We made it back to the resort and hadn't been back to the room very long when Mike, Gayle, Brandi and I decided to head down to the lobby to see who might be hanging out on the savanna.
I found more evidence of Love Bugs as we passed by one of the windows:
We made our way down to the Lobby and exited out to the savannah to find that we were in for a treat! We were able to see several animals who were within pretty close range:
I turned around and took a shot of the Lodge from where we were. The architecture is so cool!
As were were walking back through the Lobby, we looked out and saw the feed trucks coming through. It was really neat to watch the animals come walking in closer--they looked like they were ready to eat!
We made our way back to the room and everyone freshened up before it was time to head out to our much anticipated dinner at 'Ohana!! While planning the trip, Mike and I had a hard time deciding on where we wanted to take everyone to eat...The three choices were 'Ohana, Whispering Canyon Cafe, and Trails End. We talked it over with Brandi and Gayle and told them what each place offered and they said 'Ohana sounded the best, which made us happy since it's one of our favorite places! We just hoped they'd like it as much as we did. Once we'd decided where we wanted to go I was able to make a reservation for all of us for 6:45 that night.
Our plan was to take a bus over to the Magic Kingdom, and then take the monorail over to the Poly, that way everyone would have a chance to take a spin on the monorail. Since we knew we needed plenty of time to make it, we decided to head out an hour early. Once we made it to the bus stop we ended up waiting a few minutes as every bus came except the one for MK! Thankfully it didn't take too long for it to show up. And once we made it to the monorail station we were just in time to jump aboard. We arrived at the Poly at exactly 6:40! Can't get much closer than that!
I checked us in while everyone else checked out their surroundings!
Allen decided he was going to head to the bar to see what he could find to drink and I told him about the Lapu Lapu.
Our table was ready before he was finished at the bar, and he made his way to our table with this in hand:
Gayle tried a sip of it, but decided it was way too strong for her, so she left it all for Allen!
Once the entertainment started, Dustin #1 went and got leis for everyone!!(This is one of my favorite pictures of him!)
Soon enough, the food started coming and everyone was impressed with the offerings. Gayle and I agreed the noodles were our favorite while Mike and Allen were quite fond of the wings!
As you can see, he wasn't willing to share any of his either:
We all really enjoyed the meal VERY much! And I Mike and were happy that everyone was so pleased!
I heard Dustin #1 calling my name from the end of the table--he wanted me to get a picture of this--silly boy:
Before we paid and headed out, we asked our Cousin to get a group picture of all of us. Normal shot:
Shaka sign shot..As you can tell when she told us to do the Shaka, Allen wasn't quite sure of what she was talking about! He just did what everyone else was doing!
And one last departing shot before we headed back "home" for the night:
It had been a wonderful day, and we were all tired but were very much looking forward to tomorrow!!
Next up: It's time to board the Dream!
Like you though it is because I know I will be shopping again later!
on your way!
