Trip Report: Day 1

Thursday January 13th 2010. 2100. Fairfax, VA.

Doc was already in Woodbridge for a long winter's nap. Or is that a long

winter's spoiling?

A Love and Warner showed up with their huge suitcases. A Love came
bearing gifts.

We opened our presents to find: AROUND THE WORLD DRINKING
JERSEYS!!!!!!!!

We watched Aladdin and The Lion King, had a few beers, and went to
sleep.

Friday January 14th 2010. 0400. Fairfax, VA.

The alarm went off WAY too early. Ugh. We started to wake up, I paid a bunch of bills, and the CABS AH HEAAAHHHH at 5am. We struggled to get A Love's enormously oversized suitcase into the cab, along with our suitcases, carry-ons, and Mickey ears.

We arrived at the airport, went through security, and A Love almost lost her ID. Disaster was averted when sharp-eyes (moi) saw the ID on the floor by the put-your-shoes-back-on area. We said goodbye to A Love and headed to our respective gates. I wish she could've flown with us, but frequent flyer miles are a plus too. Me, Joey, and Warner headed to the gate and the boys stopped for some breakfast. I'm a nervous flyer, so I
ate like half of the Five Guys (yes, they do breakfast) sandwich Joey bought me. And Warner ate an entire Chipotle Burrito. At 6am.




















We boarded the plane and had an uneventful flight to Orlando.  When we landed, the sun was shining. It was approximately 9am, and 50 degrees or so. Not awful. Joey, Warner and I hopped on the Magical Express and headed through the arch into Disney World. Sigh. We're here!

We checked into our resort- Saratoga Springs, and saw our awesome room-a 1 bedroom suite complete with whirlpool bathtub, view of the 18th hole, and full kitchen. Thanks, Grandmom Giachetti! Then it was time to head to Animal Kingdom to start our day. A Love's plane had landed and she was on her way. She'd meet us there. The bus FINALLY arrived, we hopped on, and I was STARVING. First stop at AK? Pizzafari. I loaded up on cheese pizza, Caesar salad, and breadsticks- And no diet soda here- an ice cold coca cola. A Love called us from a pay phone- her iPhone died due to too many Angry Birds... we finally found her, and we were complete! It was time to hit the rides!

We started with DINOSAUR! One of Joey's classic favorites.

I was too cheap to actually BUY the photo...

Other AK Rides we did:

It's Tough to Be a Bug

Kilimanjaro Safaris

Expedition Everest

The Festival of the Lion King 

From AK, we headed to the Contemporary Resort for our dinner reservations at The Garden Grill. While waiting for dinner, we grabbed some delicious concoctions and headed out to the walkway to look out
over Disney World. It was a beautiful view, minus the stupid crane hovering over Cinderella's Castle (Really?! WHY?!!!). It was also a bit chilly but we didn't mind. We took some pictures and enjoyed our drinks until our pager lit up like a Christmas tree on the 4th of July.

Our buttons say "Happily Ever After"

Our server? Completely magical. He recommended the most AMAZING sushi appetizer, along with the other 4 appetizers we ate, and entrees that were to die for. THEN we ordered dessert, and we get a bonus chocolate cake due to our recent marriage (Disney knows everything). 

We were GOING to go over to Magic Kingdom to watch the fireworks, but as we ran to the monorail (I hurt my big toe) and watched the minutes tick away, we realized we didn't have enough time. That and it was FREEZING COLD. We almost froze to death while waiting for the bus to take us home. We called it a night and fell asleep by 9:30.

We had a GREAT first day in Disney's Animal Kingdom!

Stay tuned for Day 2, coming soon!

~SG