Well, I'm home, and there is a lot to recap after 5 days without a blog. There's an explanation, of course, but first, the fun parts.
Tuesday, June 12
I believe I left off on Tuesday. So, Tuesday - the day began at Hollywood Studios hitting the main attractions - except Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular - but I have to say, we were done by 1:00pm. The majority of the park is under Star Wars and Pixar Lands construction. The Hollywood Tower of Terror is the best in Orlando because it's was the first incarnation of the ride, therefore has a total different ride system than its predecessors. All subsequent "Towers" (whether of Terror or Guardians) have the same ride system where the ride vehicle doesn't leave the drop chamber at all. Anyway, it's always a must ride in Orlando. We hit the Rockin' Roller Coaster and Star Wars and we were out.
Our party got a little smaller at the end of our time at Hollywood Studios and a few of us went on to the Magic Kingdom for the afternoon. After lunch, we visited the Haunted Mansion and the Pirates again. We rode the train around the park for about 1 and half times, which was a nice rest. We rode Goofy's Barnstormer in Storybook Circus, which is about 20 seconds long, but fun. When you have a fast pass, it's all worth it. We walked back to Splash Mountain and splashed down for the second time on this trip. I love Splash Mountain and in Orlando, it doesn't matter if you get wet, you're dry in minutes. And for the record, no one wore a poncho on this attraction!!!
I did some shopping and headed back to the resort. It was then that I discovered I was out of cold medicine and my cold which I arrived with, hasn't gotten better. In fact the right side of my face hasn't really been totally clear at all. On top of all this, I had a tooth that was beginning to bother me a little, bottom right, first molar was beginning to hurt at the root. This wasn't good. I emailed my Dr. I kinda blew it off as part of this sinus issue I was having on the right side of my mouth. So, I was hoping that getting back on the sinus medicine would help everything. I ended up taking Lyft to a Walgreens to obtain these items, because while Disney has these things, they come a cost, of course. So, I had to go to a Walgreens and a CVS because neither had Advil Cold and Sinus, my sinus medication of choice, so I had to go with the CVS version. I took LYFT back to Disney Springs and had dinner at "The Earl of Sandwich" which is a favorite. At this point, it was hard to chew on my right side.
I didn't write the blog that night because I was quite out of it. It had been a long day.
Wednesday, June 13
Another water park day. This time at Typhoon Lagoon. The slides were great, the Lazy River still remains my favorite part of the park. Typhoon Lagoon has a great big wave pool. The waves are tall and strong. Great for catching a quick wave so you are sitting on top of the world. It was fun to watch people getting trampled by the waves. Sounds great? Well, I was REALLY out of it today. May have been the cold medicine I was taking, but I wasn't great company and rather quiet. My tooth was worse today, and I was surviving on Advil whenever possible. Not a good thing, I know, but it was what it was and I kept pushing on. I was not going to let this ruin my trip at all. In the meantime, I had heard back from Dr. who offered to call in a prescription for an antibiotic, which in hindsight, I should have told him to do, more on that later. But he did suggest I add Mucinex to my regimen of cold meds, so I found a pharmacy that delivered to Disney and put an order in. It arrived at my resort a few hours later.
I headed back to the resort and iced my jaw for a while and headed back to the Beach Club resort for dinner at Cape May Cafe. This was a buffet restaurant featuring Seafood - and it was REALLY good. I was able to have a great time eating and chatting despite everything else. I just was not going to let any of this hinder my vacation.
After dinner, I headed back to Disney Springs to transfer back to my resort - planning on taking the boat back instead of the bus. Well, it had started sprinkling, so there are no boats when it rains, so I walked around hoping it would stop. However, it didn't stop, so back on the bus I went.
The bus - the bane of any Walt Disney World resort guests existence. I have to say, I remained patient with the bus system on this trip. Besides LYFT or Uber - or if you had a car, you're kind of bound to the bus system. It's getting better, I have to say. But by now, I was a little over the bus. Especially since I was fed up with how this sinus issue was going. I think I lost more patience with that than I did with the bus. With the exception of Animal Kingdom, my resort was no more than 10 minutes away from the other parks and Disney Springs. You aren't able to bus from one resort without changing buses at a theme park or Disney Springs. Same with the Water Parks now. You either have to change at Animal Kingdom for Blizzard Beach or Disney Springs for Typhoon Lagoon. In the past, there were direct buses from your resort to Water Parks.
Enough of the bus.
Next time, the final two days. Wait for it!
Waiting for part two.....
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