Dugette
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We left off after taking The Best Nap Ever, exploring the grounds of POR, and acquiring Tylenol. We waited at the main POR bus stop, then caught a bus to the Magic Kingdom. Once there, we took the monorail over to the Poly:
It was so nice to be back again! We just love this place!
Checked in at ‘Ohana:
While we waited to be seated, we both decided to use the restroom. During our stay at the Poly, the only restroom we were aware of was down on the first level. But now we discovered that there are restrooms right inside of ‘Ohana! Plus, these were the only restrooms I found at WDW that had “real” toilet paper. Not the cheap, thin stuff, but nice, quilted stuff! Cool! (The things that impress me, huh?)
Soon, we were seated. We were in the main dining area with a view of things like this:
The CM who seated us also mentioned that we were directly in front of where the entertainment would be. And, although we weren’t next to a window, we could see this from our table:
At this point, my stomach was feeling okay, but I still had a very minimal appetite. At least the thought of food was no longer making me feel sick. Because there was a lot of food here.
We started with the Welcome Bread:
This was across from our table and Dug thought it was funny that the tiki guy appears to be licking the torch:
Next up was the salad:
Our “cousin” brought out the dipping sauces:
And then the entertainment began. And the greeter wasn’t kidding, it was right in front of/next to our table:
All the kids were cute. The entertainer flirted with Dug on several occasions. Apparently she has a thing for crusty-faced guys? She liked that he wore a Hawaiian shirt. We ended up getting a couple of the leis she’s holding in that picture.
Next up were the potstickers:
After that, the sticky wings:
Then, they brought out some hot washcloths, which Dug loved to hold on his face:
This was followed by noodles and broccoli:
And then, all the meats:
A note on the picture of the shrimp: We realized late in the meal that we never got a picture of them serving the meat. So, Dug tried to take a picture of it happening around us, but was having trouble getting a picture. A random CM noticed and came over to pose, just so he could have a good picture! Nice people at Disney!
Last but not least was the bread pudding:
I can’t even tell you how hungry it’s making me now to look at all these pictures! At the time, I was not so hungry. However, I did manage to eat 1 bite (literally one bite, except for the potstickers--I had a whole one) of each item, except for the sticky wings. I had a little sweetness-aversion going and they just didn’t appeal to me at the time. That sweetness-aversion applied to the dessert too. I know many people love it, but I really couldn’t enjoy it at that moment and was only able to eat one bite. Oh, I also didn’t have any shrimp, as I don’t like seafood. But I believe I had one small bite of each of the other meats. On the bright side, though, we have an ‘Ohana ADR again on our June trip, so I hope to make up for my lack of appetite! The other good thing is that ‘Ohana was the first meal that my stomach actually found acceptable! Finally! It was all very yummy, by the way.
After dinner, we headed back out to the monorail to go to the Magic Kingdom. We wanted to actually sit down and watch Spectro and Wishes from the MK. We ended up selecting a bench down by the rose garden, just outside the seating area there. The view of Spectro was marginal, but both of us really wanted to be sitting, plus we’d have a good view of Wishes from here.
We were able to see Spectro, but just from a little distance. And the floats were only fully visible for a brief moment, as there was a small hill blocking much of our view (except for the tops of the floats). But it was okay and we enjoyed.
As time went on, more and more people gathered in our formerly-empty area. People were pulling chairs out of the covered seating area and putting them out on the path near our bench. We hoped this was a good sign—that this would be a good view.
The show started. It was a very good view, although not symmetrical, since we were off on the side of the castle. We really liked it, though. I videotaped the whole thing. The coolest part is that we had an excellent view of Tinkerbell. I managed to get some good video, so enjoy (only 20 seconds long):
Here are a few still frames from my video of some of the best moments:
After the show, we walked around a little bit, waiting for the crowds to clear out somewhat. It was apparent that there would be a wait to take the monorail from the MK, so we decided to walk over to the Contemporary and try to get to Epcot from there. The walk was nice and I’m sure it was much quicker than waiting for the monorail at the MK.
We went to the bus stop at the Contemporary and sat on a bench. A bus for Downtown Disney arrived. Most of the people at the bus stop got on it. We waited. Another Downtown Disney bus arrived. Again, most people got on it. You may be laughing at this if you know more about the Contemporary’s transportation than we did. Although, at this point, we were starting to get a bad feeling about this. At some point, after we’d been watching the parade of Downtown Disney busses for awhile, we started wondering if there actually was Epcot bus service from the Contemporary. We looked it up on the iPhone and it turns out the bus we were waiting for didn’t exist! Oops!
So, we headed into the Contemporary and up to the monorail platform. We got in just in time to catch a monorail. Made the switch to the Epcot monorail at the TTC.
Once we arrived at Epcot (for Extra Magic Hours), we hit Spaceship Earth first (no line). After the ride, we did one of the activities. We put on 3D glasses and assembled a body. The game has a (video) conveyor belt of body parts going by and you have to pick them up and drop them into the right part of the body. It was fun.
Next, we made our way to The Seas with Nemo and Friends. Again, there was no line, so we hopped in our Clam-mobile and were off.
On our previous trip, we had seen a disembarkation accident that was scary. A few Clam-mobiles in front of us was a family with the dad in a wheelchair. The dad was in a wheelchair because he did not have legs. I’m not sure what happened, but when he was getting out of the vehicle, he somehow went flying backwards and fell out of his chair onto the floor. Luckily, he appeared to be fine and had a good sense of humor about it. He was back in the chair quickly, with his family’s assistance. We saw the ride operator make a call after the incident. It was quite frightening-looking.
Luckily, this particular ride was uneventful. We had enjoyed Turtle Talk with Crush on the last trip and were hoping to do it again on this trip. However, we thought we had heard that it was not open during evening EMH (maybe because it’s late at night and geared towards little kids?) We decided to take a look anyway and it was actually open! We waited a bit for the show and played the little quiz games they have in the waiting area.
We really enjoyed this show again. It was fun that it was different than last time we saw it. I don’t remember Dori making a guest appearance before, for instance.
Soarin’ still had a lengthy wait, and was out of Fast Passes, so we made our way over to World Showcase. It was time to take a boat ride through a pyramid!
On our last trip, we were the only people in our boat and enjoyed the relaxing cruise with our feet up on the front of the boat. I was hoping to do that again. It almost happened, but a couple of guys got in line a little behind us and made it into our boat. We still got the front seat, so I put my feet up again anyway. Turns out that the young guys behind us (maybe college-age) were like little kids on this ride…just enchanted by the magic and enjoying it. They were fun to listen to—it sounded like they hadn’t been on this ride since they were little kids. I had a relaxing cruise.
Next up was the other boat ride, Maelstrom. It was great too. I love the drop!
It was getting towards park close, so we went back to Soarin’. There was still a wait posted (30 minutes maybe?), but we got in line. From Dug’s math the previous day, this wasn’t too much of a wait.
We were standing in line for what felt like a long time. I think the Tylenol wore off and I was starting to feel very weak. I had a really hard time standing in line for very long. Dug was tired too and ended up sitting down in line (as did the family ahead of us). If I didn’t think this would be my only chance at Soarin’ this trip, I probably would have skipped it and left. But I had to ride Soarin’! Eventually, we got on and had a lovely ride.
The walk back to the busses was tough on both of us. It seemed so long and we were so sore and tired. But, we got a bus and made it back to POR, happy to see our bed. 18k steps walked for the day. Not too bad for a sicko!
Up next: Sleeping in, a day of Epcot, and another big buffet!
It was so nice to be back again! We just love this place!
Checked in at ‘Ohana:
While we waited to be seated, we both decided to use the restroom. During our stay at the Poly, the only restroom we were aware of was down on the first level. But now we discovered that there are restrooms right inside of ‘Ohana! Plus, these were the only restrooms I found at WDW that had “real” toilet paper. Not the cheap, thin stuff, but nice, quilted stuff! Cool! (The things that impress me, huh?)
Soon, we were seated. We were in the main dining area with a view of things like this:
The CM who seated us also mentioned that we were directly in front of where the entertainment would be. And, although we weren’t next to a window, we could see this from our table:
At this point, my stomach was feeling okay, but I still had a very minimal appetite. At least the thought of food was no longer making me feel sick. Because there was a lot of food here.
We started with the Welcome Bread:
This was across from our table and Dug thought it was funny that the tiki guy appears to be licking the torch:
Next up was the salad:
Our “cousin” brought out the dipping sauces:
And then the entertainment began. And the greeter wasn’t kidding, it was right in front of/next to our table:
All the kids were cute. The entertainer flirted with Dug on several occasions. Apparently she has a thing for crusty-faced guys? She liked that he wore a Hawaiian shirt. We ended up getting a couple of the leis she’s holding in that picture.
Next up were the potstickers:
After that, the sticky wings:
Then, they brought out some hot washcloths, which Dug loved to hold on his face:
This was followed by noodles and broccoli:
And then, all the meats:
A note on the picture of the shrimp: We realized late in the meal that we never got a picture of them serving the meat. So, Dug tried to take a picture of it happening around us, but was having trouble getting a picture. A random CM noticed and came over to pose, just so he could have a good picture! Nice people at Disney!
Last but not least was the bread pudding:
I can’t even tell you how hungry it’s making me now to look at all these pictures! At the time, I was not so hungry. However, I did manage to eat 1 bite (literally one bite, except for the potstickers--I had a whole one) of each item, except for the sticky wings. I had a little sweetness-aversion going and they just didn’t appeal to me at the time. That sweetness-aversion applied to the dessert too. I know many people love it, but I really couldn’t enjoy it at that moment and was only able to eat one bite. Oh, I also didn’t have any shrimp, as I don’t like seafood. But I believe I had one small bite of each of the other meats. On the bright side, though, we have an ‘Ohana ADR again on our June trip, so I hope to make up for my lack of appetite! The other good thing is that ‘Ohana was the first meal that my stomach actually found acceptable! Finally! It was all very yummy, by the way.
After dinner, we headed back out to the monorail to go to the Magic Kingdom. We wanted to actually sit down and watch Spectro and Wishes from the MK. We ended up selecting a bench down by the rose garden, just outside the seating area there. The view of Spectro was marginal, but both of us really wanted to be sitting, plus we’d have a good view of Wishes from here.
We were able to see Spectro, but just from a little distance. And the floats were only fully visible for a brief moment, as there was a small hill blocking much of our view (except for the tops of the floats). But it was okay and we enjoyed.
As time went on, more and more people gathered in our formerly-empty area. People were pulling chairs out of the covered seating area and putting them out on the path near our bench. We hoped this was a good sign—that this would be a good view.
The show started. It was a very good view, although not symmetrical, since we were off on the side of the castle. We really liked it, though. I videotaped the whole thing. The coolest part is that we had an excellent view of Tinkerbell. I managed to get some good video, so enjoy (only 20 seconds long):
Here are a few still frames from my video of some of the best moments:
After the show, we walked around a little bit, waiting for the crowds to clear out somewhat. It was apparent that there would be a wait to take the monorail from the MK, so we decided to walk over to the Contemporary and try to get to Epcot from there. The walk was nice and I’m sure it was much quicker than waiting for the monorail at the MK.
We went to the bus stop at the Contemporary and sat on a bench. A bus for Downtown Disney arrived. Most of the people at the bus stop got on it. We waited. Another Downtown Disney bus arrived. Again, most people got on it. You may be laughing at this if you know more about the Contemporary’s transportation than we did. Although, at this point, we were starting to get a bad feeling about this. At some point, after we’d been watching the parade of Downtown Disney busses for awhile, we started wondering if there actually was Epcot bus service from the Contemporary. We looked it up on the iPhone and it turns out the bus we were waiting for didn’t exist! Oops!
So, we headed into the Contemporary and up to the monorail platform. We got in just in time to catch a monorail. Made the switch to the Epcot monorail at the TTC.
Once we arrived at Epcot (for Extra Magic Hours), we hit Spaceship Earth first (no line). After the ride, we did one of the activities. We put on 3D glasses and assembled a body. The game has a (video) conveyor belt of body parts going by and you have to pick them up and drop them into the right part of the body. It was fun.
Next, we made our way to The Seas with Nemo and Friends. Again, there was no line, so we hopped in our Clam-mobile and were off.
On our previous trip, we had seen a disembarkation accident that was scary. A few Clam-mobiles in front of us was a family with the dad in a wheelchair. The dad was in a wheelchair because he did not have legs. I’m not sure what happened, but when he was getting out of the vehicle, he somehow went flying backwards and fell out of his chair onto the floor. Luckily, he appeared to be fine and had a good sense of humor about it. He was back in the chair quickly, with his family’s assistance. We saw the ride operator make a call after the incident. It was quite frightening-looking.
Luckily, this particular ride was uneventful. We had enjoyed Turtle Talk with Crush on the last trip and were hoping to do it again on this trip. However, we thought we had heard that it was not open during evening EMH (maybe because it’s late at night and geared towards little kids?) We decided to take a look anyway and it was actually open! We waited a bit for the show and played the little quiz games they have in the waiting area.
We really enjoyed this show again. It was fun that it was different than last time we saw it. I don’t remember Dori making a guest appearance before, for instance.
Soarin’ still had a lengthy wait, and was out of Fast Passes, so we made our way over to World Showcase. It was time to take a boat ride through a pyramid!
On our last trip, we were the only people in our boat and enjoyed the relaxing cruise with our feet up on the front of the boat. I was hoping to do that again. It almost happened, but a couple of guys got in line a little behind us and made it into our boat. We still got the front seat, so I put my feet up again anyway. Turns out that the young guys behind us (maybe college-age) were like little kids on this ride…just enchanted by the magic and enjoying it. They were fun to listen to—it sounded like they hadn’t been on this ride since they were little kids. I had a relaxing cruise.
Next up was the other boat ride, Maelstrom. It was great too. I love the drop!
It was getting towards park close, so we went back to Soarin’. There was still a wait posted (30 minutes maybe?), but we got in line. From Dug’s math the previous day, this wasn’t too much of a wait.
We were standing in line for what felt like a long time. I think the Tylenol wore off and I was starting to feel very weak. I had a really hard time standing in line for very long. Dug was tired too and ended up sitting down in line (as did the family ahead of us). If I didn’t think this would be my only chance at Soarin’ this trip, I probably would have skipped it and left. But I had to ride Soarin’! Eventually, we got on and had a lovely ride.
The walk back to the busses was tough on both of us. It seemed so long and we were so sore and tired. But, we got a bus and made it back to POR, happy to see our bed. 18k steps walked for the day. Not too bad for a sicko!
Up next: Sleeping in, a day of Epcot, and another big buffet!
Sorry you still weren't up to enjoying fully!
- hopefully, you were feeling better!
You know, it would still be low-quality compared to the super-soft stuff they had at 'Ohana, though. You should check it out if you get the chance! 
I wish there had been more than one of that kind! I have no idea what Dug ate for breakfast. Maybe some of the other Le Cellier bread? Not sure. 
My dessert was awesome. Well, if you love chocolate mousse like I do. I think I managed to eat about half the giant piece of cake. Dug liked his food okay, but he said the scent of Sunshine Seasons throughout The Land overhypes it a bit.
We are good at splitting meals, so this meant an extra ADR to make. Wed both been interested in trying breakfast at Kouzzina, plus it had ADRs available, so we booked a late breakfast there for the next morning. 
