Trip Report No rain, no lines, no crowds, no ADR's, no fastpasses, lots of fun and pool time.

OK, so I am starting my very first trip report. We went Sept. 7-15 and stayed offsite the first night then 7 nights in a one bedroom at Bay Lake Tower. This was an anniversary trip...she has tolerated me for 31 years of marriage now...something that still amazes me.
The first day we arrived around lunch time after driving through masses of lovebugs. We got there during what I understand is the beginning of the fall lovebug season. Wife's new car, white with lots of front bumper space, was covered in the little pains in the you-know-what. We stopped at a couple of gas stations just to top off the tank and try to clean them off a bit (felt we should add a bit of gas since we were using their window cleaner and water and paper towels).
Arrived at DTD, which has become our traditional first stop, and enjoyed the afternoon. Later went to the offsite room, checked in, freshened up a bit then back to DTD for the evening.
Ate at Earl of Sandwich a couple of times on this trip. Walked around, did some shopping, looked at the construction, or I should say at this point construction preparation and deconstruction, and back to the room early after a long day.

The cast of characters for this trip are Mr. and Mrs. epcotisbest, seen here at Epcot last Wednesday with a couple of other suspicious looking characters:
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We are hopeful for the changes coming to DTD, but hope it does not become too much of a shopping mall. Time will tell.
We like Rainforest Cafe and saw the remodeled volcano for the first time. It seems to me a company that talks about the environment a lot is not very environmentally friendly with all the gas used in the eruptions...just sayin'.

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We have gone to WDW and not carried a camera, we have so many pics already, but decided to take my wife's little Canon point and shoot this trip. Left the Nikon DSLR at home. Quit carrying it a long time ago. The Canon did OK.

Plenty more to come, a little at a time.
 

epcotisbest

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Thursday would find us hanging around BLT and Contemporary most of the day. The wall I hit at Epcot was hitting back and as much as I wanted to go to the other two parks, the physical reality was I just was not up to it. We would head down to BLT early, then go over to both Contemporary pools.

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Being the first one to arrive at the pool is kinda fun. We hardly ever sleep in anyway.
 

epcotisbest

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Nothing much else to write about Thursday as it was a day of recovery and accepting I would not be going back to any parks this trip. That is OK, as we really like resort time, and often don't go to the parks while there. The original plan was to spend more time at the parks this time than on our last two trips, but it was not meant to be. Oh, well, we are still at WDW and having a good time.
Friday morning we would get up and after another delicious breakfast in the room, just go about exploring:

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jkl2000

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Probably the biggest crowd we saw all week, but then we did avoid DHS on Friday evening and did not go to MNSSHP at all:

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Why is DHS crowded on Friday evenings?

The noise at the pool at BLT makes it unusable for old folks like us from 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. The activities people use a p.a. system cranked up to 11 and play music that is not Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, The Eagles, Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Deep Purple and many other classic rock tunes I can tolerate. Instead it is a constant barrage of stuff that appeals to a younger crowd. Even if they played Dark Side of the Moon or Wish You Were Here even occasionally, it would still be too loud for me at a pool setting. Pink Floyd too loud? First time I have ever said that.
See, I knew I liked you! If they would play Pink Floyd at the pool over their sound system, I'd probably not even go to the parks. Well, I'd at least REALLY look forward to our "resort day!"
 
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