IluvKingLouis
01-29-2009, 12:37 PM
We arrived late in the day.....about 2:30. We checked into our hotel (Caribbean Beach) and had absolutely no line.
We were thrilled with our hotel room. It was a corner unit, so we had an extra window, plus we were overlooking a tropical court yard. It's one of the newly renovated rooms with the Nemo theme. Linnea loved the theme!
We decided to drive to MK and our first ride (per Linnea's request) was the Haunted Mansion. She doesn't care for the stretch room but loves the ride. After that we did Small World.
It's a Monday, and Glen is on call and has a bit of work to do, so we head over to Columbia Harbor House. Most folks don't know that there's an upstairs level and it's quite quiet. Glen finds a quiet alcove (there are 2 other families up there and probably 150 tables), and sets up his laptop. He has the alcove all to himself.
After Glen is situated Linnea and I take off to do more rides. We did every ride in Fantasyland (except Peter Pan and Dumbo) then headed over to Pirates. By then it was close to 5 and we were suppose to meet up with Glen.
Linnea and I entered Columbia Harbor House and found the staircases (there are three of them) to the upstairs roped off. So I found myself wondering if Glen got the boot and is now somewhere else. I call his cell phone....it's busy. Makes sense; he is probably talking to someone at work.
Then I remembered that the little alcove he is in is part of a bridge that overlooks Liberty Square. Linnea and I step outside and sure enough we can see him through a window. So the two of us find the staircase that's in the most secluded spot (yes we were being sneaky) and step over the rope. Apparently the staff had no problems with Glen working up there. Glen still had some work to do so we decided to meet in Tomorrowland by the fountain with the black ball that floats on water.
Linnea and I took in Monster's Laugh Floor (Linnea's favorite). Once we met up with Glen we did the TTA (aka People Mover), then Buzz Light Year. Both were walk on's.
We ate dinner at Cosmic Rays. We were surprised to see Disney using Christmas themed cups in late January.....I guess the recession is hitting everyone. I had the veggie wrap (which I love). Oh, and no Mickey shaped plates for the kids meal....just an oval paper plate for Linnea's nuggets.
We headed back to the hotel and walked around the beach areas. We met a wonderful family from Canada and visited with them while we watched the fireworks from Epcot. The husband had done the marathon the previous weekend, and it was their first time at Disney. They were loving it. She told me "When we were planning our trip friends told us Disney is so magical. I was like, yeah right....it's just a vacation. Now I totally get what they mean....it is magical."
Day one was probably our best day crowd and weather wise. The rest of the trip was fun, but we had some record cold weather and lots of crowds to deal with.
We were thrilled with our hotel room. It was a corner unit, so we had an extra window, plus we were overlooking a tropical court yard. It's one of the newly renovated rooms with the Nemo theme. Linnea loved the theme!
We decided to drive to MK and our first ride (per Linnea's request) was the Haunted Mansion. She doesn't care for the stretch room but loves the ride. After that we did Small World.
It's a Monday, and Glen is on call and has a bit of work to do, so we head over to Columbia Harbor House. Most folks don't know that there's an upstairs level and it's quite quiet. Glen finds a quiet alcove (there are 2 other families up there and probably 150 tables), and sets up his laptop. He has the alcove all to himself.
After Glen is situated Linnea and I take off to do more rides. We did every ride in Fantasyland (except Peter Pan and Dumbo) then headed over to Pirates. By then it was close to 5 and we were suppose to meet up with Glen.
Linnea and I entered Columbia Harbor House and found the staircases (there are three of them) to the upstairs roped off. So I found myself wondering if Glen got the boot and is now somewhere else. I call his cell phone....it's busy. Makes sense; he is probably talking to someone at work.
Then I remembered that the little alcove he is in is part of a bridge that overlooks Liberty Square. Linnea and I step outside and sure enough we can see him through a window. So the two of us find the staircase that's in the most secluded spot (yes we were being sneaky) and step over the rope. Apparently the staff had no problems with Glen working up there. Glen still had some work to do so we decided to meet in Tomorrowland by the fountain with the black ball that floats on water.
Linnea and I took in Monster's Laugh Floor (Linnea's favorite). Once we met up with Glen we did the TTA (aka People Mover), then Buzz Light Year. Both were walk on's.
We ate dinner at Cosmic Rays. We were surprised to see Disney using Christmas themed cups in late January.....I guess the recession is hitting everyone. I had the veggie wrap (which I love). Oh, and no Mickey shaped plates for the kids meal....just an oval paper plate for Linnea's nuggets.
We headed back to the hotel and walked around the beach areas. We met a wonderful family from Canada and visited with them while we watched the fireworks from Epcot. The husband had done the marathon the previous weekend, and it was their first time at Disney. They were loving it. She told me "When we were planning our trip friends told us Disney is so magical. I was like, yeah right....it's just a vacation. Now I totally get what they mean....it is magical."
Day one was probably our best day crowd and weather wise. The rest of the trip was fun, but we had some record cold weather and lots of crowds to deal with.