We are here!!
Arriving in Orlando Airport always brings me such joy. My kids still race to the front of the
mini-monorail for the best view of this very short but very exciting ride to
the main terminal. It is tradition that
someone mentions how this is the best part when our whole vacation is in front
of us.
For the first leg of our trip, we are staying at Kidani
Village, the Disney Vacation Club section of the Animal Kingdom Lodge. I had thought we would head right to Animal
Kingdom Park so I had made reservations for Yak & Yeti, but the kids were
exhausted after a sleepless night filled with anticipation and an early flight
to catch this morning. The general
consensus became let’s spend a lazy afternoon at the pool. By 5 o’clock, everyone was starving and we
thought it would be great to go to Sanaa for dinner even though our
reservations for this restaurant weren’t until tomorrow. A quick look online showed there was nothing
available before 8:25pm but we were starving now. We thought we’d just stop by and see what
happened and as luck would have it, we were seated right away and enjoyed a
fabulous meal. Now admittedly, we had a
couple of factors in our favor as Sanaa is rather off the beaten path and we
were there early. But this whole day
highlighted two opportunities to practice what I preach. First is to plan, plan, plan and then
remember when you get here that you’re on vacation. You should never find yourself sacrificing
what you feel like doing for the sake of sticking to an itinerary or
reservation. The second is to always
ask. If I had let my initial search for
a dining reservation stop us from asking, we never would have tried and we
would have missed out on a fantastic meal.
Disney is in the service industry and if they can make the magic happen,
they will. The worst they can say is no.
I hope you will follow the rest of my family’s vacation on
my facebook page where I will be posting several times throughout the day. I’ve also given my kids an assignment for
this trip to help me taste test snack foods we’ve never had. It’s a tough job but they assure me they are
up for the challenge. I will be blogging
about our findings in the weeks to come.
It’s a good thing there are no bad calories in Disney!! So through the magic of technology, join me
as we spend 10 wonderful days in Disney!!
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