Had to recover from setup day so I am a day behind it’s my trip reporting. Got overeager & left at 12 AM Sunday. Still getting used to the new faster travel time since we moved in June & not having my wife or Mom with me is new so my time was really good. Got to the Fort at 5:15 after a 25 minute stop for gas & food. They had a spot in the 1500 loop for me reserved per my request but it would be after 11 at the earliest until it was ready. They had one spot in the 2000 loop ready for me to get into if I wanted but it wasn’t in a location I liked & I always get put in the 2000 loop. So I decided to wait for the 1500 site & I could see afterwards if it was worth waiting for or if going forward I will just get the first available spot. Kind of a Fort experiment if you will.
So I chilled in my car under the A/C til the first external bus started running which was to HS. Let me state here that I woke up at 9 AM Saturday morning, went through my day, laid down at 6 PM, never fell asleep but nodded off a couple of times, got up at 11 PM to finish packing the car and shower and then took off. So no sleep so far which is why I kept nodding off on every bus I took that morning. Back to the story, I then sat down on the bench closest to the Friendship boats at HS without ever going into the park. I watched the sun come up as I waited on a boat. When the boat arrived, I floated my way to the Boardwalk Bakery. I had the ham egg sandwich deal but it was just so so. I then waited for a bus to DS which took a while because it was not 9 AM yet. Another bus ride and I got to the Springs & hopped a bus back to the Fort, yes, still nodding off each time.
At the Fort I decided to hit the Outlet on International as my wife had asked me too & since I was still waiting on the site I went ahead in headed out. Man I must love my wife. I waited 10 minutes to get IN the store then 30 to 40 minutes in line to checkout. But they had the items she wanted me to look for so what can ya do?
Headed back to the Fort with a stop at 7/11 to get a Cherry Limeade sugar free Slurpee. Back into the car thinking if that site ain’t ready I’m gonna go remind them I am here because it’s getting warm. Before I get back around 12:20 PM I get the text that the site is ready at site 1508. So I head over and start the grueling chore of setting up my tent, screenhouse, & other big items I use while camping. It only took til 3:30 PM.
So with all the main items setup I lay down in my A/C cooled room (tent has two) & finally sleep. Until 6:30 PM. Better than nothing. Then I finished organizing everything the way I like it (a little OCD am I) & then made my way to the Meadows for some well deserved Coke Zero. Got back to the tent and took it easy until time to shower then off to sleep. At one point I was like why do I keep one man tent camping in central Florida in the Summer (sun beating down on me at that moment) & at the end of the night I’m like “I love this ****”
Morning happens as it does & I go potty then I head up front to make sure they charge my Disney gift card & not my debit card for the room & my golf cart which I pick up as I am doing this with the front desk. I was cheap & skipped having a cart the first day but man I was missing it after I was wore out. They had a bunch of carts ready so I got mine at 7:45 AM which is awesome. Made my way to get some Coke Zero then back to the site to fix breakfast. Turned out good but had a bird try to get my eggs when I was putting something in the tent. I had rocks, he had friends. I won and no one was hurt. Breakfast was good but ate too much. Then on the cart to ride around to air out after sweating while making breakfast as the sun decides to shine right on me as I cooked in the screenhouse. Then I notice the battery light flashing and the battery indicator, which was on full when I got it, is now close to empty after a total of maybe 40 minutes ride time. So it is now charging in front of Pioneer Hall as I wait for the settlement to open. Actually it opened 20 minutes ago but I write a lot. So that’s it so far. GE preview at 5 PM. Will post many pics, barring my forgetting. As for what to do til then, I’ll play it by ear. Anyone here feel free to stop by 1508 to say hi. See y’all later. And yes, as you can tell by the pics, it is a Star Wars trip.
Oh yeah, I now have my Star Wars throw on the chair that you see in the photo but too lazy to take another pic of that setup. But just had to make sure everyone knew I have achieved max SW decor in the tent.