Caroleh
12-08-2007, 12:54 PM
Cast:
DH-Gilles
Me-Carol, the birthday girl!!!
Sidenote: for this trip I made little business card size note to thank different castmembers at random. The notes were different, but most of them said " We want to let you know how much we apprecte everything you do to make our vacation magical. Thank you!!" They were also decorated with small Disney stickers.
Saturday, Dec. 1--
Since I wasn't sleeping the week before the trip, Friday night wasn't any different, except instead of getting 4 hours of sleep, I got maybe an hour. Gilles made me crawl off the couch at 6 am to get dressed and ready to leave. The limo was outside at 7 am to take us to the airport. We were at the airport at 7:20, we printed off our boarding passes before we left, so it was off to customs, which went great and not a lot of waiting. We find our gate and wait for the plane. We were talking to a family that was also heading to WDW until it was time to board the plane, which took off at 10:30 am. Our flight crew was just as excited to get to MCO as we were. They were making joking and having a great time. Note: if any of my fellow Canadians are flying to WDW, take West Jet, the trip is really fun!!! They were even telling cute jokes while taxiing to the terminal. We landed about 1 pm. ME was really busy, and we waited for about 3 buses to get ours. We arrived at WL around 3pm for check-in. At the desk was a birthday button waiting for me, we just knew that it was going to be a great vacation. Once we reached our room and saw what was waiting for us (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2095703182/)we knew it was going to be a great time.
My orginal plans was to rest and relax before heading anywhere, but I needed to get to a park quickly. We were hungry, since we didn't have anything to eat all day except a danish at the airport, so we headed to Epcot and WS. To get there we hopped on the first boat we could find, which went to the Contemporay. We saw their Christmas decorations (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2094934703/)and then headed to the monorail. First stop was the Mexican pavillon to get Nachoes after taking a few pictures of the Christmas (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2094936743/) decorations (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2094936053/). We really weren't too crazy about the nachoes, they tasted like they were sitting around too long. After the nachos, we went inside the Mexican pavillon, looked at the shops and went into the ride, Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros. We thought the ride was really cheesy and would of been better without the 3 caballeros. I wish we could of seen it before they changed it.
We wondered around at a few of the pavillons, trying to kill some time since we had 7 o'clock reservations at Marrakesh Restaurant. We caught a little of the singing of the Candlelight processional as we passed by American pavillon. It was really crowded so we continued walking. When we got to the Moroccan pavillon, we were getting extremely tired and didn't know if we'd last until 7, and it was only 6. we went to the desk and explained to them we had reservations at 7, but was there a chance we could get in early. They told us to have a seat and in less then 5 minutes they called us in. We both had the Marrakesh Feast. The food was great and a lot to eat. The DH really enjoyed it and cleaned his plate, but I was so tired I just ate my Harira Soup, Beef Brewat Rolls, and a few bites of my lamb, chicken, couscous and a little of the pastries.
We were so tired we decided to head back to the room and make it to Illuminations another time.(which we never made it to.)On our way back, I stopped to take a few (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2094938861/) more (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2095710280/) pictures of the decorations (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2095712790/). (For some odd reason, Gilles always starts to sing parts of Alice's Resturaunt when I'm taking pictures!!!) We grab the monorail to the TTC, then the ferry to MK, before the boat to WL. We saw our first glance at the castle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2094941549/) all decorated up while riding the ferry to MK.
When we reached WL, we got to see the tree (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2094940993/) all lit up. We crashed for the night and I slept soundly for the first time in over a week. I was home!!!
Day 2 coming soon!!!
DH-Gilles
Me-Carol, the birthday girl!!!
Sidenote: for this trip I made little business card size note to thank different castmembers at random. The notes were different, but most of them said " We want to let you know how much we apprecte everything you do to make our vacation magical. Thank you!!" They were also decorated with small Disney stickers.
Saturday, Dec. 1--
Since I wasn't sleeping the week before the trip, Friday night wasn't any different, except instead of getting 4 hours of sleep, I got maybe an hour. Gilles made me crawl off the couch at 6 am to get dressed and ready to leave. The limo was outside at 7 am to take us to the airport. We were at the airport at 7:20, we printed off our boarding passes before we left, so it was off to customs, which went great and not a lot of waiting. We find our gate and wait for the plane. We were talking to a family that was also heading to WDW until it was time to board the plane, which took off at 10:30 am. Our flight crew was just as excited to get to MCO as we were. They were making joking and having a great time. Note: if any of my fellow Canadians are flying to WDW, take West Jet, the trip is really fun!!! They were even telling cute jokes while taxiing to the terminal. We landed about 1 pm. ME was really busy, and we waited for about 3 buses to get ours. We arrived at WL around 3pm for check-in. At the desk was a birthday button waiting for me, we just knew that it was going to be a great vacation. Once we reached our room and saw what was waiting for us (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2095703182/)we knew it was going to be a great time.
My orginal plans was to rest and relax before heading anywhere, but I needed to get to a park quickly. We were hungry, since we didn't have anything to eat all day except a danish at the airport, so we headed to Epcot and WS. To get there we hopped on the first boat we could find, which went to the Contemporay. We saw their Christmas decorations (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2094934703/)and then headed to the monorail. First stop was the Mexican pavillon to get Nachoes after taking a few pictures of the Christmas (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2094936743/) decorations (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2094936053/). We really weren't too crazy about the nachoes, they tasted like they were sitting around too long. After the nachos, we went inside the Mexican pavillon, looked at the shops and went into the ride, Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros. We thought the ride was really cheesy and would of been better without the 3 caballeros. I wish we could of seen it before they changed it.
We wondered around at a few of the pavillons, trying to kill some time since we had 7 o'clock reservations at Marrakesh Restaurant. We caught a little of the singing of the Candlelight processional as we passed by American pavillon. It was really crowded so we continued walking. When we got to the Moroccan pavillon, we were getting extremely tired and didn't know if we'd last until 7, and it was only 6. we went to the desk and explained to them we had reservations at 7, but was there a chance we could get in early. They told us to have a seat and in less then 5 minutes they called us in. We both had the Marrakesh Feast. The food was great and a lot to eat. The DH really enjoyed it and cleaned his plate, but I was so tired I just ate my Harira Soup, Beef Brewat Rolls, and a few bites of my lamb, chicken, couscous and a little of the pastries.
We were so tired we decided to head back to the room and make it to Illuminations another time.(which we never made it to.)On our way back, I stopped to take a few (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2094938861/) more (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2095710280/) pictures of the decorations (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2095712790/). (For some odd reason, Gilles always starts to sing parts of Alice's Resturaunt when I'm taking pictures!!!) We grab the monorail to the TTC, then the ferry to MK, before the boat to WL. We saw our first glance at the castle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2094941549/) all decorated up while riding the ferry to MK.
When we reached WL, we got to see the tree (http://www.flickr.com/photos/20467943@N07/2094940993/) all lit up. We crashed for the night and I slept soundly for the first time in over a week. I was home!!!
Day 2 coming soon!!!