franandaj
I'm so happy, I could BOUNCE!
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2009
Day 10
We woke up to find this on the door.
We were pretty tired from our late night before, but we were up and having breakfast by 9:30AM. This would be my last day drinking out of my Tigger mug as I needed to get the OL basically ready to seal up in the morning.
I made her a bacon sandwich with the last of the bacon.
Today I really needed to get packing since our DME would be leaving at 8:55AM the next day. I tossed a last load of laundry in the washer and got out all the remaining suitcases filling them one by one.
I put away just about everything we wouldn't need in the first three suitcases and left the last one for all the rest of the stuff like bathroom bags, dirty clothes from today, shoes, etc.
By 11AM we were nearly packed and out the door to AK. I had FP for the same three rides we went on the night before! At least I'm consistent!
We waited about 15 minutes for the bus and were on our way into the park just as our FP for the safari opened. This helped Fran's mood a little bit. She got excited as we saw the various animals throughout the journey. Excuse the many pictures.
We had to wait a bit before we could go back to the station and unload. When we got off the safari, my FPs for FoP had opened up, so we headed to Pandora. On the way there she asked where I wanted to have lunch. I suggested the Yak and Yeti QS. She confused that with Harambe Market. Questioning why I always want to dine there.
I parked the scooter and went on the ride. Fran decided to check out the menu at Satuli Canteen, but she didn’t find anything she wanted. She ended up waiting it out in the store. I found her enjoying the AC (it was warm and muggy out), and I went on the ride a second time.
All that walking through the queue definitely built up my appetite. I had an hour and a half until my last FP expired. And here is where I messed up. We probably even went right past Eight Spoons, I could have tried their Mac and Cheese! But I totally forgot about it. Instead we headed over to Yak and Yeti QS.
We got an order of Honey Garlic Chicken, Chicken Fried Rice, and a pork egg roll.
My plate:
That was perfect for both of us and I was pleasantly full, but not so much that I couldn't ride Everest a couple times.
Not sure what happened to my other picture….
After the two rides we moseyed out of the park via the gift stores in front, where I ran into Kevin.
Before we left the park, our last in Orlando (for a while, little did we know), I convinced her to take some PP pictures. At least I got some in each of the four parks.
RAWR!
While I was riding Everest Fran had picked a donut similar to the one we tried to get about a week ago. We split it while we waited for the bus, which wasn't very long at all.
When we got back to the hotel, there was a movie shoot going on. Probably a commercial or something for the in room TV. We are used to seeing this kind of thing at home, but not on vacation.
Pretty soon we were back in the room. It was clear that we weren't going anywhere this evening. We were both tired. Fran was super cranky. In fact she was for most of the trip. There were extenuating circumstances related to the band which was causing her grief. Luckily, being away for so long gave her a chance to chill out and process the situation. She still wasn't happy, but she was no longer at the proverbial edge, like she was when we left.
So here's one of the complaints about this resort before I give my full overview. When we decided to just make do with food we had in the room for dinner, I wanted a vegetable to go with it, maybe a side salad. I went down to the QS hoping to find something small to bring back to the room.
These were my choices:
Tuna Niçoise Salad
Seared Rare Tuna on Crispy Greens tossed with Potatoes, Hard-boiled Egg, and a Dijon Vinaigrette
$13.99
Fresh Mozzarella and Tomato Salad
Mixed Greens topped with Fresh Mozzarella Slices and Wedge Tomatoes finished with a drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar
$9.49
Greek Salad
Crispy Greens tossed with Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Red Onion, and Feta finished with a Vinaigrette Dressing; $12.99 to add chicken; $13.99 to add shrimp
$9.99
And they were all HUGE! I just wanted a little something to go with what we already had. Maybe just a green salad for $3.99, oh wait we're at Disney, $5.99. So I gave up and decided who needs vegetables on vacation.
Back in the room, I heated up our leftovers of chicken and ribs from the night before and I tried to make a package of noodles that I'd brought along.
I don't know if it was the pan or the stove (the pans were pretty cheap), but the noodles just didn't want to cook. Finally I just served them up relatively al dente. It wasn't the greatest dinner but we didn’t feel like going anywhere to get anything more spectacular.
We split the salted caramel truffle cake I got at Toothsome's. It was good but not amazing.
Then the fireworks started at Epcot. Finally we got to see them from our room!
I had pretty much packed up everything I could, we needed everything else to get ready in the morning, and I wasn't going to push it with her to pack up her stuff. I took my last bath of the trip and drifted off to sleep.
We woke up to find this on the door.
We were pretty tired from our late night before, but we were up and having breakfast by 9:30AM. This would be my last day drinking out of my Tigger mug as I needed to get the OL basically ready to seal up in the morning.
I made her a bacon sandwich with the last of the bacon.
Today I really needed to get packing since our DME would be leaving at 8:55AM the next day. I tossed a last load of laundry in the washer and got out all the remaining suitcases filling them one by one.
I put away just about everything we wouldn't need in the first three suitcases and left the last one for all the rest of the stuff like bathroom bags, dirty clothes from today, shoes, etc.
By 11AM we were nearly packed and out the door to AK. I had FP for the same three rides we went on the night before! At least I'm consistent!
We waited about 15 minutes for the bus and were on our way into the park just as our FP for the safari opened. This helped Fran's mood a little bit. She got excited as we saw the various animals throughout the journey. Excuse the many pictures.
We had to wait a bit before we could go back to the station and unload. When we got off the safari, my FPs for FoP had opened up, so we headed to Pandora. On the way there she asked where I wanted to have lunch. I suggested the Yak and Yeti QS. She confused that with Harambe Market. Questioning why I always want to dine there.
I parked the scooter and went on the ride. Fran decided to check out the menu at Satuli Canteen, but she didn’t find anything she wanted. She ended up waiting it out in the store. I found her enjoying the AC (it was warm and muggy out), and I went on the ride a second time.
All that walking through the queue definitely built up my appetite. I had an hour and a half until my last FP expired. And here is where I messed up. We probably even went right past Eight Spoons, I could have tried their Mac and Cheese! But I totally forgot about it. Instead we headed over to Yak and Yeti QS.
We got an order of Honey Garlic Chicken, Chicken Fried Rice, and a pork egg roll.
My plate:
That was perfect for both of us and I was pleasantly full, but not so much that I couldn't ride Everest a couple times.
Not sure what happened to my other picture….
After the two rides we moseyed out of the park via the gift stores in front, where I ran into Kevin.
Before we left the park, our last in Orlando (for a while, little did we know), I convinced her to take some PP pictures. At least I got some in each of the four parks.
RAWR!
While I was riding Everest Fran had picked a donut similar to the one we tried to get about a week ago. We split it while we waited for the bus, which wasn't very long at all.
When we got back to the hotel, there was a movie shoot going on. Probably a commercial or something for the in room TV. We are used to seeing this kind of thing at home, but not on vacation.
Pretty soon we were back in the room. It was clear that we weren't going anywhere this evening. We were both tired. Fran was super cranky. In fact she was for most of the trip. There were extenuating circumstances related to the band which was causing her grief. Luckily, being away for so long gave her a chance to chill out and process the situation. She still wasn't happy, but she was no longer at the proverbial edge, like she was when we left.
So here's one of the complaints about this resort before I give my full overview. When we decided to just make do with food we had in the room for dinner, I wanted a vegetable to go with it, maybe a side salad. I went down to the QS hoping to find something small to bring back to the room.
These were my choices:
Tuna Niçoise Salad
Seared Rare Tuna on Crispy Greens tossed with Potatoes, Hard-boiled Egg, and a Dijon Vinaigrette
$13.99
Fresh Mozzarella and Tomato Salad
Mixed Greens topped with Fresh Mozzarella Slices and Wedge Tomatoes finished with a drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar
$9.49
Greek Salad
Crispy Greens tossed with Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Red Onion, and Feta finished with a Vinaigrette Dressing; $12.99 to add chicken; $13.99 to add shrimp
$9.99
And they were all HUGE! I just wanted a little something to go with what we already had. Maybe just a green salad for $3.99, oh wait we're at Disney, $5.99. So I gave up and decided who needs vegetables on vacation.
Back in the room, I heated up our leftovers of chicken and ribs from the night before and I tried to make a package of noodles that I'd brought along.
I don't know if it was the pan or the stove (the pans were pretty cheap), but the noodles just didn't want to cook. Finally I just served them up relatively al dente. It wasn't the greatest dinner but we didn’t feel like going anywhere to get anything more spectacular.
We split the salted caramel truffle cake I got at Toothsome's. It was good but not amazing.
Then the fireworks started at Epcot. Finally we got to see them from our room!
I had pretty much packed up everything I could, we needed everything else to get ready in the morning, and I wasn't going to push it with her to pack up her stuff. I took my last bath of the trip and drifted off to sleep.