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Sorry you hurt your foot Melissa But it seems like you still enjoyed yourselves. I hope it gets better soon and doesn't mess up all your plans. Can't wait for more!
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
All night I kept waking up and moving my foot around to see what sort of movement I might could expect from it once I got up. When Andy finally came to (the guy sleeps like bear) he asked me how it was and I said "Look, I can do this..." and I showed him that while laying on my back I could left my body off the bed with my tippy toes, so that had to be a good sign.
Once I rolled out of bed we saw that my toes weren't as swollen and it wasn't as pitiful looking anymore, I just needed to take it a little slow so I could limp around on it. I already felt better than I did last night about my stupidity because I could tell that things were gonna be okay.
We packed up our things at the HRP and checked out around 8:30ish. Then it was off to hotel number 2 for the trip, the POFQ. We stayed at POR back in 2004 and this would be a first for us at the POFQ. We headed straight for the lobby and checked in, and lo and behold, our room was ready! We couldn't believe it! So we hopped back in the car and drove around to building number 1. We were in room 1336 and we were very surprised when we got to our room to see that we had a nice little view of the water. We had booked a standard room since it was just for the night, and Andy figured since it was just for one night that's why we got that room.
A couple shots of the room....
And some shots from our door
I had been getting VERRRRY hungry since getting up this morning... I guess some Harps and some Dalkey Duos don't hang around very long in keeping one full.... : So we walked to the main building to grab a bite at the foodcourt.
I have always heard about the fabulous beneigts (sp?) here so I insisted that we try them. And apparently everyone else insisted that they try them as well. There was a nice little wait while they caught up on making the orders. While we were waiting I kept thinking about the surprise I had planned for Andy. I wanted to tell him in case he wanted to back out. I didn't want to spring it on him and then him really not want to do it. So before I could slap my hand over my mouth I blurted out "Wanna know what you're doing today??" And of course he said yeah... So I started hinted at it... I told him it was something he's always mentioned he wanted to do, and then when I said that I wasn't doing it with him, he figured it out. (For those of you who didn't already know, I planned him a parasailing time at the Contemporary.) And then the nervousness appeared on his face. I got really worried there for a bit. I hoped I hadn't planned a bad surprise. But he insisted that he was excited....nervous, but excited. So we both nervously ate our HOT beneigts and then we headed out to catch the bus to the MK. His time was for 11:30 and by now it was close to 10:30. The plan was to ride to the MK and then walk to the Contemporary. It's a good thing I told him early though, because while we were waiting on a bus I got a call saying that the boat was being worked on briefly and they needed to change our time from 11:30 to 1:00. So, we headed back to the room to lay down for a little bit and rest. I kept telling Andy that if he really didn't want to do it this was a perfect way to get out of it. But he was adamant that he was going to do it.
So when noon rolled around we headed back out to the bus stops... took some silly pictures along the way of course
Then we were on our way
We got to the Contemporary and had to fill out all the "if you die it's not our fault" paperwork... I had to fill it out as well since I wanted to ride on the boat with him. We waited a few minutes until our time.....Andy was getting really anxious I'm pretty sure...
Then it was his time.....
Dead man walking???
Please notice Miss Cute Thang there strapping him in.....
And then before he knew it, he was off!
I'll let him tell you how it was up there and he felt about it, but I will say that I'm pretty positive he had a good time
Afterwards we took a photo here...
I should back track a bit and tell you this... Andy had planned lunch and dinner for today as surprises for me. This was our "Surprise Day". Well Miss Cute Thang asked what we had planned today and Andy told her that we were going to lunch after this, and she asked where..... we both laughed, I looked at Andy, and he just went ahead spilled the beans... AFTERNOON TEA!! I loved afternoon tea at the GF last year so I was soooo happy that he planned it again!!!
So here are some pictures from our tea party
Waiting in the lobby....Andy has this thing where he has to try out all the different chairs in the lobbys....
A self shot
I was just goofing off with this picture, but Andy really likes it for some reason...
Our fabulous little tea sandwiches... the grilled pear sandwich is da bomb!!
Andy impressed me by finishing ALL of his tea!! I came very close! And we were so stuffed! We both had the Buckingham Palace which comes with the tea sandwiches, scones and jam , and either two little pastries or strawberries and cream. We both chose pastries I absolutely LOVE having tea and I am so glad that Andy planned it for us! Thank you dear
I'm going to stop here and let Andy fill in his point of view. Then I'm going to work on a video representation of the day
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Great start (well except for the fall and foot injury)! I can't wait to hear Andy's thoughts on the parasailing because I have always wanted to try it but have never felt quite brave enough! The tea at the Grand Floridian sounds wonderful - I will have to try it one day.
Okay, here's a little video clip show of our morning/afternoon... It's not as entertaining funny wise as the other video, but it does have Andy parasailing!
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POFQ was really cool, I loved the way it was laid out. My favorite touch was the paths that looked like streets, very clever. The room was also very comfortable as always with the moderates. The beneigts were very messy and by the end of the batch we had powdered sugar all over the place. It looked like Stevie Nicks house...oh, that was a low blow. Anyway...
So Melissa spilled the beans about parasailing and I must admit that I was initially terrified at the thought. She somehow didn’t know that I have a fear of heights, a wonderful phobia passed down from my dad. I don’t know how we’ve missed this vital detail after ten years of knowing each other. At any rate I was filled with fear and joy all at the same time, a weird emotion that I had yet to encounter. I had always wanted to go parasailing but I knew that I’d never have the guts to actually arrange the event; the fear stood in the way. This was my only chance, to be surprised and not wanting to let Melissa down, I HAD to go through with it! I was anxious the entire time right until I left the platform and then all at once I was calm and I thought, “Wow, this is amazing!” It was like nothing I had ever experience. Everything was so calm and quiet and the view was like non-other. Here’s a picture I took while up in the air:
Just joking! I was hoping to catch a glimpse of some of the old Nautilus subs that once hung out in the Bone Yard. I’ve heard that they don’t even exist anymore, that they’ve been stripped of everything of value and then destroyed. One however was just spotted behind Soarin’ a few months back, who knows?
Anyway, back to the TR. The view was great, I could see everything! I didn’t want to come down after my time was up. I’d love to do it again at some point. Thanks Melissa for my surprise, you’re the best!
This surprise day all came together because I wanted to give Melissa what would make her the happiest, another day at Disney! So the plan was to enjoy a day outside of the parks. Melissa surprised me with parasailing in the morning and I had the rest of the night planned out. I remembered how much she (and myself as well) enjoyed Afternoon Tea last summer so I decided to go ahead and plan another visit as a sort of late lunch. I think she really enjoyed it, as did I. I had some sort of “Nobo” tea, not sure If that is correct but it was awesome! I didn’t think I could drink the entire pot but I surprised myself. Melissa was also embarrassed to have Happy Birthday sung to her by the entire room while wearing a golden crown and blowing the candle out on a Mickey adorned cupcake. I do love embarrassing her!
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Melissa and Andy, Charleston SC, February 2008.
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Coming up: July 2010 - Animal Kingdom Lodge for Mel's 30th Birthday!!!!!
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But it seems like you still enjoyed yourselves. I hope it gets better soon and doesn't mess up all your plans. Can't wait for more!
We couldn't believe it! So we hopped back in the car and drove around to building number 1. We were in room 1336 and we were very surprised when we got to our room to see that we had a nice little view of the water. We had booked a standard room since it was just for the night, and Andy figured since it was just for one night that's why we got that room. 
: So we walked to the main building to grab a bite at the foodcourt. 
, and either two little pastries or strawberries and cream. We both chose pastries 
and planned tea for you guys 
Looking forward to his thoughts 
I can't wait to hear about the parasailing...I've wanted to do that for years! Lovin the videos too...keep 'em coming 
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