We woke up super early to get ready to leave for the airport (4 am).
We left the house at 5 am and arrived at the airport in about 10 mins.
My DF lives very close to the airport. The lines weren't too long to
check-in but the one line was a lot shorter then the other...of course
we are sent to the longer line. We get to the counter and the lady
sees my tickets and says..."oh your in the wrong line...just wait a
min and i'll be with you". I guess "right with you" means after she
gets done flirting with the guy in front of us for 5 minutes. 5 minutes
later she hands us are boarding passes and takes our luggage. Off we go
to the security checkpoint.
The lady checks my id and boarding pass and let's me through. I turn
around and I see her marking my DF's pass and pointing him to go back
to the check-in area! I find out that his license is expired (yes he
knew this!!) and he has to get a special ticket (one that has SSSS on
it) before going forward so that he can be further searched. The lady
at the check-in area was suppose to catch this...but she didn't.
Luckily they let us go to the front of the check-in line and quickly
fixed the ticket. We then go back through security and he gets the
whole search down
So by this time we had like 10 mins before the
plan boarded. We grabbed a quick snack and drink...then onto the
plane.
The plane ride was surprisingly quick and painless. I hadn't taken my
Dramamine but I guess since I was so sleepy I didn't need it. We were
afraid that we'd be stuck talking to the guy next to us the whole
time. But he surprised us and was quite quiet. Before we boarded the
plane this guy wouldn't shut up! He was a little wierd though. He was
married and being awful flirtatious with the stewardess....telling her
"do you know how beautiful you are?"...interesting....
So we arrived in Orlando around 9 am and hopped on the Magical
Express. The bus ride of course made me nauseas...just like it did
last year and of course we had to stop at 3 resorts before getting to
ours. This would be one of the many "stupid" bus experiences. I
hate buses!
As we were driving we were wondering what All Star Music (ASM) was
going to be like. Neither of us had ever stayed there. We pulled up to
the resort and just smiled at each other....knowing this wasn't going
to be like staying at the Carribbean Beach Resort
Our first day we had nothing planned but to lay by the pool and go to
Ohanas for dinner. We took one glance at the ASM pools and decided
that we were going to go to the AK resort to enjoy their pool. (I know
some of you are prbly thinking...snobs right?) So we pack our bag and
head to the AK Park then to AK Resort.
The AK resort ws AMAZING!! I'm super excited to go back and stay
there. We are already planning out future Disney trips and the next
family one we take we plan to stay there. The pool environment was
just what we were looking for. And the pool itself coldn't be more
cooler...the way it looks like a lagoon...so cool. It was like we were
on some secluded island.
Animal Kingdom Pool
We stayed at the pool all day. I made sure we had suntan lotion on b/c
we had our pics with Randy the next day and didn't want to look like
lobsters. Oh here's a funny thing. My DF went and got me a orange
creamsicle drink. He comes back and hands it to me...I go to take a
sip. I then start wondering why I'm not getting any drink...and
realize...it's not a straw in my cup...it's a stick!!
They
don't have straws b/c of the animals. It was a pretty hysterical
moment. Silly me!
We got back to the ASM around 5:30 pm. As we pulled up in the bus we
had another snobbish moment but sucked it up and said we're here for
our planning session...deal with it. We got to the room...and as I was
opening the door I had a wierd feeling that the luggage wouldn't be
there. Mine was...but DF's wasn't
We had dinner reservations in
2 hours at O'hana so he gets on the phone and talks to someone in CS.
They said the luggage is on site...and they will send it within the
hour. An hour goes by...still no luggage. He calls back...they say 20
mins. Then in about 20 mins a manager calls. She says that the luggage
is not on site that it hasn't arrived from the airport! So now DF is
furious
We both lay there on the bed...I don't say anything b/c
I know if I talk it won't help matters. He falls asleep....and finally
knock knock....there's luggage at our door! Supposedly it was put in
the wrong room. The manager was very apologetic and gave us $50 to use
towards dinner. So maybe the missing luggage was worth it??
We had the manager push our reservations back 30 mins to give us time
to get to the Poly. We were seated within 15 mins. So we sit down and
then that lady who does all the songs/games with the kids starts
singing and dancing right in front of us! They seated us right next to
the kids area where they do the songs and games! We just rolled our
eyes and said that's our luck. We were hoping to enjoy a nice quiet
meal...but that didn't happen. I love kids...have one myself...but
that's just not the mood we were hoping for. In any case...dinner was
good. We weren't pleased with the way they rushed us in and out of
there. It was a very fast paced environment. During dinner we decided
this place is nice, but it is not the atmosphere we want for our
rehearsal dinner.
Sipping on a Mojito waiting to be seated.
DF laughing as the lady and kids are singing in our ears!
After dinner we watched Wishes from the Poly beach. I had never
watched it before so that was neat. After wishes we walked to the
transportation center and got on the bus to the AK (we asked the guys
and they said it was the quickest way back to our hotel). The cool
thing was our bus driver asked us where we were going and took us
straight to the hotel after he dropped the rest off at AK.
Coming up...Day Two: Planning Session...Engagement Shoot...Menu
Tasting...Downtown Disney...And more Stupid Buses.
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I go over to him and tell him to stop writing a book! He finishes up and off we go to the AK pool. 
