August 2018: A Summer Solo Disney Trip: Day 3, Part 2

Day 3, Part 2

A bus came along fairly quickly. There were only a few of us on the bus, and it didn’t seem like a terribly long ride back to Music. From Music, it was a short walk to my room, which...shocker! hadn’t seen housekeeping yet. It wasn’t even noon yet.

I found the ice machine, and did a couple rounds of icing of the ankle before I fell asleep. As we know from the earlier ride pictures, the nap was much needed.

When I woke up, I iced the anke once more, and then headed over to the food court at Music for a late lunch. As I was leaving, housekeeping was arriving at my room. The housekeeper looked downright worried when I told her that no, I did not need any more towels (there were like 7 in my room). But then I remembered that some more ice bags would be good, and she was delighted to find some for me. I told her she could put those in my room, but not to worry about making the room up. That seemed to make her happy, so I continued on to the food court. Phew, I didn’t tick off housekeeping! That puts me ahead of April’s trip!

At the food court at Music, I got a “southwest bowl”. I’m pretty sure the CM making mine was new, because she was offering me every option, and that didn’t really go along with the “pick one from category a, one from category b…” thing the menu had going, but I wasn’t complaining. My southwest bowl consisted of rice, black beans, chicken, queso (essentially melted cheddar), and shredded cheese. I got a go cover on it, filled my mug (thank goodness these are no longer resort specific) and headed back to my room to eat.

Upon my return to my room, I found a fresh stack of ice bags, right next to the ice bucket that I had parked on the nightstand. Perfect! I enjoyed my late lunch, and after some more icing, was pretty sure I could conquer the world. I chilled for a couple more hours though to play it safe. It probably also rained in that time period. It is Florida in the summer after all.

Sometime after 5, I got my stuff together and headed for the bus stop. It was time for an evening in the Kingdom of Animals! And I JUST missed the bus…

I killed time texting, and eventually another bus came along. The bus ride to Animal Kingdom was relatively short, which was a very good thing, since that was, by far, the coldest bus ride ever. I was really wishing for the long sleeve shirt that was in my suitcase!

Once at the Animal Kingdom, I only needed to kill a little time before my fastpass for Flight of Passage, so I browsed some stores. Ended up buying a couple of items and having them sent back to the hotel which (spoiler alert!), I ended up forgetting about until the day before check out!

Shopping done, it was time to head toward Pandora. Since I still had a couple of minutes before my fastpass, I stopped for a photo op, realizing after the fact that that was not the outfit to be photographed in…

Finally, it was time for a banshee flight. I walked as quickly as my (rapidly swelling) ankle would allow through the nearly empty fastpass line, and was directed into the row they pull singles from to finish off rooms, just in time to be directed into the last spot in a loading pre-show room. WOOHOO. BTW, the wait time posted outside was nearly 2 hours, at about 7 PM.

Once again, I thoroughly enjoyed Flight of Passage. Actually, I think I enjoyed it more this flight than in April, because I only looked straight ahead. At one point in April, I looked down. Don’t do that.

After flying on the banshee, I browsed the exit store for a couple of minutes, and then decided it was time for dinner. Tonight’s dinner? Pulled pork french fries and mandarin orange lemonade at Flame Tree. Although there was not nearly as much pulled pork on the fries tonight as there was in April, they were still delicious. And I could drink that lemonade by the gallon. 

After dinner, I realized I’d made a critical error. I should have ridden Everest and then eaten heavy food. Now, Everest was not really an option. A look at the wait times, and the only attractions with low-ish wait times in the park were Dinosaur and Bugs Life. I dealt with Bugs Life in April, so Dinosaur it is!

Dinosaur actually ended up being pretty close to its posted 25 minute wait. I’m sure it’ll come as no surprise that they were only running one load zone side. Despite my best efforts coming out of the pre-show to ditch them, I spent most of my time in line behind a group that was pure white trash. Truly obnoxious. They were a group of 5. Close to the load zone, I was able to get some space between myself and them. However, then a CM went looking for single riders. Low and behold, they wanted to fill that one spot in the group of 5. The CM looked apologetic when she placed me with them, so clearly, it wasn’t just me thinking not the best of them.

I’d forgotten, from the one time I rode this one 10 years ago, just how bumpy this ride is. Thanks to the combination of short legs with feet that just barely touched the floor, and an ankle that was pretty useless for balance, I had to hang on to the grab bar. That, combined with the antics of the others in my ride vehicle made for a charming ride photo.

After Dinosaur, I headed back to Asia. It was time to enter the fastpass area for Rivers of Light. There was still well over half an hour to kill before showtime, so I passed the time texting, and taking in the changing sky, and also the changing light colors on the Tree of Life and surrounding trees. Unfortunately, because of lights in the stadium, these things couldn’t really be captured by my phone camera.

The show started at 9:15. I had heard REALLY mixed reviews, so I wanted to see for myself. And, honestly, I liked it. Does it have the storyline of Illuminations? No. But visually, it’s spectacular, especially for a show that can’t use any fireworks, the music is great, and, there is some purpose behind the show. Is it something I need to see every trip? Probably not. Would I be willing to see it again? Yes.

When Rivers of Light ended about 9:30, I joined the masses exiting the park. By now the ankle was easily the most swollen it had been, so I was moving pretty slowly. But honestly, most people were. So I wasn’t holding up traffic!

When I got to the bus stops, the line for Music was WAY shorter, and I knew it’d be a much shorter walk to my room, so I hopped in that line, instead of the line for Movies. As luck would have it, buses for both hotels showed up about the same time. Even luckier for those close to the front of the line, about the same time it became apparent that loading an ECV was going to be more difficult than usual, thanks to the weird positioning of the bus and a gutter, another bus pulled up alongside to double load. I’m pretty sure we were back at Music before they ever got that ECV loaded. That outside bus driver was a task master. It was fantastic.

I limped back to my room, got fresh ice, iced my ankle for a bit, and then got ready for bed, mentally mapping out a slower day for Saturday.

August 2018: A Summer Solo Disney Trip: Day 3, Part 1

Day 3, Friday August 10, 2018

I think the alarm went off about 6:15 this morning. I played on my phone a bit before I was brave enough to check my ankle. It wasn’t pretty. Not QUITE as swollen as when I’d gone to bed, but, there was a distinct difference between left and right.

I got ready for the day, mentally evaluating my plans. I had breakfast in the room, a coconut butter breakfast biscuit thing I had brought from home, and headed for the bus stop, probably unwisely choosing the stop at Movies over the one at Music.

If I remember correctly, a bus to the Magic Kingdom was actively loading when I got there. I was able to get a seat, and had a nice conversation with the lady sitting next to me for the majority of the ride. Because it was a bit earlier in the day, the construction impact wasn’t quite as bad, and we arrived at the Magic Kingdom in good time.

Security moved surprisingly quickly, and pretty soon, I was being waved over to the left side of the entrance, which explained why CMs were standing twiddling their thumbs at the right entrance, but there were lines to the left. There were several CMs lined up by where bag check used to be, scanning magic bands for the morning EMH. Then the entrance was open for business. I actually managed to pick a line that wasn’t wicked slow moving!

Once in the park, I took a quick picture of the entrance, and then joined the group in the shade, waiting to be let into the park.

About 7:40 or so, they let us into the park, after reminders to hydrate and take advantage of the air conditioned rides and stores, since it was going to be a hot one. Then, they let us into the park, guiding us directly to the sun, to the various bridges to Tomorrowland. And they held us there until 8 exactly. It got very hot, but...at least the view was good?

When they finally let us deeper into the park, I limped along with the masses to Fantasyland. Unlike the masses, however, Seven Dwarves was not my destination. Been there, done that, all done.

My first stop? Peter Pan’s Flight. I very quickly got an idea of how many people were in this park today, when I ended up waiting about 10 minutes and hiking through multiple queue areas, to ride this at park opening, during morning extra magic hours. This is usually a complete walk on.

Once I’d returned from Neverland, it was off to Buzz Lightyear. There, I walked onto the ride. I THINK I achieved my highest score ever. It was in the 344,000 range. And when I saw the picture, I realized that I might need a nap break today.

Zurg conquered, it was back to Fantasyland, where I decided I had just enough time to get my Under the Sea fix, before waiting for regular park opening. Little Mermaid was a walk on, and had great air conditioning! Oh, and a catchy song that I don’t hate anymore…

From Little Mermaid, I walked toward Liberty Square, until I ran into a wall of people next to Peter Pan and the Tangled bathrooms. Thankfully, I was in the shade, AND the wait was only a couple of minutes, before they dropped the rope, and walked the masses very slowly toward Frontierland.

Frontierland is where I really felt the crowds. Or, really, the lack of crowd control. When the masses split between Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain, I followed the Big Thunder Mountain mass. And then stopped. And waited. And waited. It must have taken 10 minutes just to get to the actual standby entrance once the CMs let us fend for ourselves.

Once inside, they were only utilizing half the queue rope AND one of the 2 loading docks. Needless to say, it was about 9:30 when I made it on a train. I’ve NEVER seen that at park opening. Nor have I ever had time at park opening to actually take pictures while in line. 

By the time I got off Big Thunder Mountain, the line was still extending out past the entrance, and the wait was posted at 35 minutes. Splash Mountain wasn’t any better. Where the heck is the crowd control?!

I limped my way toward Pirates. It showed a 15 minute wait, and I wasn’t really convinced because the line extended almost to the standby wait sign (shocker, right?), but I decided to get in line because the line for Pirates is dark and cool.

I was correct; the wait was absolutely more than 15 minutes. More like 25. And, it should come as no surprise that they were only using one load zone. But hey, it was good air conditioning, and the scene with the removed redhead wasn’t as awkward as I was expecting. Oh, and did you know they now take your picture on Pirates? I didn't either. I got busted staring off into space in the last row. Yeah, it might be almost time for a nap.

By the time I exited Pirates, it was well after 10. Yup...just 2 attractions in over an hour. Can we say bad crowd control?! Since it was late enough for a mid-morning snack, I made my way to Sunshine whatever, home of the not-so-great Citrus Swirl. Also home of the new orange cream float. That’s what I was going for. 

That beauty is a swirl soft serve ice cream that tastes just like an orange creamsicle, floating in orange soda. It’s a bit messy, because the orange soda Disney uses (Fanta, I think) is super bubbly, and when it’s mixed with ice cream, it’s really bubbly. But it was worth the initial race to drink some of the soda to get the spillage to stop. The pineapple float (with vanilla) is still my absolute favorite Disney float, but this one is a definite winner.

By the time I’d finished my float, I’d come to the realization that it was time to get off my feet. So, I dragged myself out of the park, against the mobs entering, doing a small amount of shopping on my way.

When I got to the bus stop, I grabbed a spot in line for the bus to Music, remembering how wonderfully short the walk was from there to my room. Ankle? Definitely getting bigger.

August 2018: A Summer Solo Disney Trip: Day 2, Part 2

Day 2, Part 2

The bus ride was uneventful, and when I got to Music, I discovered that I could actually see my building at Movies from the bus stop. So, it was a quicker walk from Music to my room than from the bus stop at Movies. I didn’t know yet just how handy this information would be.

So I made the stupidly quick walk back to my room, and found that...housekeeping hadn’t been there yet. UGH!

Those who read my April trip report know we had an issue with housekeeping and their room inspections at Pop Century. Although the manager who responded to my email about these issues had said I could schedule future room selections, I’d decided to take a chance and not, based on mixed reviews on how that’s working out in real life.

Side note...I’m not opposed to extra security. However, from what I’ve seen in my own experience, and what I’ve seen reported by others, Disney’s current hotel room check strategy is, much like the TSA, security theater. As an added bonus, I was solo on this trip, and didn’t particularly want to find myself in my room when housekeeping came knocking. I’m pretty sure the entire 10% of Disney’s housekeeping force that is male, had been assigned to my building.

Housekeeping was nearby, and the pool right outside my room had less than 20 people in it, so I decided to quick change, and head for the pool. My foot was bugging me, and I figured that’d be a good way to stay off my feet for a bit and cool down, outside of my room.

I was in the pool for almost an hour, watching to see when housekeeping reached my room. Like a watched pot that never boils, housekeeping didn’t make it to an observed room. Since it was getting close to the time I wanted to leave, I headed back to my room, changed clothes probably faster than I ever have, and got ready to head back to the parks, all before housekeeping finished with the room next to mine.

Refreshed and recharged (both me and the cell phone battery), I headed out, ready to finish the day strong. I got to the bus stop just in time to hop on a loading Magic Kingdom bus. Might as well check the parade off the to-do list.

The trip to the Magic Kingdom took awhile. What a construction mess! Plus, there was a traffic backup trying to enter the bus area that appeared to be the result of a couple of blondes who had tried to enter the bus zone in their personal car. Not kidding.

Once I was off the bus, there was another exceptionally thorough bag check, followed by another not moving Passholder entrance line, despite being shorter than the other lines. Ok, done with those!

Entering the park, I was really pleasantly surprised to see that the crowds weren’t yet thick for the parade. Like if I had wanted to, I could have gotten a front row spot on Main Street. I didn’t want to, though. There was at least another hour until the parade reached Main Street. In this heat, it’s all about Frontierland and being first to see the parade.

I hiked over to the land of the Frontier, and managed to find a spot in the shade at the DVC booth. As an added bonus, it was a totally legal parade viewing spot! By this point, there was less than half an hour until the parade. I passed the time texting, watching the chaos build, trying to avoid being trampled by the kid who couldn’t have been older than 5 with the cell phone that was live streaming the parade, wondering why I thought watching a parade in August was a good idea (hello sweat…), watching the Country Bears wander the street, and enjoying the Main Street Marching Band.







Pretty soon it was time for the parade. It’s been several years since I’ve seen this, so I enjoyed it, despite wondering why I thought watching a parade in August was a good idea. If anyone is wondering, the dragon float is still out of the parade. I didn’t have my big camera with me, but I did decide to take a few pictures on the phone.

Following the parade, I made my way slowly toward Fantasyland, to try to find some air conditioning. When I got there, I saw that the standby line for Small World was “only” 25 minutes (as opposed to Peter Pan’s 75). Knowing that that queue is inside, I entered, because hey, air conditioning!

After Small World, it was clear that a storm was on the way, but things looked lighter elsewhere, so I got the heck out of the park. I made it to the express monorail platform just as the thunder started booming and the rain started falling.

Thankfully, a monorail appeared quickly, and it was off to the TTC. However, we ended up holding over the TTC walkway for a few minutes and all of us in my monorail car were pretty sure it was hailing. THAT was a slight freakout moment. I heavily debated finding a place to wait out the storm at the TTC (I know, good luck with that…), but, once my monorail finally got cleared to enter the TTC, I did step over to, and get on that Epcot monorail. The sky was looking lighter in the direction I thought Epcot was in. The Magic Kingdom was an entirely different story.

I had totally forgotten about the recent incident where a monorail door opened while the monorail was moving. I remembered, however, when I realized that EVERY time the monorail left a station, an announcement was made (following the canned announcement) by a CM to please not lean on the doors. Got it!

The rain lightened dramatically as the monorail approached Epcot. In fact, it was barely raining as the monorail circled Future World.

That did change, and I ended up spending some time under the cover of Spaceship Earth, but the storm didn’t get anything near as wild as it looked over by Magic Kingdom, and after probably 10 minutes or so, I was on my way to the Land. Realistically, I totally could have gone sooner, but I was enjoying the breeze from the storm, so the idea of throwing a poncho over me was just not exciting.

When I got to the Land, I still had some time before the fastpass I had found that morning for Soarin, so I grabbed some dinner at Sunshine Seasons. I ended up with sweet and sour chicken, which really was an amazing value as Disney food goes. And very tasty too.

Once I’d eaten, it was late enough to use my fastpass for Soarin. I breezed through the fastpass line. Actually, that’s a bit of a lie. I limped through the fastpass line. Hmm...day 1 ½ and limping. That’s a successful trip right? So...I limped through the fastpass line. Or, really, the fastpass lane. There really wasn’t a line for fastpass.

I ended up in section C, top row for this flight, on the very end. Soarin was enjoyable, as always.

By the time I was done with Soarin, it had stopped raining, but the sky still looked pretty questionable, so it was off to Nemo. Unlike the Little Mermaid, which I enjoy more with every ride, the more I ride this one, the more I realize I really don’t like this ride. Much like Nemo the Musical over in Animal Kingdom, Nemo the clamshell ride is just missing something.

After I’d escaped the clamshell, a quick look at MDE showed it was time for my Spaceship Earth fastpass, so I made my way over there. Now, when I first entered Epcot, the wait for Spaceship Earth was over half an hour. Somehow, in about 2 hours, that wait dropped to as fast as you can walk. Needless to say, I didn’t use my fastpass, because I would have had to walk through a longer queue than the regular one, with a similar amount of people.

The lack of sleep was catching up with me. Spaceship Earth ended up being borderline naptime. Oh well.

Naptime interrupted by the end of the attraction, I headed for World Showcase. I was morbidly curious about the most recent group to grace the stage in Canada: The Blueberry Grass Band. When I got to Canada, there was about a half an hour until the next set, so, I headed for O’Canada, where, as luck would have it, the next show was starting in less than 10 minutes. I grabbed a seat in the waiting area, and enjoyed the cool air, surprising peace, and the time off my feet. That right foot was really aching.

I enjoyed O’Canada, and then watched the Blueberry Grass Band for a bit. For the first couple of songs, they were fine; they’re no Off Kilter, but they weren’t bad. BUT...then they performed “My Heart Will Go On”. The jury is no longer out. I don’t like them.

When they started pretending they were part of the Titanic movie, I headed for France to get some ice cream before Illuminations.

I think the ice cream I got involved cinnamon and apples. It was really good. After enjoying my ice cream, I found a spot on the bridge between the UK and France, and parked myself on the ground to text, facebook, and wait for Illuminations to start. And I watched some pretty epic parking of Illuminations cruise boats. 

It should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with my Disney trips, that the wind picked up dramatically AND shifted direction in the last 10 minutes before showtime, so that it was blowing directly at me. I was bummed, because given the rumors flying, I have a feeling this trip was probably my last opportunity to see Illuminations, but I wasn’t going to try to find a different spot.

When Illuminations started, I pulled my hat down as low as possible and enjoyed the show as much as possible. The ash fallout wasn’t AS bad as I expected, but I was definitely reaking of sulfur by the end of Illuminations.

At the end of Illuminations, I limped to the bus stop. Thankfully, I got a seat on a bus, eventually. These buses really are not coming as frequently this trip as in previous trips! When I got back to the hotel, I hit the mug station for a Powerade refill and then limped back to my room. It was when I got back to the room, that it became a bit clearer just why I was limping. Oh, hey, one of these ankles is not like the other!

With that realization, I got ready for bed, set the alarm for slightly later the next morning, and hoped the swelling would miraculously disappear overnight, before I crashed hard.

August 2018: A Summer Solo Disney Trip, Day 2, part 1

Day 2: Thursday, August 9, 2018, Part 1

I think my alarm went off around 5:15. It was a very short night! I got ready for the day, and headed for the bus stop a little after 6. As usual, I was surprised by how much later the sun rises in FL than in NH. At this point in the day at home, the sun is up. I know, because it’s the sun that makes the dogs think that it’s time to go out this morning. Trust me, it was a lot of fun in June when it started getting light before 5!

I got to the bus stop around 6:15 or so. I’m really liking this 7am EMH concept. First off, it’s SO much cooler. And second, you can get some pretty neat pictures on the way to the bus.

The bus arrived shortly after I did, and it was a relatively quick and quiet trip over to Hollywood Studios. I think that the bus unloaded pretty close to the entrance, which was nice. Bag check was once again thorough bordering on asinine. I was glad I was carrying just a string backpack today.

Once through bag check, the entrance touch points were open. I made my way to the Passholder one, because that line appeared the shortest, and us passholders should know how to use these things to make the lines move more quickly, right? WRONG.

I swear half of the entrance staff was tied up at the Passholder entrance touch point, because of Passholders struggling to make the thing work. UHHH. And...foreshadow alert...this became a theme for the week. In case anyone was wondering, the Passholder entrances are not quicker than the mainstream ones…

Once I finally made it through the entrance, I continued about halfway up the main street of Studios (this is still the park I pay the least amount of attention to), to where they had stopped everyone. The crowd really was not bad at all. Of course the people immediately behind me were lamenting that they were going to miss the ride, because of so many people in front of them. If I had to guess, their wait for Slinky Dog, if they went straight there, was probably less than 15 minutes. It really was not a large crowd yet.

We were held there until 6:45, which was only about 2 minutes from the time I stopped walking, and then we were led as a mass of humanity to Toy Story Land. While most people headed straight to Slinky Dog, that was not my mission this morning. I’d ridden last night, and still had a fastpass for Saturday, should I decide to ride again. My mission this morning was to ride Alien Saucers, because I was pretty sure it was going to be a boring ride, and I didn’t want to wait in line for it.

Mission accomplished. I think I was about the 5th person in line for the Alien Saucers. It was cute. Kiddos should love it. Pretty typical carnival ride, dressed up in Toy Story Aliens, and mind sticking music. I’m glad I rode but I won’t make Nick try it when he first experiences Toy Story Land.

Next? A bit of picture taking.

Then? Toy Story Mania. I ended up riding three times in a row, because, with everyone in the ever growing line for Slinky Dog, it remained a walk on, which is awesome. And my score improved each time!!

Carnival games played, it was time for breakfast at Woody’s Lunchbox. I had to try multiple things here. I got the raspberry lunchbox tart and the banana split yogurt parfait. I liked the yogurt parfait a lot. I also really liked the flavor of the lunchbox tart. The tart itself was a little dry. And the best part of breakfast? The view.

Once breakfast was done, it was time to head out of the park. I left leisurely, browsing some stores on the street that Tower of Terror is on, and then I headed for the exit.

It was already getting quite warm, and my foot was kind of achy, from a blister on the bottom of it, so, since a boat was pulling up to the dock, I decided to take the boat to the first stop. It was a nice leisurely ride to the Swan and Dolphin dock.

From here, I headed over to the Boardwalk to browse the store there. On my way, I couldn’t get over the amount of people running in this heat. I don’t run on a cool day, so the idea of running in FL August heat and humidity blows my mind.

Shopping done at the Boardwalk, I headed for the Yacht and Beach Club, stopping in both of their stores, before parking myself in the Breezeway at the Beach Club Villas for probably a good 45 minutes to just chill. It was so nice and relaxing (and well air conditioned), and a perfect break spot. It also got me thinking about how nice it is to be in the Disney bubble. Which led to the idea that maybe, instead of our previous idea of getting off the cruise ship in April, getting a rental car, and exploring the coast for a day, perhaps we should just hop on the Disney buses at the end of the cruise, stay on Disney property for our last night in FL, and hit some of the restaurants Nick’s been wanting to try, but that I refuse to pay for when grazing our way around Epcot during a festival. (And Nick is in favor of this idea, so...it’s probably the route we are going!)

After relaxing at the Beach Club for awhile, I headed for the bus stop. A bus to Disney Springs arrived about 5 minutes after I got there. It was still pretty early in the day for Disney Springs, so I was the only one on that bus. And upon arrival at Disney Springs, I learned that if I’m the only one on the bus, I really should sit on the side of the bus opposite the driver. He forgot I was on the bus, until I stood up when he stopped at the sidewalk right before the bus “gates” to find out where he should go! OOPS!!!

Disney Springs was busy enough, but not crazy. I poked around the usual stores, buying ornaments in the Christmas store, and, surprisingly, not buying anything in World of Disney. I was pleased to see, though, that, while the store is still under construction, it’s way less miserable now that they’re refurbing the half of the store closer to Starbucks. It was a much better situation than in April!!

After browsing a few stores, it was time for lunch. I was pretty excited for lunch today, to be honest. Just a few days before my trip, Chicken Guy had opened. Chicken Guy is over near Planet Hollywood and is a joint effort between Guy Fieri and some other chef. The emphasis is, well, chicken. I like Guy Fieri, and I like good chicken tenders. Plus, the prices are pretty reasonable by Disney standards. This seemed like a natural lunch choice.

Once I got there, I found a short line outside, with an employee letting a few people in at a time. The wait in the sun felt really long, but really wasn’t, and there was virtually no line when I got inside (about 3 people). You order at a counter, they hand you a tracker, and then they deliver your food to you.

I got the chicken tender value meal. 3 tenders, fries, and a soft drink. Every meal comes with 2 sauces. You have a choice of 22 sauces. I got garlic parmesan and bourbon bbq sauce. The girl at the counter was very friendly.

After ordering, I got my beverage, and managed to snag a seat at a table inside, right next to the soda machine, that people were leaving as I was getting my soda. That’s probably my only complaint about this place. There is minimal indoor seating.

My food appeared right after I sat down. It was delicious, and the portion was really good. I was not able to finish everything. I liked the bbq sauce, but I LOVED the garlic parmesan sauce. If you like garlic, this is your sauce!

Once I had inhaled all that I could, I vacated my table, refilled my soda, and headed for the bus stop to get back to the hotel. I did learn in doing this, that it’s much closer to walk from Chicken Guy, towards the nearby parking garage, and then head to the bus stop, then it is to head back towards the entrance to the bus stop that’s tucked in between stores. This is especially true if you are making the trek to the bus stops for the value resorts. And yes, I learned this by walking the long way!

As I got to the bus stops, I saw that there was a bus at both the All Star Music and All Star Movies stops. The bus at the stop for Music was a Disney bus. The bus at the stop for Movies was a coach bus, by Dynamic. Now, roughly 10 years ago, a friend shared with me that Dynamic doesn’t have the best safety record, and that I should never set foot on one of those buses. That tidbit of information has stayed with me always. So, I decided to hop on the waiting Disney bus to All Star Music, and walk from there back to Movies. It can’t be very far, right?