[SouthernBelle]

Lake City, FL – to WDW, SoG

We woke-up at 5:45, breakfast at the hotel started at 6am and we wanted to get on the road. I woke up with a little scratchy throat, so lots of hot tea for me this morning. We stopped for gas at the BP right next to the hotel $2.99 a gallon we were on the road at 6:54.
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Our Great White Steed

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This sign was next to the BP gas station, I wonder about those Tickets

I put in my Disney Classic CD and we were cruising down I-75 towards Gainesville, watching the sunrise. We reached the Okahumpka Service Plaza at 8:30, Grumpy had a craving for a donut from Dunkin Donuts, so after coffee and a donut for Grumpy and hot tea for me and my scratchy throat, we were back on our way. We arrived at the exit for the Western Way and just 23 miles after that we had reached the Disney World/Hertzog Road exit, Exit 8. In the middle of the Western Way, there is a high spot from where you can see the Contemporary and Space Mountain, but this time it was so clear we could see Spaceship Earth; Swan & Dolphin; and the top spires of Cinderella’s Castle, Everest, Tower of Terror.
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When you come in the Western Way you arrive at the entrance to Coronado Springs. WAHOO we are on property. We arrive at Shades of Green at 9:45 WAHOO
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We checked our bags with the Bellman, went in and did a pre-check –in, parked our car and headed to the ticket desk to get our Annual Passes.

We were on the bus to MGM-Disney Studios at 10:30 WAHOOO, headed straight to Guest Services, to get our AP’s validated and pick up our Birthday Buttons, Annie, the CM that helped us was wonderful, she told us she works at Disney to support her Golf Habit

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