zondag 10 mei 2015

just keep swimming (day 12)


It promised to be another hot and crowded day, so we decided again to skip the parks in the morning. Instead we headed to the pool around nine o’clock, when it wasn’t too crowded yet. Elora and Daan went on ahead and I followed soon after.

I sort of let go of all the plans (except our dinner reservation) today, and just went with the flow, which worked out like a dream. The weather was gorgeous, and we found some lovely seats in the shade by the pool.

After swimming I actually got to read a little bit, though right now Daan and I are sharing a kindle, so I didn’t read a lot. Instead I ended up watching videos on my phone, which was kind of nice.

The pool entertainment is very cute here. Daan and Elora were doing this Disney Quiz thing, and Elora kept running back to me to get the answers. I really am a Disney nerd, so it seems. In the end I just came to join them, since they really needed my help *grin*

We actually won the competition, and Elora got to pick out a stuffed toy snake. She got a red one. And no, we weren’t just competing against children. In fact, most of the people were adults who got suckered into doing the quiz by their kids (the same kids would then bugger off and go swimming, leaving the adults to look like total muppets at the side of the pool… because that’s what being a parent is all about)

For lunch we shared a jacket potato the size of a Buick between the three of us. The food portions here are so ridiculously big, we usually just share one portion between the three of us. We have 3 quick service credits a day, and I have a sneaky suspicion we’ll have a lot of them left by the end of the holiday.

I wish I could make this day sound more interesting, but all we did was swim, read and watch videos during the day. Elora did win another quiz, and now we are the proud owners of a purple and a red snake.

Dinner was going to be very late tonight (7:45 pm) so we decided to have a snack at around 3:30. We shared a chicken quesadilla, which was almost a full meal on its own. We have a theory about Elora secretly being either a hobbit, or a bottomless well, because that kid eats so much freaking food here, it’s scary.

After the ‘second lunch’ we went to the room, where I decided to pack the Christmas decorations in the suitcase. Erm… they might be taking up the entire suitcase… whoopsie. I hope everything will fit. We’ll see. Otherwise it’ll be time to get creative. I managed the last three trips too, I’m sure I’ll manage this time. *gulp*

We headed over to Hollywood Studios around 5:30 pm. First we visited Ariel, which is a show with great special effects, but the storyline seems to be suffering from multiple personality disorder. A quick visit in the Great Movie Ride was next. I quipped: “I hope we get a better driver this time, because the last one had the charisma of a potato…” when the exact SAME driver we had a few days ago boarded our freaking car. Lovely…

I was really happy to see that they hadn’t scratched the mafia element in the ride, but that you actually have two different experiences. For those of you who have never ridden this, there is a live action element to this ride, where your driver gets driven off by either some mobster or by a wild west gunslinger. I didn’t know the latter was a thing, and I was afraid they had changed it. But this is actually cooler, now you get different flavors! I like that.

After that our fastpass to the Rock and Roller Coaster was active, and Elora and I headed over. She has been talking about this ride since the last time, claiming it was her favorite, but when we stood in line she looked pale again, and her heart was pounding.

Some dumb bimbo actually swapped our seats (I don’t even know why) and we had to wait longer. I wanted to stomp on her foot, because that meant Elora got more nervous. In the end it was fine though, she freaking loved it again and even kept her eyes open this time. Her picture is even better this time (will add pictures when I get home)

Dinner was a bit disappointing due to our server. He kept messing up our orders, bringing Daan beer (Daan HATES beer) and I ended up with a very disappointing do-it-yourself-burger, which I didn’t get to do myself. It was dry and didn’t have any of the things on it I liked. We didn’t tip him a lot (only 10 dollars, which was little over 10%) because we were miffed. I have a sneaky suspicion not a lot of people tip in Disney World, because even he seemed really grateful that we at least left a tip. All servers always thank us elaborately for tipping. We tend to be a lot more generous than we were tonight, but this guy really truly sucked.

I do love sitting in that cheesy car and looking at the terrible commercials for old movies. It’s a blast.

After dinner it was time for home. Tomorrow will be another early day. We’re going to go back to Universal Studios.

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