Day 3-Part Two
We were both pretty cranky from the whole getting on the wrong bus situation, so we decided to go down to the pool bar and grab a cocktail, and watch the geyser go off. So we made our way down there, and man, even at 5:00 pm the Florida sun is soooo strong. You could easily burn at 5 pm if you're fair and are sitting out in the sun with no sunblock. We were thrilled to learn they had Patron tequila for our margaritas at the pool bar!!! Tops!!! That just made our day hahaha, it's the little things people!
So we enjoyed our drinks out by the pool and watched the geyser while we figured out what to do next. I decided I wanted to do some shopping in the gift shop, and DH decided he wanted to...You guessed it...Hunt for Mickeys!!
While I headed off to the Mercantile, DH started off towards the Cubs Den, which was the first stop on his list. When he walked in, he was a little out of place in the nearly empty kids area. There were a few little guys playing, and two older women CM's watching them. DH is very cute and charming (if I do say so myself), and he went over to one of them and told them he was hunting Mickeys, and before he could say another word, one of the women grunted out "Mural, back wall"
DH said she sounded just like Roz!!!
While he was hunting, I was shopping. I had seen an antique looking Swarovski Mickey head bracelet in the gift shop, and I knew I wanted to get it for my mom. I also was looking for some more charms for the special princess charm bracelet for our little cousin. I also bought an Ariel Kooky Pen and a Snow White Kooky pen for myself, because I'm silly and they were adorable. They had my favorite Goofy gummy fruit snacks (the big pack with 4 packs on it) and it was one snack credit! Amazing! While I was paying I got into a conversation with the manager who was ringing me up, and it turns out he's been to Buenos Aires, Argentina twice before! That's where my mom is from, and we've spent a lot of time there. It was really nice meeting him, he was from Puerto Rico and his name was Jose I believe.
I finally made my way back up to the room, and was wondering where the heck DH was this whole time! As soon as I walked in the door, my cell phone started buzzing, and it was him! He had left his KTTW card in the room, and therefore was stuck in the lobby! (You need your key card to access the CL floor). I laughed and went down to get him. On the way up, he started telling me his crazy story. Well my daredevil, CRAZY husband decided to go walk out onto the road and get the hidden Mickey's as you are driving into the WL, AND there was one on the security guard booth. Basically, Mike got yelled at for being out on the road (he was on the grass, but still he wasn't supposed to be there), but then as only Mike could do, he made friends with the woman security guard from Brooklyn. Of course! She was like, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE??!!!" And he started to explain about the Mickeys, and he told her, "there's one in your booth, did you know about it?" And she's like no, where? And he found it and pointed it out to her! It was on the outside of a beam! She said "oh that's so obvious"
Well you never noticed it before lady!!!
So crisis averted, but I gave him a tongue lashing for disobeying Disney rules!!! Crazy kid!!
Here is the infamous Security Booth Hidden Mickey
We both had a good laugh over this story though. I also think it's hysterical that he gets up to the lady, sees her name tag says Brooklyn, NY, and goes "You're from Brooklyn??? I'm from Long Island!!!" all excited. Not to mention he was wearing a Wu-Tang shirt
So funny. Anyhoo, we were both a bit starved, so we decided to enjoy some of the evening offerings. We had more veggies, cheese, bread, dip, and some wine and beer. Then we decided to do something we've never done before...Get a caricature done!!! I've stayed at WL before and always marveled at the artists and how good they are. The one artist we had seen earlier while in the lobby was AMAZING. After we ate, we went down to the lobby to get ours done. The artist, Kenny Durkin, had gone on break for 10 mins. That's ok, I sat in the chair and waited! He got back right away, and got started on us. As he was working, a line was forming, just as we had seen happen an hour ago. This guy was GOOD, and busy!! It took about 15 minutes to finish the caricature. We took it in a hard roll to go, and after everything it was $44 I believe. We tipped him $10 because he was seriously, SO good. Here's a pic!
Ok I just realized how orange and horrible this pic is, so please forgive me!
After the caricature, we had just enough time to go upstairs and get ready for our dinner at Artist Point. It was really nice to just have a day of doing whatever we wanted, that ended in a romantic dinner at our resort. We made our way down to the lobby, and checked in for our reservation at about 8:15. We were seated at a beautiful table by a window, and our server Osiris made our celebration amazing. She brought us complimentary Rosa Regale to start, as well as a complimentary gazpacho. She even took our picture for us!
The dinner was soooo good. My salmon was amazing, but the most amazing thing on the menu was the macaroni and cheese. It was sooo creamy and light and amazing. YUM!! DH was even able to find some hidden Mickeys in the restaurant, and Osiris was able to show him a couple that weren't even in his official guide book! We finished dinner in time to take dessert back up to our room, to watch SNTFS from our balcony.
I've never been able to see or watch fireworks from my room, and I have to tell you, it's amazing, and we've been spoiled. Now, view is definitely something I take into account! I will pay for a great view on a short trip instead of club level for sure. Anyway, the fireworks were just amazing, and we watched them while sipping on Amarula from the lounge. It was great. After that we got into bed, because the next day we had a date with the animals of the Kilamanjaro Safari!
moments whilst reading too - ponchos, anniversary buttons, hidden Mickeys... 
Hopefully you don't work weekends, otherwise you won't care that it's hump day 
Here's hoping work gets better for you! 
I know how you feel...I was like that about 6 months ago, trying to balance two jobs, with working out, making dinner for the familia, AND trying to have a social life (which is still non-existent btw 
)..it's rough! Hang in there! 
