idratherbeinwdw
02-06-2006, 06:12 PM
Tuesday, the day my best friend Elaine was due to meet me for the day, had arrived. Elaine has a ton of frequent flier points, and this is not the first time she was going to fly in for the day and leave that same night.
I woke up late, as she was due to get there about 10, and anyway I always like to sleep in at least one day. Ate breakfast on my terrace (blueberry muffin I had bought the night before at the BW bakery, which I heated up in the microwave). It was warm and sunny and beautiful, another glorious day. The phone rang just before 10, and I hurried down to meet Elaine at the entrance. I'd been to WDW with her before, but prior to DVC, so we had only stayed at the GF and Poly together. I was very excited to show her my BW home, so up to the villa we went! She was duly impressed with how big and nice the room was, and being she and her hubby only stay at the best hotels/suites when they travel it meant a lot to me that she thought so highly of BWV. She has a bit of a "thing" against having refrigerators in the room, but right away she mentioned how clean this one was and how there was no "telltale" odor, LOL. I recall her saying how it would be easy to stay in the villa for a long time, there was so much room and it was so bright and cheerful. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/idratherbeinwdw/Flowers.jpg
The MK is the favorite park for both of us, but we'd done that together many times, and since she only had the one day we didn't want to deal with possible waits for buses. We had decided in advance that we'd do Epcot, so we walked over to the Land and got a FP. It was about 11, and the FP was for 12-1, so we had an hour to kill. Off we went to SE, then to the new ice station cool (can't think of the name now and I am too lazy to look). Elaine has been to WDW about 10-12 times, but usually only for 1-3 days, so there were a few things she didn't know about, the soda place being one. After that we played around in innoventions for a bit, and then it was time for soarin'. The FP line was great, we got right on and luckily in the front row (none of those darn foot swingers--do you hear me Kathy? LOL). We picked up a FP for later in the day, and it was perfectly timed for us--return between 4 and 5.
Two shots from Epcot. For those who don't know me already, I am on the taller one in the shot of Elaine and me together, the single shot is elaine:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/idratherbeinwdw/EM2.jpghttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/idratherbeinwdw/Elaine.jpg
Since we only had until 6 we didn't take my usual break at the villa, instead we ate lunch at the food court in The Land right after we did soarin'. I think that's a great food court, best in WDW imho, as far as food quality goes. She had the roast chicken and I had this super tasty salad with big chunks of chicken breast. I needed something sweet, so I also got a cup of dirt with worms (choc pudding and gummi worms in case anyone doesn't know), and Elaine had some chocolate cake.
It was about 2 PM now, and we wanted to catch the 4PM Off Kilter (OK) show, and hopefully fit in the movies from China and Mexico prior to that. Our timing was super, and we did indeed catch the China one right away, hightailed it to Canada and got to see that one too. It was almost 4, so when we exited the canada movie we took seats in the front row to watch OK. Elaine was duly impressed with the guys smiling, waving and winking hi to me, that was pretty cool, LOL. They did a smoking version of Fields of Athenry, which she loved, but she did not like the way they rocked out on Danny Boy. Funny thing is that's what got me to first notice OK, i was blown away the first time I saw them do that tune. Oh well, at least she liked most of it, and I enjoyed Danny Boy.
Now it was 4:30, only 90 minutes and Elaine had to be back at BWV for her ride to the airport. So back to Soarin to use the FP, and by the time it was over it was just about time to go back to BWV. We looked around in the shop by the international gateway, and Elaine bought a cute POTC shirt. Then back to the resort and goodbye time. We had a great day together, I was so glad she decided to come for the day.
The final 2 OK shows of the day were at 6:30 and 7:30, and I watched both. At 8 I walked over to see one of my fave WS attractions, the American Adventure. There was about a ten minute wait and then it was time for the show. I always find that so touching and enjoyable and this was no exception.
Afterwards I walked back towards BWV just as Illuminations was beginning. I stood on the bridge that leads to the boardwalk and watched the fireworks with a slew of other folks who had the same idea. I was really hungry by then, so I went right to the room and ordered a ribeye steak from room service. Wow it was really good, as were the mashed potatoes and the veggies, surprised me how much I enjoyed it. And the steak, unlike the shula's variety, was small enough for me to eat the whole thing (but still plenty big). Cooked perfectly, excellent quality meat, it may have been my favorite meal the entire trip believe it or not.
I didn't feel like going back out, so time to light the candles and climb in the jacuzzi again! Afterwards I made another hot fudge sundae with whipped cream, and watched some tv, mostly disney cartoons (dare I sing the lambert song again? LOL). I went online, checked my email and these boards, and then about 12 or so I went to sleep.
BTW I forgot to mention that I posted to the boards to say hi on day two of my trip. It was REALLY cool to have the laptop (first time for me) and say hello and get all your wonderful replies while I was actually at WDW. Next time, if I have the spare time and energy, I'd like to try to post a trip report daily as it is happening. :thumbsup: :sunny:
I woke up late, as she was due to get there about 10, and anyway I always like to sleep in at least one day. Ate breakfast on my terrace (blueberry muffin I had bought the night before at the BW bakery, which I heated up in the microwave). It was warm and sunny and beautiful, another glorious day. The phone rang just before 10, and I hurried down to meet Elaine at the entrance. I'd been to WDW with her before, but prior to DVC, so we had only stayed at the GF and Poly together. I was very excited to show her my BW home, so up to the villa we went! She was duly impressed with how big and nice the room was, and being she and her hubby only stay at the best hotels/suites when they travel it meant a lot to me that she thought so highly of BWV. She has a bit of a "thing" against having refrigerators in the room, but right away she mentioned how clean this one was and how there was no "telltale" odor, LOL. I recall her saying how it would be easy to stay in the villa for a long time, there was so much room and it was so bright and cheerful. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/idratherbeinwdw/Flowers.jpg
The MK is the favorite park for both of us, but we'd done that together many times, and since she only had the one day we didn't want to deal with possible waits for buses. We had decided in advance that we'd do Epcot, so we walked over to the Land and got a FP. It was about 11, and the FP was for 12-1, so we had an hour to kill. Off we went to SE, then to the new ice station cool (can't think of the name now and I am too lazy to look). Elaine has been to WDW about 10-12 times, but usually only for 1-3 days, so there were a few things she didn't know about, the soda place being one. After that we played around in innoventions for a bit, and then it was time for soarin'. The FP line was great, we got right on and luckily in the front row (none of those darn foot swingers--do you hear me Kathy? LOL). We picked up a FP for later in the day, and it was perfectly timed for us--return between 4 and 5.
Two shots from Epcot. For those who don't know me already, I am on the taller one in the shot of Elaine and me together, the single shot is elaine:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/idratherbeinwdw/EM2.jpghttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/idratherbeinwdw/Elaine.jpg
Since we only had until 6 we didn't take my usual break at the villa, instead we ate lunch at the food court in The Land right after we did soarin'. I think that's a great food court, best in WDW imho, as far as food quality goes. She had the roast chicken and I had this super tasty salad with big chunks of chicken breast. I needed something sweet, so I also got a cup of dirt with worms (choc pudding and gummi worms in case anyone doesn't know), and Elaine had some chocolate cake.
It was about 2 PM now, and we wanted to catch the 4PM Off Kilter (OK) show, and hopefully fit in the movies from China and Mexico prior to that. Our timing was super, and we did indeed catch the China one right away, hightailed it to Canada and got to see that one too. It was almost 4, so when we exited the canada movie we took seats in the front row to watch OK. Elaine was duly impressed with the guys smiling, waving and winking hi to me, that was pretty cool, LOL. They did a smoking version of Fields of Athenry, which she loved, but she did not like the way they rocked out on Danny Boy. Funny thing is that's what got me to first notice OK, i was blown away the first time I saw them do that tune. Oh well, at least she liked most of it, and I enjoyed Danny Boy.
Now it was 4:30, only 90 minutes and Elaine had to be back at BWV for her ride to the airport. So back to Soarin to use the FP, and by the time it was over it was just about time to go back to BWV. We looked around in the shop by the international gateway, and Elaine bought a cute POTC shirt. Then back to the resort and goodbye time. We had a great day together, I was so glad she decided to come for the day.
The final 2 OK shows of the day were at 6:30 and 7:30, and I watched both. At 8 I walked over to see one of my fave WS attractions, the American Adventure. There was about a ten minute wait and then it was time for the show. I always find that so touching and enjoyable and this was no exception.
Afterwards I walked back towards BWV just as Illuminations was beginning. I stood on the bridge that leads to the boardwalk and watched the fireworks with a slew of other folks who had the same idea. I was really hungry by then, so I went right to the room and ordered a ribeye steak from room service. Wow it was really good, as were the mashed potatoes and the veggies, surprised me how much I enjoyed it. And the steak, unlike the shula's variety, was small enough for me to eat the whole thing (but still plenty big). Cooked perfectly, excellent quality meat, it may have been my favorite meal the entire trip believe it or not.
I didn't feel like going back out, so time to light the candles and climb in the jacuzzi again! Afterwards I made another hot fudge sundae with whipped cream, and watched some tv, mostly disney cartoons (dare I sing the lambert song again? LOL). I went online, checked my email and these boards, and then about 12 or so I went to sleep.
BTW I forgot to mention that I posted to the boards to say hi on day two of my trip. It was REALLY cool to have the laptop (first time for me) and say hello and get all your wonderful replies while I was actually at WDW. Next time, if I have the spare time and energy, I'd like to try to post a trip report daily as it is happening. :thumbsup: :sunny: