Day 5 continued: March 17, 2010
We left off just getting to DTD and deciding where to eat dinner. I mentioned that I have been wanting to eat at Earl of Sandwich for a long time now, so we went over to check out the menu. The line was really long, but it seemed to be moving fast. We decided to go for it.
I told Kristen where we were eating and she was super happy! While we were standing in line, a CM came up to us and asked us if this was our first time eating there. We said "Yes", and she told us "You have made a very wise decision. We are known for having the
best sandwiches in the world!" I thought to myself, "Wow! They better be that good with the spiel you're giving!"
As we got closer to the front, I started eyeing the desserts. Wow! They sure have some yummy ones! I couldn't make up my mind between the chocolate pudding and the cheesecake. I decided to make my final decision when we got to it.
As we were getting closer to the front, the line behind us continued to grow. I was amazed at how popular this place was! That's when I started getting excited to try a sandwich. I ordered the Italian hot sandwich, which comes with Salami, Capicola, Ham, Mortadella, Zesty Italian Dressing, Mozzarella & Roma Tomato. For dessert, I had the chocolate pudding. Fiance ordered the Full Montagu hot sandwich, which comes with Roasted Beef, Turkey, Swiss & Cheddar Cheese, Lettuce, Roma Tomato & Earl's Mustard. For dessert, he had a fruit bowl. Great. Way to make me feel like a pig with my chocolate pudding!
Since it was packed inside, we decided to find a table outside. We found one in the corner, on the side of the building. While we were sitting down, we realized that there was a kiddie hula hoop contest going on not too far from us. It was so cute! When they got to the final round, the DJ running it had a microphone and was going around asking the kids their names and where they were from. The first two were from Alabama, but they didn't know each other. Then, the third one says they were from Alabama too! The DJ asks the kid if he knew either one of the other two. He didn't. The DJ thought that was hilarious. The fourth one wasn't from Alabama...and when the DJ got to the fifth one, he goes "Let me guess, you're from Alabama." And the kid was!
But none of them knew each other!
About the food...okay, seriously. Anyone who has not been to Earl yet, NEEDS to go there next time you're at DTD! I took one bite of my sandwich and was in love. It was SO good. I couldn't stop talking about how good it was. I texted Sis and said, "Now I know where we're eating in July at DTD!"
Fiance loved his as well. When we were all done and FULL as can be, we left Earl completely satisfied with our meal.
It was time to start shopping! We stopped in Tren-D first, which Fiance soon left and went into the Team Mickey store.
I couldn't believe all the Alice in Wonderland stuff that was already out. (The movie had just come into theaters.) They really went all out with it! I was sad, there wasn't anything in there that really grabbed my eye.
After I found Fiance, we headed to the WoD store. We actually stayed together this time!
We wandered through every room, then went back to what I wanted to get. I ended up getting a Minnie shirt, which you'll see in the July TR. I also got a Minnie and Mickey kissing magnetic pic frame for our refridgerator in our apartment.
After WoD, we had to make the stop that Fiance was excited about-
Legoland. One of his traditions for every vacation is to buy something from there and then start building it in the room when we come back at night before bed. This time and last June though, he hasn't really found anything that caught his attention. It doesn't help that it's always packed when we're in there. Seriously, it is so hard to move around! We looked a little bit and Fiance said, "Let's get out of here!"
Next, we decided to head over to the Harley Davidson shop. Cue Fiance's drooling. There were two bikes in the windows.
We'd shop a little, then he'd go back to them, shop a little, go back to them.
I managed to get him out of there though!
After there, we just sort-of walked around. I wanted to see how busy Raglan Road would be since it was St. Patty's Day. WOW! There were people
everywhere there. People all decked out in St. Patty gear waiting to eat. And all the people that were eating at the outside tables ALL had those St.Patty's Day leprechaun hats on. All of them! It was insane. We could hardly make it through there!
Once we got on the other side, we decided to head back to the popcorn stand that we saw across from Tren-D. It was a journey just getting back there! More and more people were coming to DTD and it was just becoming a mob scene. Is that what it's like every night there? This was our first time not being there during the day and it was sure different! Once we had our popcorn in our hands, we headed to the margarita stand to get some drinks of course! I had a Margarita and Fiance had a Rum Runner. We were going to sit at one of the tables down by the water, but it was freezing! So we settled for a table up a little farther from the water. Here's our view of the table, which is also the pic I sent from my phone to Kristen:
Both drinks were really good! We had to hang onto our popcorn containers though because it was really windy! While we were sitting there, a stand was starting to open up not too far from us. We were interested to see what they were selling since we had never noticed the place before. It ended up being a place that was selling everything for left handed people!! They had just about anything you could imagine.
After we were done with our popcorn and drinks, we decided to call it a night and head back to Pop. That's when it hit me...tomorrow is our last full day.
ALREADY! Vacations sure do fly by fast! We made our way to the bus stop and didn't have to wait too long. Of course, we had to make a stop at Pleasure Island first. I saw Disney Quest and thought of Kristen and Chris and how much fun they had there. Isn't it amazing how we all go to the same places and have different experiences. That's what makes TR's so interesting!
Once we made it back to Pop, we headed for the gift shop to pick up our packages that we had sent from Epcot. They were all there!
We headed back to the room, and drank some champagne while I updated my notes and we watched the end of "Independence Day" on tv.
~Up next:
A magical day at the MK
(I've never been before to OKW)
you're right though.. it's those kind of memories that make it so much fun!
We got in line, in the heat, and weaved, in the heat, and went up stairs, and went down stairs, in the heat, and weaved some more, in the heat...for 120 mins (which actually felt twice that long). 
for FPs!!
I hate leaving the parks with FPs and not have given them away! I kept them for awhile b/c I thought maybe I'd put them in a scrapbook or something; I finally threw them away the other day b/c it upset me everytime I looked at them. 
it's our favorite place to eat at in DTD, it's so worth it!
