Day 2 Car and meet friends day
Sunday 19th September
Anyone travelling west knows that bing! early morning waking feeling. It's like your eyes spring open at ridiculous o'clock and they won't jam back down to even blink. Even though you are tired and it's dark outside your body says it's own own time zine still so come on lady feed me. We try and get in the time zone as fast as possible. So we waited as long as possible to have the cereal we had in our room. We had got juice, cereal and milk from the food court the night before. It was no good the Fruit loops were dancing on the side calling Polly...Polly.. Come to me we are full of sugar..
Our morning breakfast routine on vacation is we eat like Hobbits. There is breakfast.... Then second breakfast.... Cereal first thing when we wake. Then later we hit the food court for something else that takes our fancy.
With first breakfast scored we phoned Alamo for a shuttle to pick us up to get the rental car. It would be here at 9:00 am so we headed to the food court. This is really cool at All Star Movies. Refillable mugs bought we got some drinks. Jo wasn't happy that the mugs now don't have handles but I preferred it. It fits in my rollator or wheelchair bag better. So the jury is divided on that one. I conclude they should offer both options. We decided on splitting a Mickey waffle breakfast. That was double plus good.
We then got bell hop to pick up our zillion bags and the purple owners locker and move it to our next resort Saratoga Springs. Next we got the shuttle to Alamo car centre near the Magic Kingdom. All Alamo shuttles have lifts which is cool. We got a white Jeep which Jo said would hold all our bags and mobility devices. I have a lot of baggage for a little lady...
Next stop was Walmart, now this Publix and Target are like the Holy Grail to us International travellers. I still recall the first time I walked down an aisle past the sodas to see guns.... I had to do a double take! We have no guns for sale expect water pistols in the UK. We got some goodies like cereal, water, soda , snacks etc. We also got phone cards and a Tracfone each. This works out way cheaper than using our own cells. It's good to be able to phone each other in case we get separated away from wifi. I had cut my elbow so Jo went to get bandaids and came back with cool Frozen themed bandaids and also another item that made me laugh out loud. A fully inflatable gator was in the cart...
Jo said a Walmart worker was removing it from the display and so Jo being Jo enquired what he was going to do with it. He said he was going to trash it. Jo then said how much for the gator thinking of a local friend who lives in Kissemee we were meeting up with later in the week. Dana our friend would find this a hoot. He said $5 so bargain snapped ( excuse the pun ) in went Gator into our cart!
Then we headed off to Disney Springs. Jo took me on a detour to Pandora and got me this amazing surprise birthday gift of a bracelet and some charms. I was over the Disney moon...
We had lunch at Earl of Sandwich. One of our favourites. I had turkey and cranberry and Jo had the club. Of course I had a cup of tea...
After this it was onto Disney Hollywood Studios. I needed to get a
DAS card and also we were set to see some friends we had meet at Animal Kingdom club lounge 3 years before and stayed in touch. It was lucky we were all there at the same time again. It was funny because 3 years ago we were staying at Kidani for my birthday on disney vacation points but there was a 'technical difficulty' with our room and we were upgraded to a one bed suite in the hotel portion of Jambo club. It was truly magical! ...The Disney difference. That is where we meet Kim and her lovely family. Remember this...a similar theme will appear later...
We parked at DHS which has super close disabled parking to the gate and were soon through bag check and into the park. A stop by guest services and they soon activated my DAS card. Then as agreed we meet Kim her two lovely children and charming husband. I won't include a photo of them to protect the innocent.... Make up your own mind if I have imagery friends lol.
We added their magic bands to my DAS and got a return time for TSMWM. We then chatted and they gave me a lovely birthday gift of a Star Wars magic band..
Then we had fun riding TSMWM together. Why must I always be a beaver lol! Jo is good at this and always gets best in car. I am proud! We then had a drink outside ABC Commissary and caught the Star Wars show which was cool.
Soon it was time to say goodbye. They were staying at the Caribbean Beach and there had been a slight flood in their room so they were switching rooms. Later Disney gave them a credit on their room. The Disney difference. As we left the park we got a photo with Olaf...
We went back to SSR and got our room. We were in The Grandstand. It was the first time we had ever booked a one bed villa. Typically we get a studio. We wanted to see what it was like. It was super! So much more room. It is double the points though. It was a big mistake. Never upgrade... It's hard to go back.
That evening tired we went to the Olive Garden. I nearly fell asleep in my spaghetti. I had the kids pasta and shrimp. I usually eat off the kids menu as I can't eat large portions at a time. Jo had a similar issue ... Going for the full tour of northern Italy lol..
It was a good meal but the service we noted was poor compared to previous years. That is a shame. With so many dining in Disney you would think they would welcome more guests. We went to bed, watch some shows like CSI and slept happy.
Next day The Sheriffs office ( don't worry just for a disabled badge they don't lock me up just yet.. )
on the tea comment!
I feel I'm on the trip with you. 
