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We took it easy this morning after waking up at 9. We leisurely got dressed for Typhoon Lagoon, we are less bothered by the rides here so as long as we could get somewhere to drop off our things it didnt matter what time we got there. We headed out the door and stopped at Publix on the way to grab something to eat and a few more drinks. I picked up 2 croissants while Sy got the biggest sub I have EVER seen, theres no way I would have even managed half! But Sy showed why he has the gut he has and wolfed the whole thing on the way to TL - while I drove. The croissants were pretty yuk 
they werent like normal croissants - they were soft. I ate 1 on the way there.
We finally got to TL for 11:30am. We went to get changed and buy a new barcode for the mug we got last year, the mugs have changed now but they said it was fine to still use my old one
We then walked around** a little while looking for somewhere to leave our things. We finally found 2 chairs on the beachy area. We stood putting on suncream when something hit my arm, as the lovebugs were out in force I thought it might be one of them, and shook it off. Only it didnt shake off. I turned my arm over and oh would you look at that, a bird had crapped on me. Am I cursed at Typhoon Lagoon??! I put suncream on Sys back but he moaned that it was cold, big baby! He even accused me of deliberately putting loads on to be mean :O I wasnt, he has a lot of back to cover - its just a happy coincidence that it was cold 
hehehe
**note that I walked very carefully after falling over last year
First up was the wave pool, we spent some time chilling out in the shallow end and then I swam off to as deep as you can go while Sy stayed shallow, after that massive sub he wasnt so sure about the hardcore swimming he would have to do in deep end to stay afloat. I however didnt have that problem as I hadnt eaten something the size of a small dog so off I swam.
After playing in the wave pool a while we decided to grab a ring and sail along the lazy river, this is my idea of heaven!
We then grabbed a drink and sat on our little seats.
While we were sat there a big black bird came to land on the empty sun lounger near us, he then proceeded to pull a whole packed of crackers out of the bag that the people left there, and fly off! Well, he tried to fly but it was too heavy. At first I was so stunned I just sat there and watched but when he dropped the packet I ran to pick them up and put them back, and then covered the bag with a towel to stop him coming back. What a cheeky bird!
After a bit of sunbathing (or sunshading as far as Sy is concerned) we head back into the wave pool again, where we stayed for about an hour. We then decided that we had chilled out enough and packed up to head back to the hotel. On route to the changing rooms we spotted this guy...
Whos idea was it to have a picture of me in a swimsuit?!
After a quick change we headed back to the hotel to shower and get ready for this evenings festivities. Olly Murs
Back at the hotel I notice Sys back was a little pink, well some of it was pink, and some of it was white still where I sprayed the suncream. Imagine a pink and while Dalmatian hahahaha well serves him right for not letting me put enough on and moaning We showered and got ready to go, we needed to leave with enough time to pick up our tickets from Will Call. Sy snapped a picture of me outside.
We were so shocked to see the queue outside - we were early but some of these girls had blankets out on the floor to sit on! They must have been there all day. We picked up the tickets and made our way over to the disabled ramp. There were a few people in front of us. The couple in front of us were English and started chatting to us, the man said he knew Olly and then said the girls here were wasting their time and hinted that Olly was gay :O Im not sure I believed him though Before long though, Lynn came up in the queue behind us with her hubby and son. It was so lovely to meet her and chat to them all. We had nearly met the day before in Animal Kingdom, we were all there but our paths just didnt cross. We knew Lynn was going to be there, we had gushed about seeing Olly online. We were told we had to queue up in the disabled queue half an hour before the show started and we would be let in early but as it happens we were let in late so we stood there for at least 45 mins, it was a little bit of agony for me to be stood up there for so long but with great people to chat to the time soon went (I get joint problems as a result of my Ulcerative Colitis which had been playing me up this holiday). The time came to head inside, our tickets were scanned and we grabbed 2 of the very, very few chairs available. Lynn and I sat on the chairs behind the disabled area while her hubby sat in there with their son - you can only have 1 person with the person in a wheelchair. We had a great view though as we could see over the top of everyone (the chairs were bar stools).
Sy and I went to get drinks but needed to go and get wristbands to say we were old enough to drink alcohol. I only wanted a bottle of water anyway, but as Sy wanted a long island iced tea he went off to get one.
The warm up act was 3 brothers from Orlando so there was lots of local support for them, they reminded me of McFly. I knew Carrie was also seeing Olly tonight, we were messaging on Facebook while we were there, she said they reminded her of Hanson, and then they covered Mmmbop, so funny! They were called Before You Exit, well I was hoping they would make a quick exit and make room for Olly!! They were a bit too cocky for my liking. It was busy and loud, I started to think I might be a bit old for this especially with all the screaming young girls. It was too busy to head over to meet Carrie - she was over the other side of the room with a good view too
Before You Exit finally got the hint and headed off and then it was time for the main event, the reason we were here. Olly EEEEEK!
I wont go on about his concert, if youve been to a concert before you know the deal, songs get sung, women swoon. The only difference is Olly didnt fall over - he almost always does
Here are a couple of pictures from the evening.
It was all over far too soon. 9:30pm and we were walking back outside. We tried to find Carrie & Mark (her hubby) but they had run off and left us (they hadnt really, they were with another lady who was on her own so walked her to the car). We decided to go for a drink at the bar outside with Lynn and her family. We had such a great time with them chatting about holidays and about being DVC owners, they had more advice for us which was great.
Time was getting on though and we still hadnt had any dinner, I was really starving so we said our goodbyes and headed for the car. There was only one place we were going tonight, Steak and Shake! We ordered at the drive through and then drove round the front to wait for it to be cooked, we saw loads of CMs from fantasyland going in, obviously just finishing work.
We finally got back to the hotel by 12:30pm, ate dinner in bed and fell fast asleep.
they werent like normal croissants - they were soft. I ate 1 on the way there. We finally got to TL for 11:30am. We went to get changed and buy a new barcode for the mug we got last year, the mugs have changed now but they said it was fine to still use my old one
We then walked around** a little while looking for somewhere to leave our things. We finally found 2 chairs on the beachy area. We stood putting on suncream when something hit my arm, as the lovebugs were out in force I thought it might be one of them, and shook it off. Only it didnt shake off. I turned my arm over and oh would you look at that, a bird had crapped on me. Am I cursed at Typhoon Lagoon??! I put suncream on Sys back but he moaned that it was cold, big baby! He even accused me of deliberately putting loads on to be mean :O I wasnt, he has a lot of back to cover - its just a happy coincidence that it was cold hehehe**note that I walked very carefully after falling over last year
First up was the wave pool, we spent some time chilling out in the shallow end and then I swam off to as deep as you can go while Sy stayed shallow, after that massive sub he wasnt so sure about the hardcore swimming he would have to do in deep end to stay afloat. I however didnt have that problem as I hadnt eaten something the size of a small dog
so off I swam. After playing in the wave pool a while we decided to grab a ring and sail along the lazy river, this is my idea of heaven!
We then grabbed a drink and sat on our little seats.
While we were sat there a big black bird came to land on the empty sun lounger near us, he then proceeded to pull a whole packed of crackers out of the bag that the people left there, and fly off! Well, he tried to fly but it was too heavy. At first I was so stunned I just sat there and watched but when he dropped the packet I ran to pick them up and put them back, and then covered the bag with a towel to stop him coming back. What a cheeky bird!
After a bit of sunbathing (or sunshading as far as Sy is concerned) we head back into the wave pool again, where we stayed for about an hour. We then decided that we had chilled out enough and packed up to head back to the hotel. On route to the changing rooms we spotted this guy...
Whos idea was it to have a picture of me in a swimsuit?!
After a quick change we headed back to the hotel to shower and get ready for this evenings festivities. Olly Murs
Back at the hotel I notice Sys back was a little pink, well some of it was pink, and some of it was white still where I sprayed the suncream. Imagine a pink and while Dalmatian hahahaha well serves him right for not letting me put enough on and moaning
We showered and got ready to go, we needed to leave with enough time to pick up our tickets from Will Call. Sy snapped a picture of me outside.
We were so shocked to see the queue outside - we were early but some of these girls had blankets out on the floor to sit on! They must have been there all day. We picked up the tickets and made our way over to the disabled ramp. There were a few people in front of us. The couple in front of us were English and started chatting to us, the man said he knew Olly and then said the girls here were wasting their time and hinted that Olly was gay :O Im not sure I believed him though
Before long though, Lynn came up in the queue behind us with her hubby and son. It was so lovely to meet her and chat to them all. We had nearly met the day before in Animal Kingdom, we were all there but our paths just didnt cross. We knew Lynn was going to be there, we had gushed about seeing Olly online. We were told we had to queue up in the disabled queue half an hour before the show started and we would be let in early but as it happens we were let in late so we stood there for at least 45 mins, it was a little bit of agony for me to be stood up there for so long but with great people to chat to the time soon went (I get joint problems as a result of my Ulcerative Colitis which had been playing me up this holiday). The time came to head inside, our tickets were scanned and we grabbed 2 of the very, very few chairs available. Lynn and I sat on the chairs behind the disabled area while her hubby sat in there with their son - you can only have 1 person with the person in a wheelchair. We had a great view though as we could see over the top of everyone (the chairs were bar stools). Sy and I went to get drinks but needed to go and get wristbands to say we were old enough to drink alcohol. I only wanted a bottle of water anyway, but as Sy wanted a long island iced tea he went off to get one.
The warm up act was 3 brothers from Orlando so there was lots of local support for them, they reminded me of McFly. I knew Carrie was also seeing Olly tonight, we were messaging on Facebook while we were there, she said they reminded her of Hanson, and then they covered Mmmbop, so funny! They were called Before You Exit, well I was hoping they would make a quick exit and make room for Olly!! They were a bit too cocky for my liking. It was busy and loud, I started to think I might be a bit old for this
especially with all the screaming young girls. It was too busy to head over to meet Carrie - she was over the other side of the room with a good view too Before You Exit finally got the hint and headed off and then it was time for the main event, the reason we were here. Olly
EEEEEK!I wont go on about his concert, if youve been to a concert before you know the deal, songs get sung, women swoon. The only difference is Olly didnt fall over - he almost always does
Here are a couple of pictures from the evening.
It was all over far too soon. 9:30pm and we were walking back outside. We tried to find Carrie & Mark (her hubby) but they had run off and left us
(they hadnt really, they were with another lady who was on her own so walked her to the car). We decided to go for a drink at the bar outside with Lynn and her family. We had such a great time with them chatting about holidays and about being DVC owners, they had more advice for us which was great. Time was getting on though and we still hadnt had any dinner, I was really starving so we said our goodbyes and headed for the car. There was only one place we were going tonight, Steak and Shake! We ordered at the drive through and then drove round the front to wait for it to be cooked, we saw loads of CMs from fantasyland going in, obviously just finishing work.
We finally got back to the hotel by 12:30pm, ate dinner in bed and fell fast asleep.
