Thursday 17th Dec
This morning we headed down to the lobby to check on our booking; we had booked hotel, car and flight through BA and there was a free breakfast offer which we had forgot to ask about last night. Rob asked at the front desk and after a short wait we were given vouchers for the buffet breakfast for the week.
So, now we had vouchers we headed to the restaurant to get breakfast. The buffet was pretty big with a nice selection of food including omelettes made to order. We had some hot food and some pastries with orange juice and coffee. We weren’t entirely sure of the cost of breakfast so tipping was interesting - in the end we left $5 and hoped that was enough!
Next up we headed over to Disney Springs as we wanted to get tickets to see the Star Wars movie on Monday - it was already sold out for Thursday, Friday and we had plans for Sat and Sunday so Monday it would have to be…!
We left I4 at exit 67 and took the new ramp straight into the Orange garage, much easier than it had been earlier in the year and we had no problems finding a space (and this was the same for all of our visits this week.)
We tried using the machines to buy our tickets but apparently they can’t cope with international cards so we went to the counter and quickly paid our $33.50.
We had a little wander around the shops and got me some new ears and some lights for our visit to Hollywood Studios. We popped into the Lego shop and Rob decided to buy himself an AT-AT which was on sale…and took up significant space in our luggage on the way home!
We decided to go across to the Premium Outlets on Vineland Avenue, we did our usual lap around the shops, I think Rob got some ties and a few bits in Banana Republic. I was looking for some stuff but decided to check out some other places before deciding.
We dropped our stuff back at the hotel and then decided to get dinner at Johnny Rockets at Pointe, it was quite busy and so took a little while and we were getting quite tired by the end so we headed back to bed once we were done.
Friday 18th Dec
We headed down for our free breakfast again, we decided to have omelettes today and some pastries which was good.
The forecast for today was overcast with showers so we decided to go to an indoor mall for a little while (you’ll note that the common theme on this trip is shopping!)
We chose Mall at Millenia and took a wander around, and after a while I chose some Disney Vans as part of my Christmas present from Rob’s parents (they had given me a budget for shopping) and I bought a bargain pair for $19.99 as well!
Rob also got some Vans and some T-shirts and we found a really nice candle and holder for our dining room table. We stopped at Starbucks for a little rest and I got a peppermint mocha which was yummy!
We also checked the wait to meet Santa and it was several hours long…! But it was a pretty amazing grotto.
Once we were finished we headed back outside and it had brightened up a little bit which was good. We went across to Disney Springs to get an Earl of Sandwich, it was pretty busy due to Star Wars opening but we still found a parking space easily in the garage.
I had the holiday sandwich and Rob had the Earl’s Club, both were just as good as always. Once we were done we went back to the hotel and had a lazy evening catching up on some of our favourite HGTV shows.
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