But a few photos, notes and general rambling.
I think I should have called this trip "Do I look rested now?"
This trip sort of popped up a few weeks ago as an add on to a conference that I will be attending this week in Orlando. I decided to add 2 nights on to the front of the Orlando conference and - here I am.
I should start out with a review of yesterday - which was UGH. If anyone needed a break - it was me. Friday was full of numerous bonehead moves on my part - first one was leaving my cell phone and blackberry at the house in the am. Luckily I realized it when I was filling up the car and could not locate either of them - so I went home and got them, and then headed to the office. After a "long" day - well at least a busy one with lots of stress, I jumped in the car at 330pm (30 minutes after I was supposed to leave) and headed out. That is when I realized I had like $2.00 and I needed at least $6.00 to pay the tolls on 417 = since there was NO WAY I was driving through downtown Orlando at 6pm on a Friday night.
No way no how. So I had to detour, find my bank's atm (while I was there I made a deposit too). With $40.00 in hand (tolls, tips, etc) I pointed the car south and drove.
I arrived at OKW right about 630pm. I got all checked in and was assigned to room 3910 back in the turtle pond village. I quickly found the room (first floor! SCORE!) and have discovered I AM IN LOVE with the floor plan for the OKW studios. Now I know why Disney changed in the other DVC resorts - they could make it smaller and it would still sell - but this one is FAB!!
The second bonehead move was when I checked into my room and began to settle in. I realized that my toiletry bag is hanging in my bathroom - not the OKW bathroom - but MY bathroom - back in Jacksonville.... yep - I have no toiletries... no toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, etc - and no little Christian running around offering to get them for me like I did on the cruise.... so before dinner I headed to Walgreen's and restocked everything for the next 7 days. Some $52.00 later - I have what I need for the week - Some things I will just have to live without. I swear for a woman that travels as much as I do - there is frankly no excuse.
And bonehead move of the day #3 - while I was waiting for my table at AP - I went to the Territory Bar -- and ordered "a cranberry juice with a splash of vodka" since I have had 3 very bad days starting since Tuesday night... got bad news and the week just went down from there. So -- she gave me the drink - and it was like I ordered it - but since the last thing I drank was wine like almost a year ago, and I had not eaten since NOON.... can you say warm, fuzzy and woozy..... BAD idea in the long run. I don't feel sick like I have in the past, and I drank iced tea after that - including dinner... (remember that for the last 7+ years I have had trouble processing alcohol - we think the chemo nuked my liver.... so how smart was it for me to "test" things???).
I think I was finally seated at AP around 910pm. I noted that there were LOTS of open tables, but that the manager was turning walkups away saying that they did not have enough staff to cover the tables. I noted the same thing this morning at Kona. I wonder if this is a wide problem??
I had a wonderful dinner at Artist's Point. Rae from China was my server and she did a fabulous job - even bringing me my own "not so hidden" Mickey.
I had the Smokey portabello mushroom to start (and a few camera/flash/battery issues as you can see) and the HUGE scallops for my entree. I opted not to get dessert since I was S-T-U-F-F-E-D. You could have hung me on the wall as a mount I was so stuffed.
Smokey portabello mushroom soup 
Scallops, corn, fava beans in a cream sauce - another yum!!
One funny thing I noted while I was sitting in the bar - let's see if you can see it
I left WL around 1030pm and made my way back to OKW where I quickly fell into bed and right to sleep.
Next - Saturday (that would be today).