Vacation Report – Part 2

Yesterday we spent the morning playing miniature golf which was tons of fun!  My eldest wanted to immediately start playing another game and the youngest did not want to return his club.  I think we will be doing this again soon.  I just wish there were mini golf places in Vermont.

We then went over to the Disney Fort Wilderness Resort Lodge and ate at the Whispering Canyon Cafe for lunch.  The food was ok at best (my enchilada was slathered in BBQ sauce if you can believe it) but the lodge itself is stunning.  7 stories of rough cut timber frame construction with an open balconied lobby that goes up all the way to the top.  We walked in and the first words out of my mouth were “Holy cow, Batman!”    I hear that the rooms range from $250-1200/night so it had better be stunning for that price!

That afternoon we tried to get to Gatorland (I know – how touristy of us!) but the darn place has absolutely NO parking.  One tiny lot that was overfull so people were parking across the street.  Across the 6 lanes of busy traffic!!  Business owners had people kicking cars out of their lots for parking there and the street was jammed so full only one car could comfortably get through at a time for about 2 miles.  We gave up after that and went back to the house to play in the pool.  A much better choice if I do say so myself.

Today, my husband has now fallen victim to the dreaded stomach bug.  I hope he will feel better tomorrow ’cause we want to go to more of the parks.  The kids have been great though and very patient with all of this.

Grandma and grandpa took the kids and I out to Downtown Disney while DH stayed in bed.  We at at the Rainforest Cafe (much better than Whispering Canyon Cafe) but my youngest was a little scared when the thunder and lightning started.  Why they do something like that in a family restaurant, I will never know.  And, seriously, would it kill them to turn the volume down?  But the food was good and the gift shop was really neat.

Here is a shot of the sea serpent that is made out of Lego’s.  He was cool!

We also went out on a pontoon boat ride in the little lake and canals which was great.  The kids all took a turn driving the boat and turns out my youngest is a bit of a menace behind the wheel!  Should be fun in 11 years when he starts driving.  I think Daddy will handle that one!

We had a great afternoon exploring all the shops and marveling at the merchandising machine that is Disney.  All of the endless stuff you can think of!  I did succumb to a few t-shirts and a tie for DH.    The ice cream was great and I LOVE the gift shop at Cirque de Soleil.  I know that no matter how DH feels, tomorrow he will be going to La Nouba.  There is no way I could stop him!