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Now that I had my "w's" all set, it was time for the planning. Since the trip was a short one, I knew I couldn't see it all. So I decided that since AK is my least favorite park, especially in the warm weather, I would skip it this time. And because MK is my favorite park, that's where I would spend my birthday. So this brought me to this schedule:
Thurs. arrival day - Epcot (World Showcase)
Fri. DHS
Sat. birthday! - MK
Sun. departure day - Epcot (Future World)
With this set, I started to think about dining. We NEVER eat out at home unless it's someone's birthday, so it's a real treat for me to sit in a restaurant and have someone wait on me. So I decided, what the heck, let's do deluxe dining and bring along the elastic waist pants for the trip! After some serious research I came up with the ADR list:
Thurs: lunch: Le Cellier! Dinner: Tutto Italia (my favorite)
Fri: breakfast: Cape May Cafe Lunch: Sci-Fi
Sat: Breakfast: Chef Mickey's Lunch: Tony's Dinner: WCC
Sun: Breakfast: Akershus Lunch: Nine Dragons
Not sure what we do for dinner on Friday, it might be popcorn and something from the Boardwalk Bakery. I also put my celebration on every ADR, just to see what happens. I won't be disappointed if nothing happens, but I'll be very appreciative of whatever they do to make my Birthday special. (I'm really hoping that they sing to me in Tutto Italia the way they did for others last time we were there. )
Ok, food done.
But...... my DF and his daughter decided to invite many more people than I was expecting. Many more. Now, I like having lots of friends around and I appreciate their love, but, well, this is my BIG birthday. I was kind of hoping to allow myself to be a Diva for once in my life and do exactly what I wanted to do, and these new guests threatened to put a damper on my plans. I just have to come up with a nice way to say, "I'll meet you for breakfast, but, Dahling, I want to be alone", as Greta Garbo would say.
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Now that we're back, I think this trip report should be called "The Why My Life Should be an ABC Sitcom Report"
But here goes:
Our day started ridiculously early. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 6:25am, yes AM! I wanted to get as much Disney time as possible. So, I loaded up the car the day before and got everyone up at 3:00am. Wow, this was no fun at all!! DH grumbled that taking me and Maclane to the airport was my birthday gift, and Maclane, well, he was just kind of walking in his sleep. Luckily, the weather was good and we were on our way!
On a side note, we had had a bit of a scare the day before. It actually SNOWED! It didn’t accumulate to much, but people drive a little crazy when it snows and I knew that it might slow us down. Plus, not thinking that it would snow in April, I didn’t get the trip insurance! And, of course, that’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the snow flying. But, luckily, it stopped in time for our travel.
On the way through the terminal, we were behind a family that was just all discombobulated. The kids kept running in the wrong direction, the poor Dad was trying to pull four suitcases, and the Mom was trying to nurse a baby as she corralled the older kids. It looked like something out of a Chevy Chase movie. And then, that’s when one of their suitcases exploded and clothing seemed to burst all over the place. As several people tried to help the harried family, the mother kept screaming for people to stop touching her clothes. What a sight! They finally pulled it together and continued on. Maclane and I hung out a bit to give them some space. We had plenty of time, and it was too early for me to get my head around all that confusion. We stopped for a restroom break to give them some extra space and hopefully go back to a peaceful trip through the airport.
Wouldn’t you know it, about 20 feet later, we found a pair of clean men’s underwear. Of course, it had to belong to the crazy family because there they were, not that far in front of us wrestling with a suitcase! I walked over to the father and tried to hand him the underwear, “Excuse me, I think these might be yours.” He looked at me like I had three heads and yelled, “Those are not my skivvies.” So everyone in the area turned to look at me holding a pair of men’s underwear. Great. What else could I do but ask, “Do these belong to anybody?” I brought the house down. Then not knowing exactly what to do with these things, I hung them over one of the stantions at the baggage check-in. Maybe someone would notice them and claim them??? More laughter. Oh well, there are worse ways to start a trip!
The plane was packed, but thanks to early bird check-in, we had good numbers in the A boarding group, and crazy family went to the back of the plane. A very nice man sat next to us and for the most part, we just listened to music and dozed for the plane ride.
Up next: Bring me my steak!
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I walked over to the father and tried to hand him the underwear, “Excuse me, I think these might be yours.” He looked at me like I had three heads and yelled, “Those are not my skivvies.” So everyone in the area turned to look at me holding a pair of men’s underwear. Great. What else could I do but ask, “Do these belong to anybody?” I brought the house down. Then not knowing exactly what to do with these things, I hung them over one of the stantions at the baggage check-in. Maybe someone would notice them and claim them??? More laughter. Oh well, there are worse ways to start a trip!
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