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Bus Loads of Kids, Senior Trip Teenagers and Long Lines
OH MY!!!!

Wednesday afternoon we headed to Big River Grille @ the Boardwalk when Andy returned from his golf afternoon. He had fun and saw all sorts of wildlife to add to the list. (We'd already seen oodles of bunnies all over the resorts and parks and a raccoon) He saw 2 gators and 2 deer. Gotta love the wild life~

Met Amber & Jonathan for dinner, that was fun! I hope we continue to make a habit out of that! Better than the last trip when I made ya sit on a curb with me for 45 minutes huh??!!



Then we headed to MGM for some Muppet action, Little Mermaid viewing (never had seen it before, pretty cute), One Man's Dream and a Tower of Terror drop! (or two)




Thursday the resort got to nuts status. Funny how that happens. We had enjoyed it and not had any problems until then. The ball teams came in by the bus loads and it got pretty rowdy. The parks were the same way. We went to Animal Kingdom and it was "like a zoo"! We rode Dinosaur, got a fast pass for Everest and road Kali River. (First time on that, we were prepared with hats and plans for a short day) We had lunch (yep, in our wet clothes) and then road Everest before heading back. I have to say that Everest was just as fun as we'd remembered, though it made me even more "woozy" than the 1st time!! It's worth it, but I have to take it S L O W and low key for a little bit after!! (I'm getting so OLD)

Spent the last afternoon by the pool.*sigh* Then got ready for dinner @ Olivia's. YUMMY just like before!

We hit 3 parks in a day, first time we'd done that. After dinner we went to MK for SpectroMagic. It's my favorite part of the day and we'd missed it up until that night. After that we caught the monorail and went to EPCOT for some extra magic hours. (We did 4 nights of Extra Magic out of 6 while we were there. Never stayed the "full" time, but got a few extra hours and rides in for sure!) We rode Test Track again and Imagination. (I know, I know... I can't get enough of the little purple guy!)

By the time we left Friday morning, the resort was at miserable status. The lines for food were unreal and the kids everywhere were a little unruly. If we'd have stayed, we'd have complained about some stuff for sure. We sure made our All Stars stay, JUST IN TIME!!!

Our ride down was 7 hours, home was 10!! Ugh!!! I hate when that happens! There was a boat that had come off of a trailer on the Florida Turnpike and had traffic stopped for over an hour. The smoke around Valdosta (35ish miles both ways) was horrible!! Then we hit south Atlanta traffic coming in, about 6:30, on a Friday of a holiday weekend. Double Ugh, ugh, ugh!!!! Whew- We were GLAD to get to Dallas, Georgia for darn sure!!

Great trip though, tons of fun visiting with friends from all over the place. We're ready to go back, but aren't sure about the summer trip. The crowds the last few days reminded us of why we LOVE going in the OFF SEASON so much!! I am not sure we can take horrid crowds with triple digit temps as well. We'll see ... We ARE looking forward to the visit in September along with the Disney Cruise AND the October race weekend!! Can't wait for those~