Day 1 Sunday 10/04/09
Woo hoo the time was finally here to leave for our October trip to the world. I hadnt been since June and was definitely going through withdrawal. I was excited to see my friends again and meet some new disers. I was sharing a room with my friend Pete (klofan) and meeting our friend down there. Lets just call her Duck. Though later we began calling ourselves Pecantz .a combo of our names. She had already left and was already there having fun with other disers. Since we had an early flight, I had Pete pick me up at 4:30 AM. I hadnt slept much as I had waited till the last minute to pack and Pete had to work the night before so we were both exhausted and working off of 2 hours of sleep. Waiting for him to come, I turned on the TV and what did I decide to watch .yup and airplane disaster movie. Probably not the best choice before boarding a plane but it was one of my favorites. I checked the clock and realized that it was already 4:30 and I hadnt heard from Pete and suddenly thought to myself, what if he isnt up yet? I decided to text him and he said he was only 2 minutes away YEAH! This is where the ridicule began .I had what I would consider to be a normal size suitcase for a 6 day vacation. Pete on the other hand, had a footstool for a suitcase. Because of its size that is about all you could use it for! Ridiculous but he is a guy he wouldnt understand. We loaded the car and headed off to the airport. We dropped the car off and waited for the shuttle to the terminal. It was freezing out. Took a picture of our parking spot to remember later. We boarded the shuttle and almost missed our stop because the driver stopped in between terminals. Pete said isnt this our stop? I responded with a no but realized my mistake as we started to pass the airtran terminal. We had to have a somewhat annoyed driver stop to let us off.
Line was a little long but we were talking so it went quick. We checked in and I dropped off my bag or as Pete was now referring to it, as my trunk. He decided to carry his footstool on the plane. WHATEVER! Got through security without issue and headed to the gate. Oh sh** .yep .this was Pete remembering that he had no toothbrush. Of course being the good friend I am I took this opportunity to teach him a lesson about teasing me about the trunk. We stopped at the gift shop and oh sh** .yep this was Pete remembering that he had no hair products or even a brush. Thatll teach you! My large suitcase isnt so funny anymore now is it? I told him that he could use some of my stuff and he bought a toothbrush and something to drink and we headed over to the gate. This is probably a good time for me to mention our seating situation. One of us .he shall remain nameless did not think it through when we checked in online for our flight. We had separate reservations and long story short .didnt end up with seats together. Clearly you can see who the brains of this operation were! Just kidding Pete. We had plans to cry for the agent if need be and tell her we were long lost siblings but no need, they gave us seats together almost all the way back in the plane but it was cool. Unfortunately there was a gentlemen in our aisle seat who was not the freshest smelling and lapped over into Petes seat. I moved as close to the window as possible so he could scoot over into my seat a little. Sorry but I forgot to take photos on the plane.
Usually when I fly I take my allergy pill, put on my iPod and go to sleep but Pete wouldnt have it. Wouldnt even let me listen to my iPod since he had nothing to listen to. Apparently he broke his headphones before we left but I think it was just another excuse for something else he left and he didnt want to tell me. So we talked the entire 2-½ hour flight about anything and everything. Even played name that fat celebrity in alphabetical order of course and a written game on the barf bag because neither of us had any paper. A game mind you that we had to stop because Petes ears were killing him. I think he knew he was about to lose but I decided to give him a break. Just a little turbulence on the flight and a little fear on one of our faces but again he shall remain nameless! HA! And we finally landed in Orlando at 9:30 AM. We headed to magical express and boarded a bus right away. We pulled off about 10 minutes later and stopped at a couple of other resorts before ending up at POFQ. This resort is so quaint.
We were in the check-in line but due to volume, a manager directed us to concierge to check-in. Much to the disgust of the CM there. This began my weeklong disgust with the CMs there they were just mean to me all week. She was not friendly at all despite my best efforts to engage her in conversation. Pete and I were settling the room up in cash and he handed me a wad of cash and made a comment that I didnt notice. I did notice the CMs eyes raise a bit and look at me but I was too busy counting money for her. Later I found out that what he said when he handed me the money was here baby .this is for last night! Too Funny!!! Serves her right she was being so grouchy. I wish I would have heard it to make her even more uncomfortable. Anyway, our room was ready and it was only 10:30 and we headed over to drop Petes suitcase .I mean footstool off before heading to the park.
We texted Duck to let her know that we had arrived and we headed out to DHS. Woo hoo in a park by 11 AM! First order of business FOOD! We were starving and working off of a beverage and cookie on the plane. Actually, first order of business was to pick up my new AP. I had just then realized that I left the confirmation in the room. I gave the CM at will call my ID and she was annoyed that I didnt have my confirmation#. She messed around on the computer a little bit and then asked for the credit card I used to purchase it nope left that too! Finally she decided to work a little harder and search for me by name and gave me my AP along with a heaping dose of her attitude. But we were finally in! I remembered the awesome burger I had at Backlot Express in April and thats where we headed. Since we were passing TSM we decided to grab a FP. It was already for 7:30 PM. Just then, we realized .no Backlot Express. I could have swore it was back there. Pete glared at me with hunger in his eyes and an empty stomach. We checked the map and quickly made our way over to its true location. We both got double bacon cheeseburgers with fries and soda ..YUM! Sorry but we were so hungry no pics just empty plates. The soda or should I say sugary goodness was the best coca cola we have had. Maybe we were just thirsty or maybe it was because this woman spilled hers all over the bus on the way to DHS and all Pete and I could smell was the sugar. We craved it like a drug all week long .it was really sad!
We headed off to hit some rides finally. With full stomachs and only 2 hours of sleep, we were already getting tired so we decided we needed some thrill rides. Okay RNR it is! So what we just ate what could happen? The first ride we got in the single rider line and walked right in and were on in about 3 minutes. Stomachs still good, we got in the standby line, which was only 20 minutes. The ride was awesome as always though I hit my head against the headrest and decided not to get on again. I think this is where our vacation began to take shape. We decided to head out of DHS and headed over to AKG after only 2 rides. Yes I put a G on the end of the abbreviation; if you have read any of my other trip reports than you are used to it deal with it. Just to keep testing this stomach theory we headed over to Primeval Whirl first. We both love this ride and no one else will ride it so we made sure to stop there. The line was long but I needed to get my head together from turning upside down on RNR. We waited in line sooooooooooo long! It was crazy hot already. Blame it on the heat or the heavy lunch or RNR but we both came off this ride sick and decided not to ride again though the line was now non-existent. We headed to Dinosaur next. Let me first begin by saying that this is not one of my favorite rides. Yes they arent real but in the context of the ride, Im scared. Loud growling noises in the dark .no thank you. But I was a good friend and rode anyway. Here is the ride photo. Pete it is not cool to laugh at your friends.
To get out of the heat and stop the world from spinning a bit, we headed into its tough to be a bug to cool off.
I still love this show .the termite is my favorite. There was this grown woman next to us who was terrified. The show started and we waited for the first kid to start crying. Instead, it was the woman next to me freaking out. She put her hands over her eyes and kept saying is it over yet is it over yet? so funny I was thinking just close your eyes. Gave us a good laugh though. We headed over to Everest and were able to ride 3 times with little wait.
At this point we realized one of the greatest things about having been to the world so many times we didnt have to ride everything or even stay in the park long. The heat index was over 100 and we were dizzy from Everest. We both needed a rest and again after only 2 rides, decided to head back to the resort to rest and unpack. Bus came right away and in fact, we had great service all week to POFQ. We stopped by the food court to grab a snack (chips and ice cream) and headed to the room to unpack. Me .I put everything away in the drawers and in their place. Pete, he unzipped his footstool (aka suitcase), kicked off his shoes and laid down boys!
A little later, we texted Duck to see what she was up to and see if she wanted to join us for EMH at Magic Kingdom. With our second wind, we headed out to the bus stop.
Bus came quickly for MKG. While waiting to meet up with the rest of the group, we headed to the transit authority to see if we could get a sneak peak of changes to space mountain. To our surprise, the lights were on and we were able to get a couple of peaks. We met up with Duck at Haunted Mansion and she brought along with her another diser, macraven and a friend of hers. Sorry but I was too tired to remember to take photos. Btw .mac it was nice to meet you! We headed into Haunted Mansion. Why the 3 of us (Pete, duck, and myself or should I say Pecantz) have to ride in the same buggy Ill never know .its just more fun squeezed in that way. I wish photos came out in here! I love screaming on this ride and scaring everyone probably because I am the biggest chicken and Id rather be the one doing the scaring. I started losing my voice at this point as I had been screaming on rides all day. Mac and her friend had a ride agenda so we said our goodbyes and duck headed off with Pete and I to BTMRR and Splash Mountain. In honor of our friend Kim whom we met in June, we or should I say I did my fair amount of YIP-YIPS! When we were there in June, Kim kept shouting this on BTMRR and it was a hoot. Now I cant ride without yelling this all the way through. We called her on the cell and recorded it on her voice mail. We made sure to ride splash as well to see why they cant stop scratchin those balls (in your honor Glenda). So much fun as always.
I was getting thirsty and Pete needed some nourishment so we headed to Cosmic Rays for a snack. Pete had a full meal and duck and I had iced coffee and fries. We were all so tired and we ended up hanging here for quite a while ..doing what else .talking and planning our next trip. Afterward, Pete and I couldnt go on and we said our goodbyes to duck and left her at MKG. The park was open to 1:00 AM and we made it to 12:30, which was pretty good considering how long we had been up. Bus came quickly but only drawback .no seat on the bus and we had to stand all the way back to POFQ. I couldnt even remember walking to the room .Just opening the door and collapsing. Whew ..a long first day but a good one!
Tomorrow ..our first day at Food & Wine.
Woo hoo the time was finally here to leave for our October trip to the world. I hadnt been since June and was definitely going through withdrawal. I was excited to see my friends again and meet some new disers. I was sharing a room with my friend Pete (klofan) and meeting our friend down there. Lets just call her Duck. Though later we began calling ourselves Pecantz .a combo of our names. She had already left and was already there having fun with other disers. Since we had an early flight, I had Pete pick me up at 4:30 AM. I hadnt slept much as I had waited till the last minute to pack and Pete had to work the night before so we were both exhausted and working off of 2 hours of sleep. Waiting for him to come, I turned on the TV and what did I decide to watch .yup and airplane disaster movie. Probably not the best choice before boarding a plane but it was one of my favorites. I checked the clock and realized that it was already 4:30 and I hadnt heard from Pete and suddenly thought to myself, what if he isnt up yet? I decided to text him and he said he was only 2 minutes away YEAH! This is where the ridicule began .I had what I would consider to be a normal size suitcase for a 6 day vacation. Pete on the other hand, had a footstool for a suitcase. Because of its size that is about all you could use it for! Ridiculous but he is a guy he wouldnt understand. We loaded the car and headed off to the airport. We dropped the car off and waited for the shuttle to the terminal. It was freezing out. Took a picture of our parking spot to remember later. We boarded the shuttle and almost missed our stop because the driver stopped in between terminals. Pete said isnt this our stop? I responded with a no but realized my mistake as we started to pass the airtran terminal. We had to have a somewhat annoyed driver stop to let us off.
Line was a little long but we were talking so it went quick. We checked in and I dropped off my bag or as Pete was now referring to it, as my trunk. He decided to carry his footstool on the plane. WHATEVER! Got through security without issue and headed to the gate. Oh sh** .yep .this was Pete remembering that he had no toothbrush. Of course being the good friend I am I took this opportunity to teach him a lesson about teasing me about the trunk. We stopped at the gift shop and oh sh** .yep this was Pete remembering that he had no hair products or even a brush. Thatll teach you! My large suitcase isnt so funny anymore now is it? I told him that he could use some of my stuff and he bought a toothbrush and something to drink and we headed over to the gate. This is probably a good time for me to mention our seating situation. One of us .he shall remain nameless did not think it through when we checked in online for our flight. We had separate reservations and long story short .didnt end up with seats together. Clearly you can see who the brains of this operation were! Just kidding Pete. We had plans to cry for the agent if need be and tell her we were long lost siblings but no need, they gave us seats together almost all the way back in the plane but it was cool. Unfortunately there was a gentlemen in our aisle seat who was not the freshest smelling and lapped over into Petes seat. I moved as close to the window as possible so he could scoot over into my seat a little. Sorry but I forgot to take photos on the plane.
Usually when I fly I take my allergy pill, put on my iPod and go to sleep but Pete wouldnt have it. Wouldnt even let me listen to my iPod since he had nothing to listen to. Apparently he broke his headphones before we left but I think it was just another excuse for something else he left and he didnt want to tell me. So we talked the entire 2-½ hour flight about anything and everything. Even played name that fat celebrity in alphabetical order of course and a written game on the barf bag because neither of us had any paper. A game mind you that we had to stop because Petes ears were killing him. I think he knew he was about to lose but I decided to give him a break. Just a little turbulence on the flight and a little fear on one of our faces but again he shall remain nameless! HA! And we finally landed in Orlando at 9:30 AM. We headed to magical express and boarded a bus right away. We pulled off about 10 minutes later and stopped at a couple of other resorts before ending up at POFQ. This resort is so quaint.
We were in the check-in line but due to volume, a manager directed us to concierge to check-in. Much to the disgust of the CM there. This began my weeklong disgust with the CMs there they were just mean to me all week. She was not friendly at all despite my best efforts to engage her in conversation. Pete and I were settling the room up in cash and he handed me a wad of cash and made a comment that I didnt notice. I did notice the CMs eyes raise a bit and look at me but I was too busy counting money for her. Later I found out that what he said when he handed me the money was here baby .this is for last night! Too Funny!!! Serves her right she was being so grouchy. I wish I would have heard it to make her even more uncomfortable. Anyway, our room was ready and it was only 10:30 and we headed over to drop Petes suitcase .I mean footstool off before heading to the park.
We texted Duck to let her know that we had arrived and we headed out to DHS. Woo hoo in a park by 11 AM! First order of business FOOD! We were starving and working off of a beverage and cookie on the plane. Actually, first order of business was to pick up my new AP. I had just then realized that I left the confirmation in the room. I gave the CM at will call my ID and she was annoyed that I didnt have my confirmation#. She messed around on the computer a little bit and then asked for the credit card I used to purchase it nope left that too! Finally she decided to work a little harder and search for me by name and gave me my AP along with a heaping dose of her attitude. But we were finally in! I remembered the awesome burger I had at Backlot Express in April and thats where we headed. Since we were passing TSM we decided to grab a FP. It was already for 7:30 PM. Just then, we realized .no Backlot Express. I could have swore it was back there. Pete glared at me with hunger in his eyes and an empty stomach. We checked the map and quickly made our way over to its true location. We both got double bacon cheeseburgers with fries and soda ..YUM! Sorry but we were so hungry no pics just empty plates. The soda or should I say sugary goodness was the best coca cola we have had. Maybe we were just thirsty or maybe it was because this woman spilled hers all over the bus on the way to DHS and all Pete and I could smell was the sugar. We craved it like a drug all week long .it was really sad!
We headed off to hit some rides finally. With full stomachs and only 2 hours of sleep, we were already getting tired so we decided we needed some thrill rides. Okay RNR it is! So what we just ate what could happen? The first ride we got in the single rider line and walked right in and were on in about 3 minutes. Stomachs still good, we got in the standby line, which was only 20 minutes. The ride was awesome as always though I hit my head against the headrest and decided not to get on again. I think this is where our vacation began to take shape. We decided to head out of DHS and headed over to AKG after only 2 rides. Yes I put a G on the end of the abbreviation; if you have read any of my other trip reports than you are used to it deal with it. Just to keep testing this stomach theory we headed over to Primeval Whirl first. We both love this ride and no one else will ride it so we made sure to stop there. The line was long but I needed to get my head together from turning upside down on RNR. We waited in line sooooooooooo long! It was crazy hot already. Blame it on the heat or the heavy lunch or RNR but we both came off this ride sick and decided not to ride again though the line was now non-existent. We headed to Dinosaur next. Let me first begin by saying that this is not one of my favorite rides. Yes they arent real but in the context of the ride, Im scared. Loud growling noises in the dark .no thank you. But I was a good friend and rode anyway. Here is the ride photo. Pete it is not cool to laugh at your friends.
To get out of the heat and stop the world from spinning a bit, we headed into its tough to be a bug to cool off.
I still love this show .the termite is my favorite. There was this grown woman next to us who was terrified. The show started and we waited for the first kid to start crying. Instead, it was the woman next to me freaking out. She put her hands over her eyes and kept saying is it over yet is it over yet? so funny I was thinking just close your eyes. Gave us a good laugh though. We headed over to Everest and were able to ride 3 times with little wait.
At this point we realized one of the greatest things about having been to the world so many times we didnt have to ride everything or even stay in the park long. The heat index was over 100 and we were dizzy from Everest. We both needed a rest and again after only 2 rides, decided to head back to the resort to rest and unpack. Bus came right away and in fact, we had great service all week to POFQ. We stopped by the food court to grab a snack (chips and ice cream) and headed to the room to unpack. Me .I put everything away in the drawers and in their place. Pete, he unzipped his footstool (aka suitcase), kicked off his shoes and laid down boys!
A little later, we texted Duck to see what she was up to and see if she wanted to join us for EMH at Magic Kingdom. With our second wind, we headed out to the bus stop.
Bus came quickly for MKG. While waiting to meet up with the rest of the group, we headed to the transit authority to see if we could get a sneak peak of changes to space mountain. To our surprise, the lights were on and we were able to get a couple of peaks. We met up with Duck at Haunted Mansion and she brought along with her another diser, macraven and a friend of hers. Sorry but I was too tired to remember to take photos. Btw .mac it was nice to meet you! We headed into Haunted Mansion. Why the 3 of us (Pete, duck, and myself or should I say Pecantz) have to ride in the same buggy Ill never know .its just more fun squeezed in that way. I wish photos came out in here! I love screaming on this ride and scaring everyone probably because I am the biggest chicken and Id rather be the one doing the scaring. I started losing my voice at this point as I had been screaming on rides all day. Mac and her friend had a ride agenda so we said our goodbyes and duck headed off with Pete and I to BTMRR and Splash Mountain. In honor of our friend Kim whom we met in June, we or should I say I did my fair amount of YIP-YIPS! When we were there in June, Kim kept shouting this on BTMRR and it was a hoot. Now I cant ride without yelling this all the way through. We called her on the cell and recorded it on her voice mail. We made sure to ride splash as well to see why they cant stop scratchin those balls (in your honor Glenda). So much fun as always.
I was getting thirsty and Pete needed some nourishment so we headed to Cosmic Rays for a snack. Pete had a full meal and duck and I had iced coffee and fries. We were all so tired and we ended up hanging here for quite a while ..doing what else .talking and planning our next trip. Afterward, Pete and I couldnt go on and we said our goodbyes to duck and left her at MKG. The park was open to 1:00 AM and we made it to 12:30, which was pretty good considering how long we had been up. Bus came quickly but only drawback .no seat on the bus and we had to stand all the way back to POFQ. I couldnt even remember walking to the room .Just opening the door and collapsing. Whew ..a long first day but a good one!
Tomorrow ..our first day at Food & Wine.
We met up with Duck and headed to Test Track and had a little wait. As always, we passed the time by planning future trips in line. 
Duck sent me.
