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I think my trip was the right length -- I'm not used to burning the candle at both ends, but I could do it for 48 hours!
OK, so let's get this thing started! I arrived via SW and DME at the Polynesian Wednesday around 12:30 p.m. and was thrilled to hear those wonderful words: "Your room is READY!" I was nonplussed, really I was! That hasn't happened to me in AGES!
So I walked and I walked and I walked to Tahiti, which is super-close to the monorail that would be incredibly convenient whenever we wanted to pop over to MK or Epcot.
First, the Poly: I it! As you enter from the parking lot, the lush tropical foliage begins.
Then you get to your room, which is beautiful.
I like the bathroom, too!
The only "complaint" I have about the bathroom is a minor one -- it's great to have two sinks, but it's better when the sinks are outside the bathroom, so one person can be showering while one or two others are messing about in the sinks. But it all worked out fine for us.
As soon as I got into the room, I loved the way the closets are lit up to welcome you -- that's a closet on the left.
And I always love to get a photo of the desk lamps when they're interesting -- I really like this little guy!
Since my luggage would be delivered later by DME and I was anxious to meet up with my pals, I Sheri, who for once answered her phone immediately. "Hey, I'm HERE!" I announced.
And then she replied, "That's great. I'm at work."
Yep, some big surprise inspection or something caused Sheri's boss to say, "We need you, kid" or whatever. So Sheri told me to find Terri and start having fun, "But not too much fun, and no drinking until I get there." She assured me she'd be arriving sometime that afternoon.
So then I Terri, who informed me that she was standing in Epcot at that very moment, having arrived from Jacksonville shortly before. So I grabbed my small shoulder bag and discovered how incredibly close to the monorail my building was.
I was in Epcot shortly after that, and Terri and I began our tour around the world and my first F&WF ever.
gotta love those "surprise inspections" from join commission. those of you in healthcare know EXACTLY what i am talking about. i had a feeling "they" were gonna show up and impose upon my trip. eh....it is what it is. at least some fun was had in between times! you are doing a marvelous job on the beginning of the day....
It was a warm afternoon, but not too humid -- which is for WDW, right?
I put $50 on a gift card that I wore on my wrist all afternoon -- and by day's end, I had spent all of it.
We started posing for PhotoPass pics, to be added to this TR later -- you will simply have to be patient to see all our lovely poses.
Terri and I started feasting our way around the world, beginning here:
I had the spanakopita and then baklava, and both were delish , and Terri have the chicken souvlaki with tzatziki, and she liked that a lot, too.
I know I took some food photos, but they are eluding me at this moment -- Terri, if you get a minute, would you add some of yours?
Since it was pretty hot out in the sun, I had no trouble following Sheri's directive to avoid alcohol -- well OK, I did have one alcoholic beverage, but it was one of the fruity frozen ones that don't have much alcoholic content, so that doesn't count!
My favorite food of all the little bites I tried was from:
I had the Pastel de Choclo (beef and corn pie) which had a sweet relishy kind of thing plus a spicy kick -- it was a great combination of flavors!
Now, you would think that with F&WF going on that Terri and I wouldn't be tempted into getting food anywhere else, BUT you'd be wrong. Germany has changed one of its shops into this:
Good thing I'd bought my Hummel Goofy back in February, because this was the shop that came from. (The Hummels are available at Art of Disney on Main Street now.)
Well, since we discovered that both Terri and I chocolate and caramel, of course it would have been RUDE not to at least peruse the shop. So we did.
Thank goodness we had eaten enough little bites around the world that we weren't terribly so we showed great self control and simply split a caramel-filled chocolate cookie, which was . Don't we look in this picture?
We tried, but we simply couldn't finish this rich, yummy treat. Terri tried to save it for later, but the heat did a number on the chocolate and the caramel. Well, we knew we'd go back with Sheri later that night -- and we did!
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gotta love those "surprise inspections" from join commission. those of you in healthcare know EXACTLY what i am talking about. i had a feeling "they" were gonna show up and impose upon my trip. eh....it is what it is. at least some fun was had in between times! you are doing a marvelous job on the beginning of the day....
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but it looks like you're having fun already! 
Germany has changed one of its shops into this:
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