It wasn't until around 9AM that I woke up
What????
It was still 6AM on my body clock
Ah! Okay. That's more like it.
Since we were staying a while I always like to unpack and put things in the closet and drawers and such. If we are staying 4 nights or longer I don't want to live out of a suitcase.
I'll unpack if I'm staying more than
one night.
While I was unpacking there was a knock on the door. It was housekeeping and they wanted to come in and change the towels or do something. I thought that was odd since we don’t get trash and towel service until the 3rd or 4th day of the stay. She seemed adamant about doing it, and I told her that she could come back after noon. I hoped we would be gone by then since our FP opened at 12:25PM.
Um.... hello? It's morning?? Go away.
Fran had pulled the covers back over her head so I knew she wasn't ready to get up yet.
Yes, I would think that would be a pretty good sign.
I was lucky enough to have a friend pick it up for me and then through the friend of a friend network it was delivered just a week before my trip.
Nice.
Good to have friends who can help out.
Fran said she didn't care what we did, or if we even went there. Ugh, I hope I can get her out of this funk.
Uh, oh...
So I opened up the app and looked for what was available for tonight and lo and behold there was an 8:20 reservation available, so I snagged it and canceled the Monday night one.
Yuss! Score!
I just made some bacon, the pastry we got the night before, and V8 juice on the side.
Nope! I could not drink V8 with pastry. That's a hard no for me.
She was pretty sure the water had never been hooked up, but to fix it she would need a work order. She had me call the front desk and within moments she was back to fix it (she just waited in the hall).
Wow! That's a
very good maintenance person!
We took down her name so that we could give her a good word, that helps CMs a lot.
How?
I mean how does it help, not how to do it.
While many of you might think this is cool. I'm still a little traumatized that it's first accident happened the first day on my arrival of the last trip.
I know. But... they really are very safe.
Plus the fact that Fran and I have to ride in separate cars and several cars apart. Only one
scooter can travel in the gondola.
Oh.
I'm sorry. I didn't think of that. For some reason, I guess I just assumed you'd both be in the same car, but of course not.
Sorry for my being obtuse.
Here is me being brave taking a selfie in my solo car.
Once we finished our leg from the Riviera, we had to transfer to another line for the Studios.
How bad was that? Or wasn't it too bad?
We arrived at DHS without incident and I was only slightly traumatized waiting for Fran's car to arrive.
Awww... poor Alison.
we headed to our first FP which was Star Tours. They had all new scenes, at least to me! It was very cool!
Oh! Maybe I need to ride this again. I've been happy to skip it lately.
I was scared off by the fact that the single rider line could be as long as the standby line sign.
Really! Huh!
Rosie's American Grill won with the Chili Cheese Dog
How was that?
Fran won't use those little yellow corn ear holders that we have at home, but she said she would use these.
Why?
We decided to head to Disney Springs and Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar.
Great place. I like it there.
While the skyliner might be cool, it's kinda lonely riding a by yourself. Even if we don't talk to each other on the busses, the fact that we are in a space together is calming.
Yeah... I can see that.
Serious suggestion... If you think you'll be riding it more (Like if you know you'll be staying at the same resort in the future), maybe invest in a couple of two way radios? Stash them in your purses (or a locker) when you get to the end terminal?
Of course if you have two phones with good voice plans, then just do that.
But maybe that would help you feel less lonely? You could talk. Point out things. Just be reassured.
When we got to the bus stop there were already two scooters waiting. At 3:52 a bus pulled up and they boarded. The driver said he would send another bus our way. Sure enough at 3:59 another bus to DS was pulling up!
Nice!
We missed getting to sit in the diving bell by less than a minute.
Well... poop! That thing looks fun.
I ordered the Fountain of Youth, cause it was a blue drink.
Of course!
When they bring you the collectible mug, the waitress told her to give him a name and feed him twice a day.
Did you?
Do you???
Our waitress told us fun stories about some of the stuff on the walls, the only thing I remember was the coin that got seared into one of the bad guy's hands was on a wall somewhere.
Reallly!!! The real one? How cool is that!
The room has all kinds of neat stuff going on, we were seated near this ancient ice making machine. It would bubble, make some noise, and then it put out one of those cool sphere ice cubes like they serve at 1901.
Cool!
Um... sure, what the heck. Pun intended!
I swear for this day we had @pkondz's bus pass cause the moment we pulled up at the bus stop, I turned around to see a Riviera bus pulling up to take us home.
You're welcome to borrow it any time.
We took the elevator two floors up, and Fran asked, "Where do we go?" And as soon as we got out of the elevator she said, "Oh, it's just like the Fantasy." Tell me if you understand that reference cause I had the exact same thought!
No clue. Cruise virgin here. (But not for too much longer!)
As soon as she saw us, she jumped out of her chair, came running over giving us big hugs, and saying, "Oh my god! I haven't seen you in forever," and all sorts of other nice things.
Awwww!
They brought us bread and oil with balsamic while we perused the menu.
Did you have to request the balsamic again?
While we were waiting, the fireworks at Epcot went off. They gave us some notice to go out on the terrace so we could watch them.
Nice.
