The Tale of the Grow Walk ….Hunh? DCL Magic and WDW Review

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A tour of our room.

 

 

 

 

The room was VERY spacious.

 

 

 

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Now I have been told since I have come home that many of the buildings do have an elevator to use….I do not recall seeing one for ours, but I just might have never noticed it. If there was one though, I am annoyed that I wasn’t told about it.

I freshened up a bit and got ready for our evening. I told Skip we were meeting some people before dinner. I really had not told him about this meet till this day because he thinks it’s weird to meet people sometimes. He didn’t seem to mind though, and even if he did….too bad! LOL.

 

Our dinner was to be at 8:30 tonight at T-rex and we were going to meet Michael and his wife Judy from Passporters around 8 or 8:15 if I remember right. Michael and I communicated before the trip a bit and exchanged numbers. He ended up booking a T-rex around the same time too so we figured we would meet each other before dinner.

 

All of a sudden Skip was in a rush to get to DTD. We headed to the bus stop as I knew DTD was a mess with parking at the time. We asked what bus to get on to get to the main building and some lovely people explained the bus system to us a bit. Basically we could get on any bus, but always double check that they were stopping up there. I had debated driving up there but with the small parking lot I just didn’t want to chance not finding a spot.

 

We rode the bus up there and then headed to the boat dock.

 

 

 

The boat was there and we got right on before it left and we started on our way. Even though I thought we had left with plenty of time to spare, it was soon apparent that we were running late. And Skip seemed to be extra worried about it, which surprised me. Come to find out he thought we were meeting Michael and Judy 15 minutes earlier than our planned meet. LOL. I did text Michael to let him know we were on our way, but the boat was pretty slow.

 

 

They did do some trivia games as we sailed along and that passed the time.

 

 

 

My phone rang and it was Michael telling me they were there. It was hard to hear as the boat was loud…but I shouted to him that we were running late but on our way.

 

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Soon we saw this lovely sight.

 

 

 

 

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As we excited the boat the balloon was coming down.

 

 

 

DTD was busy, crowded and had construction walls all over the place.

 

 

I led us the completely wrong way at first. Well it used to be the right way, but the construction wall had us come to a dead in so we had to turn around and go a different way.

 

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We found Judy and Michael fairly quickly and started chatting away.

 

 

Skip kind of kept quiet. He was not super friendly the whole night really and I do apologize to Michael and Judy about that. He wasn’t mean or anything, just quiet. I think it’s because he just didn’t know them at all and I think he thought I knew them for years…even before I met him….not sure why he thought that. LOL.

 

So after chatting a bit, Michael and Skip go to check us both in. I am not exactly sure how it happened but Skip said the guy at the podium asked if they knew each other and would it be fine to sit together and they agreed so now we were going to be sitting together for dinner…..which was a nice treat. And I believe we could be seated then if I remember right (and I might not be as it’s been almost a year ago. LOL).

 

We all got seated with Claire, Skip and I one side of the table and Judy and Michael on the other. Claire was extremely shy and Judy did her best to try to talk to her but she just sat that and pretended like she didn’t hear or would look at me. I sat across from Michael and we chatted about Disney, cameras and our trips. Skip and Judy sat across from each other for the most part and talked a bit too. It was noisy in there so it was hard to hear those 2 from where I was sitting but we did our best.

 

Judy got a little wild.

 

 

Claire refused to wear it but Judy had no issues. LOL!

 

I took a few pictures around the place too.

 

 

 

I could hear Skip grumbling about the prices. I should’ve done the dining plan for this one day just to keep him happy. I always know when he has to pay out of pocket he grumbles.

 

I think he went with a steak…maybe with ribs too…or was it chicken?...…No wonder he grumbled….he wanted one of the most expensive things on the menu.

 

Claire went with steak as well and I went with the appetizer combo.

 

 

It’s hard to get good pictures in here with all the strange lighting.

 

There’s Michael in the background….I wasn’t on my game and we never did get a picture together.

 

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Claire’s steak.

 

 

 

This food colored blue doesn’t look quite as appetizing. LOL.

 

 

The meteor shower went off a few times.

 

 

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I really love this place.

 

 

 

I must’ve gotten up and took some pictures…perhaps taking Claire to the bathroom.

 

 

 

A few weeks before our trip the aquarium here had broke. I had wondered if it would be fixed by the time we arrived….Nope, they had a fake overlay though.

 

 

At one point Skip asked how long we had known each other. For some reason Skip thought we had known each other for ages…long before him….nope. I told him I had only been on Passporters for about 3 or 4 years at the time and that’s where we met. It was almost like he was jealous that we were chatting away. Poor guy. LOL.

 

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This aquarium was still intact.

 

 

 

I love the ice bar here.

 

 

At one point Michael asked me how my older 2 kids were doing. I looked at Skip and we smiled. My son is famous for going from job to job. For some reason he thinks he should have some manager position at every place he works and he has no experience. I think he was between jobs at this point in time….though he may have started a new one by then. (He quits before he has a new one lined up….He doesn’t use his head to much at times).

And my daughter Paige…..I had to stumble over that one. Paige was expecting …Gracie….at the time, but only a handful of people knew it. Claire did not yet, nor had she told my parents yet. I just kind of said fine and left it at that. LOL.

 

 

 

Our meal had come to an end. I had thought going in I would get dessert but I couldn’t even eat my whole appetizer so I didn’t even attempt dessert. I thought it was excellent. Skip wasn’t impressed….but his opinion doesn’t count. He is famous for not liking places I like….I think he does it just for spite.

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[B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Blue"]We said our goodbyes and headed out. I was planning on shopping and Skip did not want to. He wanted to know how to get back to OKW so I gave him his options. Skip then tells me he has never seen me smile so much as when I was talking to Michael and my face must hurt. LOL! I guess he is used to me scowling at him over his dumb jokes! Hahaha.

We chatted a bit then parted ways and Claire and I headed towards the Lego Store.

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I think Claire made a purchase here and then we headed to World of Disney.

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I was in the search for the 2015 zip up sweatshirt. And I could not find it anywhere in the store. I had seen it in the parks every single day and decided to wait till we came back to buy it.

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I gave up after a while and asked a CM who told me they were sold out. She said she could see which parks still had them in stock, but that wouldn’t do me good as I was done with the parks. I figured I would check out the OKW shop and hope to find one there……spoiler…I did not…but luckily I went back in August and I was able to pick one up then.

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We also ran into Judy and Michael again while shopping and chatted a bit.

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[B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Blue"]We shopped around and I found a shirt I really liked but not in my size. I had them look to see if one was in stock but the only place that had it in stock was in a park and again, we weren’t going to any.

I did get this one I believe.

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I thought this shirt was so cute.

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I now wish I had bought it.

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With purchases in hand….and I can’t remember what we bought, we headed back outside.

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I think we may have popped in a few more stores and then headed to the bus stop. DTD was pretty busy and quite a mess to navigate with all the walls.

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We arrived back at OKW and got off at our stop. I am going to take a short minute to talk about OKW. It’s a very nice resort, but if you don’t have a car I think getting around can be hard. I don’t like driving around at WDW. I prefer the buses…I know that’s not for everyone, but I just rather have the driving done for me. At OKW, in order to get to other areas of the resort it takes a long time, so it’s better to drive…..but I was always worried about finding a parking spot up front too. I might have missed another lot and didn’t realize it, but the lot I saw was fairly small. The resort was so big too. If you want to get something to eat or fill your mug, it could take quite some time to get up to the main building by bus.
The resort is very nice though and the rooms are very spacious.

We made our way back to our room and Skip was there….glad he found his way back!
We asked if he had any problems and he said no. He said he had actually walked around DTD a bit and watched some entertainment and I think had a beer too. He took the boat back and on the boat he “made a friend too”, which we giggled about since Claire had made a friend on the cruise and talked about her nonstop. We asked his name and Skip didn’t know, but we named him Amando since Claire’s friend had been named Amanda. He said that Amando and him talked the whole way back and he had his truck parked up at the main building and gave Skip a ride back to our building so he got back much faster than taking the bus. Of course we teased him about his new found friend and asked if they had plans to meet up the next day.

We all hit the sack. Tomorrow we would be going home, but we still had half of a day to enjoy the last bits of our vacation. The plan was to let Claire swim as much as she wanted and just laze around. We had to be out of our room by 11 but we figured we would just get lunch and if the mood struck us we could go resort hopping as well till it was time to leave for the airport.
Well you know how plans and my husband go….the day ended up being totally different……
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[B][SIZE="6"][COLOR="Black"]April 1st, Tuesday, Day 12[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]

[B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Blue"]As usual, I was awake pretty early. Since we had more of a lazy day I just let those 2 sleep in and I went off on my own.

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I decided to take the bus up to the main building and check out the gift shop.

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I browsed around, but they did not have the 2015 jacket….darn it!

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I did buy a magnet though.
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[B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Blue"]I moved on outside to take some more pictures.

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And then over to the check in side to get pictures of that area.

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Back outside to take some more pictures while wandering around.

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I was surprised at how small the quick service counter was.

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[B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Blue"]Bikes for rent.

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I debated on checking out the pool now or to wait till later when we brought Claire….I figured I would get some shots now while it was empty.

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I thought this was a cool shot and it was taken on my phone.

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Hello dolphin.

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Hidden Mickey.

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[B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Blue"]Boy oh boy…..this hot tub looks fabulous to me right now after the long winter.

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[B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Blue"]I thought this area was really cute.

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Let’s check out the laundry room.

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[B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Blue"]I also checked out the restrooms since we would probably need to change in them later.

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Looks like the will work just fine.

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I was getting a bit hungry. I decided maybe I should get a bite to eat now. I didn’t need anything big, but just something to keep me going. I got some biscuits and gravy.

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They were just ok. I probably wouldn’t get them again, but they did fill the hole. I only ate half and saved the other half for Skip.

I then went to the bus stop to wait for the internal bus.

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I waited quite a long time before the internal bus came.

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I headed back to the room and Skip was up. He tells me that Mousekeeping has already arrived trying to clean the room. Why do they come so early on check out day. We have till 11! He said, don’t worry, they won’t be back till we’re gone because I answered the door in my underwear! LOL
He then asks what we are going to do today…I guess he didn’t listen to me the 10 other times I told him….We are going to let Claire swim, just hang out, maybe shop or resort hop.
Well he didn’t want to. He wanted to do something different. Ok, that’s fine. He said maybe he would do the Richard Petty ride along experience again. He did it a few years ago and really enjoyed it. Sure, that would be great. Claire and I could just do our own thing and he could come back later, or meet up with us somewhere.
So I quickly get online to look that up for him…..and he says so you are going to swim and shop…yep, sounds good to me. He still thinks that sounds boring, but I tell him I am fine with it.
He says maybe we should go to a park. I tell him that it would be really pricey to buy us all 1 day tickets for a few hours. Ok, let’s go to Universal. Again, it’s going to be pricey to do that for just a few hours. He told me to compare the price of the ride along verses the Universal tickets and I gave him a rough estimate. He said if I shopped I would probably spend more than that, so let’s go to Universal. LOL!
Oh shoot! Had I known this earlier I would’ve rearranged the bags and packed everything up and took a shower. I just puttered around for the last few hours and now I had to rush. I quickly showered, got Claire up and ready and got the bags packed and weighed and we got the car loaded up. It was pure crazy. I was fine with going to Universal but it was so spur of the moment. Claire was a little iffy. She had wanted to swim and she was a little upset about it. She was pretty tired today too and it was the last day of the trip and tears seemed to come more frequently today. She had some favorite rides at Universal though and she was excited to ride the Simpsons once again.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]

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[B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Blue"]We drove over to Universal and they have a choice of regular parking or a preferred parking lot which costs a little more but you are closer to the parks. Since we were on a time limit Skip said to park in the preferred. Well let’s just say I think we were in the furthest spot away from the gates in the preferred parking that you can get. But nothing we could do about that.

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Had I known this is what we would do today I would’ve tried to get here at opening.

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As we walked through City Walk I took a few pictures.

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