I wasnt sure if I was more excited for the NFL season to start or to get to Boardwalk Inn and "kick off" our trip. Either way it was 3 am and my wife picked me up in the city and we were on the road. I had an event for my work which I knew would last until 3 in the morning so we planned on my wife picking me up and heading out right after it ended to save time. It was held at a night club next to the Loews Hotel in Atlanta, so as I was anticipating heading to Disney I was constantly looking at a partner of Universal Studios. Lol.
The event went well and my wife was right on schedule to pick me up. A man had past out in the parking lot from drinking too much and a few of us spent 10 minutes trying help the poor guys friends lift him into their car. After that I hopped in the car with my wife and we were on our way. The drive down was nothing exciting. I fell asleep and occasionally woke up to see my wife going 90 mph through extremely foggy road conditions. She drives like a formula 1 racer and it is scarier than any thrill ride you can think of. Thanks to my wifes need for speed we were driving under the Disney arch before I knew it and we were minutes away from the Boardwalk Inn! Check in was a total nightmare. The CM was new (and very polite) and required the assistance of a supervisor who was the most rude CM I have seen. CM service has seriously taken a turn for the worst in some areas. We did not let this dampen our spirits rho. We headed up.to our room once the issue was resolved and unpacked. We wanted to watch the Falcons game but espn zone was a mad house so we headed to Crews cup lounge at YC and it paid off. We got a seat right away and were finally relaxing with a drink and watching some football. The walk over to YC helped us realize how hot it was getting outside and one quick drink turned into 3 slow drinks. After a few drinks we decided to head to World Showcase to get some food. I could not get a reservation for Via Napolli through the Disney site so we just walked up and what do you know....they had many open tables available. What a joke the dining reservation site is. The staff was soooooo nice and we had a great meal. My wife is Italian amd she loves chatting with the staff there. We had the risotto balls and a pizza. It was AWESOME. After VN we headed over to Norway to ride Maelstrom. We walked right on. The park was not crowded at all.
We decided to head over to future world and check out the new fountain view starbucks. We were quite surprised that it was much nicer than we expected. We ordered some coffee and walked back home towards BW because Chenin (my wife) was getting sleepy. we got back to our room and Chenin was out like a light within minutes. I took a short nap and then headed down to Espn Zone to catch some more football. It was not crowded anymore. Had a beer and ordered some nachos then headed back to the room.
My wife had slept with the ac blasting and when she woke up she had the sniffles. I rushed down to Dundries to get some medicine for her. The whole time im thinking "great, day one of our trip and she catches a cold!" I got the medicine back to her and then went back down to the boardwalk to get some treats for the end of the day. I decided on chocolate covered smores and a chcocolate chip cookie. Back at the room now and watching duck dynasty and about to pass out.
The event went well and my wife was right on schedule to pick me up. A man had past out in the parking lot from drinking too much and a few of us spent 10 minutes trying help the poor guys friends lift him into their car. After that I hopped in the car with my wife and we were on our way. The drive down was nothing exciting. I fell asleep and occasionally woke up to see my wife going 90 mph through extremely foggy road conditions. She drives like a formula 1 racer and it is scarier than any thrill ride you can think of. Thanks to my wifes need for speed we were driving under the Disney arch before I knew it and we were minutes away from the Boardwalk Inn! Check in was a total nightmare. The CM was new (and very polite) and required the assistance of a supervisor who was the most rude CM I have seen. CM service has seriously taken a turn for the worst in some areas. We did not let this dampen our spirits rho. We headed up.to our room once the issue was resolved and unpacked. We wanted to watch the Falcons game but espn zone was a mad house so we headed to Crews cup lounge at YC and it paid off. We got a seat right away and were finally relaxing with a drink and watching some football. The walk over to YC helped us realize how hot it was getting outside and one quick drink turned into 3 slow drinks. After a few drinks we decided to head to World Showcase to get some food. I could not get a reservation for Via Napolli through the Disney site so we just walked up and what do you know....they had many open tables available. What a joke the dining reservation site is. The staff was soooooo nice and we had a great meal. My wife is Italian amd she loves chatting with the staff there. We had the risotto balls and a pizza. It was AWESOME. After VN we headed over to Norway to ride Maelstrom. We walked right on. The park was not crowded at all.
We decided to head over to future world and check out the new fountain view starbucks. We were quite surprised that it was much nicer than we expected. We ordered some coffee and walked back home towards BW because Chenin (my wife) was getting sleepy. we got back to our room and Chenin was out like a light within minutes. I took a short nap and then headed down to Espn Zone to catch some more football. It was not crowded anymore. Had a beer and ordered some nachos then headed back to the room.
My wife had slept with the ac blasting and when she woke up she had the sniffles. I rushed down to Dundries to get some medicine for her. The whole time im thinking "great, day one of our trip and she catches a cold!" I got the medicine back to her and then went back down to the boardwalk to get some treats for the end of the day. I decided on chocolate covered smores and a chcocolate chip cookie. Back at the room now and watching duck dynasty and about to pass out.
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