Sunday morning we said goodbye to Elaine and a Rick and drove north to Orlando. We are staying at DisneyWorld for two nights. Checked into the Holiday Inn at Disney Springs and found it to be a great location considering we booked it yesterday. Actually on the Disney grounds with continuous shuttle buses to take you to the parks. We were upgraded to a high floor so we can see the Epcot fireworks from our balcony. It is good to be a frequent flyer with benefits.
We arrived mid afternoon and unpacked. Then we walked over to Disney Springs, formerly known as Downtown Disney. Place is huge now with so many restaurants and shops. This was the first place we ever saw Cirque du Soleil and we still remember La Nouba fondly. Tonight we had dinner at an Italian restaurant and it was lovely. A huge dining room in a setting of an old airline terminal.
Afterwards we visited guest relations and made sure that our ancient Disney passes were still valid and they are. We had purchased these multi day park hopper passes many years ago with time share points. What a good deal as we still have four days left for each of us and we save a fortune not buying admission.
For dessert we went to Vivoli Gelato which was highly recommended. It tasted great and is the name of our favorite gelato place from Florence, Italy. We asked and it is the same owners! I had their wonderful rice pudding and chocolate hazelnut flavors while Jeff had vanilla and cookies & cream.
We took the courtesy bus back to the hotel, watched the fireworks from the balcony and now ready for bed. Tomorrow we intend to get the 7:00 am bus to Animal Kingdom which opens early at 8:00 for resort guests only. Later in the day we will go over to Epcot and do our favorite ride “Soarin.”
Good night!
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