May 5, 2019 – Part One

After a very busy day the day before, we enjoyed a bit of a sleep-in. We woke up, got ready and I enjoyed one of my Magic Cookie bars (thanks Ariane!) while sitting on our balcony.

We called a Lyft and had them take us over to the Contemporary, where we met up with the group for our 10:15am California Grill brunch reservation. You can read all about our experience by clicking here 🙂

After eating, Luke and I headed outside. I knew this thing existed, and I really wanted a picture with it for some reason…

We looked around the grounds a bit before heading out and taking the walkway over to Magic Kingdom.

I know a few people who were at brunch were going to Magic Kingdom, but we just went to the bus stop and caught a bus back to Old Key West. I wanted to change – my dress was super cute but a tiny bit too small so it was cutting into my ribs haha. We weren’t sure how long brunch would actually take, so we intentionally set our fastpasses for later in the afternoon. This ended up being a good decision, as it started down pouring viciously just a few seconds after entering our room at OKW. The wind was crazy, I know a few people from our group were at Epcot and took video of umbrellas being knocked over. We decided to wait out the rain in the comfort of our room, and enjoyed some down time – if I remember correctly we even turned on the TV in the room to a channel other than the Disney schedule screen haha.

Since this is Florida, the rain cleared and the sun came out – you’d never know a storm had just passed through. We got ready and headed out to use our Fastpasses at Hollywood Studios. By the time we arrived and entered the park, we were already in our window for our first Fastpass so we headed straight to Tower of Terror.

This is terrifying. I don’t remember ever seeing this, Luke took this photo….

We stopped at the Joffrey’s cart by the exit so Luke could grab an iced coffee while I figured out where we were meeting up with the ladies who were in the park. We stopped for a few Photopass pictures along Sunset Boulevard –

We headed for the Tune-In Lounge, where we found Kelly, Kari, Ariane and Steve. We chatted for a bit, took some pictures and then said our goodbye’s – they were all leaving the next day so our paths wouldn’t be crossing again. These three ladies were wonderful, I was so excited to have finally met them and I’m looking forward to meeting up with them again one day at Disney! <3