Here and having a blast!!
We're here! We're here! We're at Disney World!!
I'm accessing the internet via a computer station at Disney Quest in Downtown Disney. Disney Quest is a giant - five level - arcade full of not only traditional video games but also interactive similators. It's really cool and really very Disney... The elevators that you board when you first arrive aren't content to be just elevators... They have a small show with the Genie from Alladin. We're here at Disney Quest after having just seen Cirque du Soleil - La Nouba next door. It was an absolutely amazing, incredible, beautiful, unbelievable show!! Before the show we had a fabulously decadent dinner at Fulton's Crab House.
It's really been an incredible night, and, to tell the truth, I'm a bit tuckered out. After walking around Epcot all day in the heat and then coming here to Downtown Disney and having a huge meal and then sitting in the dark watching a show for over an hour, I'm pretty much ready for bed. But Alex thinks he's died and gone to heaven in this enourmous arcade, so here I sit, sipping on a diet Coke to try and wake up a bit while I type on an impossibly annoying keyboard to update my page. I am waking up a little, so I think after this place closes at midnight, I'll be up for walking over to Pleasure Island for some drinks and checking out the clubs.
I've had a fabulous time so far! The trip down was pretty much uneventful. We were able to get into the parks pretty early on our arrival day... We were at Epcot by 4:30. We had dinner at Morroco and then viewed the fireworks show (IllumiNations). While watching the show (in the rain in our ultra stylish ponchos) we met an older couple from Philly who'd also just arrived that day. They were also staying at our hotel for a week and were in celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. They were a nice couple and we exchanged polite conversation before saying "see ya around". And, we did end up seeing them again the next day.
We went to Animal Kingdom during the day and had a great time seeing all the animals, attractions, and shows. Afterwards, we cleaned up at the hotel and then headed over to the Polynesian Resort where we saw the Spirit of Aloha dinner show... and that couple from Philly! We'd just arrived and were directed to go get a picture taken. On our way to get the picture done, we noticed that everyone else had lais, but we didn't see anyone handing them out. We stood at the picture spot and just before they were about to take the picture, the gentleman from Philly ran over and put his and his wife's lais around our necks so we'd have them for the picture! The dinner show was amazing - especially the fire dancer guy - and afterwards we walked out to the Polynesian beach and layed on a hammock and decided it was paradise and that next time we came to Disney we were going to stay at the Poly.
Today we finished up Epcot, just in case Ivan decides to come bother us later on this week. Tomorrow we'll be doing the Magic Kingdom and Monday will be MGM. So, by Monday night at least we'll have done the major 4 parks and if the weather decides to be a problem and we're stuck in our hotel room for a day, we'll at least feel like we didn't miss out on anything important.
Well, my timer on this internet access computer is running dangerously low, so I'll finish up and go find Alex. Am having a fabulous time!!!!!!! :)
