Yesterday, we woke up and went to Benjamin’s French Bakery Cafe. Andrea and I shared a salmon quiche and an almond pastry. Later we went to the Lake Eola Farmer’s Market. My friend Maryann that works at the NEC was in a Salsa contest later on in the day in Thornton Park. We saw people setting up, but we didn’t see her. Her salsa (she has her own company and had a business at UCF for 6 years) placed 2nd out of 26 professional salsa makers by the judges.
Afterwards, we drove to Disney Springs and went to its running store. Then, we went to Animal Kingdom and went on the safari and rode Dinosaur.
We checked into our campsite around 3 p.m. Setting up the tent is so easy with two people. I found Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sleeping bags at Target, so I brought those. The bags went well with the green tent. We explored the campground for a little while eating a pizza at the pool. To finish the day, we went to Epcot, walked around the garden festival, and saw IllumiNations.
Today, we woke up and took down the tent. We had reservations at Kona Cafe at the Polynesian. I guess it is now called the Polynesian Village Resort. Anyways, it was a great meal. I highly recommend breakfast there. We got the Kona coffee french press for two and we split the Big Kahuna plate. The plate included: French Toast, Pancakes topped with Pineapple Sauce and Macadamia Nut Butter, Eggs, Home-fried Potatoes, Ham, Bacon, and Sausage. It was the perfect amount of food.
After breakfast, we rode the monorail to Magic Kingdom and walked on Buzz Lightyear. We had fastpasses for Big Thunder, but it was closed, so we went on Splash Mountain again. Around 11:00 a.m., I drove Andrea back to Sanford and I was back at work by 1 p.m. I think we lived like 9 days in 2.5 days.