OMG……what a LONG day!!!!!! The alarm went off at 3:15 this morning…..and we left for STL at 4:30. Just as we were preparing to turn off of I-70 to get to the “long term parking lot”, Dr. Jeni, Darrel, and girls pulled up beside us…..what perfect timing!! After getting parked and ALL the luggage out of the cars, we caught an airport shuttle to the East Terminal for our Southwest Airlines flight to Orlando. Luggage???? We might as well have been leaving for India for a year…..but of course, it DOES take a lot for the two younger girls, Meghan and Ava. Anyway….when we got to the terminal to check the bags, we had EIGHT bags being checked, plus all of the carry-on items!!!!!
The SWAirlines people chewed on Dr. Jeni for not having little Ava’s birth certificate to authenticate that she was under two years old!!!! Good God…..all they had to do was LOOK at her and they could see she is just a babe in swaddling clothes!!! Anyway…..we did get it all worked out and after a not-too-long wait in the terminal, we boarded the plane with TONS of other parents and many TONS of small children……all heading to Disney World!!!!! Is school NOT in session in Missouri????? What about the education of these school skipping kids??? Hmmmmmm…….hahaha…..what the Hell??? WHY NOT take off and go see Mickey????!!!! (and that from a former teacher and now a current school board member).
The flt was only one hour and 45 minutes long!!!!! A really QUICK trip down to Orlando!!!! For the girls it was the first trip in a plane….that they could remember. Meg had been as a baby several years ago…….so, it was an exciting take-off for them. A bit of a chop for awhile about half way down there kept the stewards from serving many drinks, even tho we were up front and did get ours!!
Arriving in Orlando, we checked in at the WDW counter and were assigned our shuttle bus to the Disney hotel in the park……..and in about an hour we were getting our rooms from the desk. We also picked up our WDW card that lets us into everything….rooms, the parks, and also our two meals and snack each day. After a bit of a rest in the rooms, we caught the shuttle for the Magic Kingdom…..and the little ones became more excited as left the shuttle and headed up Main Street, seeing the HUGE castle for the very first time!!!!
The rest of the afternoon was spent walking, watching, seeing, and riding the rides that we could get on without toooooo much of a wait. We used the “Fast Pass” several times which is a really wonderful way of getting on to the better rides without the LONG waits!!! Ava has developed either a cold or an allergy and is not feeling too good, so Dr. Jeni and Darrel and Ava left us around 7:30 and returned to the hotel. Meg and Rachel, the 1st Lady and I remained until almost 10pm riding…..and then watching the incredible fireworks display.
It was a LONG day, as I said above. Returning to the hotel by shuttle bus, the girls fell into bed and were out before they were hardly out of their food stained clothing…..hahaha!! What will tomorrow bring………I’m sure it won’t be early rising!!!
And so…..after a long day, tired feet, bleary eyes, and a VERY sagging hulk of myself, ……
Life is Great…….and I hope it is for all of you, also
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