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Sorry it has been a while between updates. Being 18 weeks pregnant is certaintly taking it's toll on me!!! I hope everyone is well!
love jess
Day 3 January 6th 2008- Blizzard Beach and Epcot
Well after the weather for the previous two days you must think we were crazy to even consider attending a water park. I was going rain hail or snow!!!! Blizzard Beach was going down for refurbishment tomorrow and I was determined that I was going to get there (even though I am scared of big waterslides)…..it is all about the photos!!!
To our surprise, the sun was actually up when I got up this morning and the weather was pretty good. We had an early breakfast at Classic Hall and then managed to arrive at BB by 10am. It was a perfect day for BB as the place was empty. I think most people thought it was to cold to go to a water park so they all kept away which was great for us.
As we were entering the park we bought a refillable drink bottle. The lady who sold me said it was good to use in both parks for unlimited soft drink refills. We considered this to be a good deal so we happily paid the $10.
Murray went on all of the rides including the big ride Summit Plummit. I was scared just watching him. He didn’t really enjoy the ride and said it was very painful. On the whole, he thought the water slides were pretty poor compared to the ones we have on the gold coast. But the actual themeing and details of the park were amazing.
We decided to head back to POP around 1pm when we had completed all the rides. The weather was overcast and we were a little cold. We had lunch at the POP food court and Murray decided to go back to the room for a little rest.. But you know me, I jumped straight onto another bus and went back to MGM. I managed to just get there in time for the Stars and Motor Cars parade which I enjoyed. (I cant seem to find the photos at the moment sorry)
I thought I might add now that after spending 12 days in WDW, Murray managed to miss all PARADES in the 4 theme parks!!!!! He is quite proud of his efforts. I can’t believe I am married to him!!!
Murray joined me around 4pm and we rode Star tour (he is a big star wars fan) and thought the ride was fab. By now the sun had gone down and we headed over to see the Osborne Dancing lights on the Streets of America. It was pretty spectacular.
We headed over to EPCOT for our 8pm dinner with the Princesses at Akershus.
The service and atmosphere was great and we met Mulan, Belle, Ariel, Jasmine and Princess Aurora. The food was pretty good and the dessert plate was delicious. I know Murray had no desire to dine here but he was a real trooper and enjoyed the night.
We decided to make a quick exit as Illuminations was about to finish and we didn’t want to wait ages for a bus but we got side tracked in Mouse Gears and the Art of Disney Stores.
We were in bed by 11:30pm and I was excited for tomorrow.
Up Next: Solo adventures at Downtown Disney, Magic Kingdom and meeting up with a fellow Aussie who I met on the DIS boards at MK.
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Great update!! Glad the weather was on your side so you could visit BB! Sounds like you had fun at the Studios and at Akershus! Can't wait to hear more
I am booked in t o have an induction on Monday 29th September so i should have a little baby by the tuesday 30th September. it will be a Libran just like its mother.
anyway...till then here is a sneak peak.
4D ultra sound taken 37 weeks 4 days. The baby was 7 pounds 8 oz. Sorry about the size
love jess
We woke up early this morning and used us two of our CS meals that we had remaining. We caught a taxi over to the Animal Kingdom Lodge. This is where the Disney cruise line transportation was going to pick us up from. Anyone who is going to the cruise from WDW I would recommend taking the Disney transportation it is a long way to Port Canaveral and it was lovely not to have to worry about getting lost etc. There are lots of pick up locations in WDW. You can even spend the morning at AK and get picked up from there.
We explored the AKL for about an hour while we waited and chatted with the other families that were going on our cruise. We boarded the lovely DCL bus and it was about a 1 ½ hour bus ride to the Disney terminal at Port Canaveral. As we arrived it started to poor. It was a really bad storm so I didn’t manage to get the photos I hope for at the terminal. It was really spectacular.
We filled out all of our paper work, were given our room keys and headed over to the large Mickey ears tunnel. As we entered the ship it was now pooring!!!
We stepped onboard the ship and two cast members were there to greet us. We were announced on the microphone “Please welcome Mr and Mrs Robinson” and the two staircases were lined with cast members clapping and applauding us!!! The main foyer was so grand. It looked like something from the titanic. The were two staircases and a large glass elevator.
We headed up to the Beach Blankett Buffet and had some lunch. The place was packed so we shared a table with a lovely lady and her son. We had a lovely chat and saw them a few times over the next day. (one special thing we did while we were away was to take about 20 koalas with us. We gave these to people all over WDW when we met someone lovely or were given excellent service)
We went to our new friends room and left some koalas at their door. They loved them!!!
We went back to check if our room was ready. We stayed in room 7002. The room was lovely. We were very lucky. We only booked a cat 11 room and then when I woke up on Christmas morning we had received a free upgrade to a cat 7 room!!!!
The room was surprisingly large. The bed was big and the room was clean. The decore and decoration were very Disney. The bathroom was a great size and the cupboard space was great too.
At 4pm we had to do a mandatory evacuation drill when the siren sounded so we put on our yellow vests and all had to attend a roll call. Once that was finished we returned to the room, got changed and explored the ship.
Due to the terrible weather and storm outside, the traditional roof top sail away party was moved to the atrium (the lobby). I was a little disappointed but I decided I shouldn’t let it get to me.
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