Just got back last night around 5:30 central time, and already to go back ,but its time to share our wonderful quick getaway with you all!
We left on Saturday the 7 at 2 am local time to start the drive. The dogs were very unhappy to be up.. I really only got a good photo of my Harley, but Max was super unhappy about getting up that early too
It takes us about 11 or so hours to drive from here, so we arrived about 2:30 local Disney time to our resort. We were staying at POP century again, 1 because the rate was good, and 2 its just the 2 of us, and were a bit of park nomads.
We were about 2 hours out and we got the room ready text. YES! we can go straight to the room, then straight to the pool bar!! i had been looking forward to a stop at Petals for weeks! We had requested a King size room, and close to the main hall, and ended up once we got there with back side of 50 building two, and a double queen room on floor 3... So this would be the first time we didnt get any of our requests ,but not a big deal we were only here for a short time, so we could walk.
Once we got unpacked, i headed to petals to get some drinks while my wife changed into her bathing suit so we could head down to the pool. We checked out Hippy Dippy, but it was crowded, and we were closer to the bowling Pin Pool anyways so we took our drinks for a walk and got in that one to relax for a bit. We went with the Pina Colava, and i could of drank that all day... my budget and heat said otherwise so to the pool we went!
Really liked how nice and quiet the Bowling pin pool was. it was the first time using it. Last march we didnt use the pools at all as it was too cold, an back in 2012 we were super close to Hippy Dippy so we used that daily.
We hung out in the pool for a while, to cool off and de stress from the drive. This was a first for us! Usually we are off to a park the minute we get there, but thi time we took advantage and took a break day 1.
After the pool we headed back to the room. We might of been out in the boonies at POP, but the view was nice of the Skyliner!
We changed, and relaxed a bit in the room, before we decided to head up to Everything POP to get a look at new stuff, Halloween items, and just see new stuff since our last trip in 2018. i grabbed a second round of Pina Colava on the way back, and got a few shots of the area around our room at dusk. I really like the reflection of skyliner. it wasnt running this night, part of the Stop and Go testing i imagine.
We were hungry so we took a look at menus, and decided to try the order to room feature, and ordered some chicken wings and a pizza. The service tells you it could be up to an hour, but a delivery person was at my door in less than 20. Really impressed in that service, and its cheaper than getting a lower quality pizza from POPS food court.
No photos of the food, but it was good, and hit the spot.
After Dinner, as it got dark, we decided to go out for a walk. My wife's a smoker, so we did have a smoking section close to our room, so i got to watch skyliner when id go out with her, or on our way to the buses.
We took a walk over the generation gap bridge, to get some night photos of skyliner. I really love this addition, and cant wait to use it next trip even though were not staying at POP, ill find a reason to hop from EPCOT to DHS or visa versa.
After this, we went back to our room, got settled and set alarms. Day 1 of 2 park days was to be in the morning. Starting at Animal Kingdom, and ending at Magic Kingdom for our very first MNSSHP!! Stay tuned!!!
We left on Saturday the 7 at 2 am local time to start the drive. The dogs were very unhappy to be up.. I really only got a good photo of my Harley, but Max was super unhappy about getting up that early too
It takes us about 11 or so hours to drive from here, so we arrived about 2:30 local Disney time to our resort. We were staying at POP century again, 1 because the rate was good, and 2 its just the 2 of us, and were a bit of park nomads.
We were about 2 hours out and we got the room ready text. YES! we can go straight to the room, then straight to the pool bar!! i had been looking forward to a stop at Petals for weeks! We had requested a King size room, and close to the main hall, and ended up once we got there with back side of 50 building two, and a double queen room on floor 3... So this would be the first time we didnt get any of our requests ,but not a big deal we were only here for a short time, so we could walk.
Once we got unpacked, i headed to petals to get some drinks while my wife changed into her bathing suit so we could head down to the pool. We checked out Hippy Dippy, but it was crowded, and we were closer to the bowling Pin Pool anyways so we took our drinks for a walk and got in that one to relax for a bit. We went with the Pina Colava, and i could of drank that all day... my budget and heat said otherwise so to the pool we went!
Really liked how nice and quiet the Bowling pin pool was. it was the first time using it. Last march we didnt use the pools at all as it was too cold, an back in 2012 we were super close to Hippy Dippy so we used that daily.
We hung out in the pool for a while, to cool off and de stress from the drive. This was a first for us! Usually we are off to a park the minute we get there, but thi time we took advantage and took a break day 1.
After the pool we headed back to the room. We might of been out in the boonies at POP, but the view was nice of the Skyliner!
We changed, and relaxed a bit in the room, before we decided to head up to Everything POP to get a look at new stuff, Halloween items, and just see new stuff since our last trip in 2018. i grabbed a second round of Pina Colava on the way back, and got a few shots of the area around our room at dusk. I really like the reflection of skyliner. it wasnt running this night, part of the Stop and Go testing i imagine.
We were hungry so we took a look at menus, and decided to try the order to room feature, and ordered some chicken wings and a pizza. The service tells you it could be up to an hour, but a delivery person was at my door in less than 20. Really impressed in that service, and its cheaper than getting a lower quality pizza from POPS food court.
No photos of the food, but it was good, and hit the spot.
After Dinner, as it got dark, we decided to go out for a walk. My wife's a smoker, so we did have a smoking section close to our room, so i got to watch skyliner when id go out with her, or on our way to the buses.
We took a walk over the generation gap bridge, to get some night photos of skyliner. I really love this addition, and cant wait to use it next trip even though were not staying at POP, ill find a reason to hop from EPCOT to DHS or visa versa.
After this, we went back to our room, got settled and set alarms. Day 1 of 2 park days was to be in the morning. Starting at Animal Kingdom, and ending at Magic Kingdom for our very first MNSSHP!! Stay tuned!!!