Departure day has arrived!
I was wide awake at 2:00am but made myself stay in bed until 2:30. Everyone else followed suit, washed, dressed (including MagicBands on!), kind of quickly fed and then out door at 3:20. My great friend drove us to the airport, so we did not have to pay the about $90 for parking!
I was wide awake at 2:00am but made myself stay in bed until 2:30. Everyone else followed suit, washed, dressed (including MagicBands on!), kind of quickly fed and then out door at 3:20. My great friend drove us to the airport, so we did not have to pay the about $90 for parking!
Check-in and security went smoothly,
nice and early in the morning helps!
On the plane, it was snowing/raining
out so we had to de-ice. Off for take off. I will admit, for some
reason I did have mild panic attack at take off, not really sure why
and I was able to breath through it.
So, we land in Atlanta LATE, have to
RUN to our next flight and just make it as they begin boarding!
Pretty much the theme for the flights,
turbulence. It was bumpy on both flights, the second worse than the
first!
Departure portrait!
Magic Bands on!
Sunrise up in the sky! 
Family selfie!
Land in Orlando at 11:20 and turn my
phone on and got my “Room is Ready” text, and we got a room 3
down from what we requested! Awesomeness! So we head to the Magic
Express waiting area. They REALLY need better air conditioning here,
I remember last trip it was hot in there and this time was NO
different!
SO...Magic Express to POP (via Art of
Animation) and we went right to our room! It was very odd not going
to check-in and it made me concerned the first time we used our bands
for the dining plan, but except for a moment of trying to remember my
pin, it was no problem at all!
Magic Express bus!
At POP!
So the view from our room is awesome,
and it I SO quiet and pretty, PERFECT!
View from our room!
We unpacked our carry-ons (luggage not
here yet, of course), and went to the food court to eat. With the
lack of layover in Atlanta and the early morning departure, we had
not really eaten anything. We we HUNGRY, so we headed to the POP
food court! I got the Turkey Sandwich (Fresh Roasted Breast of
Turkey, fresh Mozzarella Cheese, Roasted Sweet Bell Peppers, Basil
Aioli, and Lettuce tossed with Cobb Dressing on toasted Foccacia
Bread ), John got the Johnny Appleseed (Pulled Pork, Tangy Slaw
Salad, Grilled Granny Smith Apples, Apple Butter, Cheddar Cheese )
and Rebekah got the kids Mac-N-Cheese.
My turkey sandwich
Rebekah's Mac-n-Cheese
My pasta salad side
John's Johnny Apple Seed Sandwich
FINALLY park time! We head over to
EPCOT!
At bag check, John is “randomly”
chosen to go through the metal detector. Just 1 unit set up under a
tent, no big deal.
Security Check
First ride, OF COURSE, is Spaceship
Earth!
Then we go shopping for a bit and get
ears are awesome ears!
And it I time for our first FastPass,
Spaceship Earth, again!
We have some time to wander a bit so we
head over to the Character Spot and we go in to meet Baymax! He was
very cool and puffy!
Then we hop on the Land. I always
forget the first part before you get into the greenhouses.
Time for supper! So we head over to
Norway for Akershus! We were seated at the same table as last trip,
which is OK, but It is in a corner by the Character door and kitchen,
hoe next time we will be in the main room. That aside, food was
great, the princesses were cute and this time it was Aurora who was
awesome.
My Meatballs
John's chicken
It had started to rain when we were
eating so as we were heading out we jumped in every building we
could, with a stop in Mexico to ride the boat ride there...I do
wonder what Mexicans think of that ride.
It was raining even harder when we go
out so we head back to the room avoiding the rain and puddles as much
as possible...we at least John and I did!
Steps walked: 16,176 (7.86 miles)
