With the food post out of the way, time to report on everything else!
To recap, our trip was from Saturday, April 25 - Saturday, May 2. We stayed at our favorite, the POFQ.
Weather
It sure seemed hotter than usual for the first half of our trip. We've been to WDW several times during this same week, and I remember it always being in the upper 70's (F) to low 80's (F) and not very humid at all.
This trip, it was teetering around 90 (F) until mid-week, then it rained and cooled off for the rest of the week.
Arrival
We flew from San Francisco to Orlando (looong flight) and got in around 6:00 pm local time - a good 20 minutes early! YAY!
We picked up a rental car at the airport, stopped at Target for some supplies, and were at the resort by 7:30 pm. We opted to do the on-line check in, and when we landed we had received a text message that our room was ready, and the room number. That was cool, and since it was late and a long day we didn't really miss the check-in process.
We did have to stop at the front desk later that evening to pick up our parking permit for the week.
POFQ
We love love love POFQ. We didn't bother with any upgrades this time and just booked a standard room. We were in Building 3, Room 3229. The view from our door....
To the left is the pool area.
To the right, Building 1 and straight ahead the Sassagoula River.
It was a very quiet location and overall, we were really pleased.
Our room was just as nice - 2 double beds
Clean and nice. The bathroom (shower and commode area) was a little tight, but not a big deal. Only semi-complaint was that we had spotty hot water in the mornings. We like hot showers, and some days it was warm, and some days it was hot. And if that's my biggest complaint, then I think we did pretty good
We were hungry, and decided ti was a lovely evening to hit up DTD. Since we were worried about the traffic to DTD at 8:00 on a Saturday night, we decided to take the boat ride from the POFQ dock.
There was a bit of a line, and we were concerned about how long it would take, but within a few minutes, one boat docked, and took about half the line and told us the next boat would be there in about 10 minutes. And it was! We only waited about 15 minutes before we were on our way.
The trip was really romantic - stars, cool breeze, low lights.....super nice way to start our vacation It took about 15 minutes to get to DTD, and as we got closer, all the lights sparked that magic that reminded us why we were back!
It was pretty busy, for sure. We decided to eat dinner at EoS - we got 1 Ham & Cheese and 1 Original (Roast Beef) and split so we each had one of each. So good! The roast beef was melt in your mouth tender. What I like about EoS is that even with a fairly long line, they have a really efficient process that gets you ordered and served pretty quickly.
After eating, we took a leisurely stroll to the West end (it was loud! Lots of music and activities going on throughout DTD), then headed back to the boat docks and called it a night. Bed by 10:30 so we could be rested for HS the next day!