Day 1
I woke up at 3:00 the morning of 11/11 and crossed off the last day on my countdown calendar.
I arrived at the airport for my 6:00 flight at 4:30. The flight to Atlanta was a little bumpy but we made it 30 minutes early. The flight from Atlanta to Orlando was delayed about 30 minutes (the plane was at the gate but the cleaning crew hadn't cleaned it from the last flight). We still arrived 10 minutes early. I was sitting on the Magical Express bus by 11:45. We left the airport and were on our way by 12:05.
I sat in the front of the bus to get this shot.
I checked-in online earlier in the week and stopped at the desk to pick up Key to the World card. They were going to put me in the 70's section but I asked if I get a room in the 50's section which they were able to do. My room was ready, so I dropped my carry-on bag off and was on the bus to Epcot a little after 1:00. I was at Epcot by 1:30 and found the Festival Center for the wine seminar at 2:00.
The seminar was awesome. We sampled four Rieslings from the Selbach-Oster winery in Germany. The winery had been in the presenter's family since 1600. Johannes Selbach provided a brief history of the winery along with a slide show of the region in Germany where the winery is located. The seminar was scheduled for 45 minutes but lasted an hour. He stayed and answered questions after the seminar had ended. He even posed for some pictures.
After the seminar I walked to World Showcase wanting to try some samples. I realized the time and only had the Grilled Beef Skewer with Chimichurri Sauce and Boniato Puree. I had dinner reservations at Chef Mickey's at 5:10 and didn't want to fill up too much. I needed something to hold me over until this. And this did the trick. I give an A+++.
While walking out of World Showcase, I saw this Character Meet and Greet and just had to do it.
I do find it rather disturbing that Duffy has a "tattoo" of Mickey on his butt.
This is just the beginning of day one. I'll try to get on again this week and add some more.
Duffy.
JoAnn looked very happy with him so I left it alone. Wait til the dh joins the forum officially, you'll know it's him, he spent days thinking up a "handle"!
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