May 22nd:
So we had planned on waking up at about 4:00am to hit the road but when the alarm went off we both fell back asleep HAHA!! We had been out the night before seeing the new Terminator movie which didn't let out until about midnight the night before. There was good action in the movie but not my kind of movie. The boys liked it though.
So we actually woke up around 4:30am and were on the road by 5:00am.
Here are some pictures from the road....
The obligatory Chris driving picture
The me ready to get to Orlando picture
and the...how's the weather? picture
The weather was like that pretty much the whole way down to Orlando. Rain off and on the whole time and we hit some traffic on the Florida Turnpike since they are doing construction on the road near Orlando but all in all it wasn't too awful. We managed to make it to Becca's apartment by 12:00. She had no idea we were getting there so early so she was still out running some errands. When she pulled up and finally saw me her reaction was so funny. She dropped the bags she had in her hand and gave me a great big hug. It was nice to get there so early and surprise her like that. We had told her that I had over nighted a special surprise package to her. She said she liked her surprise
Once we said our hellos and got our stuff inside we decided that we were all pretty hungry so we headed to Friendly's for some eats. That's the very first time that I have been there. The food was okay. I wasn't expecting much there but the Sunday was AWESOME!!!!
Then for some reason Chris wanted to go to
Best Buy. He was looking for a Blue Ray that had come out during the week but they didn't have it so he ended up getting me two CD's (the new Green Day and new Tori Amos) which are both awesome. And we also bought Valkyrie on Blue Ray.
After that Becca and James had an eye exam appointment at 4:30pm so we dropped them off to do that while Chris and I went and relaxed at their apartment. Around 5:30pm or so they were ready to be picked up...Becca had to get a new perscription and James found out he needs glasses but all was good. We headed to DTD from there
(I forgot to get the Welcome to Disney World sign picture)
Here's where we parked
The parking lot was PACKED!!
We of course had to head to the Pin Trader store first
Not sure how many of you know this but remember the rinky dink stage they had at DTD for small shows/dance things?? Well, it's HUGE now! They totally re-did it
Was this Dino near the
LEGO store before?
One of the Dino skeletons outside of the new T-Rex resturant
Proof that they are actually doing something in Pleasure Island
It was really sad. They have an outside DJ booth right accross from where they're doing that construction and they were trying to get passer by's to stop and dance. *sigh*
Here's the "Hot Air Balloon" thing that looks REALLY lame!!!! $16 for an adult. Gimme a break! It's basically an elevator to NOTHING!
And where was all of this leading us to??
It was about an hour long wait but we decided to wait anyways. I'll say this will be the last time we ever go here. It was WAY too crowded.....and WAY WAY WAY too loud. You know you're starting to age when a place like that gives you a headache by the time you leave there. The food was okay.....it just wasn't worth it.
Here's Becca waiting outside
But nooooooo we didn't get to wait outside where it was only somewhat loud....we had to wait on the floor we were going to be seated on at the bar where the fin from "Splash" is.
Here's a picture from where we were waiting. It's blurry because I took it with my phone but you can get an idea of how nuts it was
Becca trying to hid from the camera
Me and Chris
My food...I had the turkey club but left out everything but turkey and mayo so it was basically a turkey sandwich
Chris had the Chicken Parm
Becca had the same thing as me but just held the Tomato...everything else was on it.
And I really can't remember what James had. I think it was a Bacon burger or something.
Becca and I did manage to get some really yummy "Buttery Guns" shots once we sat down. That's the only thing that place was good for. At least they have a decent bar tender. And BTW I call those shots the other name but I know you can't say that on DIS....
After we had full tummies we decided we were pretty tired so we went back to Becca and James' apartment and went to bed not long after that.
So that's Day 1 for you. Hope you enjoyed all the pictures. The majority of them were taken with my old camera except for the ones I took in the car on the way to Orlando. The next day there's more pictures with my new camera
I miss both you and Cheri this year! It's just not the same!!
Mini-trippie! 
And I agree...PH is fun once...you can say you've been there...but I wouldn't probably go again. So many other places to try....
