Mer & T's Excellent Adventure Part One: Onward to Orlando!

We just finished watching Easy A (really funny - I recommend it, especially if you ever had rumors spread about you in High School that weren't true because you will totally relate) and now we are sitting on our respective laptops not really interacting with one another, so I figured I'd start telling the story of our Excellent Adventure to Walt Disney World. I'm going to break this up into several parts, otherwise it'd get really long and honestly I don't think I can hold your attention that long. Ok ready? Here we go...

The day before we left we had to take Sly to the Dogs Day Inn. I was really, really paranoid that he was going to bite one of the workers cause we all know Sly doesn't like anyone but Mommy, Daddy and Aunt B. Lucky for us, he was all excited to meet his temporary caretaker and didn't even fight them when they took him away. I was sad because they didn't really let me say goodbye. I pouted for five whole minutes before T pulled into Culvers to buy me an ice cream cone to make me stop pouting. It worked.

We then got up at the ass-crack of dawn because we had a flight to catch. Dad was nice enough to take us to the airport. Normally I'd be complacent about catching a flight, but I was super excited for two reasons. The obvious reason was because hello we were going to that happiest place on Earth. The other reason I was super excited: We had two tickets in first class bitches!! I was checking us in online and noticed we could upgrade for like, $140 total and normally it costs well over a grand per ticket to fly first so we took Continental up on their offer. It was fabulous. I wish I had the money to fly first all the time. Yall, they served us breakfast on real plates. That's right, no plastic little tray thing with a wrapped up sandwich. We had cereal, fresh fruit, yogurt, orange juice and vodka. We also got the hot towel. I'm pretty sure the flight attendant thought we were ridiculous but we didn't care. They also let us have the direct TV thing free, which really helps to pass the time. Overall, best flight of my life.

We landed in Orlando and made our way to the Disney Magical Express, the shuttle bus that would take us directly to our hotel on the Walt Disney World property. It was really convenient. We only waited about twenty minutes for a bus, and it was awesome people watching time. Lots of families with kids who were really, really excited. Their excitement was infectious.

We made our way to the Port Orleans: Riverside resort. It was a really cute hotel. Overall it was what we needed for a last minute vacation: a place to sleep and relax. I think the next time we go to Walt Disney World we'll splurge on one of the deluxe hotels. Port Orleans only had one dining hall and one sit down restaurant, which really wasn't enough of a selection. I think the other resorts have more food variety. The bed was comfortable and the bathroom was fine. It was a great place for a vacation on a budget.

We checked in and dropped our bags off in our room. We grabbed a bite to eat at the dining hall and then headed off to Animal Kingdom. I have to give a shout out to Becky for really helping us out with our last minute vacation. She was so very helpful with everything - Becky if you are reading this THANK YOU for everything!!! If you have a group and want to take them to Disney World, let me know and I'll put you in touch with Becky...she's one of their group sales peeps and I think she'd really help you get the most magical vacation of your life.

Animal Kingdom was great. We went on Expedition Everest first. I screamed the whole time...in T's ear. It was fun, and I bought a bobble head Yeti as a token of surviving the ride. Then we went on the safari ride thing to see some animals. It was cute and corny. We finished up the trip (we only had two hours in the park before it closed) with the Bug's Life movie - super cute!! We then headed back to the hotel to rest for a bit so we could finish out the night at Epcot...but we fell asleep and ended up not going. I guess we were tired because we were up so early - oops.

Ok so recap:
First Class - Awesome
Disney's Magical Express - Convenient
Port Orlean's Riverside - Good Value, but not enough food options
Animal Kingdom - Fun, but more fun if you have kids

Tune in for Part 2 of Mer & T's Excellent Adventure: Wait it isn't called MGM anymore? Oh my bad...

Toodles!