Just got here yesterday afternoon, and even though I wore myself out yesterday, I'm still "too excited to sleep" so here I am... I apologize if this is boring or doesn't make sense, but I am still pretty tired :lol:
Southwest got us to Orlando about 20 minutes early. I used their early bird check-in and was the first person on the plane other than handicapped people and their families, so that was pretty rad.
Then I hopped on the DME to Wilderness Lodge. I was the first person in line for the bus so I did end up waiting a bit, but it was alright, I needed the chance to rest. I was in my room by 1pm, a little less than 2 hours after the plane touched down. We were the third stop on Magical Express, after the Poly and Grand Floridian.
I wasn't sure if I'd like the WL. I'd visited before to eat at Whispering Canyon and the decor, while beautiful, isn't really my thing. Well, now that I'm staying here, I am in love :lol: This place is breathtaking, and the room is great. I've got a ground floor, king bed handicapped room, right near the pool. I could walk out my patio right over to the path to the boat docks... if there wasn't a garden in the way... My only complaint is the bed. I'm not loving it. I can understand my legs hurting, considering I was on my feet so much yesterday, but now after waking up, my shoulders are really sore. Oh well.
Alright Florida summer, I'm ready for you.
Headed over to the MK to officially become a Walt Disney World annual passholder. My first two rides as an AP'er were the TTA and CoP... then I broke the CoP. We watched the introduction 3 times before we were evacuated :lol: Figures.
I didn't take a lot of pictures because I wanted to be able to soak everything in. When I went on Big Thunder, a little kid who was told to go on alone by friends or family or something, I never quite figured it out, decided we were best friends and requested to ride with me. It was nice to have a ride partner, even though he was a little nervous and tried to squish me with the lap bar in the hopes of making it tighter :lol:
By 1:39pm I was on the bus, and I was the only one on the bus.
I've also got a birthday button, even though my birthday was two weeks ago. Seriously every CM and some guests I have come in contact with has wished me a happy birthday. I highly recommend it, it's really sweet of them.
While sitting outside the Astro Orbiter, enjoying a cream cheese pretzel, I noticed some unsupervised kids playing with the wait time wheel! So now we can't even trust the wait times!
I stuck around for MSEP and the Nightastic fireworks... MSEP is the greatest thing ever. That was the most fun I have ever had during a parade. The fireworks were fun, but they seemed really short! The castle on fire effect was amazing though.
Alright, time to start my day! Off to Epcot!
Southwest got us to Orlando about 20 minutes early. I used their early bird check-in and was the first person on the plane other than handicapped people and their families, so that was pretty rad.
Then I hopped on the DME to Wilderness Lodge. I was the first person in line for the bus so I did end up waiting a bit, but it was alright, I needed the chance to rest. I was in my room by 1pm, a little less than 2 hours after the plane touched down. We were the third stop on Magical Express, after the Poly and Grand Floridian.
I wasn't sure if I'd like the WL. I'd visited before to eat at Whispering Canyon and the decor, while beautiful, isn't really my thing. Well, now that I'm staying here, I am in love :lol: This place is breathtaking, and the room is great. I've got a ground floor, king bed handicapped room, right near the pool. I could walk out my patio right over to the path to the boat docks... if there wasn't a garden in the way... My only complaint is the bed. I'm not loving it. I can understand my legs hurting, considering I was on my feet so much yesterday, but now after waking up, my shoulders are really sore. Oh well.
Alright Florida summer, I'm ready for you.
Headed over to the MK to officially become a Walt Disney World annual passholder. My first two rides as an AP'er were the TTA and CoP... then I broke the CoP. We watched the introduction 3 times before we were evacuated :lol: Figures.
I didn't take a lot of pictures because I wanted to be able to soak everything in. When I went on Big Thunder, a little kid who was told to go on alone by friends or family or something, I never quite figured it out, decided we were best friends and requested to ride with me. It was nice to have a ride partner, even though he was a little nervous and tried to squish me with the lap bar in the hopes of making it tighter :lol:
By 1:39pm I was on the bus, and I was the only one on the bus.
I've also got a birthday button, even though my birthday was two weeks ago. Seriously every CM and some guests I have come in contact with has wished me a happy birthday. I highly recommend it, it's really sweet of them.
While sitting outside the Astro Orbiter, enjoying a cream cheese pretzel, I noticed some unsupervised kids playing with the wait time wheel! So now we can't even trust the wait times!
I stuck around for MSEP and the Nightastic fireworks... MSEP is the greatest thing ever. That was the most fun I have ever had during a parade. The fireworks were fun, but they seemed really short! The castle on fire effect was amazing though.
Alright, time to start my day! Off to Epcot!
Also, I think this was the only time I've ever ridden where some smarty-pants didn't try to scare everyone by screaming when the elevator moves forward. I hate that.
