MajorWoody
The View From My Office
- Joined
- Jan 28, 2002
- Messages
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Who :
Bill, age 44, NYSP Investigator, AP holder and numerous WDW trips
Jenn, daughter, age 19, AP holder, last trip 12/00
Joseph, son, age 17, AP holder, last trip 12/00
Where:
All Star Sports - 5 nights
Coronado Springs - 5 nights
When :
12/7 thru 12/17/02
Monday we awoke at 10:00am, a bit late but that's what vacations are for. It
was raining steadily outside, and the forecast was not promising. We got
moving, and were on a bus to the MK by 11:00am. I wanted to get my haircut,
which I always try to do at the MK when on vacation. We went in and found
that there was about a 90 minute wait for a haircut. We decided to try
later, and walked to the Expo Hall, to seek out Scoop Sanderson for his pin
seminars. Unfortunately we had missed Scoop, but I did find a CM with a
Hercules lanyard series pin, and traded for that. Since it was raining
heavily, and the kids wanted to eat, we decided to move on. They wanted to
visit the Golden Corral on 192, which they enjoyed when they were
youngsters. We caught the bus back to the hotel, then got in the van, and
drove off property. We hit the Golden Corral, and I doubt after the poor
selection and dried out offerings, they will think back to the Golden Corral
with fond memories on future trips. The only redeeming factor was a miserly
$25 tab for our lunch. We then went up 192 to WalMart, and got some things
we needed. After WalMart, we went to the Character Outlet at the new outlet
center, which is off of 535. I got a nice windbreaker type Mickey coat, a
bathrobe for the missus, and 3 mugs, for a grand total of $88. We then drove
back to the mighty All Stars, and put away our loot.
Our plan for the day had been to hit Epcot for the Candlelight Processional,
with our favorite narrator, James Avery. We called Sean, and they were still
up for it, a little torrential downpour notwithstanding. Sean drove to All
Stars, and picked us up, and the 7 of us drove to BW in his van. We walked
to the International Gateway in the pouring rain, and went straight to the
USA area once inside of Epcot. The park was empty, no doubt due to the
frigid temps and driving rain. But we were determined to catch James Avery,
and we certainly did, along with about 20 other people. I have never seen
such a sparsely attended CP. It was worth it though, as he put on an
exceptionally strong presentation, enough to make me forget that it felt
like my feet were submerged in a bucket of water. The new windbreaker coat
held up very well, except for the torrents of water running into the
pockets. After the CP, we decided enough was enough, and left Epcot. The
rain showed no signs of easing up, so Sean dropped us off at All Stars, and
he went back to AKL with his family.
Since we had nothing else to do that evening, it seemed a good time to do
laundry. We gathered our stuff up, and hit the laundry room by the main
pool. We weren't the only ones with the same idea, and it seemed every dryer
was full of sneakers. We did manage to get a couple of machines with no
problem though, and took turns watching the machines, while the others hit
the arcade in the main building. We each got small things to eat, I had a
pizza, they had cheesesteaks, while in the food court area. The food is
typical foodcourt junk, and nothing to write home about. This did not shape
up to be a good eating day at WDW, between Golden Corral and the All Star
Foodcourt. We noticed the arcade was packed with very unruly kids, including
a few who seemed intent on stealing other's tickets, and perhaps quarters.
It was a real unsavory crowd inside there, not like anything I have ever
experienced at WDW before. They were really running wild, and the CM's did
not seem to be putting a stop to any of it. There were also numerous
machines out of service that evening too. We called it an early night when
the laundry was done, and went back to the room. Little did I know ( or if I
had checked the resort map), that there was actually another laundry room
right outside our end of the building, under the baseball pool bleachers.
Stay tuned for Day 4....
Bill, age 44, NYSP Investigator, AP holder and numerous WDW trips
Jenn, daughter, age 19, AP holder, last trip 12/00
Joseph, son, age 17, AP holder, last trip 12/00
Where:
All Star Sports - 5 nights
Coronado Springs - 5 nights
When :
12/7 thru 12/17/02
Monday we awoke at 10:00am, a bit late but that's what vacations are for. It
was raining steadily outside, and the forecast was not promising. We got
moving, and were on a bus to the MK by 11:00am. I wanted to get my haircut,
which I always try to do at the MK when on vacation. We went in and found
that there was about a 90 minute wait for a haircut. We decided to try
later, and walked to the Expo Hall, to seek out Scoop Sanderson for his pin
seminars. Unfortunately we had missed Scoop, but I did find a CM with a
Hercules lanyard series pin, and traded for that. Since it was raining
heavily, and the kids wanted to eat, we decided to move on. They wanted to
visit the Golden Corral on 192, which they enjoyed when they were
youngsters. We caught the bus back to the hotel, then got in the van, and
drove off property. We hit the Golden Corral, and I doubt after the poor
selection and dried out offerings, they will think back to the Golden Corral
with fond memories on future trips. The only redeeming factor was a miserly
$25 tab for our lunch. We then went up 192 to WalMart, and got some things
we needed. After WalMart, we went to the Character Outlet at the new outlet
center, which is off of 535. I got a nice windbreaker type Mickey coat, a
bathrobe for the missus, and 3 mugs, for a grand total of $88. We then drove
back to the mighty All Stars, and put away our loot.
Our plan for the day had been to hit Epcot for the Candlelight Processional,
with our favorite narrator, James Avery. We called Sean, and they were still
up for it, a little torrential downpour notwithstanding. Sean drove to All
Stars, and picked us up, and the 7 of us drove to BW in his van. We walked
to the International Gateway in the pouring rain, and went straight to the
USA area once inside of Epcot. The park was empty, no doubt due to the
frigid temps and driving rain. But we were determined to catch James Avery,
and we certainly did, along with about 20 other people. I have never seen
such a sparsely attended CP. It was worth it though, as he put on an
exceptionally strong presentation, enough to make me forget that it felt
like my feet were submerged in a bucket of water. The new windbreaker coat
held up very well, except for the torrents of water running into the
pockets. After the CP, we decided enough was enough, and left Epcot. The
rain showed no signs of easing up, so Sean dropped us off at All Stars, and
he went back to AKL with his family.
Since we had nothing else to do that evening, it seemed a good time to do
laundry. We gathered our stuff up, and hit the laundry room by the main
pool. We weren't the only ones with the same idea, and it seemed every dryer
was full of sneakers. We did manage to get a couple of machines with no
problem though, and took turns watching the machines, while the others hit
the arcade in the main building. We each got small things to eat, I had a
pizza, they had cheesesteaks, while in the food court area. The food is
typical foodcourt junk, and nothing to write home about. This did not shape
up to be a good eating day at WDW, between Golden Corral and the All Star
Foodcourt. We noticed the arcade was packed with very unruly kids, including
a few who seemed intent on stealing other's tickets, and perhaps quarters.
It was a real unsavory crowd inside there, not like anything I have ever
experienced at WDW before. They were really running wild, and the CM's did
not seem to be putting a stop to any of it. There were also numerous
machines out of service that evening too. We called it an early night when
the laundry was done, and went back to the room. Little did I know ( or if I
had checked the resort map), that there was actually another laundry room
right outside our end of the building, under the baseball pool bleachers.
Stay tuned for Day 4....
