At long last I have time to sit down and jot out a trip report. Bear with me I might ramble!
October 10, 2003
Cast:
Me age 22,
Randy age 22,
Randy's Mom Marsha (RM) requested that her age remain anonymous and
Randy's Dad Ken (RK) age 47
We left our house the night before with intentions to get a pretty good distance. We stopped overnight in Marietta Georgia.
The next morning we woke up pumped and ready to go (well some of us were pumped).
We were on the road at about 8:00am and after lots of hours and many, many, many potty breaks we arrived in WDW!
We valeted the Suburban, handed over our luggage, and checked into our hotel: The Swan Resort. We cannot say enough good things about this hotel. We received an awesome rate (thanks to Mousesavers.com) and we just loved this place!
Although we had a very nice room with a great view of the terrace between the Dolphin, Swan, and the Freindship Boat, I didn't want to stay there all day (e.g. We were in WDW let's go to a park!)
We took the boat over to EPCOT. As soon as we stepped in the boat, it started raining. After pleading with the gods to please make it stop raining someone listened because as soon as we stepped through the turnstyles, voila no rain! We got in the park at about 4:30pm, so we had very little time to do everything.
So, in this order we tackled EPCOT:
Honey I Shrunk the Audience: No wait
Test Track: 35 minute wait
Spaceship Earth: no wait
Askershus (Norway ride): 10 minute wait
We had a PS at 'Ohanas for 9:40 (yes we are late eaters). We decided by then to go ahead and go over there. Via monorail we made it to the Poly- with no problems. We walked around for awhile (i.e., shopped) and finally checked in for our PS. We were told that it would be a few minutes so we just took some seats along the window looking torwards the beach. Well, as soon as we sat down POP! CRACK! MK's fireworks! We had an awesome unexpected view of the wonderful show!
We were seated and had a neat view of Cinderella's Castle while we ate. The food was absolutely delicous. (Editor's note: It's very possible to continue your Adkin's Diet and eat here!)
With full tummies and smiles we got back on the Monorail and decided to ride the complete loop. We got to see lots of adorable children dressed up for MNSSHP. We finally decided to head back to the hotel to get some sleep for the next day (that started quite early). So, we hopped off the Monorail at TTC, and hopped on a bus to DTD. (As most of you know there are no buses that run inter-hotel).
When we were dropped off at DTD, we promptly sat at the correct bus stop. While we waited we saw this couple who were just married and on their honeymoon but they didn't fit the typical newlywed bill. For example, she sat in the corner talking on her cell phone and he (quite muscular) played football with some kids. No prob there, but after the bus came and picked us up, they didn't sit next to each other or talk to each other?! The only way that we knew that they were even remotely affiliated was that they walked up together and overheard the guy (who we aptly named Body By Jake) say that they were married a couple days ago. (Editor's note: the reason why I bring this couple up is because we will see them many more times on our trip!)
But this just goes to show that this world is quite diverse!
Once we made it back to the hotel, our first day in WDW was complete!
Pixie Dust Moments: The Rain Stopping, Waiting at "Ohana's and getting a surprise view of the Fireworks
Negatives: None for today thanks!
Photos from Day 1 and part of 2