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Day 2 - Free Day/Poly Check In "It's like you've never seen giraffes before... yes dear but those weren't Disney giraffes!"
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Day 2 - Free Day/Poly Check In "It's like you've never seen giraffes before...yes dear but those weren't Disney giraffes!!"
We didn't set an alarm today and opted for sleeping in...but c'mon who actually can sleep in when their in Disney?? Not me!! My natural clock (or Disney excitement overload) woke me up at 8:30. As soon as I opened my eyes and remembered where I was I jumped out of bed and ripped open the curtains. With the grumpy muffled sounds coming from Ken's direction im guessing he wasn't happy about this but whatever that's not important .... this is important!! This is what I saw right outside my window!!
It was really the coolest thing in the world!! I've seen Giraffes before (at the Zoo and stuff) but he was so up close. I sat out on the balcony for a few minutes watching as another giraffe came to join him. At this point Ken gave up on sleep since every minute he heard me scream "HEY COME LOOK AT THIS" .... "LOOK HE'S EATING NOW".... "LOOK HE'S WALKING AROUND". I was a total 5 year old giddy with excitement.
Luckily Ken got out of bed and joined me on the balcony just in time to get a good look at the giraffes before the moved down the savannah and around the corner where we couldn't see them anymore....
Since there were still Zebra's and other exotic animals around we decided a nice breakfast on the patio would be a great idea. I called down to room service and was told it would be about 45 minutes...no big deal...we would shower and get ready for the day and then eat...about 20 minutes later there was a knock on our...breakfast was here already!!
The food arrived hot and everything was exactly what we had ordered. We both ordered the cinnamon raisin french toast, mine with fruit, Ken's with bacon. I had a large pot of Early Grey Tea and Ken an orange juice. Overall the food was pretty good...Ken enjoyed it much better than Mara the night before. The only problem I had was that I found the french toast just a bit too sweet - I wanted to eat all of it but couldn't (Ken had no problem in that department though). I would totally order it again though…so many raisin’s so delicious!! For everything the total came to $45.48 which we paid for OOP.
Gotta love the disheveled hair and airbrush makeup (they claimed it would wash off easily - not the case) still on from the wedding....Ken got a good laugh about the rats nest in my hair....
When we finished eating we called room service to come back and pick up the tray. Again, we had prompt service with the gentleman knocking on our door not 7 minutes after I hung up the phone.
It was around 10 am so we grabbed our suitcase and headed downstairs to the bell services desk and checked our luggage through to the Poly (which was surprisingly painless) and headed out for the bus.
Part Two coming up soon!!
How would we get to the Poly?
Do I really have the self discipline to walk by the Magic Kingdom and NOT go in?
A surprise in our room?
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Not me!! My natural clock (or Disney excitement overload) woke me up at 8:30. As soon as I opened my eyes and remembered where I was I jumped out of bed and ripped open the curtains. With the grumpy muffled sounds coming from Ken's direction im guessing he wasn't happy about this but whatever that's not important .... this is important!! This is what I saw right outside my window!!
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