I have been very good and not really posted anything about our Disney trip back in December. But today I need a little Disney magic! It has rained non-stop for the past two weeks straight every day except two, today and last Wednesday. I am becoming a sun junkie. Today it was cloudy all day. I need some sun. No, I NEEEEED some sun! I need to feel it on my face, in my bones, I need to be warm. I have been cold to the bone for the past several days. One of those colds that just doesn't go away. I almost ache from being cold for so long.
So, If I can't have some sun then let me think about something nice and fun. I relayed this story to my sister today. It is a bit ironic because as much as I neeeeed the sun and warmth right now, this was the coldest day we had at Disney World and while the sun was out it didn't warm you much.
We were at Animal Kingdom for the day and then going to have dinner at Narcoosie's at the Grand Floridian Hotel and then see the huge gingerbread house they make every year in the lobby. We left Animal Kingdom two hours early in hopes to get to our campsite and clean up a bit before our fancy dinner. It took us an hour to get back to the campground and another half hour to get the bus to take us to our campsite. We decided we didn't have enough time to get to our campsite and then change clothes so we would just go as we are. We were clothed enough for them to let us in. Men had to have a collared shirt and women no flip flops or shorts/t-shirt items. So Kenneth had a collared shirt on and the kids looked mostly presentable except their hair needed to be done. So we stayed on the bus that took us to the boat to take us to the Magic Kingdom to catch the monorail to get to the hotel for dinner.
We have to wait for the boat and it was a 15 minute trip across the lake to the Magic Kingdom. So by the time the boat docked it was 5 minutes until our reservation. they say that if you are 10 minutes late for the reservation then they give your table up to others waiting. We were worried that we wouldn't make it and I didn't know how crowded it would be. We get on the monorail and end up that the monorail only goes one way and the hotel we need is the last stop. So we stop at three other stops before ours.
We get to the hotel and I find the reservation desk for the hotel and ask where the restaurant is. The lady says it is on the other side of the pool in the round house on the other side of the grounds. Oh no!! We aren't there yet?
Caroline (our youngest with right sided muscle weakness caused by a stroke in-utero - long story...) can't walk anymore she is tired, hungry, and her little legs just can't make it. I pick her up and ask the lady if she could call to the restaurant and tell them we are on our way and not to give up our table. We are now 10 minutes late and have at least a 5 minute walk before we get there. She says no she can't but I could ask the concierge at the end of the desk. We go down to the concierge and looking quite haggard we tell them the story of calling down to let them know we are coming. The head concierge says we will do better than that, we will drive you down there. So they pick us up in an 8 person "station wagon" golf cart and drive us to the front door of the restaurant. The manager of the restaurant opens the front door and speaks to us by name. Mr. and Mrs. *******? Your table is ready for you.... now that is service.
This is a picture of my husband's dessert. It was a cheesecake with whipped cream and the back is a piece of candy that has Cinderella and Prince Charming and the castle on it and says "2007 Year of a Million Dreams"
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