MargaretJ
06-06-2003, 08:39 PM
Cast: MargaretJ – Disney Veteran
Matt 14yrs – Disney Veteran
Suzi – Disney Newbie
John 15yrs – Disney Newbie
Eric 14yrs – Disney Newbie
David 7yrs – Disney Newbie
Dates - May 24th-28th with friends
May 29th-June 3rd Matt & I
Resorts – Coronado Springs & Animal Kingdom Lodge
Wednesday May 28th
Today we slept in as Suzi & her family were heading home. We got up about 8am or so & helped pack up & move Matt from the connecting room to my room. We headed to Downtown Disney about 915a so Suzi & family could do some last minute shopping. We also decided that we needed to have Ghirardeli Milk Shakes ($8.41)– OK so it was not even 11a & we have not even had breakfast. The way we figured it we were getting our calcium & hey we are on Vacation. After shopping Suzi takes us to the Hilton across the street so we could pick up our Rental Car & they head to Belz Outlet Mall before heading home.
I do not know what the rooms at the Hilton look like but the lobby was very pretty & Matt noticed that there were lots of Awards posted throughout for customer service. This Hotel was very close to Downtown Disney & looked to have lots of rooms. After picking up the car ($189.00 drop off charge in GA included) we headed to The Virgin Music Store at Pleasure Island. I had given Matt a new prepaid phone the day before our trip as a Graduation from Middle School present & he wanted to see if they had any cool accessories. Really he needed a new prepaid phone as the one I got him last year was just too expensive. We did not find any accessories that just had to be bought but of course did buy a couple of CD’s.
Now back to the Resort for real lunch at the Food Court (16.79) & then back to the room to pick up clothes for Laundry. I enjoyed the quiet pool with a couple of Ducks who would just not stay out of the pool while Matt rested at the room while waiting for the clothes to be finished. Clothes done we returned to the room for a nap. Boy were we tired. We usually do not tour the Parks like we did the past few days but we had a lot to get in while Suzi & family were here. I was worried that Suzi would not see the Disney Magic as I do but on the last day there she started talking about returning to Disney the next year. Yes Disney Magic does exist!
After our nap we headed over to Epcot by way of the Boardwalk. Matt wanted to eat at the Spoodles walkup window. They have very good slices of Pizza, a nice garden salad for $5.00 & breadsticks ($18.10 total). Last year they also had a Greek Salad but it was not on the walk up menu this year.
We headed over to Epcot through the International Gateway & again enjoyed some of the entertainment Epcot has to offer. There are some acrobats in France that do amazing stunts with chairs. I also got to enjoy the Dave Mason concert at the American Gardens while Matt enjoyed the China Pavilion. The China Store also has a nice sized collection of swords. I promised Matt that we would return to the China Pavilion on the trip but just not tonight. We still could not believe how tired we were so after the second Dave Mason show headed back to the resort. Tonight sleep was more difficult as we had new noisy neighbors. Maybe the lady with the finger was not so bad after all. This group was up until about 3am talking and laughing.
Tomorrow Animal Kingdom Lodge, MGM & meeting LindaR
Matt 14yrs – Disney Veteran
Suzi – Disney Newbie
John 15yrs – Disney Newbie
Eric 14yrs – Disney Newbie
David 7yrs – Disney Newbie
Dates - May 24th-28th with friends
May 29th-June 3rd Matt & I
Resorts – Coronado Springs & Animal Kingdom Lodge
Wednesday May 28th
Today we slept in as Suzi & her family were heading home. We got up about 8am or so & helped pack up & move Matt from the connecting room to my room. We headed to Downtown Disney about 915a so Suzi & family could do some last minute shopping. We also decided that we needed to have Ghirardeli Milk Shakes ($8.41)– OK so it was not even 11a & we have not even had breakfast. The way we figured it we were getting our calcium & hey we are on Vacation. After shopping Suzi takes us to the Hilton across the street so we could pick up our Rental Car & they head to Belz Outlet Mall before heading home.
I do not know what the rooms at the Hilton look like but the lobby was very pretty & Matt noticed that there were lots of Awards posted throughout for customer service. This Hotel was very close to Downtown Disney & looked to have lots of rooms. After picking up the car ($189.00 drop off charge in GA included) we headed to The Virgin Music Store at Pleasure Island. I had given Matt a new prepaid phone the day before our trip as a Graduation from Middle School present & he wanted to see if they had any cool accessories. Really he needed a new prepaid phone as the one I got him last year was just too expensive. We did not find any accessories that just had to be bought but of course did buy a couple of CD’s.
Now back to the Resort for real lunch at the Food Court (16.79) & then back to the room to pick up clothes for Laundry. I enjoyed the quiet pool with a couple of Ducks who would just not stay out of the pool while Matt rested at the room while waiting for the clothes to be finished. Clothes done we returned to the room for a nap. Boy were we tired. We usually do not tour the Parks like we did the past few days but we had a lot to get in while Suzi & family were here. I was worried that Suzi would not see the Disney Magic as I do but on the last day there she started talking about returning to Disney the next year. Yes Disney Magic does exist!
After our nap we headed over to Epcot by way of the Boardwalk. Matt wanted to eat at the Spoodles walkup window. They have very good slices of Pizza, a nice garden salad for $5.00 & breadsticks ($18.10 total). Last year they also had a Greek Salad but it was not on the walk up menu this year.
We headed over to Epcot through the International Gateway & again enjoyed some of the entertainment Epcot has to offer. There are some acrobats in France that do amazing stunts with chairs. I also got to enjoy the Dave Mason concert at the American Gardens while Matt enjoyed the China Pavilion. The China Store also has a nice sized collection of swords. I promised Matt that we would return to the China Pavilion on the trip but just not tonight. We still could not believe how tired we were so after the second Dave Mason show headed back to the resort. Tonight sleep was more difficult as we had new noisy neighbors. Maybe the lady with the finger was not so bad after all. This group was up until about 3am talking and laughing.
Tomorrow Animal Kingdom Lodge, MGM & meeting LindaR