Thursday 3/24/22:
We went to the gym around 6.
Back in the villa, it was our normal routine of bath, shower, laundry, and breakfast. I know it sounds so boring and predictable.
I was able to get an Individual Lightening Lane (ILL) for Seven Dwarves MineTrain. I chose midday (probably around noon) but when the transaction completed it ended up later tonight.
We drove to Magic Kingdom. It started pouring while we were on the ferry from the TTC.
We stopped at Guest Services about the ILL issue with the time changing to so much later. The cast member was so nice; he mentioned it’s a problem that happens sometimes. With the rain he wasn’t sure if the attraction would run so changed the time on it to anytime so we could try to go on when the rain slowed down.
We posed for a picture near the castle.
This didn’t seem like the normal Florida rain where it pours for 10 minutes then the sun comes out. It would pour, then slow down, then pour, etc.
We went to Buzz which had an hour wait. Even with umbrellas and me in a poncho we didn’t feel like standing that long in the rain (part of the queue was outside)
I’m pretty sure we went on Carousel of Progress. We always like this and when they sing the chorus, I have to sing along and bop my head back and forth. We will move all the way across the row and sit near the end where most people stop in the middle so nobody but Scott had to hear my off-key singing.
I’m pretty sure we did a few other indoor attractions.
When the rain slowed down a bit we headed over to Seven Dwarves Mine Train. Even though these are terrible pictures of us from the ride I’m including them since they made me laugh. We’re being pelted with rain as we’re riding so can’t help but make funny faces - LOL. Feel free to laugh at our expense.
After walking around some more, we decided to head out and go to Disney Springs.
We picked up our annual pass magnets.
We don’t normally eat a big lunch; we don’t normally have alcoholic drinks during the day; but we did both today. We walked over to the Boathouse, sat at the bar, and had lunch.
I had the cutest drink - Duck Duck Razz (the blue one with the little floating duck). Scott must have had a gin & tonic; I didn’t write it down, but the picture doesn’t look like a martini. My drink was really good.
We shared our food.
We started with some Sea of Cortez Shrimp - really good. Super fresh tasting.
Scott had a few oysters. I don’t like oysters but he enjoyed them.
We shared the tuna poke. We both enjoyed this.
We also ordered the filet sliders. We were torn between the tuna or the sliders and the bartender said they are both small and since we’re sharing he recommended we get both. These were good too. But probably too much food and we should have just gotten one or the other (the tuna or the sliders).
If we weren’t full enough already, we ordered the key lime in a mason jar. I don’t think we can make a fair assessment; it was good, but we were too full to enjoy it.
We walked around Disney Springs some more after lunch.
Later we headed back to Vistana Villages. I think we watched a movie.
Before we knew it, it was time to shower and change for dinner.