Disney Day One

Disney Day One
We started today early, leaving Jupiter just before 6:00 am. The traffic was light as we made our way onto the Interstate and then back to the Florida Turnpike. We stopped at the first service area for gas and for some morning baking to go with the coffee that Sandra made for us.
Central Florida is not much to look at – flat, nondescript greenery – boring. It wasn’t too long however before we could leave the turnpike and head the few miles to Orlando. We were soon surrounded by “Disney”. The roads all seem to be parkways, again, with light traffic. We had no trouble at all in finding our “resort”. Once we signed in at the welcome centre, we were able to consult with someone who helped us with tickets and schedules. We were delighted (and somewhat surprised) that the resort people have arranged our mandatory tour for 8:00 on Thursday morning. This is good because it meant that we could lickity-split for one park today, another tomorrow, leaving a good part of Thursday for a third park.
We decided on Hollywood today and a dinner theatre afterwards. It was pretty close scheduling to get back to the motel and then to the theatre in time for dinner, but we made it.
When we got to the park, we walked right in – no lineup at all. It took a couple of minutes to kind of get our bearings but then we set out on our planned mission. Of course we weren’t able to follow our planned schedule, but we did lots and thoroughly enjoyed the day.
Now, what is all this business about long lineups at Disney attractions? We stood not more than maybe 5 minutes waiting to get into any attraction. I think there was only one line in which we were further back than about 10th, including some that suggested Fast Passes.
I think we both enjoyed the Motor Car Stunts the most. They showed us car chases and then explained how they did them -- fascinating and very noisy and exciting. We saw Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid (supposed to need a FP; we walked right in without one person in front of us), Narnia, Movie Legends, Indiana Jones, a parade and I can’t think of what else. In sum, it was hot, with some rain; we had tired feet and felt grubby all over by the time we got back to the motel.
Tonight we saw Arabian Nights. It’s a dinner theatre with a fun presentation with horses. The story was simple, a bit funny, and well presented, but the horses were wonderful. They showed Arabians, of course, plus gypsies, dancing horses, cowboys, a beautiful display of Western riding reminiscing the oneness of American Indians with their mounts, trick riding, a beautiful unicorn and a dancing black Arabian horse. At the end of the show, they turned out all the horses into the ring where they ran and rolled and romped, seemingly after a hard evening’s work.
We have not internet connection here. Apparently there is service somewhere in the resort for a price, but nothing here in the motel. We are not in a fancy place at all. The advertising is a bit suspect I’d say. I guess some of the resort may be nice, but this is no better than most Super 8 rooms – and they all have free internet. I can’t even find a network to piggy back on. I’m writing this in Word and will paste it in a blog tomorrow when I can find a connection.