Chapter Four: Friday is the New Monday
It is safe to say that Joe is the most famous plumber in America.
It is also safe to say that the ZZUBs loved them some Contemporary Resort. We were worried we'd miss the Lodge, because we felt so at home there. Or hadn't I told you this before?
This is how you get two chapters in the same week. It's the same chapter. Only with pictures. And a gerund thrown in for good measure.
We did miss the Lodge. Like Ashclan's boys miss the bowl apparently. But we didn't
miss the Lodge. We missed it like we missed
Seinfeld when it went on summer hiatus. Not like we missed
Seinfeld when the series ended. And before we got it on DVD.
In other words, we pretty quickly felt at home in the Contemporary Resort.
Which sure sucks for me.
Do you have any freaking idea how much more expensive that place is compared with the Moderate-Deluxe Wilderness Lodge?!
So sucks for me.
Anyway, I love looking at pictures from Disney World and I reckon some of y'all might as well. So this here is mainly a photo chapter. I thought I'd throw up some more pictures of the Contemporary Resort for your perusal.
Looking into our room from the hall. You'll notice ZZUBY's croc was cast aside like Barack Obama's pledge to cut taxes for 95% of Americans will be about 5 minutes after he takes office. (C.F. Clinton, Bill, circa 1993). Left alone, in the middle of the floor. Lonely like a cloud. Like Guy Ritchie now that Madonna is gone. Except ZZUBY's croc doesn't require the daily use of Valtrex.
Snack area and closets with ZZUBY's backpack. I actually liked the snack area in the Lodge better. It was a better set up with bigger snack drawers. We ended up piling a bunch of our snacks on top of the deal. The fridge is under the counter in a cabinet. Unfortunately, the room designers didn't seem to grasp the way refrigerators work. The fridge being trapped in a cabinet can't get enough air and it ends up getting really hot. ZZUB Tip: when you leave the room and when you go to bed, open the cabinet doors in front of the refrigerator. That way the fridge gets air and stays cold.
Here's another shot of the sinks. You can see the towel ladder in the reflection. If you look closely, you can see me, too.
Here's a picture of the castle after it ate dinner at Teppanyaki. For those of you who have wondered,
that's what a number four looks like.
It never dawned on me before that you can see The Lodge from the Contemporary. But you can. You can also see EPCOT. We watched Illuminations from the landing outside the 8th floor one night. It was a sweet spot with a great view of Illuminations and the EWP. ZZUB Tip: prop the door open with something. Or else you're walking all the way down to the first floor to get back in.
I shot this one morning after I had my quiet time. Man I loved watching the World wake up.
The new coffee bar. 9 days we were there. Didn't go to this deal once. Other than the guy in the orange shirt, we didn't see anyone else go to it either. It was like a Dennis Kucinich rally. Only no one was threatening to impeach anyone.
I actually shot a ton of pictures of the Resort. Most of them were fairly typical pictures. But then I tried to find shots I hadn't seen anywhere. Pictures I thought would be interesting to look at later on. Maybe this is what they were thinking when they wrote
Dude, Where's My Car? Still, I like some of these angles.
I had a lot of fun finding new angles to take pictures of the Monorail. Being underneath it or above it was a big deal to me.
Here's a shot of the new landscaping.
And finally, the shot from the end of the marina:
There were tons of more pictures I wanted to take. I shot some video a couple of times from the balcony as well. Just filmed the MK, filmed the traffic on the Seven Seas Lagoon. I wanted to film some from the Concourse, just film the Monorail coming and going. But I never had the time to do it. I started to make time on our last day. Just for that. But then I thought, "You know what, ZZUB, this isn't the only time you'll stay here. Save something for the next time." There's a little window into my head for you. I purposefully didn't do everything I wanted to do because by leaving stuff undone, I knew we'd be back.
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