Disney Day 1!

The trip to Orlando was relatively uneventful which is always a good thing. We checked into the Disney Yacht Club in the afternoon and grabbed some lunch at a nearby brewery which was pretty good. There was this loud loud loud girl a few tables away from us who educated us on all of her boyfriends and rude girl friends over the whole meal. It was very obvious that tables close to hers were highly annoyed. It would have been more tolerable if she didn't speak fluent valley girl. :P

The property is really pretty as you would expect from Disney- a pool, lazy river, big room, and 78 degree weather! When we checked in the hostess asked if we had a floor preference. My reply was “if you see there’s a family with little kids in one room, we don’t want to share their wall.” Rude of me – probably. But this morning, as I’m working from the hotel room, I’ve heard CONSTANT whining from bratty, Disney-spoiled children since 8 am. UGH.

Yesterday we bought discount tickets to Epcot and went from 4-9 which was plenty of time for our liking. While we got a FastPass to the new Soarin’ ride we decided that after a big Chinese dinner we didn’t have the energy to walk back to that end of the park and have our stomachs turned. We did however get to see LOTS more stuff than we did a few years back when we came with my company. We hit the GM Test Track, the Ellen DeGeneres Energy moving movie, the Land’s boat tour through the greenhouses of Disney, and the new Space Mission to Mars ride that killed 3 people to date! We also toured several more countries in the World Showcase than we did in ’02.

Jim and I are currently debating whether we went to Animal Kingdom last time wer were here. I strongly contend that we did not and he keeps swearing he remembers being on an animal safari with me and "where else could it have been?" He claims he's now concerned about my long-term memory if I'm "blocking out entire days" of my life. I'm so sure we didn't go there I called Jonathan Wolf to vouch for me (which he did though Jim said that wasn't a valid witness as he wasn't with us).

Jim’s off at training right now and I’m keeping up on my email for work. I had a wonderful night’s sleep so I’ve actually got quite a bit of energy. Too bad this laptop doesn’t have wireless access, I could be working from the pool instead of my room!