Hi Gang! Sorry I'm late getting this trip report started. As you know, my sister in-law and I headed to the World to run the Princess 5K. It was a MAGICAL experience for both of us. I think we may be hooked. And that says a lot considering I am NOT a runner by any stretch of the imagination.
Our short time in WDW started with a 6:45 AM flight out of Philadelphia on Thursday, Feb 18th. All went smoothly and soon we were in line for the Magical Express to the Poly. My sister in-law (who hasn't taken any trips on her own since my niece was born nearly 12 years ago) has always wanted to stay at the Poly, so I made it happen this trip. We had a smooth ride to the resort and arrived around 10:30 AM. We had done on-line check in but had not received word either way about our room being ready, so we headed to the check in counter. They checked us in and noted that they had our request for a 1st or 3rd floor room in the Fiji building on file and that we would get a text when our room was ready. So we checked our bags with the bell hop and headed over to the Race Expo to pick up our bibs for the 5K Friday morning. I'd like to say this was a pleasant experience too, but truthfully, it was total chaos. The crowds were nuts and navigating our way to find our bibs and then finding out we had to go to a totally different building to get our t-shirts and bags was a bit frustrating. I know they do that so you will go to the expo and spend money, but it would be so much easier if you just got all of your stuff at the same location. We grabbed our stuff and got out of there as quickly as we could. We hopped in a taxi because the lines for the buses back to the resorts were very long and $18 seemed worth it.
On the way back in the cab, we got a text that our room was ready. We had gotten our requested building, but on the second floor (the only floor without a patio or balcony). That was a bit disappointing, but considering we weren't planning on spending a lot of time in our room, we just shrugged it off. We got our bags, dropped our stuff on in the room, cleaned up a bit and headed straight to the MK. The crowd levels we moderate, and we had fast passes for BTM, Peter Pan, and the 7 Dwarfs Mine Train. We also had an ADR at Tony's for dinner.
This was my first time eating at Tony's. A friend of mine loves the place so I figured we give it a try. It was fine, but nothing special. The great part was that it was quick. We were so tired from having to get up at 3:30 to make our flight, and we practically fell asleep at the table (which is odd for me, because usually I'm so pumped up the first day). We finished eating, caught a glimpse of the light parade on our way out and headed back to the resort. We were in bed by 8:30 PM. Crazy I know, but we had another morning with a 3:30 AM wake up call because our race was the next morning!
