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[marDgreen88]

Wow, I don't think that scenery could be beat for an early morning run! So cool to see the Earful Tower in the distance!

Oh man, too bad you missed rope drop but good job with those FP!

Hahahh, you really did have the entirety of Living with the Land to yourself, didn't you!

 

[SoonerGirl]

Did it feel a little creepy being all by your lonesome on LWTL? I think it would have felt a little weird to me!

Sometimes it is really nice to just take it slow and not worry about getting in a lot rides. Just soaking in the atmosphere can be fun too!

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I am pretty sure we left the day you guys arrived at Disney in June. I’m reading a bunch of pieces here and there so my comments will be all over the place. Forgive me.

Okay, first question. They do not serve beer or wine at grocery stores…how about the gas stations? Do they sell beer? Here the stores would probably go out of business if they didn’t. I don’t drink either so I still have to head to Sam’s club or into the open sea (for a great deal) on my favorite liquors. I don’t drink much so when I do watch out. It’s stand up time!

The tree houses look fabulous! White coffee pot, black appliances? Weird, but okay. I need a new coffee pot. Black Friday is getting close…okay, back to the pictures! Aww, look at the little tree lamp. I’ve never noticed that before in pics other friends put up. No locks? Oh my. Note to self: If you ever stay in the tree house villas do not plan hanky panky prior to moving large pieces of furniture up against the door. Okay. Noted.

I usually get salmon at CHH too, but last time I ordered it and it was so dry. I tried lemon juice, nada. Still not good. I took it back up to swap for shrimp. She handed me the shrimp and told me to keep the salmon too. When Sidney came back he tried it too. Said the same thing. Overcooked, but the good thing is, they will swap out the food if you’re not happy. The shrimp are very good by the way. Next time I will order them again and save my salmon day for Sunshine Seasons.

LOL I see I’m not the only one who forgets to do something and snags pics from past trips. Ha ha Now I don’t feel so bad.

You and the light fixtures…you will the same kind of thing later in my current trip report, only it’s bathrooms. I appreciate those little details. I love the lights, the doors, the tiles…I’m just weird to most people, but you Disney freaks get me so we’re good. I love how you are capturing so many things most people don’t notice. You go girl!

So was this the first ever trip for all of your nephews or just the little guy? They look to be enjoying Pooh and friends at the Crystal Palace.

Love the pix of the prayer flags. I want to drape those all over my outdoor fun zone. The drink pictures are making me thirsty too.

Ooooh I love this picture at the top of whatever link I am currently on…it’s a pic of the room at TOT. My monster in law bought her TOT photo! I’m actually going to get the photo pass plus next time just for the ride pictures.

OMG! You took a foot picture in Soarin’. LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL That is hilarious! You know half of my foot is missing due to a nasty lawnmower accident when I was 8 years old. I love when I have on flip flops and leave my shoes behind on the floor. I know right when someone spots my half of a monster foot. I will have to share a picture later on, on my TR of course. I don’t want to scare off your readers. Ha ha

What beautiful pictures of Illuminations! Great job. The pasta at POR feeds us 3-4 times. It is a crazy insane portion you get there. Way more than one normal human would eat. Bob, he is a funny dude. Missed him last time because his daughter was graduating or something…next time he is on the list. Sidney didn’t see him, just me and my boys. Okay, all caught up.

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

I love your early-morning pictures around the Epcot resort area! DHS looks so nice and peaceful before the rope drop crowds!

The soft opening at Epcot had confused me too when we were there! Yay for Living with the Land!

 

[dawnbu40]

Isn't it great to be able to walk to Epcot?! I love it

Of course I love all the pictures. I really like the ones of "The Land" sign.

Your breakfast looks yummy! I had breakfast there one morning and loved the french toast!

 

[teekathepony]

Wow, up AND off for a run after a late night at Disney? I sure couldn't do it!
Beautiful pictures from your run AND your early morning in Epcot!
Ohhhh how much I would love to be able to walk to Epcot. It's cool that you got right in with no wait, and got a whole LWTL boat to yourself!
Breakfast looks yummy!

 

[natebenma]

OK, I guessed correctly that you would just barely miss rope drop, but I totally dropped the ball that you would have a run around the BW/HS area first. Wow!

What great pictures from your run and from your walk over to EPCOT. I really really love the composition of your pictures! You have a fantastic eye!

Love the balloon shots in the building!

I will admit that I am very jealous of your solo boat tour on LWTL.

I don't know where you went next!

Going with Sum of All Thrills- no particular reason.


If I don't have a chance to get back here before your trip, have a fantastically wonderful, relaxinging, giggly time with your friends!!! Remember- what happens at The Ditch does NOT stay at The Ditch. We want ALL the details!!!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I decided to run down to HS.

Here's HS as I was nearing the end of the path. I had a great view of the park entrance

The ability to walk to the parks just seems like it would be really cool.

Denny was still sleeping when I got back. I got showered and dressed and then went to wake him up. He said to go without him. He still wanted to sleep.

OK then. I wanted rope drop.

Me, "Text me when you are coming. See Ya"

Attagirl. You can sleep when you're back at work.

The last time I did rope drop from the international gateway we were funneled down the center toward spaceship earth. Not this time.

Soft openings aren't very exciting, but it's always cool to be in an empty WS.

During this stretch of the walk my competitiveness came out. I was walking near a family of 4 and I just couldn't seem to find a way around them. So I put the camera away and got down to business. Finally I found a break in their path and I zoomed by them.

Did you throw some elbows while you passed them?

I wasn't even sure if the boats had started running yet. Apparently they had and I ended up getting an entire boat to myself.

That happened to me and my brother once when they still had the manned boats. We ended up shooting the breeze with the CM through the whole ride and skipping the entire narration spiel.

I got these cards from a CM when I got on the ferry the first night.

Cool! My kids started collecting those on our 2010 trip. Love that they still give them out.

 

[eandesmom]

Ok that might be a little weird, being the only person in the boat. Cool, and weird at the same time.

Good for you on the run, do you crash and burn later? 2 late nights and not a lot of sleep, sounds like a poolside nap is in order.

Gorgeous am run pictures. I love the walk to HS from the Boardwalk.

I'm with you on the updates. I will get at least one up before we leave but not sure about more than that.

 

[jecskc]

I love your photos of the balloons in the Land. We stayed very close to where you stayed at the Boardwalk last November. You were a couple doors down, but when we looked outside, we were looking straight at the back of Leaping Libations. Because we have kids, this couldn't have been a more perfect location for us. We really loved it !! When I read about you and Denny - just the two of you together, I wonder if DH and I would have fun together at WDW without the kids. I guess we will find out some day. DH went to see our financial adviser the other day and she told DH that we didn't HAVE to use all our points every year, that we could rent them and use the money for something else. Obviously, we need to find a more Disney oriented adviser .... LOL.

 

[PracPerfPatricia]

Hey Mary Ellen,

How far was the path that you ran? Do you know or do you just wing it?
I love that you were running half asleep and that it wakes you up...

Wow you took pictures of things in the Land that I don't think I've actually ever seen... Other than Soarin it's been a while since I check out that Pavillion...

Maybe it's time to "listen to the land" (do they still have that song?)

 

[jenseib]

Did it feel nice and peaceful being by yourself for awhile?

 

[MEK]

I really have to commend you for waking up & running while on vacation. I could never do that!

I usually like running in the morning, but this was NOT one of those mornings. Some runs are like that - you literally have to force yourself to start and eventually you get into the grove.

Sounds like you were off to a good start that day! And how nice that you had an entire boat to yourself on the Land.

I felt a little odd riding by myself, but that wasn't going to stop me from being the first passenger of the day.

That breakfast looks yummy! Glad you were able to get FPs for later in the day.

Breakfast really hit that spot that day. I'm glad we hung around and waited for FPs for later, too. I wanted to ride one more time before the trip was over.

Beautiful pictures with your phone while on your run, MEK. I really like the one of the Studios entrance.

Thanks! I heavily edited that one because it was way too light. You know, stopping and taking pictures will running gives me a legit excuse to stop and catch my breath because some days I really need that.

And how cool you had your own boat during your visit to The Land (we had that once while on It's a Small World).

We had it once in IASW, too. It was actually an accessible boat so it had more room for wheelchairs/scooters than regular seating. I did enjoy my private ride, even those I did feel a little self-conscious.

The pictures with the filter on your camera of the flowers at Epcot are very pretty.

Thank you. I had fun playing around with the filter, but I've decided I like it best on the beach pictures.

Wow, I don't think that scenery could be beat for an early morning run! So cool to see the Earful Tower in the distance!

It really is great scenery for a morning run. I'm not sure which scenery I liked more - running to HS or running past DTD. They are both pretty nice ice candy.

Oh man, too bad you missed rope drop but good job with those FP!

I think they must have had a soft opening because it was definitely before 9am when I got into the park. It worked out really perfect. I basically walked straight to Soarin and had my FP in hand.

Hahahh, you really did have the entirety of Living with the Land to yourself, didn't you!

I really did, didn't I? That was kind of fun and weird all at that same time.

Did it feel a little creepy being all by your lonesome on LWTL? I think it would have felt a little weird to me!

I'm not going to lie, it did feel a little weird to be back there by myself. But I tried not to let it bother me and I just savored the moment.

Sometimes it is really nice to just take it slow and not worry about getting in a lot rides. Just soaking in the atmosphere can be fun too!

I agree. I just feel like I have been on every attraction so many times that there really was nothing I was dying to do. I think the number of people in the parks also led to my apathy.

 

[MEK]

I am pretty sure we left the day you guys arrived at Disney in June. Im reading a bunch of pieces here and there so my comments will be all over the place. Forgive me.

I think your comments are all really succinct. Definitely not all over the place. I'm curious what the crowds were like when you were there compared to the week I was there. I think it was worse this year compared to when I went the same week 3 years ago.

Okay, first question. They do not serve beer or wine at grocery stores&how about the gas stations? Do they sell beer? Here the stores would probably go out of business if they didnt. I dont drink either so I still have to head to Sams club or into the open sea (for a great deal) on my favorite liquors. I dont drink much so when I do watch out. Its stand up time!

I never went in a gas station. Well, actually I did, but it was morning so I never noticed. I do know that the Walgreens pharmacy sold beer and wine. I took advantage of that.

The tree houses look fabulous! White coffee pot, black appliances? Weird, but okay. I need a new coffee pot. Black Friday is getting close&okay, back to the pictures! Aww, look at the little tree lamp. Ive never noticed that before in pics other friends put up. No locks? Oh my. Note to self: If you ever stay in the tree house villas do not plan hanky panky prior to moving large pieces of furniture up against the door. Okay. Noted.

The treehouse villas were wonderful. I really enjoyed staying there, but the whole lack of locks was so weird. Yeah - I bet there has been some furniture moving in that place.

The theming, overall, was great. I loved all the cool details. I am very glad I had the opportunity to stay there.

I never noticed the mismatched coffee pot!

I usually get salmon at CHH too, but last time I ordered it and it was so dry. I tried lemon juice, nada. Still not good. I took it back up to swap for shrimp. She handed me the shrimp and told me to keep the salmon too. When Sidney came back he tried it too. Said the same thing. Overcooked, but the good thing is, they will swap out the food if youre not happy. The shrimp are very good by the way. Next time I will order them again and save my salmon day for Sunshine Seasons.

I have never tried the shrimp there. Well, only the shrimp and mayo I had and I don't think that counts. Denny's salmon looked OK, but I just wasn't in the mood that night.

LOL I see Im not the only one who forgets to do something and snags pics from past trips. Ha ha Now I dont feel so bad.

Oh yeah - I do that all the time. The problem is finding them because all my pictures are categorized by Day and then I have to remember what day I did the thing I am looking for.

You and the light fixtures&you will the same kind of thing later in my current trip report, only its bathrooms. I appreciate those little details. I love the lights, the doors, the tiles&Im just weird to most people, but you Disney freaks get me so were good. I love how you are capturing so many things most people dont notice. You go girl!

There was once a DISer named LL, who isn't on the boards anymore, who constantly took pictures of light fixtures. Up until that time I never realized how pretty light fixtures were. Ever since than I have been a light fixture freak. They are all so pretty and unique and I think they look better in pictures than in real life.

So was this the first ever trip for all of your nephews or just the little guy? They look to be enjoying Pooh and friends at the Crystal Palace.

Actually, it was the first trip for all my nephews except LJ. LJ is the oldest. He is 12. Three years ago we invited him to go with us. This was about a year after we bought DVC. He was an absolute delight to travel with, but I always felt guilty that I could only take him. I am glad I had the opportunity to take the whole family because they really did enjoy it.

Love the pix of the prayer flags. I want to drape those all over my outdoor fun zone. The drink pictures are making me thirsty too.

Drink pictures always make me thirsty! I love prayer flags. I have some crazy prayer flag pictures in my archives.

Ooooh I love this picture at the top of whatever link I am currently on&its a pic of the room at TOT. My monster in law bought her TOT photo! Im actually going to get the photo pass plus next time just for the ride pictures.

I love the theming in ToT and since I am getting better at using my real camera settings, I ended up with some decent pictures in there. It's so funny because my goal is to photograph as much as I can with my new camera. Eventually I will get all the attractions photographed. Just another reason for more and more trips.

OMG! You took a foot picture in Soarin. LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL That is hilarious! You know half of my foot is missing due to a nasty lawnmower accident when I was 8 years old. I love when I have on flip flops and leave my shoes behind on the floor. I know right when someone spots my half of a monster foot. I will have to share a picture later on, on my TR of course. I dont want to scare off your readers. Ha ha

I bet that does freak people out a little bit. OMG - what a horrible thing to have happen when you were so young. That had to be so painful and so scary. Is it hard to wear flip flops now?

What beautiful pictures of Illuminations! Great job. The pasta at POR feeds us 3-4 times. It is a crazy insane portion you get there. Way more than one normal human would eat. Bob, he is a funny dude. Missed him last time because his daughter was graduating or something&next time he is on the list. Sidney didnt see him, just me and my boys. Okay, all caught up.

Thanks for the compliment on the pictures. I really do appreciate it.

The pasta portion was totally insane. It just kept coming and coming out of the box. It was like a bottomless pit. Crazy!

Bob is awesome. He's always a good time.

Thanks for getting all caught up. I'm impressed.

I love your early-morning pictures around the Epcot resort area! DHS looks so nice and peaceful before the rope drop crowds!

Isn't it just so wonderful in there? Seriously, I can see why people only want to stay at the Epcot resorts. It is so magical to walk into an empty park like that.

The soft opening at Epcot had confused me too when we were there! Yay for Living with the Land!

The soft opening is definitely not as dramatic as the "hard" opening, but it certainly was convenient.

You know I love LWTL. It's really one of my favorites and I never get tired of it.

Isn't it great to be able to walk to Epcot?! I love it

It's really the best! I am staying at the Boardwalk for 3 nights and I am definitely looking forward to walking into Epcot or evening walking over to HS in the morning, if its not super hot. I just love it. Such a wonderful resort area.

Of course I love all the pictures. I really like the ones of "The Land" sign.

Thanks. I noticed that I started taking even more pictures, if that's possible, after my brother and his family left. I think I took almost 500 pictures on my last day (which still haven't been edited).

Your breakfast looks yummy! I had breakfast there one morning and loved the french toast!

I loved it all and I'm pretty sure I shared with Denny because that looks like a lot of food. Actually, I see a piece of muffin and bacon on the tray, so I'm pretty sure we shared.

 

[MHTeacher]

Thanks to all your links on page one, I am caught up.

Your break to Daytona looks fun, and I know you enjoyed getting to visit with old friends. But YAY for returning to Disney--even if you did get the ground floor. The views may not be as good, but there's something to be said for being able to walk out of your patio door to sneak off!

 

[annmarieda]

I can't believe it is mid October already! It seems like I have been away from dis for almost a month!

Trip over... now to get caught up on all my subscribed threads!

AOA -

I really enjoyed all your photos! We were there for one night..and between check in and check out it was only 15 hours. Take away the time we had that we were in the park..and we barely were there at all. I missed sooooo much!

a June trip -

How very cool you don't have to wait a year between trips!!!

Daytona Beach -

What great beach time you had! Love all the pics too. And that duck!!! How precious (yes, even with the evil eye) So cool that you got to spend that 24 hours with friends!!!

Rental Car gas cap -



Floor assignment -

If I even start a TR and if you read it you will read how I too was placed in a ground floor room on my most recent trip. I am not a fan. I too like to be up high. For me though, it worked out surprisingly well. I hope it did for you too.



Bike ride -

25 miles?


Illuminations -

Your pictures are absolutely amazing! I love the lamp! That area is such a great area to watch from. Sadly, my dd had a different "favorite" area across the other side and so we watched from there last week.


Running while in WDW -

Having just got back (well, a week ago) and having managed a couple runs outside of the race, I am curious what the distance is you run while in WDW? I found it hard to fit in a run before heading off to the parks... so I was only able to do about a mile and a quarter. I see you ran between BW and DHS..but how far is that?

 

[natebenma]

Hey Mary Ellen,

How far was the path that you ran? Do you know or do you just wing it?
I love that you were running half asleep and that it wakes you up...

Wow you took pictures of things in the Land that I don't think I've actually ever seen... Other than Soarin it's been a while since I check out that Pavillion...

Maybe it's time to "listen to the land" (do they still have that song?)

I just jumped into MEK's report to comment and landed on your post.

I am SOOOOOOOO that the Listen to the Land (is it Listen or Living. or both?) is gone. On our 2008 trip, my son went on with others and when he came back I asked him about the song and he said they didn't have it. I thought he was teasing me. But he wasn't!!! It was my favorite song other than Veggie Veggie Fruit Fruit!

And for the runners out there, here is a jogging map showing the different paths around the BW/BC area with distances listed.

 

[MEK]

Wow, up AND off for a run after a late night at Disney? I sure couldn't do it!

It was not easy that morning. Normally I'm OK. I just get up, have coffee, and go. Today -ugh - I felt like I couldn't move.

Beautiful pictures from your run AND your early morning in Epcot!

Thank you! I love that whole Boardwalk area. I am sure I will be taking MORE pictures when I get back there. You can never have enough, right?

Ohhhh how much I would love to be able to walk to Epcot. It's cool that you got right in with no wait, and got a whole LWTL boat to yourself!
Breakfast looks yummy!

Walking to Epcot is so cool. I mean, it's cool to walk to the MK, but something about walking to the World showcase is cooler, at least to me. Probably because it brings you in away from the crowds and you really feel like you "own it".

OK, I guessed correctly that you would just barely miss rope drop, but I totally dropped the ball that you would have a run around the BW/HS area first. Wow!

Does missing rope drop count if it's a soft opening? I guess if I had gotten there about 10 minutes early I would have known for sure. I just wonder if they starting letting people in about 10 minutes early and let them just go where they wanted. Who knows? I'm seeing the rope drop is cool, but I think I got there at the same time anyway.

What great pictures from your run and from your walk over to EPCOT. I really really love the composition of your pictures! You have a fantastic eye!

Thank you. What a nice compliment!

Love the balloon shots in the building!

Thanks!

I will admit that I am very jealous of your solo boat tour on LWTL.

In a way it was a little weird being the only person on the ride, but I did enjoy it. I never tire of LWTL. It's so relaxing.

I don't know where you went next!

Going with Sum of All Thrills- no particular reason.

That's actually a really good guess.

If I don't have a chance to get back here before your trip, have a fantastically wonderful, relaxinging, giggly time with your friends!!! Remember- what happens at The Ditch does NOT stay at The Ditch. We want ALL the details!!!

OMG! I so laughed out loud yesterday when I read that. That is totally the truth, too!

The ability to walk to the parks just seems like it would be really cool.

It really is. In fact, walking from the Epcot resorts to Epcot just gets cooler and cooler. I can definitely see why people love to stay in that area. It really is wonderful.

Attagirl. You can sleep when you're back at work.

You got that right! I'm curious to see what happens after this trip. I get back on a Tuesday afternoon, go right to Nick's night game, and then *bam* work in the morning. OMG it is going to be awful!

Soft openings aren't very exciting, but it's always cool to be in an empty WS.

Soft openings are very underwhelming when it comes to Epcot. That's for sure, but I loved being in the empty park. So cool!

Did you throw some elbows while you passed them?

I think I had to. The mom was bigger than me!

That happened to me and my brother once when they still had the manned boats. We ended up shooting the breeze with the CM through the whole ride and skipping the entire narration spiel.

That's awesome. Probably a lot more entertaining since we probably all have the spiel memorized anyway!

Cool! My kids started collecting those on our 2010 trip. Love that they still give them out.

I didn't even know they gave them out and I should have given them to my nephews before they left, but I forgot they were in my camera bag. I am so nerdy that I love all things Disney, so these are official adding to my "Disney" collection of this and that!

Ok that might be a little weird, being the only person in the boat. Cool, and weird at the same time.

Yes - cool and weird all at the same time! I felt kind of nerdy being the first person on the boat, but once I was in the ride I didn't care. It's probably never going to happen again, so why not look at it like a first?

Good for you on the run, do you crash and burn later? 2 late nights and not a lot of sleep, sounds like a poolside nap is in order.

Spoiler alert - I actually really crashed and burned the next day and took a real afternoon nap. There was definitely pool time included today!

Gorgeous am run pictures. I love the walk to HS from the Boardwalk.

I hope the weather is agreeable and we can walk from the Boardwalk to HS. I have to say - I am a little worried about my feet. I have had so much foot pain lately. It started with my planter fascitis, but now is just general aching. It makes me feel so old and its so darn frustrating. I will probably bring a pair of crocs with inserts and try these new chaco flip flops I bought. If worse comes to worse you'll have to push me in a wheel chair. lol kidding!

I'm with you on the updates. I will get at least one up before we leave but not sure about more than that.

I'll be on the lookout for yours. I was hoping to get one more in by tomorrow, but I have about 500 soccer pictures to edit and get posted to a web site, plus I still have 500 pictures from this trip that aren't edited yet. I just feel like I have SO MUCH TOO DO this weekend, so we'll see.

 

[MEK]

I love your photos of the balloons in the Land.

Thank you!

IWe stayed very close to where you stayed at the Boardwalk last November. You were a couple doors down, but when we looked outside, we were looking straight at the back of Leaping Libations. Because we have kids, this couldn't have been a more perfect location for us. We really loved it !!

I actually really liked the location. It couldn't have been better. I had heard that the standard view villas are really coveted because of location and low points, so I was really happy to score one. The only thing I didn't like was being on the first floor. I don't know why I don't like being a bottom dweller. Besides that, it was an excellent location and really close to everything. It would be a perfect location for kids. Once I found an alternative exit to get to the car, it got even better. It was even close to the elevator, but there was absolutely no noise.

IWhen I read about you and Denny - just the two of you together, I wonder if DH and I would have fun together at WDW without the kids. I guess we will find out some day.

When we first started going to Disney World it was for the kids, but we took our first solo trip right after we purchased DVC. We had an awesome time. Denny is incredibly easy to travel with and really lets me pick the itinerary and set the pace. It works out well wherever we travel. So, I say, yes, you will love it because its a whole different way to see the world and you can really indulge your whims!

I DH went to see our financial adviser the other day and she told DH that we didn't HAVE to use all our points every year, that we could rent them and use the money for something else. Obviously, we need to find a more Disney oriented adviser .... LOL.

OMG She didn't????? That's too funny. The only way I would rent my points is if I was taking that money and using it for a cruise or some other vacation. How dare she plant that seed?

If you ever get the chance to go to Vero or HHI, they are both wonderful resorts as well. Great vacations without the cost of tickets. I guess living in South Carolina, maybe HHI doesn't have the same appeal. I loved in there and can't wait to go back in the spring.

Hey Mary Ellen,

How far was the path that you ran? Do you know or do you just wing it?
I love that you were running half asleep and that it wakes you up...

You may think this is weird, but I have been running so long that I actually have this counting system that I use to estimate distance. So from where I hit the path I think it was probably about 8/10 of a mile to get there. If you start right at the entrance I'm sure it's got to be a mile out and back.

Wow you took pictures of things in the Land that I don't think I've actually ever seen... Other than Soarin it's been a while since I check out that Pavillion...

Maybe it's time to "listen to the land" (do they still have that song?)

I don't think they have the song any more but you should definitely check out the ride. It's so cool and relaxing. I love it. I do it every trip. It's on my must do list.

Did it feel nice and peaceful being by yourself for awhile?

As I'm sure you know - it ALWAYS does!

Thanks to all your links on page one, I am caught up.

Yeah - I'm so glad the links helped!

Your break to Daytona looks fun, and I know you enjoyed getting to visit with old friends. But YAY for returning to Disney--even if you did get the ground floor. The views may not be as good, but there's something to be said for being able to walk out of your patio door to sneak off!

Daytona was wonderful. I really enjoyed our 24 hour departure from Disney. The beach was wonderful.

As much as I don't care for the ground floor, that location could not have been better. I could exit in three different directions to get to every location I needed. I loved being close to the pools and the Boardwalk.

 

[Pinkocto]

Your dedication to running is very impressive. My excuse to not exercise at Disney is that I'm already walking what seems like miles and miles every day

I'm glad the room location worked out well. I actually really like ground floor. I'm curious what I'll end up with at OKW.

Your trip is coming up really soon!