ehagerty
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Having finished our 2 minutes family photo update, DSiL proceeded into the CR for her massage. The rest of us returned to our room to prepare for our lunch picnic at the BLT pool. This involved everyone changing into suits, and me packing the soft-sided cooler (used to bring down refrigerated items from home) to pack up sandwich fixings.
I don't have any pictures of our lunch table - but we manage to secure one under an umbrella, next to the refillable mug station and pool bar, which was convenient for cold drinks. Food was fine, but what my uncle used to call "Fill it up with regular."
The pool was a lot of fun, as evidenced by the pictures below.
BLT Pool looking toward Bay Lake
DNw trying the kiddie slide
DNw decided to try the big slide
... preparing for launch
... we have ignition
View from the top of the slide tower - toward the hot tub. W never did make it there - too busy.
My own turn on the slide
.... from the top - I like watching the water flowing around all the lines - and remembering being there.
... and at the bottom, just before splash down
DB makes a big splash - included here because I like what the water camera can do - capture the water in motion, creating a unique impression
After which we headed over to the CR pool. Basically, with a few exceptions, the pools are mostly the same, with variations on theming / view. We splashed, played, checked out the water slide, took some pictures, then returned to room. DB & DSiL have date night dinner at CG. The rest of us are monorailing and resort touring until we check out fireworks from our balcony tonight.
CR Pool
This post probably seems like a lot of family, and not enough Disney, but I included it here to highlight the fun of having a water camera. I had one throwaway film one which we used at SAB in the 90's - and I concluded that the picture quality was not worth repeating the experience. The current digital versions are great fun, high quality and allow me to capture segments of our vacation that were previously off limits for my SLR.
Although originally intended for Scuba Son (DS22), we have used on multiple occasions - such as Parasailing on Castaway Cay
.
I don't have any pictures of our lunch table - but we manage to secure one under an umbrella, next to the refillable mug station and pool bar, which was convenient for cold drinks. Food was fine, but what my uncle used to call "Fill it up with regular."
The pool was a lot of fun, as evidenced by the pictures below.
BLT Pool looking toward Bay Lake
DNw trying the kiddie slide
DNw decided to try the big slide
... preparing for launch
... we have ignition
View from the top of the slide tower - toward the hot tub. W never did make it there - too busy.
My own turn on the slide
.... from the top - I like watching the water flowing around all the lines - and remembering being there.
... and at the bottom, just before splash down
DB makes a big splash - included here because I like what the water camera can do - capture the water in motion, creating a unique impression
After which we headed over to the CR pool. Basically, with a few exceptions, the pools are mostly the same, with variations on theming / view. We splashed, played, checked out the water slide, took some pictures, then returned to room. DB & DSiL have date night dinner at CG. The rest of us are monorailing and resort touring until we check out fireworks from our balcony tonight.
CR Pool
This post probably seems like a lot of family, and not enough Disney, but I included it here to highlight the fun of having a water camera. I had one throwaway film one which we used at SAB in the 90's - and I concluded that the picture quality was not worth repeating the experience. The current digital versions are great fun, high quality and allow me to capture segments of our vacation that were previously off limits for my SLR.
Although originally intended for Scuba Son (DS22), we have used on multiple occasions - such as Parasailing on Castaway Cay
.
