Today we headed to Orlando and the last leg of our trip with our five day trip to Disney World. We headed into the resort and checked in to find that they were almost ready with our room and that they were happy to give us a complimentary upgrade to a one bedroom villa instead of the studio that I reserved. This is actually the second time that happened to us when staying in a vacation club resort. I'm not going to complain because the room is amazing. There's a full kitchen, a divided bathroom so you've got one side with a tub and the other with a shower, and of course a living room with a DVD player which has been great for watching movies.
When we first arrived they told us it would be a few minutes so they took my number and said I would get a text when our room was done so we headed out to Epcot. I didn't know it was such a short walk to Epcot, and that it let you in at the very back of the park which avoids a lot of the lines. It was mostly sunny and hot which wasn't the greatest for the sunburn. Our first stop was the World Showcase and we walked around England and Canada. We got to see some of the British tribute rock band.
After our exploration of the Canada and the UK we headed to Ohana to try and get a table for dinner. It's really hard to get a reservation and you really have to reserve about six months out in order to be sure to get a table. So, we arrived right when they opened and stood in the standby line. Apparently even the standby line doesn't guarantee that you're going to get a table, and for a few minutes it sounded like we were going to be totally out of luck because they took a bunch of groups back and not us, but then the host came back and we managed to get a table with only a 30 minute wait. Of course the food was fantastic and we had a great time. I was kind of surprised we didn't eat more, but everyone was super full and happy. I was also surprised at the way the girls descended on the bread pudding. They were like vultures or those scarabs that eat people on The Mummy. Whatever they were like the thing was destroyed.
After dinner we headed back to Epcot to hit some more attractions and see the fireworks show. We headed over to the Finding Nemo and Living Seas attraction. We got to see the dolphins, which was nice, and the Manatees were sleeping again. We also got to see a Sea Turtle up close, so close in fact we were right there when it took a giant turtle crap right in front of the window. Overall it was a great evening and we managed to do quit a bit given that we didn't have that much time.
That all changed when we went to leave the Living Seas to find the skies opened up and dumped what scientists called a "shit-ton" of rain. We tried to wait as long as we could but eventually it just started getting worse and worse so I just bought us all ponchos and we started heading off to the resort. When we were back to the World Showcase we realized it was only 10 minutes before the firework show, that the firework show was still going on, and that EVERYONE had left so there was excellent viewing locations so we stuck around and watched the show. Actually I think that was the best view we ever had of the show. We were right in the front in Canada, no trees, no crowds in front of us, but instead just a clear view of the show.
So, while we had a lot of rain, we still got a lot of done and overall it was a good opening day at Disney.
Picture(s) of the Day:
Picture 91
A picture of all of us after visiting Ohana for dinner. Everyone was very full and obviously super happy.
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