Poolrat
I am alive, sometimes I wonder too.
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OK so I am carrying a very full backpack with a few large blankets and 1 chilled bottle of champagne. I chose to get to Poly through EPCOT but totally forgot that the bag check was BEFORE the monorail.
I look at both the girls and we all say "busted" at the same time. Now what can I do?
We could:
A) Walk all the way back to the busses and catch another bus.
B) Run and try to circumvent security.
C) Sit down and drink our champagne at EPCOT.
D) Walk straight ahead and deal with the consequences.
We picked D.
I approach bagcheck and offered my stuffed backpack. I tried to play it cool and not let on that I was smuggling contraband.
Meanwhile A and B are trying not to laugh and letting me go first so they can pretend not to know me if I get caught.
He feels the bag. The bag is packed tight. I fear he is going to ask me to open the bag. You know the blankets would spring out like snakes out of a can, and then the bottle would pop out. I then envision the bottle crashing and breaking and making a bigger scene and now not only is there glass everywhere but my NYE champagne is not all over the ground.
Fortunately,when he squeezed the bag, the bottle was in the center so he did not notice or did not care. He told me Happy New Year and let me go.
The girls get their non contraband filled bags checked and we all proceed up the ramp to the monorail. We board the monorail with no further incident.
We walk through the Poly, hit the restroom and out to the beach.
What a view.
Picture timestamps show we were on the beach by 8:30 or so. Not sure if Holiday wishes was done that night. This year it was done at 8:30pm. I know we did nto see them that night. We may have still been inside the lobby looking around.
We spread out our blankets on the sand and made ourselves comfortable.
Watching EWP.
After EWP A and I went to Captain Cooks to grab some grub and a dole whip. When we returned to the beach and found we had chairs.
While B was sitting on the beach, a group including a gentleman of Spanish decent started gathering chairs for their group near us. He looked over and asked if she wanted chairs and of course she said yes. She told us they guy got several friends to move chairs from across the beach for her. Score!! We have chairs.
I had told the girls that I had friends that were meeting up by the rooms. I asked if they wanted to come up but we were all afraid we might lose our chairs but they wanted me to go up.
I did not want to leave A and B and be rude to them so I only stayed a few minutes. I said hi to David and Kathy and watched Brooklyn play in the sand a bit. I think I was still a little shy about barging in. I know better know. Must do it again. 2011?
We used our mugs to get ice ( only ice, dont judge) and I pop that champagne. I will admit I drank most of it.
Before champagne
After.
We settle into watch the most amazing fireworks. So amazing that I have no pictures
So I bootlegged some from the live feed that tecdavid sets up at the Poly.
These are from this and are horrible but you get the idea.
The finale pic
Check out the vidoe MeMom and Jill posted in theri report.
MeMom and Jill's video of fireworks
I think everyone should try to see these live if possible. They are awesome and the best fireworks I have seen.
After the crowd thins I suggest we go to DHS. Yes I am nuts.
It is open until 3 am and is close to CSR. We go down to the bus stop.
Mistake, Mistake, Mistake. I know now I should have walk to the TTA and taken a bus from there but at that point was I not sure I could find the secret path to get to the TTA.
However while waiting at the bus stop, I see this Brazilian chick.
It is a dark photo but here she is with her bottle. I was discreet about mine And obviously drunk. More than me. She proceeds to get on her phone. I have no idea if she is calling home, or people on property but loud.
We wait and wait and wait some more. After very full busses come by but there is no room to even stand, we decide to bail. Too much down time and the sleepies set in. We took a rather unorthodox route to the TTA ( through a parking lot and some other places we maybe should or should not have cut through ) and then took the monorail over to MK and then back to CSR. No DHS for us.
It was not fast but it worked under the circumstances. We went straight to bed and fell fast asleep.
New Years Day fun follies, Drunks, Ducks and De-lights
but, really what does that say about the security? 
about the bubbly in the backpack! That's outstanding!
