Hi Everyone!!
Another update from my life with the mouse. The last week or so has been filled with lots of fun stuff. Last week (Feb. 16-18th) Mom, Dad and Allie came to visit!! I was very, very excited to see them because I missed them a lot. Tuesday afternoon we had a delicious dinner at Sanaa which is the new restaurant in Animal Kingdom Lodge's Kidani Village Building. Sooo yummy! Then we checked into the hotel and I hung out until I had to go to work. So much easier just walking downstairs to go to work then to have to deal with the buses. lol. The next day Mom, Allie and I got up and went to Magic Kingdom where we met Larry and Donna and the munchkins. Daddy didn't come because he hurt his foot and couldn't walk around the parks all day. We spent the day walking around Magic Kingdom and bumped into a very suprising face, Mr. Kahler! Allie, Mom and I were on line for Tomorrowland Indy Speedway and as we were crossing over the tracks, Allie spotted him riding with his daughter. It was very funny and ironic seeing him there but fun all the same. lol At around 2 we went back to the hotel and met Dad for lunch at the hotel. When that was over Allie and I decided we wanted to go to EPCOT to ride Test Track and maybe Soarin' and then we would meet Mom and Dad for dinner at Citricos. Now this all sounded like a good idea until we got to EPCOT and saw that the wait was 110min for Test Track and 130min for Soarin'! We didn't even have enough time to ride and get back to The Grand Floridian for dinner. So instead we walked around and went on the Seas with Nemo and Friends and Turtle Talk with Crush and of course grabbed some candy from Mouse Gear. After that, we took the monorail over to the Magic Kingdom for dinner where we ran into some more friendly, yet less farmiliar faces, a pair of UMASS Band Parents. For all of you that know the UMASS show, it was Jack Sparrow's parents. =P So we spent the entire monorail trip over to the Grand talking about band and Ireland and all sorts of stuff. When we made it to our destination, we bid them farewell until Gameday and met Mom and Dad for an absolutely delicious dinner at Citricos complete with Wishes from Magic Kingdom. After dinner we were all tired so we went back to Animal Kingdom Lodge to hang out and go for a swim. Thursday we got up and hung out, packed up all our stuff and they took me grocery shopping. After shopping we went to Downtown Disney for lunch at Portobellos. Really good restaurant. Then it was time to say good-bye so they dropped me off at my apartment. =(
The rest of the week has been full of half work and half play. The Lodge is really empty this week so we've gotten a lot of time off which I've taken full advantage of by being in the parks. I spent lots of time in Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom and EPCOT and checked off some more items off my bucket list. I now have seen Illuminations from another country (Japan), had my Mickey Mouse Ice Cream, seen Fantasmic, watched Wishes from Main Street, taken a picture with Mickey and Minnie and ridden of Cindarella's horse on the Carousel. So it was a very productive week as far as the bucket list is concerned. lol. It's been a lot of fun. I love getting to go back into the parks since I don't do it as often as you might expect because I'm so busy. This weekend is ESPN the weekend so I'm hoping to get to Hollywood Studios on Sunday after work to see it. There are also a ton of celebrities here including a whole bunch of athletes and Johnny Depp (promoting Alice and Wonderland) so I've got my eyes peeled for them. I might just go hang out in the Grand and look for them although a couple are staying at the lodge. =P
Alright...I think that's all for this update. This week brings some more days off and the beginning of my Disney Heritage class. Yay!! I'm so excited to start the class. So more updates about that soon.
Love,
Jess
