Thursday, March 5, 2015

Disney Trip Part 1: Soggy Arrival

Rain pouring off our bus from the airport to the hotel
Last weekend we went to Orlando for three nights and 2 days to help our friend Jeff celebrate his 50th birthday. We thought that would be a great way for him to celebrate since he's had a very bad year. It was a nice time. Here are some pics from our arrival on a Saturday in the early evening. 
Rob and Tom on the bus
  SOGGY SATURDAY  - The arrival was a soggy one. Moderate rainfall fell, and we learned it rained the entire day. In fact, Orlando received .86 inch of rain (which is a LOT) on that day. 
Yay the bus is moving!
  




Jeff and Tom at the Grand Floridian
EXTRA TRAVEL TIME- You'd think that everything is close together, but it's not and rain makes it worse, apparently. In fact, from the airport, it took about 60 minutes to get to the resorts. We decided we'd take a bus to where our dinner reservation was located instead of checking into the resort where we were staying. Good thing we did! 

Pianist in the lobby of the hotel
 GRAND FLORIDIAN RESORT CAFE- Since we've never really eaten at a lot of Disney restaurants, and I (Rob) had to blindly pick whatever was a available, I choose the Grand Floridian Cafe because it had "American food" and we are plain (and fussy) eaters. The chef came to the table to check on food allergies- and that was a nice touch. The waitress was efficient, too, but the meal was not worth the cost.  BONUS- Our friend John who has worked for Disney for 25 years met us for dinner, so we got to enjoy his company!

L to R: Jeff, Tom, Rob, John
     


NEXT: Disney Trip Part 2: Coronado, Architecture Check, "Made for Each Other"

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I'm a simple guy who enjoys the simple things in life, especially our dogs. I volunteer for dog rescues, enjoy exercising, blogging, politics, helping friends and neighbors, participating in ghost investigations, coffee, weather, superheroes, comic books, mystery novels, traveling, 70s and 80s music, classic country music,writing books on ghosts and spirits, cooking simply and keeping in shape. You'll find tidbits of all of these things on this blog and more. EMAIL me at Rgutro@gmail.com - Rob

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