around a bit before our dinner ADR.
The Celebration Inn wasn't too far away. Even though it was still a little drizzly, we decided to head there.






The entrance to the Celebration Inn

We (actually I) decided to go in and check out the lobby

Continued In Next Post