our last day

checked out of the hotel and drove over to Downtown Disney, we had to eat at the Rainforest Cafe!  sat right under the fish tank, right near the animatronic elephants and gorillas.

then off to the airport.  wanted to make sure we were good to go, so many flights were cancelled that we were nervous.  also, had to arrange for car service because the firend who was supposed to pick us up at the airport got stranded in Vegas.

loved the trip, wish we were still there.

IOA again -- and Universal

more Harry Potter, more Revenge of the Mummy.  afternoon swim and dinner at the Latin Quarter.  a soak in the hot tub before bed.

part 7 -- IOA

Harry Potter is the best ride ever!

flight of the hippogryph is lame.

Drewrode both dragons, I did not.

Ollivander's was cute. 

loved IOA, liked Universal.

dinner at Margaritaville, of course.  Citywalk is livelier than Downtown disney.

trip report part 6

Chef Mickey's for breakfast, then back to AK in the morning, rode Everest again.  drove over to Royal Pacific and checked in.  I swam,he napped.  ate dinner at the Islands restaurant.  loved the Indonesian theme.  really needed the down time.

and did I mention the lizards and the snake?

in previous trips I'd seen lizards at all the Disney hotels, but didn't see any at Coronado springs.  right after we got to Royal Pacific, I said something to Drew.  and then I began to see lizards all over the grounds (including one poor baby lizard down by the boat dock that got smushed).

but the black snake corssing our path was just too much.

trip report part 5

hollywood studios.  Drew's favorite ride is here -- Tower of Terror.  Loved dinner at sci fi drive in.  fantasmic was...I loved it but the fireworks at MK were better.  forgot that you can see Illuminations from the ampitheater after fantasmic ends.

trip report part 4

wednesday.  a full day at MK.  rides, parades, fireworks.  dinner at Tony's.  and he bought me a gift, etched glass of Mickey and Minnie.


this was the day that I came face to face with a squirrel.  the poor thing somehow found its way into the "small world" ride and was terrified.  it wound up in the water.  yes, squirrels do know how to swim.

and a little extra magic in the parking lot that night ....I found $60 in cash.  must have fallen out of someone's pocket.

trip report, part 3 -- tuesday

EPCOT in the morning, Magic Kingdom in the afternoon, then back to EPCOT in the evening for dinner at San Angel and extra magic hours.  sitting in MK during a rainstorm, that's when we found out about the earthquake back home.

this was the day we got stuck on POTC for 25 minutes -- they actually killed the soundtrack at one point.  also ran  into problems on the monorail -- we had to take a bus back to EPCOT from the MK because of technical difficulties.  we were half an hour late for our ADR, but were seated anyhow.  wanted to be done eating by 9 PM to start extra magic hours while everyone else was watching Illuminations, but didn't finish until 9:30.  wound up waiting an hour for Soarin'. 

that was also the night of the famous "kick".  family in front of us on line for Soarin'.  the boy was a little rambunctious, accidentally kicked me hard enough to leave a bruise.  the mom  told him to behave but never told him to apologize to me.