Day 5 Part I
Saturday, January 20, 2018
A (much needed) day off
(Ugh - I rotated all of these pics in Photobucket - I sure hope they are all upright for you guys???)
I was awake at 5:15am - but I laid in bed until 6:15, letting the girls sleep a little bit longer.
Allison and I went to sit in the lobby of SoG for a while - I had my trip journal in hand, so I could catch up on writing... We grabbed coffees and hung out for a bit, so V could continue to sleep. I know I took a pic of this, but I can't find it.
When we got back to the room, V was up and awake... She had a cough and a headache. She took some ibuprofen, she said she was up to doing breakfast, so we all got ready.
We were out the door early @ 9:30am for our 10:50 breakfast at The Wave (YUM)...
Shady Shuttle ----> Poly ----> Monorail ----> Contemporary
We checked in at The Wave a bit early - 10:10, we had to wait a little while to be seated, we were seated at 10:30. This was totally fine, as we were taking today very slowly.
Our server was Eddie - he was OK - definitely not up to par with other servers we have had here in the past - but the food more than made up for it.
And was filling, as usual.
With very full bellies... I had one small mission this trip... I wanted an updated photo of the girls and I at the Mickey Head at the Contemporary. They now have a "stand" here, so you can set up your phone on a timer and take a pic... but there was a family here, so I offered to take a pic of them, in turn - they were kind enough to snap a photo of the 3 of us...
And then Allison grabbed one of just me, with my Minnie Dot Spirit Jersey...
Once we were done here, we decided to head back to SoG for a bit.
Monorail ----> TTC ----> SoG Bus ----> SoG
We were back in our room by 12:10...
The girls napped until 2:00...
This was V's set up for pretty much the remainder of the trip...
And I sat out on the balcony for a while, checking in on FB... And enjoying my "picture-esqe" view of the pool, blocked by the tree.
When the girls got up, we went out to the SoG lobby to have some of their home-made ice cream, V thought it would feel good on her throat.
Allison and I decided to go out for dinner - V wanted to sleep... We left at about 4pm...
Shady Shuttle ----> Poly ----> Monorail ----> GF
We looked around the shops for a little while, testing out some sugar scrub/lotion samples at the bath place in GF - that was fun. Though be careful which scents you pair together... I had to wash my hands twice, because I paired two scents that didn't go well together and my hands smelled nasty. LOL
As we were walking out of here, I spotted someone carrying one of my bags... Not just one of my bags - but one of MY actual bags that I made for myself. Now, when caught off guard like that... Sometimes the STUPIDEST things come out of my mouth... Picture this: Two females coming out of the Bath shop at GF (note, it's ECHO-Y here)... They take off at a dead run, one of them yelling "Stop her, she has my bag!"... Um, yah - that was me. So glad no one else started chasing this poor woman. Yah - dumb, dumb, dumb. I have a picture of this meet, and believe me - this poor lady probably thought I was nuts (with every right)... This was my only 'in the wild' sighting of one of my bags this trip. And I am sure most of you will recognize this particular bag - I carried it for one day during V's grad trip in 2016...
Allison and I decided that we didn't want to eat at GF, so we'd take the monorail around to the Contemporary to see if anything there appealed to us... We ended up at the Contempo Cafe
I've never eaten here, I honestly didn't even know it was here. LOL I thought that all of this was Chef Mickey's. Allison and I both decided that we needed a salad... Suzi recommended we try Braised Beef Grilled Cheese - however - we didn't listen to her and decided on the salads instead. Big mistake! If ever you are in doubt, and you ask Suzi for recommendations on food - Please, please, please take her advice.
Our salads were delivered, just as they closed the lunch menu (which the braised beef grilled cheese is only on the lunch menu) - and the salads looked good enough...
However, once we started eating, we realized that the entire salad was built of the crappiest of crappy romaine lettuce and wasn't edible.
This is what we DIDN'T eat of our salads... BTW, this is just mine - Allison had her own pile that looked similar. We were NOT impressed with the food quality here at all.
We decided to split the braised beef grilled cheese, because we were still hungry - but when Allison went up to order it - that menu was closed and the CM working at the ordering station didn't speak English well, so Allison didn't even complain to her. An expensive $30 meal - most of which was thrown away. :angry: Not a happy camper. We left the Contemporary hungry.
Monorail ----> TTC ----> SoG bus ----> SoG
We came back to our room to V feeling worse. I went down to the store in SoG to purchase her Tylenol, as well - so she could start alternating Tylenol/Ibuprofen. I had a thermometer in my luggage... At 6pm, she took Tylenol and her temp was 101.5.
At this point - I disinfected the room and we hung out for a while. Cindy offered us a ride to Urgent Care if we needed it, for the moment - I turned her down - thanking her profusely, of course.
Allison and I were still hungry, so we decided to order from the To-Go Bistro down stairs in SoG (we didn't know this existed either)... Allison ordered chicken fingers and I ordered a turkey sandwich. This was a very economical meal and an option I wish I'd know about long ago... I mean - it was basically theme park food - but it was decent and we didn't have to go far to get it.
When we came back upstairs with our food - this was V... Looking a little better... And in an upright position... On the phone with Carter - who, btw, was ready to drive to Florida to make sure V was OK. LOL I assured him, I've kept her alive for the last 18+ years - we'd be OK, and he could stay put.
At this point - V decided that our food looked good... So, we ordered a second chicken strip meal for her and went to get it.
And this was the end of our Day Off... I thought it best that we all get to bed early. I was hoping V would be feeling better tomorrow, and we could continue on with our trip. We were all in bed by 8:45 with 10k steps.