Disney Vacation 2013: 1st official day of our holiday

As you know, our flight left at 10pm on friday…as you can see we were prepared with neck pillows so that we could sleep…I think I slept a total of 1 hour. The guy beside me slept the whole time, lucky guy. Doug, mom and dad had a row to themselves and they managed ok without killing each other HEE HEE HEE

We arrived at Orlando airport around 6:15 in the dark, but we knew the sky was clear. Our Disney bus was there and we were the only ones on the bus…gotta like that. Our bus driver was great and yacked the whole way to our resort. Last time we came here it was dark, so we didn’t get to properly see the Disney World sign, so I was very happy to see that my picture worked out.

We arrived at the resort around 7:30 and our room was ready. I got mom and dad a “1st visit” pin from the front desk and then we wandered up to our room. What a nice room. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a full kitchen. Our view is amazing considering we booked a “value room”. We didn’t see any animals when we got in, but that would change in the afternoon. We got a little unpacked and then mom and dad went to bed for a bit. I waited for our groceries to come. 10 bags showed up around 9:30 and so we unpacked them. Our luggage showed up around noon while we were in the pool.

I made a quick breakfast after people got up and then we got into our bathing suites and went to the pool. We got some nice spots and enjoyed the pool for awhile. I fell asleep on the lounge chair a few times so after about a few hours at the pool area, Doug and I came back to the room to take a nap. Just as I was about to head to bed I happened to look outside and what do I see??? A zebra…yup, our first African animal out our balcony door…it was exciting. What an amazing feeling to just see these animals from our own balcony. I did manage to sleep a bit and then I got up and started to get dinner prepped. When Doug got up he looked outside and saw the giraffe’s…AMAZING. All this from our balcony. We later on saw a lot of them wandering the various area’s of the resort, but to be able to see them from our balcony is great.

We wandered back to the pool to see where mom and dad had landed up. They were relaxing in the shade doing crossword puzzles. We strolled back to our room and I made dinner and we were eating around 4:30 so that we could check out some the activities that were going on at 5:15. They had a marshmallow roasting area, so we went to check that out and that is also where we saw a lot more animals. I thought this was kind of funny, but it seemed that people really like it and some kids where even having their first marshmallow.

After that we got our stuff ready to enjoy a movie at the pool deck. At 7pm they were showing Tangled. I had never seen the movie, so it was fun to see this under the stars. After a snack in our room (yummy sugary cereal), we all went to bed and currently everyone is still sleeping while I am typing this. Guess I should get into the kitchen and make some coffee soon…did I mention my dad brought Kona coffee along? Also the frying pan was a great idea…the ones here SUCK!!