Days 7/8 - Seeing Florida by car...
Category Vacation
Time to catch up a bit on the vacation narrative...
Yesterday we *finally* got off the ship around 10:30 after waiting for over two hours. Disembarkation is such a hassle since September 11th (or at least Royal Caribbean makes it that way). We caught a taxi to Hertz, grabbed our car, and headed off for Key West. It's a four hour drive, and we were going to be there for an overnight stay before heading back up to Orlando today (an eight hour drive). So why drive basically eight hours out of our way to see Key West for less than 24 hours?
Because I wanted to!
I've always wanted to see Key West, and this was as close as I've ever been. I was hoping for a glorious sunset on Mallory Square, but the fog rolled in and all we got was a gradual fade-out of the day. No worries, and it was fun walking around looking at things. We had lunch/dinner at Papa's, strolled Duval Street, and generally killed the evening. It was fun driving down to Key West on US 1, seeing the various sites, the old abandoned bridges, different wildlife, etc. I'd really like to drive it again some time when we have more time to explore...
Christmas day, and we're on the road by 6:30 to get to Orlando. We're not *quite* at Disney yet, as we didn't have quite enough points to stay at the Boardwalk on a Saturday holiday date. We're at the Sheraton Safari, which is nearly on the property. We had to be transferred to a different room when I discovered that the internet connectivity in our first room didn't work. How barbaric! :-) From Florida City to Orlando, we used the Florida Turnpike, which is a nice direct shot north. It's also a toll road which probably cost us around $20. Oh, well...
The kids wanted to see a movie this evening, so I went with them to see The Life Aquatic, the new film with Bill Murray. That is one strange film... The kids liked it, but I'm sorta thinking that watching it on DVD would have been fine...
The day will start early tomorrow, as we have to switch over to the Boardwalk hotel on Disney property plus try to get to Epcot when it opens first thing. Somewhere breakfast will be stashed in there also. We also have Cirque tickets for tomorrow, so it should be a full one.
Random firing synapses...
Floridians should be banned from watching any more NASCAR broadcasts. It's adversely affecting their driving. Everyone is not trained to draft off your bumper at 75...
Time to catch up a bit on the vacation narrative...
Yesterday we *finally* got off the ship around 10:30 after waiting for over two hours. Disembarkation is such a hassle since September 11th (or at least Royal Caribbean makes it that way). We caught a taxi to Hertz, grabbed our car, and headed off for Key West. It's a four hour drive, and we were going to be there for an overnight stay before heading back up to Orlando today (an eight hour drive). So why drive basically eight hours out of our way to see Key West for less than 24 hours?
Because I wanted to!
I've always wanted to see Key West, and this was as close as I've ever been. I was hoping for a glorious sunset on Mallory Square, but the fog rolled in and all we got was a gradual fade-out of the day. No worries, and it was fun walking around looking at things. We had lunch/dinner at Papa's, strolled Duval Street, and generally killed the evening. It was fun driving down to Key West on US 1, seeing the various sites, the old abandoned bridges, different wildlife, etc. I'd really like to drive it again some time when we have more time to explore...
Christmas day, and we're on the road by 6:30 to get to Orlando. We're not *quite* at Disney yet, as we didn't have quite enough points to stay at the Boardwalk on a Saturday holiday date. We're at the Sheraton Safari, which is nearly on the property. We had to be transferred to a different room when I discovered that the internet connectivity in our first room didn't work. How barbaric! :-) From Florida City to Orlando, we used the Florida Turnpike, which is a nice direct shot north. It's also a toll road which probably cost us around $20. Oh, well...
The kids wanted to see a movie this evening, so I went with them to see The Life Aquatic, the new film with Bill Murray. That is one strange film... The kids liked it, but I'm sorta thinking that watching it on DVD would have been fine...
The day will start early tomorrow, as we have to switch over to the Boardwalk hotel on Disney property plus try to get to Epcot when it opens first thing. Somewhere breakfast will be stashed in there also. We also have Cirque tickets for tomorrow, so it should be a full one.
Random firing synapses...
Floridians should be banned from watching any more NASCAR broadcasts. It's adversely affecting their driving. Everyone is not trained to draft off your bumper at 75...
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