Prelude & Day 1
After a week in Niagara Falls for a Union Convention, I made the mad dash back Friday afternoon [22 August] to Ottawa to pick up DS13 from his mother and headed home to quickly re-pack and get ready to leave at the crack of ridiculous the following morning. Much to my great annoyance, on arriving at my house I discovered that the air conditioning had died while I was out of town! Much melted chocolate and a very hot night’s sleep later…
We left the house at 5:30 to head [a little late] to the airport. We managed to check in and headed to our gate with about ten minutes to spare before they started boarding. I worried a bit that our checked bag might not make the plane, but when we arrived in Toronto, it was there waiting for us as we went through U.S. Customs. Off to Orlando!
We arrived MCO at about 1PM and despite being initially put on the wrong DME bus [along with about 20 other guests], we were moved to the correct bus and headed out to WDW! We were at the resort [POFQ] and checked in by 2PM. Then it was off to DTD and some shopping.
We had great sandwiches at the Earl of Sandwich and then headed to the shops. We wandered through World of Disney, but nothing jumped out at me [DS was amazed… I always buy stuff in that store!], then we went to the Lego store and got DS a monstrous Bionicles set. We wandered on to West Side and bought another book for DS [a voracious reader] and we got caught in the Disney Quest store by torrential rains. We waited a while, thinking this would be typical Florida rain, but it lasted quite a while. We decided to make the mad dash across the street to La Nouba so we’d be able to dry a bit before the show at 6PM.
We wandered through the Cirque store, but try as I might I couldn’t convince DS to buy and wear a clown nose for the show.
We had our customary seats in the front row of the upper level in Section 204. Although every seat has a great view, we’ve found these to be fantastic for seeing the pre-show and the parade, getting up-close with the performers of both adds to the magic of La Nouba. Our third time seeing the show, we’re both noticing different elements we’d never noticed before. As always, a wonderful experience!
After La Nouba it was time to crash so we returned to our room at French Quarter [first floor, building four – perfect for bus access and very short walk to the main building].
Tomorrow: Tonga Toast & MK!
After a week in Niagara Falls for a Union Convention, I made the mad dash back Friday afternoon [22 August] to Ottawa to pick up DS13 from his mother and headed home to quickly re-pack and get ready to leave at the crack of ridiculous the following morning. Much to my great annoyance, on arriving at my house I discovered that the air conditioning had died while I was out of town! Much melted chocolate and a very hot night’s sleep later…
We left the house at 5:30 to head [a little late] to the airport. We managed to check in and headed to our gate with about ten minutes to spare before they started boarding. I worried a bit that our checked bag might not make the plane, but when we arrived in Toronto, it was there waiting for us as we went through U.S. Customs. Off to Orlando!
We arrived MCO at about 1PM and despite being initially put on the wrong DME bus [along with about 20 other guests], we were moved to the correct bus and headed out to WDW! We were at the resort [POFQ] and checked in by 2PM. Then it was off to DTD and some shopping.
We had great sandwiches at the Earl of Sandwich and then headed to the shops. We wandered through World of Disney, but nothing jumped out at me [DS was amazed… I always buy stuff in that store!], then we went to the Lego store and got DS a monstrous Bionicles set. We wandered on to West Side and bought another book for DS [a voracious reader] and we got caught in the Disney Quest store by torrential rains. We waited a while, thinking this would be typical Florida rain, but it lasted quite a while. We decided to make the mad dash across the street to La Nouba so we’d be able to dry a bit before the show at 6PM.
We wandered through the Cirque store, but try as I might I couldn’t convince DS to buy and wear a clown nose for the show.
We had our customary seats in the front row of the upper level in Section 204. Although every seat has a great view, we’ve found these to be fantastic for seeing the pre-show and the parade, getting up-close with the performers of both adds to the magic of La Nouba. Our third time seeing the show, we’re both noticing different elements we’d never noticed before. As always, a wonderful experience!
After La Nouba it was time to crash so we returned to our room at French Quarter [first floor, building four – perfect for bus access and very short walk to the main building].
Tomorrow: Tonga Toast & MK!
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