A Short Visit at Disney World

Continuing our trip north, we left Vero Beach - again - headed towards Disney World. The plan was to meet the Days again, this time at their room at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort. But the first stop was the C&D B&B. We needed to quickly stop and grab our swimming stuff.

At the resort, we met Lorri and decided to find something to eat before going to the pool. She said that the resort food was too expensive, so we decided to catch the bus to Downtown Disney.

One of the three pools at Coronado Springs Resort

At Downtown Disney, we looked at the map and pinpointed the cheap-eats. There were only two places listed: McDonalds and Earl of Sandwich - we chose the sandwich shop. After eating, we headed for the water taxi. Along the way, we passed the Rainforest Café. It had a giant rock outcropping with a waterfall running down the sides and animals standing in the pool at the bottom. We rode the water taxi to the other side, then walked back through the marketplace. We heard some good live music and enjoyed watching all the people. I got the feeling that the younger crowd was just standing around waiting for the parents of the youngest crowd to go home so the party could get started on Pleasure Island.

Before finding the bus stop, we had to peek inside the T-Rex restaurant. Outside, there were fossilized dinosaurs, but inside, there were fully autmated dinosaurs - how cool.

Susan and Andrew outside T-Rex in Downtown Disney

It was after 8:00 when we got back on the bus. According to Lorri, the resort pool closed at 9:00. We gave Andrew the choice of the monorail or the pool - he surprisingly chose the pool. When we got back to the resort, we changed into our swimwear and went to the pool. At 9:30, a resort employee informed us that the pool closed at 9:00, but he'd let us stay until 10:00. At 10:30, the pool was still not officially closed, but we told Andrew it was time to go. We changed our clothes and headed back to the B&B. In a few hours, we'd be on our way north again...