Bagsmom Trip Report Day Six
Our Day Off
Wednesday was our much-needed day of relaxation! We slept in a while (which for us, was 8:00) We laid around like bumps for a while, then decided we were hungry.
We had reservations at Whispering Canyon for 10:30, so we decided to go ahead and get ready, then see if they could take us early. They could!
We had a great breakfast. The waiter was totally unlike the yee-haw, boisterous cowboys and girls that were waiting the other tables. He had a quiet, dry sense of humor, which my husband enjoyed. I had eggs and toast. The boys had pancakes. My husband had banana bread french toast, which he said was just fabulous!
After our meal, we got the scavenger hunt list of hidden Mickeys for the lodge. The boys had fun doing that for a while, then we decided to go swimming. Let me say again, for about the jillionth time -- people-watching at a big busy pool is THE BEST!
DH and I enjoyed (?) being in the pool with our boys. I put that question mark in there because it was delightful, in a way. They were acting just like they did when they were little -- wanting us to carry them around, wanting us to tow them behind while they rode on our backs... It was like being in a time machine, going back to the days of our little, silly boys. The question mark part came with the fact that they are both big, tall boys -- oldest weighs 128 and wears a size 13 men's shoe. It was like being in the pool with two ponies.
We had a snack back at the room -- not much, since we had reservations for the early showing of the Hoop Dee Doo Revue!!!!!!
We took the boat over to Fort Wilderness, excited to pick up our reserved golf cart and cruise around. Guess what? The golf cart pick up was waaaaaay far away on the other side of the campground! Oh my, it was HOT that afternoon, too. We went to the bus stop and waited for the bus to take us to the front entrance. We got our golf cart and drove around for a while, then headed for the Hoop. It was about 3:15, and people were lining up, so we did too. Oh my goodness, did I say it was hot? It was hot. There was a photopass photographer there, doing family pictures, so we got in the line for that. By the time we got up there, we had big sweat stains on the belly and under the chest and pits. Sweatballs rolling down the back and off our faces. Oh my.
When they rang the dinner bell and started letting people in, we were all THRILLED to go into the airconditioning! We had a fabulous table, right in the center of the main floor. (Husband thought it was just great luck. He still doesn't realize that we paid extra to be there!
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You all know how the Hoop goes. The food was great (although kids ate none of it. Younger son had one piece of cornbread and a couple bites of mac and cheese. Oldest had part of a piece of chicken.) and the show was very, very corny, cornball FUN! I was so pleased that the kids really liked it a LOT! I loved it when they called for anniversaries, then had the couples get up and do a little slow dance! So nice!!!!! It was a super experience, all the way around.
After the show, we hopped on our golf cart and cruised around the campground loops. We saw a couple of deer, and a great number of impressive RVs! (I sooooo wish we had one!) I went to Disney World with my family in the 70s and once in 1980. We camped at Fort Wilderness every time. What wonderful fun it was for me to ride around there again! It was and still is -- hands down -- the most beautifully maintained campground I have ever seen!
When we started hearing big thunder, we decided to turn in our cart and take the boat back to the lodge. That was the beginning of what we later named "Adventures in Disney Transportation!" The boats took a long time and had been re-routed. We waited for the boat quite a while, and when it came, they informed us that it would ONLY go to the Contemporary. Looking at the sky, we thought we'd better just get on it and go!
We got to the Contemporary and learned that the buses were going to a temporary bus stop, so we had to look around a while. Then we heard someone say that all the boats had been stopped and that they'd be sending busses. We saw the tons of people waiting at the make-shift bus stop, looked at the sky again, and said..... let's get a cab!
Yes, we were crazy people and took a cab. It only cost us 6 dollars and it was worth it, since it started raining cats and dogs!
We headed back to our cozy room at the villa, and had a relaxing evening. Since we had decided earlier in the week to combine our original Tuesday and Thursday plans into one (MK) -- we would be going THursday morning to the Animal Kingdom!
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She's in Athens so not next door but not too bad either.
May the date continue to be filled with magic! 
Main street is "that" street at home, every one's happy, it's safe and always sunny. 
