Bus roulette and a Disney Fairytale Wedding
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There was no way we would roll out of bed early, so we slept until
after 9am, when we finally got up, showered and had some breakfast
out of the fridge. We thought long and hard what we were going to
do, but could not make our minds up, so we decided to just try one
of the resort quick service restaurants for lunch. Since we were a
little early for lunch we parked our car at the Ticket and
Transportation Center, hopped on the resort Monorail and went to the
Contemporary to try lunch the Contempo Café. |
They had just changed over from breakfast to lunch when we arrived
and we used one of their kiosks to order our lunch. We decided to
share two main courses, so we ordered the
Spice Crusted Mahi Mahi -
topped with citrus-apple slaw on a Kaiser roll and the
Marinated Beef Flatbread
- with oven roasted tomatoes, garlic, onions, arugula, and goat
cheese. Tom got us two Diet Cokes and we got a
Lime Muffin and a
Pecan Muffin for dessert.
Once we had finished our meal we went over to the stores and looked
for new or resort specific merchandise. After a while we walked up
to the Monorail and rode over to the Polynesian, to check out their
stores and walk around the resort. While we were in the lobby we
decided to just take a bus to a park. |
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So we walked outside and played “bus roulette”. Let’s take the first
bus there is. After about 5 minutes a bus to the Animal Kingdom
arrived, so we got on. There were very few people on board and we
all sat and enjoyed the ride. At the Animal Kingdom we had a few
photopass photos taken before we entered the park and then went over
to Expedition Everest to pick up a Fastpass, but they were for much
later in the day, so we passed on them. |
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We walked back to the tree of life and enjoyed the air conditioning
at It’s Tough To Be A Bug. After the show we slowly strolled to
Pizzafari for a little break and some drinks. Tom had a
Safari Amber and I
enjoyed a cold Diet Coke. Refreshed we walked over to Kilimanjaro
Safari and got in line. We had to queue for about 20 minutes and
were finally loaded into our Safari trucks. Tom and I were lucky as
we got a bench for the two of us right up front behind the driver. |
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There were lots of animals out and about, and our driver was real
funny too. Much too fast we had passed all the animals and were on
our way to catch the poachers. By then the park had gotten really
packed and we walked through the shops before we slowly walked back
out to the bus stop as we needed to get back to the Grand Floridian
Resort for our dinner reservation. We had decided to take the bus to
the resort that had the shortest way to walk to. |
We stopped, watched, took a few photos and right then the bride left
the resort and got onto the coach. |
Well, the closest bus stop was the one for the Grand Floridian.
There were only two people in line ahead of us, so we got in line
and after about 5 more minutes the bus arrived. By then we were
about 10 people who wanted to go to the Grand Floridian and after
about 20 minutes we drove through the gates. We all got off the bus
and most of us headed toward the entrance of the resort when we saw
the horse drawn glass wedding coach coming towards the entrance. |
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We watched the bride and her family get into the coach, watched the
photographer take a lot of photos and then we made our way into the
lobby. We both freshened up a bit before we headed to the check in
desk of the Grand Floridian Café. We were promptly seated at a two
top by the window and our server was fun to talk to and very
helpful. We ordered our Diet Cokes and I got a
Pina Colava. |
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Tom got a Florida Sunshine
- Peach Schnapps, Chambord, Skyy Vodka, and a splash of orange and
cranberry juices
too, which he enjoyed a lot. While we were still deciding what to
order, she brought out a
Breadbasket and some
Butter with seasalt. Tom ordered the
Spice-dusted Tuna - with
Warm Roasted Pepper-Garbanzo Purée, Fennel-Spinach Salad, and
Kalamata Olives and I had the
Salmon - with Asparagus, Julienne Shiitake and Leeks on a
Potato-Chive Beurre Blanc. Both looked amazing and tasted even
better. It was fun sitting at the window, as we could watch some
cast members roll carts with chocolate characters and other treats
from one building to another. |
Unfortunately right before we finished our main course it started to
pour.There was still the decision of what to have for dessert. We
had tried most of the desserts at the Grand Floridian Café, but
there was one I was dying to try and Tom thought it was a good
choice and he ordered it too, the
Chocolate Fondue - Dark
Chocolate Ganache with Fruit. It was an awesome dessert, the
chocolate tasted a lot like a melted Terry’s Chocolate Orange and
the fruit went so well with it. |
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It was still raining hard when we left and before we got onto the
Monorail we browsed the shop. We finally made it to the Monorail and
rode back to the Ticket and Transportation Center. By then it had
stopped to rain so hard, but there was still a light drizzle. We got
on the tram and headed back to our car. It was still early evening
and we sat in our villa for a while watching TV, Tom had a dip in
the Jacuzzi and I was playing on the internet. At around 10 pm we
thought we could do with another treat. So we jumped into the car,
drove to Downtown Disney and picked up a
Rotisserie Turkey Club -
avocado, bacon, red onion, plum tomatoes, romaine and remoulade, a
bottle of water and a brownie for a Counter Service Credit and a
Hearts Of Romaine Salad -
parmesan, croutons and Caesar dressing. |
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Once we got back to our villa we indulged on our sandwich and salad,
sat outside on the balcony for a while and by midnight we finally
got to bed. |
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