The real end.
So we got to stay by the beach.
Welcome to retirement country.
The Unofficial Guide to WDW calls a Disney vacation the vacation that fights back. It is so true. I left WDW more exhausted than when I arrived. So the 2 days we spent with the family friends was nice and relaxing.
There were dolphins, pelicans, turtles, military planes, shirtless fat guys, and me sitting on the balcony reading a Carl Hiaason novel. Took a long walk on the beach. Its turtle spawning season. There were nests up and down the beach. They only come ashore at night to lay their eggs. I found some interesting rocks (Im a geology student) and I found the rare American Blue Scunci. It was sleeping next to some other junk that had washed ashore. Kinda sad really.
Before we left for Disney I was a little worried about the wildfires I had been reading about. I never noticed it a WDW but here you could really smell the smoke and see the haze, especially in the morning.
We drove to the airport, turned in the rental car (at least the nice man on the curb said we could turn it in to him), and made it home safely. Although, I did somehow end up with a suitcase full of clanking and whirring Japanese toys, the good kind with sharp corners and pointy things that could put eyes out.
See. Nothing interesting happened. No vomit or anything. Sorry.
Random observations:
Disney detail. On Friday all of the blossoms were gone. On Saturday they had replaced the hold bed.
Sun-block is your friend. You get to smell like pina coladas.
There are too many foreigners at WDW. Of course I think there are too many Germans in Germany too. (The preceding was a joke, except the Germany part. That country is overrun with lederhosen clad oompah bands. Good beer and wine though.)
When did obesity become a handicap?
Why must people stop in the middle of the walkways and check the map every 2 minutes? Why cant they memorize the park layout before they go? You know like us.
Touring Disney by yourself can be lonely. With all those happy (and not so happy) families and couples shoving their togetherness in your face. Although you can walk around the hotel room naked and no one complains, except those people passing by on the walkway. Just because the blinds are open doesnt mean you have to look in.
The Disney Depression. We all get it, or we wouldnt constantly go back. Leaving a place of happiness to go back to our boring, messed up real lives. This time I didnt get it so bad. For the first time in along time I feel my life is actually moving in the right direction.
I find that Disney podcasts help alleviate the Disney Depression. Podcasts are my methadone. Its a little slice of the parks at home.
I dont know if I can be one of those people who go down every year or more. Every 4 or 5 years works well for me. That said. Im already planning a short trip for next years Star Wars Weekends. A trip that gets longer ever time I think about it. Im hoping my brother who didnt go this time will go with me. Then I can make him stand in the merchandise line for me. Of course I need some money first.
The Disney Dining Plan. Too much food for me. Plus, I didnt like stopping my touring to go and eat. Of course without the plan I probably wouldnt have stopped to eat and Id still be there passed out in the bushes. Yet Im contemplating this for my next trip. Itll depend on whether my bro goes or no.
When you tip a coctail waitress they actually say "Thank-you cutey." They'll lie to you just for money. Whats the world coming to?
Is it sad that I was still buying pins at the Earport store in the airport? Yeah I didnt think so.
Its over.
Thanks to all those people with better, more interesting trip reports that inspired me to give it a shot, and to anyone who bothered reading this. Its been cathartic. After traveling alone, more or less, for a week I had all this stuff in my head I needed to get out. Mostly sarcastic stuff.
So we got to stay by the beach.
Welcome to retirement country.
The Unofficial Guide to WDW calls a Disney vacation the vacation that fights back. It is so true. I left WDW more exhausted than when I arrived. So the 2 days we spent with the family friends was nice and relaxing.
There were dolphins, pelicans, turtles, military planes, shirtless fat guys, and me sitting on the balcony reading a Carl Hiaason novel. Took a long walk on the beach. Its turtle spawning season. There were nests up and down the beach. They only come ashore at night to lay their eggs. I found some interesting rocks (Im a geology student) and I found the rare American Blue Scunci. It was sleeping next to some other junk that had washed ashore. Kinda sad really.
Before we left for Disney I was a little worried about the wildfires I had been reading about. I never noticed it a WDW but here you could really smell the smoke and see the haze, especially in the morning.
We drove to the airport, turned in the rental car (at least the nice man on the curb said we could turn it in to him), and made it home safely. Although, I did somehow end up with a suitcase full of clanking and whirring Japanese toys, the good kind with sharp corners and pointy things that could put eyes out.
See. Nothing interesting happened. No vomit or anything. Sorry.
Random observations:
Disney detail. On Friday all of the blossoms were gone. On Saturday they had replaced the hold bed.
Sun-block is your friend. You get to smell like pina coladas.
There are too many foreigners at WDW. Of course I think there are too many Germans in Germany too. (The preceding was a joke, except the Germany part. That country is overrun with lederhosen clad oompah bands. Good beer and wine though.)
When did obesity become a handicap?
Why must people stop in the middle of the walkways and check the map every 2 minutes? Why cant they memorize the park layout before they go? You know like us.
Touring Disney by yourself can be lonely. With all those happy (and not so happy) families and couples shoving their togetherness in your face. Although you can walk around the hotel room naked and no one complains, except those people passing by on the walkway. Just because the blinds are open doesnt mean you have to look in.
The Disney Depression. We all get it, or we wouldnt constantly go back. Leaving a place of happiness to go back to our boring, messed up real lives. This time I didnt get it so bad. For the first time in along time I feel my life is actually moving in the right direction.
I find that Disney podcasts help alleviate the Disney Depression. Podcasts are my methadone. Its a little slice of the parks at home.
I dont know if I can be one of those people who go down every year or more. Every 4 or 5 years works well for me. That said. Im already planning a short trip for next years Star Wars Weekends. A trip that gets longer ever time I think about it. Im hoping my brother who didnt go this time will go with me. Then I can make him stand in the merchandise line for me. Of course I need some money first.
The Disney Dining Plan. Too much food for me. Plus, I didnt like stopping my touring to go and eat. Of course without the plan I probably wouldnt have stopped to eat and Id still be there passed out in the bushes. Yet Im contemplating this for my next trip. Itll depend on whether my bro goes or no.
When you tip a coctail waitress they actually say "Thank-you cutey." They'll lie to you just for money. Whats the world coming to?
Is it sad that I was still buying pins at the Earport store in the airport? Yeah I didnt think so.
Its over.
Thanks to all those people with better, more interesting trip reports that inspired me to give it a shot, and to anyone who bothered reading this. Its been cathartic. After traveling alone, more or less, for a week I had all this stuff in my head I needed to get out. Mostly sarcastic stuff.
You are cracking me up!
Thanks for posting this link in that other trip report thread. I love when one good trippie leads me to another! I'm still back on the rainy day, but I just had to jump in. I'm sure I'll be caught up soon. Keep up the good work and I'll be looking for myself in the background of your pictures, just like Mel's! (how could we all have been there at the same time and not seen each other? 
It boggles the mind.)
