A Hop, NO Skip, and Many Mishaps to a Disney Dream Days 7 and 8
The earlier portions of my TR can be found here. Intro and days 1 and 2
http://www.intercot.com/discussion/s...d.php?t=181342
And days 3 and 4
http://www.intercot.com/discussion/s...d.php?t=182434
And 5 and 6
http://www.intercot.com/discussion/s...d.php?t=183426
April 5, Tuesday ~ Day 7
Sadly, this was our last full day. I got up bright and early and showered. I took a few shots of our room, which was quite messy at the time.
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I then went for breakfast. Like the other Residence Inn, this one had a buffet with a good selection as well.
My original plan was to be at Epcot at opening, but that plan went out the door, since I had to wait till 9 to talk to the lost and found for Pop. Mom and Dad did not want to go for Rope Drop, nor did they want to stay till closing. I let them know that I was going as soon as I could, they could come or get a shuttle or taxi. Mom said something about just leaving early and I could take them back. Again, I knew how precious our time was going to be and I told her they could take the Van back and then come back and pick us up later, or take a taxi back.
But at this point in time, my whole family just kept sleeping, which drove me nuts.
I wandered around outside after breakfast and called Skip, who didn’t answer. So I called Paige and told her about the trip so far. As we were finishing up I got a call waiting beep and answered it. It was about 8:50 now.
And it was a CM from Pop Century, I think her name was Lisa. She was really nice and let me know right away that the charger and battery had indeed been found and turned in. I am so happy, but I do think they need a better system for this.
She told me I could go over to Pop and pick it up (she was sending it back over there.) If I had been staying on property, they would’ve sent it to my resort.
She also said, “I notice you are from Swanton, OH”, and I said yes, and she let me know she was from there too. She told me the road she used to live on and I was familiar with the area. Small World.
I went back to the room and told the family that I was going over to Pop to get the charger and if they weren’t going to get up…Claire included….then I was heading over to Epcot and they could call me when they got up.
Mom let me know she had finished up the laundry last night and brought it all back up. (she was up till 2 AM!)
Dad just kept saying it was going to rain and my reply was, I don’t care, I’ll wear a poncho. I wasn’t going to sit in a hotel room all day because of rain.
They decided they would get up and ready and then eat breakfast and I could come back and pick them all up after I got the charger.
I left and the skies did look a bit awful. Skip called me and he also mentioned the rain….I guess I may melt if the rain touches me?
Of course the minute I hang up with him, the sky opens up and just starts pouring. As I pulled into Pops parking lot it did lesson up a bit.
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And of course, the ponchos were left in my bag back at the hotel. I scrambled around the back of the van and found Moms coat that had a hood.
I went to the desk and asked about the charger, she made a call and went to the back to fetch it. I talked to 2 other CM’s while waiting, they both said the rain should be done by noon. Yay! That was a relief!
The CM came back with a bag of my goodies and I signed for them and took a quick look around the gift shop.
I headed back and the family was just about ready when I returned. We hit the road to Epcot and arrived with it just lightly raining. I think it was about 10:30 by now. Claire and I were going in, but Mom and Dad were going to wait for the rain to slow up more.
Now here is where things went downhill, but I didn’t really know it at the time.
I got ponchos on Claire and myself, and Claire is evidently a poncho snob. My cheap dollar store ponchos weren’t cutting it for her. She said they were ugly and complained about wearing it. I told her to wear it till we got in the park and then I would fix it so it could cover the stroller. At the same time my Dad was asking….over and over…if I had my phone. YES, I had the dang phone! I finally got us situated and made our way to the tram and hopped aboard. I was amazed at how close we had actually parked to the entrance. It has been many years since I have actually parked at Epcot ( and then my ex had a handicap parking permit, so we parked very close) and I wasn’t familiar with the whole parking lot thing. We finally got in and we stopped for some photopass pictures.
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And a few of mine.
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We looked for the lockers and I got one for my bag. Claire had decided to bring along her Mary Poppins dress again, in hopes of seeing her again. So we shoved all that gear in the locker. I then bought her a Disney poncho, as that one was “OK” for her to wear.
The plan then was to head over to Soarin and get Fast Passes. I took a few pictures on the way over.
1 was OK, I go smiles!
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I guess the 2nd one was pushing it a little. LOL!
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Again, I think I was pushing it with a 2nd picture.
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We got FP’s for later that afternoon, but I didn’t write down the time, that I can see at this point. I am think it was like 4:20?
Claire was a little hungry and since I wasn’t sure how much she actually ate for breakfast, we stopped off for a pretzel.
And I think this shot was from the pretzel cart area.
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It was now when I realized that I did NOT have my phone in my pocket!!!!! I was pretty sure I had it when I left, after all Dad kept asking me, but I was slightly stressed too, so maybe I didn’t. I decided we should go back to the van and see if I did indeed leave it out there. After all, if I didn’t find it, how would I get in contact with Mom and Dad later on?