Alrighty then...as mentioned in an above post, I worked on a full day's report and completely LOST the whole thing right before I posted!!!
Needless to say, I wasn't happy. But lesson learned....
Anyway, here goes again: Wednesday, May 26th- Today is our sleep in, no park, no plans day
This is a completely new concept to us while on a disney adventure. Ok, I lied, I'm not gonna say we had NO plans, but we still didn't go to a park.
My hubby and I woke up much earlier than the boys and decided to go do something we've never done before at disney...had breakfast together and did the laundry. You thought it was going to be something more exciting, didn't you ??
We woke up the boys to tell them where we would be, left them a cell phone, and went to the laundry room
I typically refuse to do laundry on vacation...it's sinful as far as I'm concerned. But we were flying this trip and I didn't want to pay for the extra bags. So we head over and put the clothes in the wash, then go to the food court for breakfast.
Keep in mind that we're staying at POFQ, so can you guess what we had for breakfast? That's right folks, beignets! We ordered six and shared them while sitting out on the porch. Considering we live in Louisiana, beignets are fairly common. But I can't even tell you the last time that I ate one...those darn calories love my waist. But, I've read on here multiple times that calories do not count while you're at disney. And if it's stated on the dis boards that calories do not count, then by George, they do not count
Here's a pic of those little powdery sugary pieces of fried dough. OK, so I lied..I can't find my picture of the beignets. I know it's here somewhere....
Anyway, my DH and I take a walk over to POR (I've stayed there, but he's never been) and we get the laundry finished up. We grab some danishes to take back to the boys, then we're off to DTD.
We paid a visit to
Goofy's Candy Co, which is something else new for us. We still had a lot of snack credits to use, so we got the marshmallows dipped in chocolate, with the toppings. We would have preferred the pretzel sticks, but they don't count as a snack credit. These were extra good, and 3 marshmallows with all those goodies is plenty for anyone!! It took me 2 days to eat all of mine! Here's some pics:
I swear if my internet gets any slower, I'll just have to give up, geez!!!
We decided to head over to
The Earl of Sandwich for lunch. This was new to us too, and didn't take any pictures. But let me just say that we were pleasantly surprised!!!!!!!! These are no ordinary sandwiches, and Subway is definitely Subpar compared to these sammies!!! The line was very long, but it moved quickly, and it was super loud in there. We did however find us a seat indoors, so we could enjoy the A/C. I had the veggie sandwish. I know this doesn't sound exciting in any shape, way, or form, but OMG this was sooooo yummy! I think I could eat this sandwich every single day for this whole summer! The veggies were fresh and crisp, the bread was perfect, and the sauce is what made the sandwich!!!! I can't remember the names of the other sammies exactly, but DH had something along the lines of a Spicy Caribbean Chicken, and DS13 had a Hawaiian something or another. DS9 just wanted a large fruit cup. So good!!!!!!!
We leave DTD and head back to POFQ so the boys can swim a little before we shower and change for our dinner ressie at
Narcoossee's!!! We were really excited to be dining here, mainly because we've never eaten at a signature restaurant before. I thought we had plenty of time to get to the restaurant, but we were solely relying on dinsey transportation. Let me just say that we arrived a good 30 mins late, but were seated right away. We HATE being late, it doesn't matter where we're going. I like being on time. DH is always early. Sometimes way early. Anyway, we were seated, ordered our drinks, then we went ouside on the porch, overlooking the water, to watch Wishes. This part is a bit embarrassing, but I'll share anyway. I started crying like a baby during Wishes
I will admit that I am a very emotional person and I am a crier, happy, mad, sad, doesn't matter. But I CERTAINLY did't expect this!!! I have quite a bit of stress at home and at work, and I think, no I know, this had something to do with it, but still. Embarrassing. It was lovely none the less and definitely a great way to see the fireworks. Maybe next time we'll try Cali Grill. OK, now that I've confessed, let's move on to the food
My handsome fellas
So, DH and I ordered the steamed whole Maine Lobster. We're definitely not lobster experts, but we both declared this dish delish!!!!!!! For my fishy fish haters, this was not fishy, except for one little bite from the claw, I think. The potato gratin was super, and the asparagus was....asparagus.
I also ordered a virgin Pina Colada since it counted as a drink on the dining plan.
DS13 ordered the chicken. The first thing he commented on when it came out was that it looked small. But they bring you food on these huge-ish plates, so I think the portion was adequate. He did eat every little bit, with nothing to spare. He also ordered a virgin Strawberry Daiquiri.
DS9 ordered the kids fish dish and ate all of it as well.
On to dessert...I ordered the bittersweet chocolate mousse with raspberry sauce. This was extrememly good, but extremely rich. Even with my love of chocolate, I couldn't eat it all. It was presented beautifully though, here's a look:
DH ordered the Cherries Jubilee, which they brought out with a candle and Happy Birthday written on the plate. He enjoyed all of these extra touches!
DS13 ordered the almond encrusted cheesecake. He's a cheesecake lover so this was no surprise, but of course he ate until there wasn't even a tiny little crumb left on the plate.
DS 9 had the brownie sundae:
This was our first visit to the Grand Floridian, and DH and I agree that it is the most beautiful resort that we've ever been too. I would LOVE to stay here one day...will have to do some serious work to the budget though
I would have liked to have explored the resort a little more, but it was after 11pm when we left. Here's a couple of pics though:
One thing that we weren't expecting from the evening (other than the crying jag during Wishes) was for all of the transportation to be shut down for the evening!!! We caught the last monorail to the TTC, but there were no busses, nothing!!! Luckily there was a cab hanging out, so we took it back to the resort. I think this was the highlight of the boys trip
They had never been in a taxi and thought it was awesome, hmmmm.
And that, my friends, concludes our night