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Day 05 - 01-Jul - A Day In The Hotel
I think it was going for breakfast that we relaised the problem. The fact that we were soaked once we reached Old Port Royale. That was it. Yesterday's weather hadn't gone away.
So we had a very lazy morning and afternoon, spent around the hotel. We bought pre-pay cards for the video games arcade, and the kids played in that for a time. Then we went back to our room and the kids watched TV for a while.
This day had been planned as a "day off" anyway, but my expectations had been that there would be a day in the swimming pool, not one watching the rain falling.
One thing we had talked about doing was going to see Cirque du Soleil - La Nouba, and the sheer frustration of spending a day watching the rain falling helped us decide. I phoned up from the hotel and booked five seats - DW, DS, DD, Uncle John and me.
Around late afternoon we went to Downtown Disney. The weather had even improved enough that we were able to stand outside without geting soaked!
It was time for dinner. While there, we noticed a new restaurant that hadn't been there last time we were in WDW. T-REX. To my horror, and the kids' delight, it had a dinosaur-flavoured variant of "Build A Bear" right there, in the restaurant. Luckily, the theming outside was enough to distract the kids and we managed to avoid going inside.
Being a Scot, of course, I loved having Nessie nearby
For dinner we went to the Raglan Road pub.
This place is a strong favourite of my parents-in-law, and the food is a pleasant antidote to all of the excessive sugar in some of the other meals. And it serves cider too!
But wow, the dessert was a bit excessive.
We were getting a bit worried about time, but got out of the pub in time to get to Cirque du Soleil. Photography was strictly forbidden when the show was on, but this gives you an idea of the size of the auditorium
The show was simply stunning - I have no other way to describe it! Absolutely fantastic, and worth every penny we spent on it.
After that and a short trip to the souvenir shop, we went back outside and met Granny and Granda. They had been wandering around Downtown Disney and had decided that they were going to buy a dinosaur from the Rainforest Cafe for each of the kids. So we went back there, stopping off at the Harley Davidson for a couple of photographs.
Once at the Rainforest Cafe it took me very little time to realise how much I hated the place. It was just too loud and - even for Disneyworld - too obviously exploitative. I spent most of my time outside taking photos of the sunset
But eventually went back in and took some photos of the kids with their new toys
That done, we jumped on a bus and went back to the hotel. What had started out as a bit of a washout became quite a good day in the end
The 4F Trip Report
Day 05 - 01-Jul - A Day In The Hotel
I think it was going for breakfast that we relaised the problem. The fact that we were soaked once we reached Old Port Royale. That was it. Yesterday's weather hadn't gone away.
So we had a very lazy morning and afternoon, spent around the hotel. We bought pre-pay cards for the video games arcade, and the kids played in that for a time. Then we went back to our room and the kids watched TV for a while.
This day had been planned as a "day off" anyway, but my expectations had been that there would be a day in the swimming pool, not one watching the rain falling.
One thing we had talked about doing was going to see Cirque du Soleil - La Nouba, and the sheer frustration of spending a day watching the rain falling helped us decide. I phoned up from the hotel and booked five seats - DW, DS, DD, Uncle John and me.
Around late afternoon we went to Downtown Disney. The weather had even improved enough that we were able to stand outside without geting soaked!
It was time for dinner. While there, we noticed a new restaurant that hadn't been there last time we were in WDW. T-REX. To my horror, and the kids' delight, it had a dinosaur-flavoured variant of "Build A Bear" right there, in the restaurant. Luckily, the theming outside was enough to distract the kids and we managed to avoid going inside.
Being a Scot, of course, I loved having Nessie nearby
For dinner we went to the Raglan Road pub.
This place is a strong favourite of my parents-in-law, and the food is a pleasant antidote to all of the excessive sugar in some of the other meals. And it serves cider too!
But wow, the dessert was a bit excessive.
We were getting a bit worried about time, but got out of the pub in time to get to Cirque du Soleil. Photography was strictly forbidden when the show was on, but this gives you an idea of the size of the auditorium
The show was simply stunning - I have no other way to describe it! Absolutely fantastic, and worth every penny we spent on it.
After that and a short trip to the souvenir shop, we went back outside and met Granny and Granda. They had been wandering around Downtown Disney and had decided that they were going to buy a dinosaur from the Rainforest Cafe for each of the kids. So we went back there, stopping off at the Harley Davidson for a couple of photographs.
Once at the Rainforest Cafe it took me very little time to realise how much I hated the place. It was just too loud and - even for Disneyworld - too obviously exploitative. I spent most of my time outside taking photos of the sunset
But eventually went back in and took some photos of the kids with their new toys
That done, we jumped on a bus and went back to the hotel. What had started out as a bit of a washout became quite a good day in the end
