Last weekend, Andrea arrived in Sanford around 7:45 p.m. Pilgrim Elsa and I were there to greet her at the airport. From there, we stuffed Elsa in the backseat and went to the German restaurant in Sanford. It was packed but really fun.
The next day we went to Epcot. Andrea bought an annual pass with Photopass on it. We walked around and got pictures at various points. Andrea the Hide and Squeak at the Food and Wine Festival. I already told her where to find the most challenging Remy, but it was fun looking with her when I already knew where Remy was. I had reservations for her birthday at Tokyo Dining at 12:10 p.m., so I tried to mislead her a few times to stall.
Tokyo Dining was amazing! I don’t think I have ever had the best seat in the house, but we did that day. It overlooked Japan. The lunch deal was really good as it came with soup, an entree, and dessert. The Japanese workers are probably the most polite of all the countries. Afterwards, we went to the special Disney Chase Cardholder place and drew Oswald the Rabbit. Animation Academy is not coming back to Hollywood Studios, so it was fun to draw again. Afterwards, we rode Soarin’.
After Epcot, we went to Magic Kingdom. Magic Kingdom was a nightmare. We sacrificed going on Soarin’ for Fastpasses at Magic Kingdom. We couldn’t get any good Fastpasses at a decent time, so we went on PhilHarmagic and ate at Colombia Harbor House and left. We even missed the Ice Castle. I didn’t know Elsa turns it on and off now, so we missed it and didn’t want to wait for it to light up again. We went home to watch the Iowa versus Minnesota game. When we arrived home, a flower cake and a box of chocolates were on my doorstep. They were a surprise from Bob at work for Andrea’s birthday.
On Sunday, we went to Briarpatch in Winter Park for breakfast and we went on the Winter Park Boat Tour. The boat tour is the thing to do in Winter Park. We saw a lot of famous homes of people including Horace Grant, Penny Hardaway, and Fred Rodgers. The homes range from $2 to $12 million dollars. The best part was taking the boat through the canals.
We left and went to Disney Springs (Downtown Disney). We went back to Epcot and went around the Food and Wine Festival again. We walked over to Hollywood Studios and saw the Dancing Lights. We decided we would rather eat at Sweet Tomatoes than go back to IllumiNations, so we left. I do love Sweet Tomatoes. I only eat there. Good thing there is a Sweet Tomatoes two miles from my house.
I took Andrea to the airport on Monday morning- on her birthday.