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Day 11
Woke up at 9:15 this morning and got dressed, we had more of a relaxed day today so there was no rush to go or be anywhere. This morning we were heading to Celebration for breakfast.
We parked up in Celebration and mooched around some of the shops including of course Woofgang Bakery where we all bought some dog treats (I bought one for my friend Jane's dog, we often go walk her together
). There was the cutest little pooch in there, a little girl Pug called Pepper, omg I want one!!
We then walked over to Market Street Cafe for breakfast. I'd read about it online and thought it looked good. We headed in and were shown to a table, it wasn't very busy but then it was mid week in a non touristy area. Our server was an English woman called Helen. I think she at first cast us off as 'those' Brits (most Brits unfortunately don't know much about tipping as we don't do it in the same way at home, then you get those who DO know but just won't do it cause they are crummy people).She was quite aloof with us at first and not really friendly at all but after we engaged with her and basically let her know that we weren't the usual tourist and knew what we were doing
she warmed up and was a lot friendlier and chatty.
Dunno what Sy was doing in this one...
I had the BEST pancakes I've ever had there, I wanna go back just so I can have them!! Breakfast was a steal price wise, $13 each including a heafty tip.
We then headed back to the car and made our way to Publix, we needed a few things for our Vow Renewal tomorrow. The guys dropped us off and went in search of a golf shop. This was my first time at the Publix in Celebration, I'm a fan! It was really nice inside. Got all the things I needed (Prosecco lol) and then we headed outside to wait for the guys. They were back only a few minutes later but they hadn't managed to find a golf shop
We took the shopping back to Kidani and put it all away. I went to get a shower and realised the blue stuff all over the walls in there was actually crayon (I assumed it was marker or something) so I asked for the bathroom to be cleaned properly as it obviously hadn't been before. I mean seriously, who lets their kids in the shower with crayons and then lets them draw all over the walls??
It was then time to head out for our girls spa afternoon and the guys golf afternoon. We took the car and headed over to the Mandara Spa at the Dolphin Resort. I had an email about a week ago saying my nail treatment would be taking place in another room as they were doing work on the nail room however we arrived to a total refit! Bathrooms and changing rooms were out of order, steam room out of order, no where to sit and relax. It was terrible. There was no 'spa' to speak of, there were treatment rooms still but it was a lot of money for just treatments and no where to sit and relax together. I was really upset as I had booked this as a present to both mums and it wasn't right at all. We decided that we weren't going to have the treatments and so we went to the front desk to let them know. They were really gracious and didn't charge any sort of fee for cancelling, they were almost embarrassed of the state of the place themselves. I was really disappointed and to think I changed from the Grand Floridian to Mandara! We hadn't given up all hope though so we drove over to the Grand on the off chance they might be able to fit us in for some sort of treatments but they couldn't We were at a bit of a loss as to what to do so we ended up going to Downtown Disney, we needed petrol and I knew there was a Hess garage there.
Car filled with petrol we crossed over and headed into the parking lot at the Marketplace. It was surprisingly easy to park! I mean, I know it was the middle of the afternoon but even so, we drove straight in and parked right away, and there were loads of spaces. I guess everyone was keeping away cause of the work they were doing.
We were a little peckish so we got some food from the Animal Kingdom food truck, mum got the sampler and I got the butter chicken. They were a little disappointing, but I think mainly cause they had been sat there for hours, the rice was crunchy lol. I bet they are amazing fresh though.
We then went for a wander round some shops, not that I bought a single thing though. Saw some stuff that I wanted to buy nearer the end of the trip though - anyone else do this? I like to wait till the end so I know how much money I have left to blow on merch we then left and headed back to the room.
Mum and I put up some of the decorations I had made for the next day and we waited around for the guys to arrive home from their golf. We did start to get a bit worried when they hadn't got home and it was dark outside, surely they can't be golfing in the dark?! We were supposed to be heading back out to Epcot for a meet up and dinner but couldn't a they weren't home yet. They did finally get home at 8:30pm, we were all too tired to head out for dinner now so the guys went out to get take out from Wendy's again. I had a chicken burger with a baked potato, it was really yummy! Sy and his mum had words again and he ate his dinner in the bedroom awkward. Perfect timing too, night before our vow renewal.
The guys were telling us about their golfing over dinner, they said it sounded like a much better idea than the actual reality, at one point Sy even refused to play as he was doing so badly hahahaha, he had a tantrum and sat in the golf buggy hahahaha. They had to let lots of people play through them as they were taking so long to get round and they actually had to skip the last few holes cause it was dark. They did say the wildlife on the course was amazing though - they saw alligators, deer, all sorts of birds. Sy went to retrieve his ball at one point and according to his story he then realised that there was an alligator 2 ft away so he left it, my dad however said the alligator was about 8 ft away and sleeping lol either way, I'm not sure I would have got that close but funny listening to my hubs being a drama queen hahaha. That evening Sy said he wished he never bothered but a few days later he admitted it was quite good and he would do it again (after more practice at home).
We were in bed by 11pm tonight, big day tomorrow, prepare for photo overload lol
Woke up at 9:15 this morning and got dressed, we had more of a relaxed day today so there was no rush to go or be anywhere. This morning we were heading to Celebration for breakfast.
We parked up in Celebration and mooched around some of the shops including of course Woofgang Bakery where we all bought some dog treats (I bought one for my friend Jane's dog, we often go walk her together
). There was the cutest little pooch in there, a little girl Pug called Pepper, omg I want one!! 
We then walked over to Market Street Cafe for breakfast. I'd read about it online and thought it looked good. We headed in and were shown to a table, it wasn't very busy but then it was mid week in a non touristy area. Our server was an English woman called Helen. I think she at first cast us off as 'those' Brits (most Brits unfortunately don't know much about tipping as we don't do it in the same way at home, then you get those who DO know but just won't do it cause they are crummy people).She was quite aloof with us at first and not really friendly at all but after we engaged with her and basically let her know that we weren't the usual tourist and knew what we were doing
she warmed up and was a lot friendlier and chatty. 
Dunno what Sy was doing in this one...
I had the BEST pancakes I've ever had there, I wanna go back just so I can have them!! Breakfast was a steal price wise, $13 each including a heafty tip.
We then headed back to the car and made our way to Publix, we needed a few things for our Vow Renewal tomorrow. The guys dropped us off and went in search of a golf shop. This was my first time at the Publix in Celebration, I'm a fan! It was really nice inside. Got all the things I needed (Prosecco lol) and then we headed outside to wait for the guys. They were back only a few minutes later but they hadn't managed to find a golf shop
We took the shopping back to Kidani and put it all away. I went to get a shower and realised the blue stuff all over the walls in there was actually crayon (I assumed it was marker or something) so I asked for the bathroom to be cleaned properly as it obviously hadn't been before. I mean seriously, who lets their kids in the shower with crayons and then lets them draw all over the walls??
It was then time to head out for our girls spa afternoon and the guys golf afternoon. We took the car and headed over to the Mandara Spa at the Dolphin Resort. I had an email about a week ago saying my nail treatment would be taking place in another room as they were doing work on the nail room however we arrived to a total refit! Bathrooms and changing rooms were out of order, steam room out of order, no where to sit and relax. It was terrible. There was no 'spa' to speak of, there were treatment rooms still but it was a lot of money for just treatments and no where to sit and relax together. I was really upset as I had booked this as a present to both mums and it wasn't right at all. We decided that we weren't going to have the treatments and so we went to the front desk to let them know. They were really gracious and didn't charge any sort of fee for cancelling, they were almost embarrassed of the state of the place themselves. I was really disappointed
and to think I changed from the Grand Floridian to Mandara! We hadn't given up all hope though so we drove over to the Grand on the off chance they might be able to fit us in for some sort of treatments but they couldn't We were at a bit of a loss as to what to do so we ended up going to Downtown Disney, we needed petrol and I knew there was a Hess garage there.Car filled with petrol we crossed over and headed into the parking lot at the Marketplace. It was surprisingly easy to park! I mean, I know it was the middle of the afternoon but even so, we drove straight in and parked right away, and there were loads of spaces. I guess everyone was keeping away cause of the work they were doing.
We were a little peckish so we got some food from the Animal Kingdom food truck, mum got the sampler and I got the butter chicken. They were a little disappointing, but I think mainly cause they had been sat there for hours, the rice was crunchy lol. I bet they are amazing fresh though.
We then went for a wander round some shops, not that I bought a single thing though. Saw some stuff that I wanted to buy nearer the end of the trip though - anyone else do this? I like to wait till the end so I know how much money I have left to blow on merch
we then left and headed back to the room.Mum and I put up some of the decorations I had made for the next day and we waited around for the guys to arrive home from their golf. We did start to get a bit worried when they hadn't got home and it was dark outside, surely they can't be golfing in the dark?! We were supposed to be heading back out to Epcot for a meet up and dinner but couldn't a they weren't home yet. They did finally get home at 8:30pm, we were all too tired to head out for dinner now so the guys went out to get take out from Wendy's again. I had a chicken burger with a baked potato, it was really yummy! Sy and his mum had words again and he ate his dinner in the bedroom
awkward. Perfect timing too, night before our vow renewal.The guys were telling us about their golfing over dinner, they said it sounded like a much better idea than the actual reality, at one point Sy even refused to play as he was doing so badly hahahaha, he had a tantrum and sat in the golf buggy hahahaha. They had to let lots of people play through them as they were taking so long to get round and they actually had to skip the last few holes cause it was dark. They did say the wildlife on the course was amazing though - they saw alligators, deer, all sorts of birds. Sy went to retrieve his ball at one point and according to his story he then realised that there was an alligator 2 ft away so he left it, my dad however said the alligator was about 8 ft away and sleeping lol either way, I'm not sure I would have got that close but funny listening to my hubs being a drama queen hahaha. That evening Sy said he wished he never bothered but a few days later he admitted it was quite good and he would do it again (after more practice at home).
We were in bed by 11pm tonight, big day tomorrow, prepare for photo overload lol
