Yes,
the title has nothing to do with the actual chapter, but what a great name for a book.
Ok, I'd like to see a show of hands from all those that know where that is from, don't come right out and say it, but give me a subtle hint that shows you caught it, I'm curious to see how many know it.
Once we unpacked and put our stuff away without getting into a fight over who gets what drawers for clothes,
(surprisingly, very surprisingly, Diane was very reasonable for a change, she took 3 drawers and gave me 3 drawers.)
Hmm, I meant that as a compliment to her, but I'm not sure it's going to come across that way.
I want to go back onto a previous subject though.
Room views.
Yes, they are overrated, I would never pay for a "view" unless I had no choice.
However, it would appear I am much different than most people.
Most people would just rave about the scene we have at BLT, but after just one day, it bored the snot out of me.
Know why?
Nothing really ever changed. The only changes were so far in
the distance they were barely noticable.
Does anybody smell a list coming on? You should.
These are what I would say are the best room views that we have either had, or wanted to get, in DisneyWorld:
1. Boardwalk Inn or Boardwalk Villas/ Boardwalk view.
We have never had this view yet though we tried, what makes it so compelling to me is that at night there's always stuff going on down there, your "view" never really remains the same.
2. French Quarter, on the street.
You don't need a private balcony to enjoy watching people walk past down Rue d'Baga Lane, and then hear the "clip clop clip clop" when the horse drawn carriage passes right beneath you, we got room here in building 6 twice, right next to each other.
3. Down the main drag in ASMU, Jazz section, second floor.
We have been here on the first floor and it's ok, not too far from the food court, but it's busy, it would have been much better to watch all the pedestrian traffic and goings on from up there rather than ground level that we had.
4. AKL, savannah view
Yeah, animals are cool. But when you sit there and watch a giraffe eating leaves off the same tree for 45 minutes, you end up wanting some action, that's when I stand up and scream, "Send in the Kraaken!"
5. CBR, best spot ever in Aruba
In August of 09 we spent 3 nights in Aruba, where we also had a corner room, the side window faced the Aruba pool and the front window faced the lake which was right in front of us. This is a great double view room, scenic wise, but what made it so memorable was standing at the railing holding hands and watching an extremely fierce thunderstorm turn Barefoot Bay Lake into the Atlantic Ocean. Way cool.
As you can see, I like kinetic views, up here on the 15th floor it's like looking at a postcard the whole time.
Let's see what I've got picture wise inside here.
As you can see, there wasn't a whole lot a space to put stuff, the BLT villas are the smallest of all the DVC studios, except for the value studios at Jambo House.
They are only 339 square feet, compared to rooms in all the moderates at 315 feet. Come to think of it, I think the Value rooms at Jambo House are 340 feet.
But right here was the worst part:
They originally had the vanity WITH the kitcheonette, then went back and moved them all in with the toilet, ok, that's better.
But now the vanity is closed off with the toily, so you both cant do separate things in the morning to get ready, now it's "Your turn, my turn", that turned out to be a pain.
The kitchen was another joke:
Yes, we like the sink and microwave and toaster and stuff,
but it was all laid out in a galley form,, one lone skinny corridor that only could hold one person at a time.
There was a full length mirrow on the back wall to make it look bigger, I guess.
Ok, where's that photo?
Yeah, that's me standing in the mirror, hey, at least I'm not blow drying my hair this time!
Ok, after looking at the picture I see there were only 2 drawers for each of us, but they were big drawers.
Now, the potty room, you can see the vanity right next to the toily.
If you're looking to see which one has the vikes fuggedaboudit, they are in the safe.
Lastly, I have a picture I took of a bed.
Why?
Beats me.
Smidgy then went in search of an ice machine.
Remember how convenient it was in the Dominique section around the corner?
Here we have to pack a lunch first!
The ice machine was on the opposite wing from us, waaay down the hallway, and it was one floor below us.
We found the easiest way was just to keep going down the hallway till you got to the door that opens to the stairs and run down to the 14th floor.
Now that we have fresh ice, I opened up the big bottle of Dreamsickle I brought, a kind of orange sherbet/vanilla thing with a little bit of alcohol, all pre made in a plastic bottle.
Yes, I have been trying and wanting to get one at Aloha Isle now for the last 4 trips. The one made with icecream and no alcohol.
Know what?
I still am.
We then put our drinks in a plastic cup and went for a little exploring walk.
One thing Diane really wanted to know was if we were allowed up on the Top of the World Lounge, it's supposed to be only for DVC members, which we aren't.
But our Keyst to the World card say "DVC Member" on them.
However, most posters on that thread say you may have to show your DVC membership card, along with the KTTW card, understand?
We went up the stairs this time and found ourselves not far from the lounge/viewing area itself.
We were cut off by double glass doors.
I looked around and didn't see a key card reader anywhere and suggested maybe we should just try the doors, which she did.
They opened out and we went inside.
Nope, no problem getting inside. There were also no customers either in there but it was only about 6 at night.
This was all good to know because on Tuesday night we plan to watch HallowWishes from up here, there's a dead on view of the castle up here.
Then we went back to the room, it was just pouring out, and not surprisingly, I got all anxious looking at all the rain again,,,, gee, wonder why?
nope, too high up for the rain to be impressive in a photo.
Tonight we are haveing dinner for the first time ever over at Trail's End buffet, it does seem that every time we go over to Fort Wilderness we encounter a downpour at the very least.
It was some time around now that the batteries on the camera died, when I replaced them I had to reset the time again, and once again I screwed it up that took me a few days to notice. it's stuck in military time it seems, but now I have the day starting at 12 noon.
But it stopped soon enough, and even though our room is mostly facing northeast, I could see a good sunset was developing and we waited as long as we could:
If you look on the very left side of the pic, you'll see the balcony railing for the room next to us,,,,, and yes, I really was hanging out that far to get the best angle, Smidgy almost threw up!
Then, with a doctored up Fuzzy Cup in hands, we left for dinner.
Ok, we chose to walk to MK and grab the Fort Wilderness Fairy from there.
Ferry.
Is my Freudian slip showing?
Know what?
That walk to the MK is a lot farther than it looks.
I think I would compare it to the Dolphin walking to the World Showcase entrance.
Caught a boat without too much of a weight, and soon we pulled up at the FW dock.
(stop it Fraud)
By the time we walked to Trail's End, it was dark.
I'm always amazed at how quickly it seems to get dark in central Florida, one minute the sun is in my eyes, the next minute nothing is in my eyes.
We both hit the restroom, this is shared with the Hoop De Doo,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,REVUE!
But inside the bathroom for men is a very strange picture.
It kind of looks like it's from Blazing Saddles, the campfire and beans scene as all these men have their pants around their ankles,,, I don't think it will really come through here though.
They told us we had a ten minute wait, I was just killing time.
Soon enough we were called and got seated up against the wall, mothe,,,,,,,sorry.
I want to tell you all one thing:
This is a very hard restaurant to eat at, mainly for one reason.
They won't let you!
Eat.
Sure, there is all this great food up at the counters, but it's just "lookin' at food" , not really "eatin food."
I think the only way you can eat it is to just stand up at the bins with a fork in one hand and a spoon in the other.
We started off going up for soup and salad.
Up there we saw fresh homemade type bread and slice off a couple pieces and brought them back to the table and went back up.
I filled a bowl halfway with soup, but I didn't want to balance it whilst I made a salad and brought it back to the table first.
Both of our bread plates/bread, were gone.
I loooked around quickly, man, couldn't have been gone 3 minutes,,,, no one in sight.
I walked away, glancing over my shoulder, and told Smidgy the bad news, sorry Fred, no bread.
Now she is handling the soup and salad juggling routing masterfully, I make my own salad and go back to the table.
"Steve, did you eat your soup already?"
"No, I ,,,,,,,,"
Yep, now it was gone too. "No soup for you!"
I started laughing it was so ridiculous.
"Ok, this is going to take team work, I'll go get some more soup, then, when I get back, you go up and get us more bread, meanwhile, raise the drawbridge to keep her away.
Got my soup, she got the bread and now we are set for a little while anyway.
While we were talking and eating, I finished half my soup and pushed the bowl a little to the side to start on the salad and bread, when suddenly I felt a breeze at the back of my neck.
I turned around to look and just saw the back of a waitress disappearing down the aisle.
When I looked back at the table, my soup was gone again.
"Who, what, how,,,,,,"
Ok, that's it, nuff's enough!
I don't want more soup, I was probably done with it anyway but this has got to stop!
I set the trap......
I put an uneaten portion of the bread on the plate and slid it just a little bit off to the side,,, and pretended to work on my salad and talk to Diane.
Diane kept an eye out and suddenly nodded at the same time I could see a hand shoot out from what's left of my periphreal vision to snatch my plate.
With cat like reflexes that even surprised me, I grabbed the hand just above the wrist.
Wonder Waitress gasped.
"Do, not, remove, anything, on, this, table, without, asking, either, of, us, first!" and I let her go.
I could tell she had never been caught before cuz she was on the verge of tears, I'm sorry but she was the one playin' hardball.
It was main course time.
fI mainly stuck to the chicken, it is just the best I have had, here and at Prime Time.
Got mashed potatoes too, gravy, couple of ribs and that was prett much it for me. All of it is excellent, it's my favorite buffet on property, sans waitress.
I know I had some kind of desert and a little bit of ice cream from a fountain but I don't remember much of that, maybe Smidgy can help there.
Before we left I took a picture
We then did our commute in reverse.
As we are walking back to BLT, well, what do you know, a monorail flies by overhead.
A little further another one goes by and I point it out.
"Yes, I know, I know, once again they don't have a clue what's going on." Smidgy replied.
The Magic Kingdom closed at 7 tonight, then it was the Night of Joy hard ticket time. According to what we were told, the resort monorail was to stop at 8 o'clock tonight.
Right!
Back in our room, it was kind of cool to watch the Electric Water Pageant from our balcony, but it doesn't get over here until after ten o'clock.
Then, it was bed time, which means it's a great place to stop for now.
Please remember, if you know where I got the title of the chapter from, give me a subtle hint you do know, thanks,
C
Yuh
how funny. "ever watch top secret". one of his favorite movies!!
Maybe she thought her tips were based on how fast she could remove your food....or maybe there's a 1 plate at a time rule....or my favorite....she had a bet going with some of the other servers to see how many times she could do that before you said something.
