On our very short walk back to the resort, it began to sprinkle. I was hoping that it was just a passing shower since I had really hoped to be able to try out the pool tonight.
We didn’t give it much more thought as we made our way to the Marketplace to browse the Beach Club merch and pick up our refillable mugs. While we were shopping, we ran into one of Mikes bosses. Let me backtrack a little here…Back a couple weeks before we left, Mike texted me from work one day to ask what our dates were again. Turns out, one of his managers was in the office and they discovered that he and his wife were going to be there a few of the same days as us. This was really cool for a couple different reasons: 1. They love Disney like we do and are a great couple. We really admire and look up to them a lot so to have the chance to hang out in Disney was cool. 2: They actually celebrate their anniversary just a couple days before ours (they’ve been married a bit longer than us though) and it just so happens that when we were in Disney for our 10th anniversary, they were there celebrating theirs also, and we were fortunate enough to be able to have breakfast with them one morning! So, to be able to meet up with them for a second time was really exciting, and it turned out that they were staying at the Yacht Club!
We knew we'd meet up with them eventually as we were planning to get together at some point, but we weren't expecting to actually run into them! Turns out, he was actually picking up a deck of cards for a game that he and his wife, Shawn, were planning to play. We chatted for a minute and let him know that we were planning to hit the pool in a bit, weather permitting, and that we'd try and get together afterwards.
We finished up our shopping and made our way out to the Villas.
Now as we were making our way back to the Villas, the weather was still a little wet, but nothing terrible…the same little shower that I still was hoping would pass over. Well…by the time we made it back to the room, this is what it looked like from our window…
Not exactly the swimming weather I was hoping for, especially considering it was thundering and lightning, so I knew that the pool would be closed. It was safe to say that the weather was definitely raining on my parade at this point!
Instead of sitting around and pouting about something I could not control, I decided to break out all our goodies from our shopping.
Of course I had to go ahead and put Duffy in his new outfit, too!
Sadly, it was still raining, so I decided to go ahead and unpack a few things while still holding onto hope that the storm would eventually pass over in time to still get some swimming in.
While I was unpacking, Paul called and asked if we wanted to meet him and Shawn down in the Solarium, so we threw our shoes back on and headed down.
We had no idea where the Solarium even was though we’d walked by it at least twice but we found it pretty easily! So, we sat with Paul and Shawn and chatted about how their trip had been and they asked about our plans for the week while the thunderstorm continued. Then Paul taught us the card game that he'd told us about earlier. It was a terrible name for a card game ("Idiot"), but it turned out to be really fun! Of course it took Mike and I a few minutes to get the hang of it, but it was a great way to spend a stormy evening!
Thankfully, as we sat and visited, the skies finally cleared, so we made plans to meet up again the next night, then said our goodbyes before making a beeline back to the room!
We changed and were back down to Stormalong Bay in record time! I didn’t want to waste a single minute!
Sadly, I left my water camera in the car and we were too excited about swimming to go get it, so I don’t have a single picture to document our adventures.
We did enjoy the pool, though I was sad that the lazy river was closed for some reason.
By the time we’d swam for a least an hour and a half and went down the slide a half dozen times, we’d both worked up an appetite. How convenient that Hurricane Hannah's was right there! And since we’d only brought down what we needed to go swimming, we didn’t get any pictures of our food. I can tell you that Mike had the Lobster, Shrimp and Scallop Roll (which he said was hard to eat) and I had the Pulled Pork Sandwich, both with fries. For pool side dining, it was pretty decent...I do remember the fries being, really, really good!
By this point, it was pretty late, so we ended our first night with a shower and a little Disney Channel before we finally hit the hay. It had been a great, but long day and we were both pretty tired. It didn't take either of us long to fall asleep for our first night in Disney!
Have 3 different bags of there stuff in my cupboards at the moment.
But congratulations on your win!
