Postby KeithS » Sun Sep 04, 2016 11:10 pm
We always shop as we go because sometimes we just forget where things are or they've been sold out. We have a motto of "If you see it and you like it, then buy it" because we've been disappointed in the past at missing out.
Anyhow - here is the day one journal - nothing exciting, just our travel day.
Day One – 3 September 2016 - Travel to WDW
Finally it is Saturday morning and we are off to Walt Disney World. After getting up and talking to the neighbours, we put the final packing together and called a taxi for 9:30am. He turned up right on time and we dragged our suitcases into the car and headed to the airport.
We quickly got through check-in and immigration and Della headed to the shops. As per her tradition, she couldn’t get past the Swarovski store without buying something…
We sat in the Qantas Club for an hour eating lunch and getting a drink before heading to the gate. We got on board but as it was very windy in Sydney, our departure was delayed by about an hour due to congestion. No worries though as we had plenty of connection time in Dallas.
The flight was long but smooth and uneventful. We landed in Dallas around 2:45pm and had two hours until our next flight. It took us about an hour to get through US Customs, collect our bags, drop them off for the Orlando flight and then catch the train to our next terminal – so always leave yourself plenty of time. Other people on our flight were not as fortunate and as it was a holiday weekend, flights were full.
Again our flight to Orlando was uneventful other than being bumped up to a exit-row, yay! After touching down, we got our bags and headed to the Mickey’s Magical Express counter – we were going to Disney World! As always, the check in was flawless and we were soon sitting on the coach number 5 to The Art of Animation Resort!
We were the first drop off and it was great seeing the Welcome to Walt Disney World sign as we came close to the resort. We pulled into the drop-off zone and headed to the resort check-in. It was great to be back and everything seemed so familiar. The guy at the check in said a lot of people had gone home when the hurricane came near on Friday, so it wasn’t too busy this week. We noticed the other effect of the nearby hurricane – the humidity! It was very sticky outside, even late at night. We picked up our Magic-Bands and headed up to our room 8611. We are in the Ariel Tower.
It was now close to 10:30pm and we were hungry, so we headed to the food court and bought a delicious Angus Bacon Cheeseburger. It was fantastic and really hit the spot. We also bought our refillable mugs (for some reason, they don’t have handles anymore – I don’t understand that). Of course, we wouldn’t be real Disney fans without heading to the store…but we were tired and didn’t buy anything. We headed back to the room and crashed for the night. Tomorrow, we are going to Disney Springs!
Keith
Trip history:
DLR: 2005, 06, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18
DLRP: 2006
HKDL: 2006 (Mar & Sept), 11 (Apr & Dec), 14, 19
SDR: 2017
TDR: 2008, 10, 17
WDW: 2006, 13 (Mar & Sept), 16, 19
DCL: 2013, 15 (Alaska & Hawaii), 18
Aulani: 2015