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Again, I was up at 6:45. Showered and dressed. I got the girls up about 7:20. Liz and I had breakfast in the room; Katie brought a granola bar with her to the park. We headed for the bus stop at 8:30 and waited quite a while for a bus to DHS. While we were waiting, Katie was on the phone with the County Health Department. She was trying to schedule an appointment for someone to come and check the septic tank at her new house she’d just closed on a month prior. Part of the contract required a check after someone had been living in the house for 30 days, so the seller’s attorney had called last night and left a message saying they wondered when that was going to be done. Not really something she wanted to be doing today, but she was…so while we waited for the bus she was leaving messages for the guy at the Health Department.
We arrived at DHS about 9:15 and headed for TSM to get FPs.
The line was pretty long, but within 10 minutes we had FPs for 12:40 – 1:40. (If I’d have been here with Jeff, he’d have taken one look at the line and said, “I don’t want to wait.” – Another difference in the all girls trip - we waited!)
Then we went toward Sunset Blvd to RnRC.
On the way we passed the Brown Derby and Katie wanted her picture under the awning. One of her favorite I Love Lucy episodes is the one that takes place in the Brown Derby with William Holden, so she had to have her picture taken here.
We found out when we got to Rock n Roller Coaster that it was shut down for the morning. so we headed over to ToT. It was a 20 minute stand by line, so we waited.
While we were in the boiler room, Katie got a return call from the HD. He was pretty rude to her, after finding out she was trying to take care of this while on vacation, saying “Oh, I thought this was important.” (She had called before we left, but the inspector never called her back.) But I digress! Back to ToT. This ride always stresses me out, anticipating the drop. In actuality, it’s not as bad as I think it’s going to be.
A picture from inside looking out, just before the drop. Liz loves to take these shots!
After ToT we headed back down Sunset Blvd. Katie took a bathroom break, Liz got a pastry and we rested a bit. Not a Photopass Photographer in sight!
From there we walked over to The Streets of America and then Muppet Vision.
This is a must-see every trip. We love the muppets! While we were watching the show, Kate got another voice mail from the Health Dept. They had been playing phone tag most of the morning, except for the unpleasant guy she spoke to while we were in ToT. She was now hoping to speak to a supervisor to resolve the situation so we could get on with the fun! She tried calling back and finally spoke with someone who was helpful. They were able to set up an appointment for the day after we returned.
Then, even though it was only 11:30 we decided to eat lunch, and headed for ABC Commissary. I just love the theming of this area.
Liz and Kate both chose the Surf & Turf burger and I had the Asian Salad.
We all got the chocolate mousse for dessert.
Everything was yummy! And the temp outside was getting unbearable, so this was a great break from the heat!
Up next: more DHS and another afternoon at the pool.
Just got some time to do some catching up - so love the pictures from POR, it is one of our favorite, I just so love the atmosphere there, I used to love to wake up and walk around the resort, it is just so beautiful.
Love the pictures from your first few days, love your day at Epcot, what a great view of Illuminations.
Sorry RnRC was down, hoping it will be up before you leave for the day.
Just got some time to do some catching up - so love the pictures from POR, it is one of our favorite, I just so love the atmosphere there, I used to love to wake up and walk around the resort, it is just so beautiful.
Love the pictures from your first few days, love your day at Epcot, what a great view of Illuminations.
Sorry RnRC was down, hoping it will be up before you leave for the day.
Thanks for joining in. We love POR too. It's so relaxing to walk around the grounds. You feel like you're the only one there.
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She was trying to schedule an appointment for someone to come and check the septic tank at her new house she’d just closed on a month prior. Part of the contract required a check after someone had been living in the house for 30 days, so the seller’s attorney had called last night and left a message saying they wondered when that was going to be done. Not really something she wanted to be doing today, 
but she was…so while we waited for the bus she was leaving messages for the guy at the Health Department. 
so we headed over to ToT. It was a 20 minute stand by line, so we waited. 
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We love POR too. It's so relaxing to walk around the grounds. You feel like you're the only one there.
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