The following post is a continuation of a Beach Club -centric trip report. It is purely for your enjoyment. No animals were harmed in the writing of this trip report although a couple of teenage boys may have been on the receiving end of a dirty look or two.
To continue.... I almost forgot to tell you about a little problem we experienced with our TV after those storms from the prior day. As the boys were doing their homework I settled in to veg out and watch me some Stacey!
Stacey is perfect for when you are in your Kingdom Coma and you just dont have the energy to change the channel and watch something else. We are talking dog tired, tour the parks until you drop, tired! Youve probably seen people who barely make it back to the hotel room, promptly collapse on the bed and dont even have the energy to moan or whimper about how EXHAUSTED they are! They just lay on the bed at an odd angle and look like a homicide victim from a CSI episode. My husband is the designated Disney Homicide victim in our family.
For those of you who are blessed and dont know, Stacey is the hostess with the mostess and star of the WDW infomercial that runs nonstop on the first channel that you see when you turn on the TV. She is great because she is so hyperkinetic you feel like you are actually touring the parks with her, when all you are doing is lying on the bed and trying not to move. Its like a two-fer because you are resting AND touring the parks with Stacey at the same time. It really appeals to the OCD, "I MUST get my money's worth out of a Disney Vacation" types.
Anyway, I turned on the TV and no Stacey. Now I know Disney is cutting back, but I never thought Stacey would be in the cross hairs of a layoff. That women has been around practically since the "bedazzeled" jeans of the 80s, the Mom jeans of the 90s and the skinny jeans of the 2000s. What new Stacey fashion trends would I be missing now that SHE was missing from my channel line up. Strongly in denial about her absence, and fearing a kidnapping, I dialed that call center in Brazil that masquerades as the Front Desk when calling from a resort phone. Babbling furiously about how my Stacey was missing from the TV did not inspire any comprehension from the Front Desk staffer but she did promise to send out a repair crew and a bottle of Xanax.
Sometime later two repair guys, whom I shall call Chip and Dale, showed up at my door. I guess Jim Carrey was off that night and they sent these two over to fix my cable. Chip and Dale did an admirable job of tracking down the burned out relay and swapping it out for a new one. I could tell it was mission accomplished when Stacey popped back on the TV in all her frenetic glory. I tried to win over Chip and Dale and make them Stacey converts but Chip said she made him tired just from watching her and Dale was wise enough to make a hasty exit from the room as soon as her majesty reappeared. Upon hearing Staceys voice my husband rose from the dead and yelled make it stop, MAKE IT STOP!!! so off she went, left to loop on her own channel, endlessly, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The next day was Animal Kingdom park in case you hadnt figured it out and we were blessed enough to get out of the room on time again because I discovered the magical powers of torturing bed huggers with the Stacey channel. Look at what you are Missing!! I would yell as their minds slowly resumed consciousness and they heard her agitated roar emanating from the TV. A quick pastry and hard boiled egg run to the lounge kept us on schedule and we arrived at AK just in time for rope drop.
We race walked over to Expedition Everest with the rest of the park. We all rode Everest, over and over, until Mom turned green and said enough! Then the boys had the bright idea to drag me over to Prime EVIL whirl, which I had never been on and had no idea what it was about. After exiting that ride I thought a Chiropractor with a CT scanner could make a lot of money if he had an office right at the exit to that ride. In revenge for all the Mom friendly rides I dragged the boys off to Finding Nemo and the Festival of the Lion King. In between we had lunch at Pizzafari which was pretty good.
Later on that evening we had reservations at Flying Fish. I know some people rave about it but for the price we thought it was just ok. I wanted this to be a special family dinner but it had more of a couples night out feel so consider it if you are going for a date night as the bar scene there was especially lively. The food Id give a solid B grade but for the prices they charged the food should have been an A!
We then caught the boat from the Boardwalk to Hollywood Studios to see the Osborne lights. I fully expected the boys to ditch us and head for the rides but they stayed with us and wandered around slack jawed at all the colors and decorations. I told them about the Black Cat Halloween decoration and they never did find it. I only found it and I was chagrined to discover that it was right at the exit.
The next day would be another early day. What new temptation would I have to come up with to get the boys to rise on time? Tune in later for the next, somewhat exciting, installment of my trip report!
~NM
Sounds like a great trip so far. 
