This is our last day at Disney! SO sad! But I have to admit, I am excited to hit Club Med. All the food and alcohol we can handle! Plus tons of activities. This particular resort focuses on sports, outdoor activities, and fitness. Perfect for my family, no?
So we woke up to clouds and about 65* weather. And today was supposed to be Blizzard. We slept in and hung around the villa…just relaxing since we haven’t done much of that during the past 3 park days.
Jeff went for his run, then I headed out for a 4-miler. It was tough, actually. Over-tired, etc. and just didn’t have a great run.
Finally, at about 10:45 we decided to head out. It was still overcast, but the sun was peeking through. And if nothing else, we figured that Blizzard would be empty. Boy, were we right! OMG, there were like….50 cars there? Something like that. Talk about having the place to ourselves! So glad we made the decision to go. I don’t have any of my own pics for this part of the trip report…sorry! We did get tons of Photopass pics, though.
Basically, we did everything as many time as we wanted. And yes, I did Summit Plummet. I was the only one, though. The girls are not tall enough and J and Riley were too chicken. We are family of water bugs, so any time we do a water park, we have a blast. We loved the family raft ride. And all of the slides for that matter. I don’t need to ever do Summit again. It was fine to do once. And it is not an issue of being scared. It just is so fast that it is really a rough ride and kind of beats you up, you know?
And OMG all of the stairs! J and I were both sorry that we ran earlier in the day. We must have climbed hundreds and thousands of stairs today.
It warmed up at about noon-ish. The sun was out and we were having a great ol time. By about 2, though, the clouds moved in and it was looking kind of scary. Since we had done literally everything about 20 times, we decided to change and head over to DownTown Disney for a late lunch/early dinner and souvenir shopping.
We were famished when we got there, having eaten only breakfast at about 9am and it was now almost 3. Parking at the Marketplace was full, so we parked in the PI lot since PI is no more. This, of course, put us right smack in front of the new T-Rex restaurant. I had already decided that there was no way in hell we were going to eat there based on Kevin’s review from the Podcast.
However, we were right there, there was NO wait, and we were unbelievably hungry. So in we went. Let’s start with the theming….think Imagineers threw up dinosaurs. I mean, to theme something is one thing, but this place…wow. Over the top, totally. There are about 5 different rooms to the restaurant, and each one has a different dino-theme. The Ice Age, Underwater, The lush tropical dinosaurs, etc. There are animatronic dinos everywhere that are roaring and moving, etc. Volcanos are erupting, there are meteor showers, etc. Think Jurrasic Park on steroids during PMS with a bad hangover.
All of that being said, it was not nearly as loud as I had feared it would be. Of course, at 3pm the place was only half full. And again, we were seated immediately, brought our drinks, etc. and things were fine. The food. Now this came as a surprise. This was truly one of the best meals of the week! The food was GOOD. I mean really good. We all chowed.
The service—eh. At first, it was great. But the second half was not so good. Once our food was served, we didn’t see our sever for ages. I swear, I have never come so close to doing the Dine-n-Dash. I waited for 20 minutes to pay the bill. I had Jeff take the kids to bathroom and then to the store to look around, etc. And still nothing. I had just decided that I would give it 5 more minutes before just leaving. I mean, our table was empty except for me…a pile of dirty dishes…my credit card out, etc. And it still took that long. And while I didn’t stiff the waiter, the tip was less than 15% which I almost never do. But 20 minutes of my time is worth something, you know? It is not like he was in the weeds. And he didn’t apologize for taking so long to get to me, etc.
We spent the next two hours goofing around DTD and shopping, etc. Kids got their souvenirs and everyone was happy. And of course, I had to stop for the free chocolate!
Then it was back here to the Boardwalk. We hung out for a bit, had family game night, and then headed out to see the entertainment, take in the sights, get the kids a a funnel cake, and just end the Disney portion of our vacation.
Came back in and J and I watched a movie and packed up for Club Med. OMG, I can’t believe how long it took to pack us up! Jeez, the crap we have!
Ok, that is it for this part of the trip. Not sure what I will write about for the next portion , but we will see! We have never done an all-inclusive, so I am just not sure what to expect.
Silence was best for the bills and the points.
Or both. I'm actually checking out your house. But it does look pretty.
I truly am so very sorry for your loss...
But Dawn is right - it could have been SO much worse. 
They advertised....the Tupperware ladies that were there sent out 1500 postcards themselves! 
....really hoping to take advantage of the *extra* hour for my workout tomorrow morning before church. Sunday is usually a "day off" but since I didn't workout today...and I ate PEPPERONI PIZZA last night 
I think I have some catchin' up to do. 
That must have been so scary.
And cold, for this FL girl.
Nothing's going to get ME down 
