Hello All!
As I sit here on the plane from Phoenix to Orlando I think I
am 80% and 20% nervous. However,
those numbers fluctuate rather frequently. I’m sure they’ll stabilize when I finally get on the
boat. Of course, I may just be
exhausted and feeling nothing else but that…
So, it turns out that I over pack. Which, if you know me is actually no surprise at all. I’ve been a compulsive over packer my
entire life. They said don’t pack
a lot, you won’t need it, but I just couldn’t help myself… I basically tried to get everything I
own into two duffel bags. It kinda
worked. I know I brought too many
shirts, so hopefully I won’t purchase too many more in the Caribbean. I also had to bring Disney look clothes
(appropriate for Traditions training and going out in guest areas on the
ship). I probably have to many of
those. They do include a skirt,
which I didn’t own and had to go buy at Old Navy. But it is purple and teal, my colors, so I guess it isn’t so
bad. I also unfortunately had to
leave a few of my toiletries at home because they made my bag too heavy. In fact, it was 1.5lbs too heavy, but
the airline check-in lady was nice enough to overlook that little bit.
I love the Portland airport. I just had to say it.
I love the Portland airport.
The weird green carpet, the free wifi, I will definitely miss the
Northwest. I actually bought a
small Portland magnet in one of the cheesy airport gift shops so that I some
reminder with me in my room on the ship.
One of the other things that I did was have about 60
pictures printed, and I brought little teeny magnets to stick them on my
wall. Since the ship is made of
steel the walls are magnetic.
Well, I’m sure that I’ll write more when I get into my room
at the hotel, Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort.
Speaking of, here’s hoping that right now the Dodgers are
keeping hope alive!
Steph :)
**End of first post**
Hello All again!
First things first, Go Dodgers!
Now, when I finally arrived in Orlando it was 85 degrees and humid outside. The 85 I love, the humid, not so much... But after coming from 40 degree weather, I'll take it. It took 45 minutes for the airline to get the bags to the baggage carousel so that was a little annoying, but then I was off on the Disney Magical Express! I don't think I've ever been on it before, if I had, it was over 15 years ago... It was very fun, and the driver did a great job of getting everyone into the Disney spirit, including a countdown to the exact second we entered Disney property.
I'm staying at the All-Star Sports resort. It's a nice place, clean room, all you could ask for. The only deal is that the food court is currently closed for renovation, so I had to go over the All-Star Music for dinner (at this time it's about 9:45pm EDT). However, since it's so nice outside I walked it. It was only about 10 minutes and it felt great to move around after being cooped up in a plane all day.
Anywho, I need to try and get some sleep now, since I'm up at 5:30am tomorrow (which of course is 2:30am my time - my brother probably won't even have gone to sleep yet...)
I'll write more tomorrow, which I believe involves paperwork and playing at the parks!
Steph :)
PS Here's a couple pictures from my travels today.
The adventure begins!! So excited for ya!
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