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It definitely is a slow moving boatride from DHS to the resorts....but most of the time we found the time to relax a plus and as your little one figured out, it is a great time to take a quick nap
Loved the surprise in your room, those strawberries looked delicious. I actually made some at home recently (with some dairy free chocolate chips) and even my oldest proclaimed them better then the ones that they sell at the bakery (even though I think the true trick is getting some amazingly sweet starwberries )
The slow moving boat was nice--when not in a hurry--when rushed the pace is torture! LOL!
Dairy free chocolate chips???? Where do you find such things??
Not really sure what time we awoke this day; we were in no rush! We ate breakfast in the room and decided to check out the pool before making our way to Epcot.
We had not yet adjusted to FL weather, and we thought a nice cool swim would be a great way to start our day. The temp at this time of day was in the high 80’s but the dew point was already about 74 putting the heat index in the high 90’s.
I knew the pool would be great--after all, SAB is the reason that I chose BC over the other deluxe resorts. That said, we loved it more than we ever expected! We happened to arrive at the time the pool opened (10:00). At this time of day we had our choice of chairs. Not sure where the best place for us would be, we staked out a spot by the beach area, slathered on the sunscreen and made our way to the water.
The water was not cool and refreshing…but it was wonderful. My littlest loved that she had such a big pool to explore without needing floaties. (We swim a lot at home in the summer, but the pools we use are deeper than her height, so she always has to swim with floaties). The oldest two loved playing in the sand.
Although MN is known as the “land of 10,000 lakes,” our summers are so short and lake water so cold, that we spend more time in heated pools than cold lakes. Since we do not often get to beaches, playing in wet sand and making sand castles was a huge treat for our kids.
We did not bring our camera to the pool, as we did not want to worry about it getting wet or lost. I hoped to take more pics as the week went on, but alas, no. I will refer you now to Cam’s last TR for awesome pool pictures!
We got lunch at Hurricane Hanna’s as soon as it opened (11:00). The kids loved that the kids meals were served in sand pails! Such a nice touch! I ordered the pesto turkey sandwich with fries. The sandwich was HUGE and I ate 1/3 of it and gave the rest to DH (we were planning to be frugal with our meal credits to ensure we would never “go hungry.”) The smoothies here were awesome and I was thrilled they counted as a dessert for the adult meals!
Cooled off and well-fed, it was time to return to the room and get ready for Epcot (and time for me to load up on ibuprofen and caffeine for my splitting headache!).
From this point on, I will try to provide the daily “weather report.” I have seen many threads here discussing the temperature at WDW in August. Like so much of my WDW research, I keep reading until I find a perspective, or experience that fits my view of the world (or how I wish it would be).
Long ago, an August visitor wrote that she “prepared herself for the surface of the sun.” Compared to that, the reality of WDW in August seemed very manageable! I connected with that idea, and tried to prepare myself “for the surface of the sun.”
Well…
Here in MN, the summer temperatures are often presented with dew point information as well. All of our lakes and farmland can make it pretty muggy in the summer, and our weather folks have trained us to know just how uncomfortable it will feel by looking at the dew points...40’s and below are nice and dry—air warms and cools quickly based on the sun; 50’s are pretty comfy; 60’s are getting very sticky…and 70’s are “oppressive.” The heat index (“feels like” temperature) is the air temp with the dew point factored in. In MN, as we approach heat indices close to 100, activities are cancelled and most sane people stay in air conditioning or near water.
How was I to know that the dew point temperature could really go much higher than our “oppressive”…???
Reflecting on it now, I imagined the surface of the sun to be more of a “dry heat.”
What we stepped into was a sauna—air so damp your glasses fogged as soon as you stepped outside; so thick you could feel it enter your lungs—My “reactive airways” reacted and made it difficult to breathe.
I was not about to let that hold us back or ruin our Disney joy—I grabbed an absorbent towel, my inhaler and managed through. (DH said he was pretty impressed by how quickly I adapted to pony tails and wiping off sweat!)
That said, we still spent much of our days finding shade, choosing the inside attractions, and trying to avoid long outside lines while the sun was shining. It changed our touring plans. Instead of getting an early start, and getting back to the resort, we often stayed at parks after dark, then slept in and got to the parks in the afternoon.
By about day 4, I stopped using sunscreen, because I was realizing that I would have less of a tan AFTER our WDW trip than when I left!
Ok…next up….Future World—Here we come (really this time!)
I give you credit, girl, I would never go in Aug! It's hot enough in the middle of Sept.
SAB sounds fab! It is the only reason I would ever want to stay at the BC and they get you with the fact that you can't use that pool unless you are staying there. Thus, I will prolly never make it there, LOL.
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What great updates, I've gotten behind. I love the weather update, ugh. SAB just sounds so fun. Glad that you found good touring routines that worked for you guys! Can't wait for more!
Just got all caught up! Sounds like things have improved compared to your PTR. I am so glad that through the GAC you can enjoy your trip. Awesome that you got TSMM in! We rode it twice as well. The hotel is gorgeous though I wish you had stuck with the larger photos lol. I cant wait to hear more!
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We happened to arrive at the time the pool opened (10:00). At this time of day we had our choice of chairs. Not sure where the best place for us would be, we staked out a spot by the beach area, slathered on the sunscreen and made our way to the water. 
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