So, its a cool Sunday morning here now but we are expecting it to warm up later to the mid 70’s which will be really nice.<\/p>\n
I last left you on Friday evening\u00a0before we were heading out for dinner and to watch the fireworks.\u00a0 We knew it would ge very cold so took 4 layers to wrap up in after dinner.\u00a0 We went to Applebees and had chicken and rice bowls.\u00a0 I had the orange chicken and Paul the Teryaki chicken.\u00a0 We asked the chef to pick out the broccoli too \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Neither of us were that hungry so we didn’t finish them but even so we decided to have the dessert shooters.\u00a0 They are glass shot glasses with sundae’s in them.\u00a0 I had chocolate and Paul had hot fudge.\u00a0 Both were very nice but rich and a bit sickly so a shot glass is more then enough.\u00a0 After dinner we made a quick pit stop at Publix as we had no milk we drove over to the Polynesian.\u00a0\u00a0 It was very quiet on the beach and VERY cold.\u00a0 There was plenty of seats available so we\u00a0settled down on a hammock just before 10pm.\u00a0 Wishes was good and the hotel now play the Wishes music louder so you can hear it as you watch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We left straight after the fireworks very cold and very tired and made it to bed by about half 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n
SATURDAY 28th.<\/p>\n
Paul was up and about around\u00a0half 7\u00a0I think but I had a lie in for another hour.\u00a0 We had bagels for breakfast with peanut butter and grape jelly (not combined – though that’s a great American tradition!).\u00a0 We were in no hurry to rush out so chilled out watching TV and sitting by the pool.\u00a0 We had a visit from George too.\u00a0 We eventually headed out about 11am.\u00a0 The plan was to go to the top end of I-Drive to some of the outlet shops and TJ Maxx.\u00a0 On the way Paul decided to stop at the Flea Market located in the old Dolly Parton building.\u00a0 I was very dubious but soon ate humble pie when I saw a stall selling some great fake Tiffany silver jewellery.\u00a0 I bought a ring and also found a fake LV scarf a little later on.\u00a0 Many of the stalls were vacant and Paul said there was a lot less there than when he visited a few weeks ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I-Drive was fairly busy and after a nice Starbucks drive through we parked and headed into Nine West.\u00a0 Amazingly I could not find anything I wanted to buy.\u00a0 Next we went into Calvin Klein.\u00a0 The prices in there were really good and many things were 50% off.\u00a0 There was a fab leather jacket I loved but sadly they dod not have it in my size.\u00a0 Paul managed to get some jeans and a wash bag and I got a pink sweater.<\/p>\n
After this we went over to TJ Maxx.\u00a0 I thought the selection of stock was quite poor and especially in my size the rails were sadly lacking.\u00a0 I tried on loads of jeans as was after some new skinny jeans to tuck into boots after Ruth stole mine!\u00a0 I managed to get some and some leggings.\u00a0 Paul wanted a belt but could not find one he liked.<\/p>\n
Universal City Walk was next, specifically Hart and Huntingdon to book our next tattoos.\u00a0 Paul is getting an Ambigram on his left forearm and I am getting a pheonix on my right thigh.\u00a0 Our artist Rob was in the shop so we managed to speak to him directly.\u00a0 We booked in for Thursday at 2pm and filled in and signed all the paperwork.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The weather now was really warm – it was about half 2 so we sat outside with some drinks and enjoyed the sun for about an hour or so.\u00a0 We were getting hungry so decided to go to TGI’s for an early dinner ahead of the Disney Pirate firework cruise we had in store that evening.\u00a0 We went to the one on I-Drive which had seating outside so we opted for that as it was still nice and warm.\u00a0 I had Jack Daniels chicken and Paul had a Jack Daniels burger.\u00a0 The food was good though Paul was slightly disappointed as they had run out of root beer.\u00a0 The sun was starting to set at about 5pm so we finsihed up and came home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After watching Legally Blonde on TV we set about getting all our layers again ready for the Pirate Firework cruise.\u00a0 We left the house about 8pm and made our way over to the Contemporary Resort where the cruise sailed from.\u00a0 We had to be there for 8:45 and as we got out to the dock at 8:35 there was no one to be seen at all and no signs.\u00a0 With only a few minutes left we started to wonder what was going on so headed back to reception to ask.\u00a0 Apparantly the meeting point is in the hotel upstairs so we went up and check in at the desk.\u00a0 We were the last party to arrive apparantly.\u00a0 There were about\u00a0100 people there – some kids and adults in pirate costumes which made us think we should have worn ours!\u00a0 There were pirate mannequins as well as Mr Smee and Captain Hook characters.\u00a0 There were 2 other characters doing the organising; pirates called Patch.\u00a0 There were snacks and drinks available – pretzels, peanuts, cookies, cotton candy (candy floss to the Brits) as well as soft drinks and hot drinks.\u00a0 We had some and sat down.\u00a0 We got talking to a family from Idaho on their first visit to WDW.\u00a0 They asked if we had a boy or a girl and looked bemused as we answered neither!\u00a0 Paul explained we were the big kids ourselves which made them smile.\u00a0 We left the hotel about 20 past 9 and made our way to the docks.\u00a0 There were 2 boats sailing with open bench style seating.\u00a0 We sailed straight to the front of the Magic Kingdom area with some jokes and trivia on the way.\u00a0 Patch also read out all group names and we had to say where we were from and say hi to everybody – very Disney!\u00a0 There was a very loud and annoying drunken American woman who seemed insistant on entertaining the entire boat though like I said it was defintely more annoying than entertaining.\u00a0 There were a couple of kids sat in front of us one of whom had obvously just had a new camera.\u00a0 He took pictures literally every few seconds with the flash but being night time not one of them turned out at all!\u00a0 Still, he was happy bless him!!\u00a0 We were on the far side of the boat to watch the fireworks which meant that some of the really high up ones were hard to see as the boat had a canopy roof.\u00a0 It was still a good show though and actually was not as cold as the previous night at all.\u00a0 After the fireworks we set sail back and had more trivia.\u00a0 The kids all got prizes for getting questions correct.\u00a0 We got off the boat about half 10 and got in the car to some straight home.\u00a0 A cuppa and bed was about all we were fit for so that was another day over.<\/p>\n
This morning as we watch Richie Rich and I type this we are going to have bagals again for breakfast then head over to Downown Disney.\u00a0\u00a0 You can read what\u00a0we get up to\u00a0real\u00a0soon….<\/p>\n
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So, its a cool Sunday morning here now but we are expecting it to warm up later to the mid 70’s which will be really nice. I last left you on Friday evening\u00a0before we were heading out for dinner and to watch the fireworks.\u00a0 We knew it would ge very cold so took 4 layers … <\/p>\n