october 1 day one of the trip
went to bed at midnight 9/30 as it took me that long to get laundry done for the ones left behind.............as if they would change their clothes much with me gone.
had to get up at 3:30 to drink coffee for at least 30 minutes to get my eyes opened and focussed......then dressed and suitcases in the car.
at 4, got dh up so he could drive me to ohare.
left the house at 4:30, would have left earlier but dh dragged his feet saying, you don't have to get there that early, we have lots of time.
At ohare at 5:30 and the line for check in for the 7:25 flight already out the door.
guess who did not get a good bye kiss................
through the line and through security check in 40 minutes. spent the next hour being miserable and listening to screaming children and spouses fighting over what they forgot to pack for the kidlettes..........
figured i would eat at mickey d's since the grub on the plane was peanuts and soda. plane boarded early and left on time. in orlando at 11:10 but sat on the plane for 15 minutes as the gate wasn't cleared.
no wait for my town service...........but he wouldn't let me keep the sign with my name on it.............did a stop on universal blvd at publix for a few items and at all stars within 15 minutes. my driver drove very fast............but he had religious music on so i figured we wouldn't get in an accident.
once at the hotel, checked in, and of course the room was not ready, its never ready when i get there. ate at the food court then the room was ready. everyting to the room and ready to go play. wow,,,84 degrees not like it was back home.
took the first bus that came up to the all stars and got on. didn't have plans the first day so i figured whatever bus came first was the place i would go to.
started laughing while i was on the way to the magic kingdon....i couldnt believe i actually was there and the fam back home didn't know. sure hope i wasn't in any accident while i was there, kind of hard not to let them know where i was then.
mk closed early 6 due to
mnsshp so when i left there,walked over to the contemporary and took the first bus that came . this time it was dtd. stayed there until midnight and came back to allstars...........exhausted.
day 2: decided to go to animal kingdom, figuring that it would be empty and it was. not humid at all that day. lots of walking and felt something pull in my ankle but ignored it,.......on vacation, ran away from home, nothing would prevent me from stopping.
did the lion king festival twice, boy i love this place. always sit in a different section each time to get a better angle/view of it all. the best is the warthop section. the monkeys skit faces that direction , so does the fire twirler person.
ate at flame tree, another winner for me.. i still had my coupons for the meal deal from a year ago, just found them in the bottom of a drawer in my bedroom. i know, i just haven't gotten around to cleaning and sorting it out yet, but back to this, the place accepted the coupons........didn't plan to come back to AK after this day so used the other old coupons to get bottled water. why i did that i just don't know. must be the female in me. couldn't let those coupons go to waste and not use them.........walked back to the bus with three bottles of water which i later just left in my room the rest of the stay.
i would have bought the mickey bars but they would have melted and i was tired of ice cream at that point. yea, second day and tired of ice cream. since i didn't have my kids with me, i ate what i wanted when i wanted and already had ice cream for breakfast......
anyway, took the bus to the hotel and then switched to mgm.........went to tower of terror, my home away from home. i just adore this ride, if i could put that ride in my back pocket and take it home with me , i surely would.
did dinner at hollywood and vine which was a big mistake. i had my ps for each day set up in advance and have always enjoyed that place.
the server wasn't a nice cm. the hostess walked me to my table. which by the way was a half table. you know the ones by the low wall that separtes the two sides from the other and the table has two chairs only, yea, those half tables.
the hostess tells me to sit and wait for the server for my drink order. i sit for 10 minutes and she doesn't come. the hostess notices and comes back for my drink order and tells me to go ahead to the buffet line.
i have been to the buffet line twice,( i was very hungry.........) before the cm comes to me for a drink refill. never does she clean my half table. when i hit the ice cream section, i had to stack my own plates for her.........
the cm comes to my table 25 minutes after i arrived and gives me the bill.
she doesn't come back.
i go to the cm up front to pay for my diner and she tells me i need to give it to my cm. whoa nellie....................no way jose..........i pay her and leave.
didn't stay for fantasia as seen it before and it doesn't thrill me.
starting to do serious shopping at mgm...........
after that, did my fave rides and attractions and back on the bus to the room. foot is killing me at this point.
stay tune for day 3 and the mnsshp unless you are tired of this and want me to quit and just high light what i ate, what i rode, and who i did.
gay cousin and friend come along on day 8
had to edit some of the typo errors, driving me nuts.........
when there is a will there is a way!
Isn't that what those springy horses are for so you don't have to break your leg with pony rides?
