Day 5: Disney World.... or maybe not

We were up early again, had breakfast, loaded the car, and headed to our resort for the next 8 days.  We arrived a little early to check in.  We usually stay on Disney property but this time we did not.  The resort offers transportation to the park at a rate of $11.00 per person per day.  That's not going to work nor did we want to pay to park each day.  So our only other option was city transportation.  Once we drove to the other side of Orlando to buy bus tickets, and returned to park our car, it was already noon.  It was the weekend and buses only run every 30 minutes.  So as you can see, our day did not go as planned.  The lesson of the day, stay on Disney property.  It is so worth every single penny that you spend.  Since the day was half over because we had to catch the last bus of the day by 6..again because it was the weekend, we decided to skip the parks.  We went to one of our favorite places to eat Beaches & Cream.  Again, getting to the restaurant was a big ordeal because it was on a resort so by the time we ate it was around 2.  At least the food was good and the kids had a good time.

David and I found this place while on our honeymoon.  The dessert is really the reason to visit.

Fudge Mud Slide....

I think they liked it.

Good to the last drop.

The we went to pick up our tickets so tomorrow we would be ready to hit the parks.  The only place those could be picked was at one of the parks.  So another couple of hours on Disney transportation and we were at Hollywood Studios.  While I took care of the tickets, the kids played.

Monsters are everywhere!!!

Then we headed back for a little shopping and playing at Downtown Disney.

 

As the day began, this is how we felt...

But by the end of the day we were all smiles...

 

 Then we rode the "wonderful" Orlando public transportation back to our resort for a little swimming and relaxing before we hit the ground running at Epcot.