Saturday January 11
I awoke next to the beautiful Emma. The girls were heading to Magic Kingdom today so were up and getting ready before I finally decided to get up. I didn't take too long though as I knew I would just be heading back to VW for the afternoon.
Once ready we headed down for breakfast in the restaurant. I ordered oatmeal. We were on a bit of a tight schedule as we needed to be out the front to get the shuttle to Disney at 9.10am. At 8.55 when the food still hadn't been brought out there were a few worries of would we make it in time. The food came and we scoffed down as much as we could. The bits we couldn't finish in time we put in takeaway containers to finish on the ride in.
I awoke next to the beautiful Emma. The girls were heading to Magic Kingdom today so were up and getting ready before I finally decided to get up. I didn't take too long though as I knew I would just be heading back to VW for the afternoon.
Once ready we headed down for breakfast in the restaurant. I ordered oatmeal. We were on a bit of a tight schedule as we needed to be out the front to get the shuttle to Disney at 9.10am. At 8.55 when the food still hadn't been brought out there were a few worries of would we make it in time. The food came and we scoffed down as much as we could. The bits we couldn't finish in time we put in takeaway containers to finish on the ride in.
Onto the shuttle and after a few stops at other hotels we were on our way back to Disney. First stop, Animal Kingdom. This was the drop off location for the shuttle, but as the others were heading to Magic Kingdom we got on another bus. I went through the Magic Kingdom bag check with the others as I wanted to ask at guest relations how I could get to DD as there were no buses departing from the Magic Kingdom stop. After a quick goodbye we all went our separate ways.
I spoke to an extremely helpful man who told me exactly how to get to DD. I set off to the monorail station. I took one stop on this and jumped off at The Contemporary hotel, however during that one stop I was able to catch a glimpse of Magic Kingdom from the monorail track so I have officially seen Sleeping Beauty Castle now. Today was the first day of the marathon runs and there were heaps and heaps of people walking around with their medals displayed proudly. Such an inspiration.
I then sat and waited at the Contemporary bus stop for about 30 minutes. There was a lot to watch from my seat at the bus stop. One family I saw- the Grandfather was in a scooter, he advised his daughter-in-law and her mother to go inside and hire mobility scooters for their day out. Next thing you know the two of them come back in their scooters. The three scooterers all lined up on the curb side ready to get on the buses for Hollywood Studios. However the buses would only take 1 or 2 scooters at a time so they were having trouble working out who would go first and then wait for the others at the other end. When I left they were all still sitting there waiting.
It seemed like a long bus ride across the property to get back to DD. I think it was probably just a lot of traffic about because of the running events. At DD I walked through the Christmas shop and also the massive Disney store to see if I could see a stuffed Thumper toy (from Bambi), but I couldn't.
When I walked into the car park I could see that the bus I could take was at the bus stop. I didn't think I would get there in time before it left, so I just walked across slowly to the stop. But low and behold it was still there when I got there so I jumped on. First stop I got off at VW. I said Hello to the squirrels as I walked back to our building.
It doesn't seem like anyone is home. Two of the bedroom doors are shut, but I haven't heard any movement. Maybe everyone is at training or exploring the parks?
Love Pol
Love Pol