Alright so here's a quick rundown of Day 1:
Woke up extremely early (3AM) to drive to Heidi's parents' house so her father could drive us to Philly International Airport. No issues checking in or going through security (I had to check in at the airport instead of online for whatever reason, Heidi could check in online), and the flight left and arrived on time.
Got off the plane in Orlando, went straight down to DME check-in. Previously we have had to wait for a little while to get on our bus to the resort, but this time we walked right on! It must have been our early arrival (8:45-ish). So, 25 minute ride to the resort, quick check-in (online check in completed previously), and our room is ready for us at 10AM!
We had a room in Martinique, decent location within 5 minutes of bus stop and Old Port Royale (food court). We dropped off our carry ons in the room, went over to the food court, but since we had been up for 7 hours already, I didn't want breakfast. So, we headed to DHS for a little while. We were able to get on TOT & RRC relatively quickly, rode the Great Movie Ride, and attempted for the first time to ride Midway Mania (the line was extremely long, more on that later). Not wanting to wait, we decided to head back to the resort to see if our luggage had arrived yet.
Luggage was there when we got back, so I changed and we headed out to the food court for our mugs, and decided to hit up EMH at Animal Kingdom. This was an extreme success in that we got on EE, Kali River Rapids, and its tough to be a bug in about 1hr 40min total! I will say that I don't think Animal Kingdom was designed to be open after dark, because it was very dimly lit! Anywho, after a quick ride back to the resort, we split some chicken nuggets and called it a night.
Well, thats all for now. I'm going to try to write one day at a time, once per day, if that makes any sense. Other than animal kingdom, shots from the rest of the day are in the first post of this thread.