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Day 4 continued: Boma! Boma! and Let the drooling begin!

Our PSR for Boma was at 6:20 pm, and we were exiting the park at ~5:20...luckily there were a few characters outside the park signing autographs. We had all of them except for Wendell, so we stood in line for him. I sure am glad we already had Baloo's autograph because the lines to see him are always really long. I guess his popularity is back again! Well this only took up about 10 minutes of our time, so I decide that we should go to Boma & see if they can seat us early...and if not, we could snoop around the resort [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] .

It was fun getting on a different bus, I imagined that I was staying at AKL...only for a minute. We arrived there very quickly and I must say, this resort is prettier than WL, with the exception of the tepee's hanging from the ceiling at WL. The seating area in the lobby was set up with a more intimate feeling, and it didn't seem as busy or crowded as the WL. We take a right turn...what cool elevators! Down to Boma, and I waltz right up to the check in podium. I give them my name and they thanked me for our early arrival and seated us within 2 minutes.

Ok, this is where the first drool session begins [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] . The aromas in the air are unbelievable. This is what I've been waiting 9 whole months for. I know they must have heard I was coming, because the first pod that I passed on my way to our table was the desserts! How did they know? Our waiter gave us the lowdown on the entire Boma chronicles, you could tell he wouldn't dare set foot in any other restaurant. He was great though. I went straight for the plantain and corn chowder. This soup was to die for. My dh liked the Mulligatawny (sp?), and I just had to pretend I was the soup Nazi and tell him, "No soup for you!" when he tried to sample mine, which I eventually gave to him. Next, I tried everything but the prime rib...I know I must be crazy, but I'm not a prime rib or steak person. I put so any things on my plate I can't remember what I ate, what I liked, or what I disliked (which wasn't much). I do distinctly remember that the salmon was unbelievable. Yum Yum. The veggies were really good too. The biggest surprise was how much my dh liked the food, he thought he did not like curry from a meal long ago. He loved most everything he tried. My MIL was so happy to eat here, as African food is the only cuisine she hasn't tried, and she liked it all too. FIL doesn't like this type of food so he passed & went back to CSR.

The kiddie selection was: chicken nuggets, PB&J sandwiches, mac & cheese, etc. Princess Face ate the kiddie fare very well; Grumpette ate PB&J's and lots of fruit of course. The fruit was very juicy & sweet, I had a little myself. They both had cookies for dessert.

Now, on to a more serious matter... Ahhh...the dessert selection. I couldn't wait to get my little paws on those Zebra Domes. I was very disappointed by the size of them, until I tasted one. Then I decided that they were indeed the perfect size because you can pop the whole thing [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img] in your mouth at once. I did my little swish it around my mouth manuever, then my nostrils began to flare, and my dh said "You must be enjoying that!" And was I ever. I forgot to mention that my plate was entirely filled with desserts. I actually had to get 2. I told the chefs to turn their heads because it was about to get ugly. My goodness, I was certainly surprised by the pineapple upside-down cheesecake (my dh's fave), but the best thing in the entire restaurant, and probably all of WDW was the coconut tiramisu [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] . It had a party on my palate [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img] ! And if you're looking for the perfect companion to the Kenyan pressed coffee, this is the ultimate. The coffee was the smoothest I've ever had. We all loved it, don't dare pass it up. Dh, MIL & I confess that this is the best food at WDW, and it's a completely different experience. We rated it a 9 out of 10.

Sadly, our dining experience had to end, and I had to say goodbye to one of the best desserts I've ever had. We left Boma & browsed through the giftshop. What an awesome gift shop. The artistic items in here were really pretty. We made our way over to the bus stop area, and I decided we were not going to go DtD for a transfer. That ride was ridiculous. We decided to let fate send us a bus, we'd get on either MGM or Epcot, whichever came first. That was a fun thing to do, I'd like to do that one morning when I wasn't sure which park I'd like to visit. Anyhoo, (drumroll please) Epcot was the winner. As fate would have it, this worked out great. Our bus stop location was supremo once again, and it came very quickly.

This is where drooling session #2 came in. Both of the girls fell asleep, Grumpette in the Baby Bjorn and Princess Face on my right side. Princess Face fell asleep so hard that I had to hold her head up with my right arm. Now, her head is probably as heavy as an 8 lb. bowling ball, so I rested it in the bend of my arm. Suddenly, I felt something warm & wet on my forearm, and it wasn't leftovers. Everytime our bus (with the wonderful shock system) hit a bump I could feel it slowly move down toward my elbow. My left arm was busy holding Grumpette's head, no drool there. It was very funny at the time, especially because my dd announced as she walked up the steps of the bus that she was not going to fall asleep.

We make it over to our home, CSR. Very quickly, I might add (~20 mins. total). We were laughing all the way to our room, so sure that the 2 young childless couples sitting by us on the bus were scarred for life after that scene (one of them was pregnant!). Then dh & I decide this is the night we will go over to the pool & jacuzzi area. I go to change & take my contacts out so I can swim and lo and behold, I got something i my eye [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] ! I flushed it with saline repeatedly, but I couldn't seem to get it out. Dh tried, but it just continued to hurt. He said he could not see anything in it, so I determined that I must have scratched my cornea. Being a nurse, I knew the best thing is medicine and a patch, neither of which I had. So I decided to lubricate it with some drops and go straight to bed. If it didn't feel better in the morning, I'd go see a doctor. Can't tell you what happened in the room after that because I crashed! I did wake up twice during the night, once to put drops in my eye, then again to check Grumpette's temperature. 100.9, a dosage of Motrin, with one eye open, and back to bed.

Sorry to say but this story is To Be Continued. I'm sure y'all need a break from this marathon trip report anyway. If y'all weren't giving me feedback, I'd swear noone was reading it! Thanks for all of your kind words. And Lanie, I'm sorry we missed you too! How's your precious puppy?

Goodnight & don't forget to pray for our troops. Hey, that reminded me of something my Dad told me last night...He said he read a sign in front of a church that said, "Everyone in hell believes in Jesus!" I loved that, just thought y'all might enjoy [img]graemlins/usa.gif[/img] .

Next: Day 5, MK or MD's office? Eye will let y'all know tomorrow! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]