May 3rd and 4th DAY 1: The Journey Begins
Finally the day had arrived! The day we were leaving for our vacation! Ok so technically our flight didn't leave until May 4th at 1255am but since we had to LEAVE our home on May 3rd to get to the flight on time... that became our "Departure Day".
I worked a half day. Or at least I was scheduled to work a half day... but do you ever really WORK the day you leave for your vacation? I think not. Mark (the Lucky Duck!) got out of work that day at the last minute. Let me tell you... having to get up at 430am to go to work and then sitting there all day knowing your boyfriend is off while the minutes tick by ever so slowly to get to 11am so you can leave for the day... well its just plain torture. But finally 11am did come (though I was convinced it never would) and I headed home and didn't hit a single spot of traffic. Score!
I went home and took airborn as somehow in the two days prior to leaving I got a cold. And a pretty nasty one at that. We cleaned the house before we left to make sure we'd come home to a nice cozy place. Nothing ruins that "Fresh Vacation" feeling faster than coming home to a dirty house. Unless its work. After cleaning the cold took its toll on me and I crashed for a few hours. When I woke up we visited with Mable, The Wonder Kitty. I was nervous about leaving her for so long even though Mark's family would be watching her. But thanks to some helpful folks at Laughingplace.com I did feel a bit better about it.
Since we had cleaned out the 'fridge earlier in the day (no one wants to come home to sour milk and mystery meat when they get back from vacation) we decided to get fast food. We opted for In n Out. Yum! We took the food back home, ate and watched the Office. Soon I just couldn't breathe anymore. I was too congested so Mark took me to the store and we got some nasal spray. I was a little afraid to use it because it was a gel and that just sounds painful, squirting a gel up your nose... on purpose! But I did it and I was breathing easy in minutes!
Paul (that would be Mark's dad) called us around 10pm and said he was almost here. We said our goodbyes to Mable and gave her lots of kisses before we headed out. The trip to the airport was uneventful. When we got to the ticket counter to check in the ticket agent told us our flight was delayed... for 2 hours. We were going to miss our connection in Houston. They told us they'd have our new flight arrangements when we arrived. So we ended up waiting about 4 hours at the Ontario, CA airport. Finally our plane arrives and I swear the people getting off the flight tried to be as slow as possible. You'd think that they'd just want to get off the flight since they were getting in about 2am but I guess not. Fiiiiiiinally we were able to board and we were on our way!
Waiting (and freezing) in the Ontario airport for our delayed flight
We arrived in Houston about 2 hours late and with our connecting flight already gone. Poop. So, after singing "The Stars at Night" in Texas like I always wanted to do, we stood in a line as long as the Nile and waited our turn to be rebooked. When we got our new flight information we noticed a problem. Mark was on a 915am flight and I was on a 1030am flight. What?!? Noooo! So we tell them the problem and there is nothing they can do other than put me on standby for Mark's flight. We rush over to where Mark's new flight was departing and Mark bought me tissue as I had the sniffly nose from hell and I think I was driving him nuts.
They started boarding his flight and finally he couldn't wait any longer and had to board. We made plans on where to meet up if I didn't make it on the flight. The ticket counter agent had said it didn't look good. So I stood off to the side and they started to call stand-by's up one at a time. I waited and waited and waited. Finally I heard my name. YES!!!! They told me and another fella to follow them down to the plane. When we got to the door we were told to wait. And we waited and waited... come to find out there was only ONE seat left on the flight. Now I was worried that I'd miss my confirmed flight since they had me wait so long. But eventually they told the other guy to scram. I WIN!!! So I get on the flight and I fumble around for my phone, while trying to manhandle my luggage because I didn't know where Mark was on the flight and I wanted to text him to let him know I made it. I reach the seat the flight attendant directed me too and who should be in the seat next to me... My Marky! Hooray! During drink service the flight attendant asked if we knew each other before the flight. LOL! I guess that would be a little strange to see two people you assume are strangers getting cozy before the flights even over.
Soon the flight was starting its decent (thank goodness because my ears were killing me. Congestion and crazy cabin pressure don't mix, kids)and soon we were landing is sunny, humid Florida. YEAH! A quick stop at the potty and we were on our way to Disney's Magical Express. Checkin was a breeze and we were on our way in no time.
On the DME bus. Hurry up! I want to go to WDW!!
We had a much nicer CM (Stands for Cast Member if you're new here) checking us in this time. Our room was ready for us and we were in room 1126 (I think). It was pretty nice and I was pleased as I was worried about staying in the All-Star Sports (Thats ASS if you're playing at home. LOL!) But the room was quiet, away from the pool and facing lots of lush foliage.
We unpacked and tried to decide what to do. Our plan had been to go to the Magic Kingdom today for a while and meet up with someone Mark works with before going to our dinner reservations. And then the next day we were going to Typhoon Lagoon. But with the delay in our flights we didn't feel it was worth it to rush to the park for 2 hours before dinner. So we decided to just relax and skip the water park the next day and to MK then. We let Mark's friend know we wouldn't be able to meet up and then decided to take pictures of the resort. We were outside for all of about 4 minutes when we realized we made a fatal error in not changing out of our jeans first. LOL! What were we thinking. Back to the room for a quick change-a-roo and we were ready to explore. We definitely liked our area (The Surf area) the best. It looked to be the most up-kept.
Hooray! The maid left us a hidden Mickey!
In the room, finally!
2 minutes later we realized how stupid we were for walking around in 90-degree-humid-like-a-gator's-arm-pit weather when we could be in shorts.
Mark is like Donald Duck. He gets angry over silly things but he gets over it fast and he's super cute and lovable. Here is is with his doppleganger doing his Donald impression. LOL!
After we explored we caught the bus to Disney's Animal Kingdom (DAK) and then another bus to Animal Kingdom Lodge. I saw those Croc shoes everywhere. I told Mark how I keep hearing there're soooooo comfy. I couldn't believe how they were everywhere. We tried to decide if we could get over the ugliness for the comfort factor.
We had time to look around before checking in for our dinner at Boma. What a beautiful place! I loved how you could walk right outside and see the zebras. We spent a good deal of time just looking around and soaking up the fact that we were TOGETHER and got to be together for DAYS. It was very exciting. Finally it was food time. We had a nice attentive waiter who I decided was cool because his name was Seth and that rhymes with Beth. Its pretty easy to please me. LOL! We tried mostly everything. Everything was interesting, most was good. I'd eat there again. There was this really tasty meat pie of sorts that Mark and I really liked. And of course... dessert. We ordered a pot of coffee that was some of the best we've ever had and ate tasty desserts till our hearts content. And Mark fell in love with their canolli although I'm hard pressed to believe that that is African. LOL!
Cool! A zebra!
Waiting for our table at Boma
the best part of any dinner... Dessert! And coffee!
I was having trouble breathing again and I had to check my nasal spray so we headed back to the hotel to see if our checked bag had arrived yet from DME. It had! So nice and easy. I loved not having to deal with the liquid restrictions. We just put all our shampoo, makeup (mine...not Marks) sunscreen and what not in a small bag and checked it. And there it was... waiting there for us with a little help from Disney Magic. It was getting late and I'd been up since 430am the day before so we hit the sack to be well rested for our first day at the parks in the morning!
I worked a half day. Or at least I was scheduled to work a half day... but do you ever really WORK the day you leave for your vacation? I think not. Mark (the Lucky Duck!) got out of work that day at the last minute. Let me tell you... having to get up at 430am to go to work and then sitting there all day knowing your boyfriend is off while the minutes tick by ever so slowly to get to 11am so you can leave for the day... well its just plain torture. But finally 11am did come (though I was convinced it never would) and I headed home and didn't hit a single spot of traffic. Score!
I went home and took airborn as somehow in the two days prior to leaving I got a cold. And a pretty nasty one at that. We cleaned the house before we left to make sure we'd come home to a nice cozy place. Nothing ruins that "Fresh Vacation" feeling faster than coming home to a dirty house. Unless its work. After cleaning the cold took its toll on me and I crashed for a few hours. When I woke up we visited with Mable, The Wonder Kitty. I was nervous about leaving her for so long even though Mark's family would be watching her. But thanks to some helpful folks at Laughingplace.com I did feel a bit better about it.
Since we had cleaned out the 'fridge earlier in the day (no one wants to come home to sour milk and mystery meat when they get back from vacation) we decided to get fast food. We opted for In n Out. Yum! We took the food back home, ate and watched the Office. Soon I just couldn't breathe anymore. I was too congested so Mark took me to the store and we got some nasal spray. I was a little afraid to use it because it was a gel and that just sounds painful, squirting a gel up your nose... on purpose! But I did it and I was breathing easy in minutes!
Paul (that would be Mark's dad) called us around 10pm and said he was almost here. We said our goodbyes to Mable and gave her lots of kisses before we headed out. The trip to the airport was uneventful. When we got to the ticket counter to check in the ticket agent told us our flight was delayed... for 2 hours. We were going to miss our connection in Houston. They told us they'd have our new flight arrangements when we arrived. So we ended up waiting about 4 hours at the Ontario, CA airport. Finally our plane arrives and I swear the people getting off the flight tried to be as slow as possible. You'd think that they'd just want to get off the flight since they were getting in about 2am but I guess not. Fiiiiiiinally we were able to board and we were on our way!
Waiting (and freezing) in the Ontario airport for our delayed flightWe arrived in Houston about 2 hours late and with our connecting flight already gone. Poop. So, after singing "The Stars at Night" in Texas like I always wanted to do, we stood in a line as long as the Nile and waited our turn to be rebooked. When we got our new flight information we noticed a problem. Mark was on a 915am flight and I was on a 1030am flight. What?!? Noooo! So we tell them the problem and there is nothing they can do other than put me on standby for Mark's flight. We rush over to where Mark's new flight was departing and Mark bought me tissue as I had the sniffly nose from hell and I think I was driving him nuts.
They started boarding his flight and finally he couldn't wait any longer and had to board. We made plans on where to meet up if I didn't make it on the flight. The ticket counter agent had said it didn't look good. So I stood off to the side and they started to call stand-by's up one at a time. I waited and waited and waited. Finally I heard my name. YES!!!! They told me and another fella to follow them down to the plane. When we got to the door we were told to wait. And we waited and waited... come to find out there was only ONE seat left on the flight. Now I was worried that I'd miss my confirmed flight since they had me wait so long. But eventually they told the other guy to scram. I WIN!!! So I get on the flight and I fumble around for my phone, while trying to manhandle my luggage because I didn't know where Mark was on the flight and I wanted to text him to let him know I made it. I reach the seat the flight attendant directed me too and who should be in the seat next to me... My Marky! Hooray! During drink service the flight attendant asked if we knew each other before the flight. LOL! I guess that would be a little strange to see two people you assume are strangers getting cozy before the flights even over.
Soon the flight was starting its decent (thank goodness because my ears were killing me. Congestion and crazy cabin pressure don't mix, kids)and soon we were landing is sunny, humid Florida. YEAH! A quick stop at the potty and we were on our way to Disney's Magical Express. Checkin was a breeze and we were on our way in no time.
On the DME bus. Hurry up! I want to go to WDW!!We had a much nicer CM (Stands for Cast Member if you're new here) checking us in this time. Our room was ready for us and we were in room 1126 (I think). It was pretty nice and I was pleased as I was worried about staying in the All-Star Sports (Thats ASS if you're playing at home. LOL!) But the room was quiet, away from the pool and facing lots of lush foliage.
We unpacked and tried to decide what to do. Our plan had been to go to the Magic Kingdom today for a while and meet up with someone Mark works with before going to our dinner reservations. And then the next day we were going to Typhoon Lagoon. But with the delay in our flights we didn't feel it was worth it to rush to the park for 2 hours before dinner. So we decided to just relax and skip the water park the next day and to MK then. We let Mark's friend know we wouldn't be able to meet up and then decided to take pictures of the resort. We were outside for all of about 4 minutes when we realized we made a fatal error in not changing out of our jeans first. LOL! What were we thinking. Back to the room for a quick change-a-roo and we were ready to explore. We definitely liked our area (The Surf area) the best. It looked to be the most up-kept.
Hooray! The maid left us a hidden Mickey!
In the room, finally!
2 minutes later we realized how stupid we were for walking around in 90-degree-humid-like-a-gator's-arm-pit weather when we could be in shorts.
Mark is like Donald Duck. He gets angry over silly things but he gets over it fast and he's super cute and lovable. Here is is with his doppleganger doing his Donald impression. LOL!After we explored we caught the bus to Disney's Animal Kingdom (DAK) and then another bus to Animal Kingdom Lodge. I saw those Croc shoes everywhere. I told Mark how I keep hearing there're soooooo comfy. I couldn't believe how they were everywhere. We tried to decide if we could get over the ugliness for the comfort factor.
We had time to look around before checking in for our dinner at Boma. What a beautiful place! I loved how you could walk right outside and see the zebras. We spent a good deal of time just looking around and soaking up the fact that we were TOGETHER and got to be together for DAYS. It was very exciting. Finally it was food time. We had a nice attentive waiter who I decided was cool because his name was Seth and that rhymes with Beth. Its pretty easy to please me. LOL! We tried mostly everything. Everything was interesting, most was good. I'd eat there again. There was this really tasty meat pie of sorts that Mark and I really liked. And of course... dessert. We ordered a pot of coffee that was some of the best we've ever had and ate tasty desserts till our hearts content. And Mark fell in love with their canolli although I'm hard pressed to believe that that is African. LOL!
Cool! A zebra!
Waiting for our table at Boma
the best part of any dinner... Dessert! And coffee!I was having trouble breathing again and I had to check my nasal spray so we headed back to the hotel to see if our checked bag had arrived yet from DME. It had! So nice and easy. I loved not having to deal with the liquid restrictions. We just put all our shampoo, makeup (mine...not Marks) sunscreen and what not in a small bag and checked it. And there it was... waiting there for us with a little help from Disney Magic. It was getting late and I'd been up since 430am the day before so we hit the sack to be well rested for our first day at the parks in the morning!
Content and happy after a yummy dinner and great company.
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By the way, we were in room 1129...
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