Chellymouse
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2007
Everyone! We went home to SSR 10/10-10/19 and now it's time to share our shenanigans! We had a few glitches before arriving, including my sinuses joining the "let's get infected a week before we leave" but thankfully, the worst was over before we flew! I do have to warn everyone, just before the trip, we decided to invest in a new lens for our camera. To say we were shocked at the improvement is an understatement so there will definitely be plenty of pics!
It's Friday 10/10 and much to our dismay DH (who is my squatch) and I both had to work. So, we were both up at 5am in order to be home from work by 10:30am so we could leave for the airport when my DMIL arrived just before 11am. We made it through the airport and security fairly quickly ( I should mention I was wearing my Malificent Minnie ears which earned a few strange looks and fun remarks) and for once, the airport bar was open so....we pulled up a stool and commenced our shenanigans!
Just as we were finishing our "snack" our flight was called, we grabbed our seats and thankfully, took off a few minutes early. Even better was we landed nearly 20 minutes early! Score! Soon we boarding the Magical Express and saw one of the best signs on earth!
We arrived home to SSR within an hour after our flight landed, check in was extremely easy (we did do online check in) and had a surprise, our grocery order from Garden Grocer had been delivered early. (We had actually been scheduled on a later flight due to work, however, after our flight was changed and we only had a 20 minute layover in Atlanta, we made arrangements at our jobs and switched flights!) Our 1BR was ready, so after I had our number, the squatch was already at bell services picking up our groceries and soon we were in our golf cart taking the scenic route to Congress Park. For some reason, the main road was torn up
Our villa was perfect, we put our groceries away, dropped carry on gear, put the camera in the park bag and off the bus stop we went. As we were waiting for the MK bus, the squatch spotted none other than SSRMonkey and koala! They were just returning from TL (it was a very hot day) and despite their earlier shenanigans, their parents decided the spa trip made up for it and we made plans to meet up later. (they had to clean the sand out of their fur!) The MK bus arrived and soon we standing in line to exchange our AP vouchers. So, the squatch is now revoking my privileges as I had forgotten it was a party night and the line was looooong with people picking up will call tickets. I had managed to score a FP+ for POTC (good thing because the line was insane) so we stopped at Caseys for a hot dog for the squatch and nuggets for me and finished the last bites as we arrived at POTC. After a welcome ride, we hightailed it out of there. No, I did not get a dole whip as the line was nuts on both sides! We jumped on the monorail and over to Epcot we go! Upon arriving the Epcot, the pit has decided to revolt. Bad feedings for a few days before we left and today have the left pit in disarray! We decided to visit the festival center, pick up passports and enjoy the chocolate creations while it was not very busy.
After wandering around the festival center and finding out the D&B handbags were sold out, I was at least able to get a passholder shirt (passholder pins were already gone also), sent our package back to SSR and off to the Craft beer stand for the squatch.
After the squatch was watered and the pit picked at the snack mix (which was quite tasty), we wandered back to the world showcase. Since the pit was being rotten, the squatch grabbed a few more drinks, I took some pictures and then it was time to meet SSRMonkey by the fountain!
We found SSRMonkey and we all decided to head over to DTD. We wound up at Splitsville (a first for us) and were very pleasantly surprised. The pit was still out of service so I managed half a hamburger while everyone else had these wonderful pizzas and nachos and gaitor baits. If you've never had a gaiter bait, you don't know what you're missing! the Squatch entertained SSRMonkey with his tales of gaitor wrestling and all too soon, we were all exhausted and headed home to SSR for the night. We finally made it to bed after midnight.
Up next, our first full day, will the pit behave?, who's bright idea was it to make a 7:30am breakfast ressie and Party for the Senses!
_ NOT! the line was back to Dumbo. We were fortunate enough Space Mtn had a 10 minute wait so we rode and by the time we were off, the wait was up to 40 minutes. After Space, the squatch beat me badly at Buzz....what's new? As you can see, I was deeply concentrating on trying to beat him, but no luck! 
oh boy! I can't wait for the statute of limitations to run out! This one sounds pretty juicy! At least you can tell I was trying very hard to beat the squatch! Fluffernutter sounds way better than the chicken and stuffing I just put in the oven for dinner!
) The parade was getting ready to start and I did manage to snag a pic of the horseman on our way over to HM. And play with the camera. Oh, and we stopped to trick or treat!
as we had gone through a lot of clothing due to the heat and humidity. within minutes of getting back to our villa, the next round of storms let loose! We got lucky and the rain had stopped long enough for us to walk over to DTD to grab a bus to Poly for dinner at Ohana. Squatch thought I was nuts for grabbing the umbrellas.....good thing because on the way over to the Poly, a nasty thunderstorm blew up. We weren't too soaked, but we did stop at the gift shop and we each got a new pair of Mickey sandals. Dinner at O'hana did not disappoint and I'm glad we asked and got a salad because the lettuce wraps were yuck. Full beyond belief, we had planned to go to MK to watch Wishes, however, it was still rainy and stormy so we headed home to SSR. Early night, but that was ok, because we could stand an early night. 
One bite and the pit almost emptied itself! Blech! Next stop was Puerto Rico, I had to get that awful taste out of my mouth! We tried the Braised beef, the plantains and the custard, which was tasty. The plantains were greasy and the beef was just ok. The San Juan breeze (leaded) was also quite tasty and the squatch tried a medella beer. We kept on walking and came across Ireland where I was able to get some decent cheese! We came across Brazil and enjoyed the pork belly and moscato and Xingu beer, which was a little weird. Next up was Belgium where we downed both the savory and the berry waffles, which are one of our festival favorites! The squatch grabbed a beer from Morocco (no new food and the food is not a fan favorite) We decided to stop in the Chase lounge for a pit stop and some non-adult beverages and to sit down in the AC for a few. I have to say, we do enjoy the Chase lounge, it's a nice little perk! By now, the squatch was squawking about "real food" so we made our way out the back door and over the Big River Brewing for dinner. We were seated quickly and the squatch ordered his customary beer flight while the pit tried some water and diet Coke. Dinner was a kobe burger and chips which were quite yummy! After we ate, back to the festival we go! On the way back, the sky was amazing so I stopped to take a couple of pictures across the lagoon!
It's the one thing I had REALLY wanted this trip and after some heavy bargaining, the squatch relented and I had my bag! Even got the AP discount! I was also a decent human and called my friend Missy at home (she had mentioned wanting one) however, while she thanked me for calling, she said that a new bag was not in the plan. Here is my bag!! 
not too sure about that! Definitely one of the better character experiences we have had in recent memory! 
