We're Here at Disney World!

Here we go!  My attempt at blogging from The World!

Cast of Characters:
Mary ~ The planner
Bryan ~ My DH (aka the 3rd child)
Stefan, 14
Caitlin, 14

November 26 - Arrival Day

Grandma Z picked us up at 7:30am and we headed to MSP for our 10am flight.  The airport was not busy, at all. I'm seriously think that Black Friday is the day to fly. 

I checked a bag this time around because I was bringing a Pampered Chef pan and a good knife to leave in my Owner's Locker.  Since it's free to check a bag as a Delta Amex holder, I figured I'd just do that because people would need to eat and I could wait for the bag while they ate.

I've been traveling carry-on for years now...Oh.My.Gosh...it was murder waiting for that bag to come out!  Seriously...I could have been half way to WDW by the time the bag showed up.  Thank goodness this was a one-time bag checking.

Once we got the bag, we headed over to National Car Rental.  I'm an Executive Emerald Aisle member so we got to choose from both sides of the EA.  Lots of Suburbans, Expeditions and other larger SUVs.  However, we already knew that we needed a Gibbs car.  For those of you who aren't NCIS fans, that means we were looking for a Dodge Charger.

We had black, steel grey, silver and white to choose from.  Took the black one!

Exited with no problem, as usual, and went on our way.

Our plan was to stop at the SuperTarget on Orange Blossom Trail to get groceries for the week.  This time around, I made a menu for each day, added in the 3 ADRs we're doing, and planned meals for everything else. 

We even got one of the Small Turkey Dinners from their deli...except they were out of the small turkey breast.  So they gave us the 12Lb turkey but only charged us for the Small Dinner.  Great customer service!

Had a small hiccup at checkout...my credit card wasn't working.  I used another method of payment, but was fuming because I had just used this card and it wasn't for Black Friday!  It was one of those afternoons.  We got out of the store and it's raining.  Everyone else loaded up the car in the rain while I'm going through the calling tree at the credit card co.  It turns out that they put a hold on it because I hadn't called them to tell them I was in FL and they were concerned that someone had stolen my number.  Yet another good case of customer service in that they were looking out for me, the customer. So now I know I need to call them when I travel with this specific card.

We made it to BCV and checked in quickly.  We're in room 452 which is way at the end of the hallway that's perpendicular to the main BCV hallway.

Nice quiet location. But a bear to have to haul all the groceries to.  Should we have gotten a bell cart?  Absolutely.  My arms are still a little sore from hauling everything to the room.  I'm not kidding.

We didn't hit a park on Friday.  I made sloppy joe's for dinner and man, did that hit the spot!  We lounged in the room for the night, with the exception of Cate and I hitting Dune's Cove for a swim and hot tub soaking.

Next up:  Saturday morning at Magic Kingdom .