Yesterday we spent some time
lashing tables, chairs and outdoor mats to our picnic table!
We were travelling light to Fort Wilderness, and left a lot of our
outdoor camping gear behind at Canopy Oaks.
Today we were up bright and early
but took it slow and easy as we did the final preparations to move.
Carol battened everything down inside while I worked outside
disconnecting all the utilities. We pulled out at 9:30 a.m.
It's only a 60 mile trip, but
traffic on Highway 27 and Interstate 4 is very heavy, the trip took
two hours! We arrived at Fort Wilderness at 11:30.
The campsite they assigned for
us, #521, was much too small for us, so Carol headed to the office
and arranged to move to a better location. After a bite of
lunch in the RV we moved to site #530 and got set up for our 5 night
stay. It's a lovely site; turkeys wandered through and
families paddled past in canoes while we worked!
After the dogs were fed, we drove
to Disney Springs and had dinner at
D-Luxe Burger. Delicious, but messy!
The dogs enjoyed another evening
of 'looping' once we got home. There are amazing decorations
everywhere
This gal watched as we
set up our campsite! Jasper kept an eye on her!
Black cherry shake!
These stilt-walkers were
over 10 feet tall!
Dozens and dozens of
storm troopers in Christmas sweaters!
Tuesday December 23rd
Carol was a happy girl . . .
another Tuesday morning with new pins scheduled for release at the
Magic Kingdom. How exciting! She was up before the birds
and headed to the Fort Wilderness Marina. The first boat
pulled away as Carol walked along the dock at 7:00 a.m.
Another boat arrived in just a few minutes and off she went!
I stayed home with the dogs for
an hour, then left to join Carol after she had her new pins.
When I got to the park at 8:50 she was at Gaston's enjoying a
new-found delicacy, a crème brûlèe croissant! She made it
sound tasty, so I had one too!
Then we did a few rides, Peter
Pan, Small World, Haunted Mansion, and Country Bears.
After a hot dog at Casey's we
headed home and took the dogs out for some day-time looping!
Naturally we stopped at the dog park!
Later we drove to Hollywood
Studios and enjoyed dinner at '50's Prime Time, meatloaf for me,
chicken pot pie for Carol. We wrapped up with a ride on Mickey
& Minnie's Runaway Railway, then headed home. The dogs
insisted on more looping.
Seriously . . . Jasper wouldn't
stop bouncing until we took him looping!
She really was up before
the birds!
The pin collectors lined up at
the entrance to Liberty Square and at 7:45 they were all led to the
pin store in the Frontier Trading Post.
She was all done by 8:10 a.m.
Liberty Square was
deserted early in the morning!
Meanwhile, at
8:10 I missed this boat by about seven seconds!
A crème brûlèe
croissant. Yummy!
The decorations look
great in daylight too!
Those storm troopers
again
Horse-drawn sleighs pass
our campsite all evening!
After a tasty dinner at
'50's Prime Time Café we took a spin on the Runaway Railway!
Then more looping.
Jasper insisted!
Wednesday December
24th - 2:30 Golf
Cart Parade - Dinner at
Rose & Crown - Candlelight Processional
Thursday December
25th - Dinner at
Hoop-Dee-Doo
Click on the white arrow
above to see a video!
Friday December
26th - Dinner at
Grand Floridian Café - Christmas Sleigh Ride
The dogs enjoyed their
final night of looping!
At 9:00 p.m. Carol and I took a horse-drawn sleigh ride!
Disney's 1907 dragon
calliope - a horse-drawn steam organ!
This is Skylar.
The seats on the sleigh
are higher than the golf cart and give a different perspective!
Two sleigh rides leave
the stable every half-hour.
