appleorchard
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- Nov 22, 2006
So now that our pre-Disney trip moment has been immortalized on film, we can leave.
Bonnie gets one last hug from everyone.
Ben gets one more hug from everyone.
And we're off!
Our trip to the airport was completely uneventful. The plane was on time. The kids and I ate Chinese for lunch.
Good thing the whole trip wasn't this dull.
We got on board and everyone got plugged in, electronically speaking, as soon as we reached 10,000 feet. I watched a movie. M played with his Kindle Fire. E read a book--an abridged version of Black Beauty.
I read it over her shoulder, while watching a movie at the same time. Harry Potter.
I already know what happens. In both stories.
DH took a nap.
We got to Orlando without incident. I'm an RN and I have to write phrases like this all the time in my notes. Arrived without incident. Transported without incident. Shift ended without incident.
Without incident is good.
We took the obligatory pictures... in front of the faux monorail...
That's M's Minecraft shirt. He wears it constantly. He explained to me, in excrutiating detail, about one of his games, on the way to Epcot one night. Then he said to me (right before I fell off the seat in a stupor) "You're the only one who will listen to me talk about Minecraft, Grandma."
So I was glad I hadn't passed out from ennui. Just in case M reads this. I don't think he knows what ennui is.
in front of Goofy....
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And finally, in front of the Magical Express.
Yes, E holds up Baby Simba in almost every picture we have.
Hopefully, you haven't fallen into a stupor yet or died from ennui over the pictures of these faceless, nameless children.
Cause we're finally at Kidani Village! I have a picture of that too, but I'll spare you.
I did online check-in here, for the very last time I swear. They make you go sit in a chair and then they want to hand you the packet and just walk away.
It never, ever works out that way.
I always request a room near the lobby, because DH has walking issues. So I want to know exactly where the room is before we trek a thousand miles down the hall. Plus, I knew this would be complicated, because we were changing rooms in two days and then had to get new keys on the last day, too. So I wanted to make they got all that.
I should have saved myself the trouble, since nothing you say in the lobby at check-in ever seems to get past the ears of the first desk clerk.
So, since I have all these issues, why did I do online check-in? I have no idea.
We had the most clueless check-in person. She became one of our biggest problems two days later, but today, she was just an annoyance. She was like a blank canvas. No matter what I said, she just stood there with a blank look. It was quite disconcerting.
And, of course, we didn't get a room close to the lobby. Since it was just for two days, I figured we'd get whatever was left over. It was in the fourth bead down, so it could have been worse--that was just halfway.
I tried to be gracious about it, I really did. But I never quite succeed. I always have to make some snide remark about my DH passing out halfway down the hall, or something else to make the check-in CM feel bad.
As if.
But we finally made it to our room, and E was blown away by the balcony. and the animals. and the animals in front of the balcony. Especially the cute bunny.
Yeah, that was her favorite.
You can see how excited E is by the way she's standing. She even put Simba down!
They have bears in their yard in Connecticut. I guess it's hard to impress this kid.
Next up-- our long, long, not fun night in Downtown Disney.
Bonnie gets one last hug from everyone.
Ben gets one more hug from everyone.
And we're off!
Our trip to the airport was completely uneventful. The plane was on time. The kids and I ate Chinese for lunch.
Good thing the whole trip wasn't this dull.
We got on board and everyone got plugged in, electronically speaking, as soon as we reached 10,000 feet. I watched a movie. M played with his Kindle Fire. E read a book--an abridged version of Black Beauty.
I read it over her shoulder, while watching a movie at the same time. Harry Potter.
I already know what happens. In both stories.
DH took a nap.
We got to Orlando without incident. I'm an RN and I have to write phrases like this all the time in my notes. Arrived without incident. Transported without incident. Shift ended without incident.
Without incident is good.
We took the obligatory pictures... in front of the faux monorail...
That's M's Minecraft shirt. He wears it constantly. He explained to me, in excrutiating detail, about one of his games, on the way to Epcot one night. Then he said to me (right before I fell off the seat in a stupor) "You're the only one who will listen to me talk about Minecraft, Grandma."
So I was glad I hadn't passed out from ennui. Just in case M reads this. I don't think he knows what ennui is.
in front of Goofy....
And finally, in front of the Magical Express.
Yes, E holds up Baby Simba in almost every picture we have.
Hopefully, you haven't fallen into a stupor yet or died from ennui over the pictures of these faceless, nameless children.
Cause we're finally at Kidani Village! I have a picture of that too, but I'll spare you.
I did online check-in here, for the very last time I swear. They make you go sit in a chair and then they want to hand you the packet and just walk away.
It never, ever works out that way.
I always request a room near the lobby, because DH has walking issues. So I want to know exactly where the room is before we trek a thousand miles down the hall. Plus, I knew this would be complicated, because we were changing rooms in two days and then had to get new keys on the last day, too. So I wanted to make they got all that.
I should have saved myself the trouble, since nothing you say in the lobby at check-in ever seems to get past the ears of the first desk clerk.
So, since I have all these issues, why did I do online check-in? I have no idea.
We had the most clueless check-in person. She became one of our biggest problems two days later, but today, she was just an annoyance. She was like a blank canvas. No matter what I said, she just stood there with a blank look. It was quite disconcerting.
And, of course, we didn't get a room close to the lobby. Since it was just for two days, I figured we'd get whatever was left over. It was in the fourth bead down, so it could have been worse--that was just halfway.
I tried to be gracious about it, I really did. But I never quite succeed. I always have to make some snide remark about my DH passing out halfway down the hall, or something else to make the check-in CM feel bad.
As if.
But we finally made it to our room, and E was blown away by the balcony. and the animals. and the animals in front of the balcony. Especially the cute bunny.
Yeah, that was her favorite.
You can see how excited E is by the way she's standing. She even put Simba down!
They have bears in their yard in Connecticut. I guess it's hard to impress this kid.
Next up-- our long, long, not fun night in Downtown Disney.