Scrappy & Mrhubs May 2014 trip

I wish all of you could have been on the cruise with us. What a party that would have been. Probably would have needed a bigger boat though .

Back to the trip report. Monday we woke up to another beautiful day. We began our day with breakfast at the Wave. You can order off their menu or do their buffet. We both have always chosen to do the buffet. The food is mostly local and organic. It is a nice quiet place to start your day. We are early risers though so we are in there when they open at 7:30.

Our only plans for the day was Going to Animal Kingdom as we had an ADR at Yak & Yeti for 5:00. We had made our FP+ selections for Animal Kingdom but the first one was not till 2. This left us a lot of time to do something else. We both agreed, it was time to visit the Poly and check out the renovations. We went back to our room to grab what we needed for the day.

It was a beautiful day! We hopped on the monorail and off we went to the Poly. If any of you follow any of the Poly fan websites you know that most people are not very happy with what is going on. I myself am very excited to see the changes. DVC at the Poly....yes please. And the other renovations have me excited as well. As much as I love the Poly, I do think it was time for some changes and updates. The Boutiki shop in the Poly is where I made my second purchase of the trip, my Alex and Ani bracelets. I could not choose between Mickey and Minnie so I settled for both.

Happy with our Poly fix, we went back to BLT to get our car and head to the Animal Kingdom. We did all of our favorites like Dinosaur, the Saffari, Its Tough to Be a Bug and Mark rode Everest. For the first time and it looks like the last time, we watched a bit if the parade. Before we knew it, it was time for our meal at Yak & Yeti. I did enjoy my meal there but it is not a must do for me.

After dinner we walked towards the exit while looking through the shops. We went back to our room for a little break. Once again we were treated to an amazing sunset. Once the sun was gone we decided to go up and check out the Top of the World Lounge. We were both glad we did it. We each had a drink and shared a giant piece of chocolate cake. It was a new way to watch the fireworks for us. It was a fun way to end our day.

When the fireworks were over we were ready to call it a day.

My highlight of the day was finding the Mickey and Minnie bracelets. I am not a jewelry person but I do love them. I also really enjoyed ending our night up at the lounge. Once again, I did not really have a low of the day.

Marks highlight of the day was the Top of the World Lounge.
Marks low was visiting the Poly and knowing we were not staying there.

It is a chocolatini. The cake was good but a bit much for two. However, I am really not a cake eater so I may not be a good judge of how good. It was a very big piece though.

Spook, I was very comfortable up there. The wall is very high out on the deck. I did not feel like I was up all that high. I was much more aware of the height at the California Grill out on their walks. I do not venture far from the door when I am there.

Allie, while I am nothing but excited over the changes coming to the Poly, Mrhub has his own thoughts. I think everything that is planned sounds wonderful. He does not share my excitement over some of the changes. I will let him share his feelings with you.

The only downside to can see to all of the changes is the fact that they are now taking 3 buildings for DVC. I love the thought of DVC coming in. However, with DVC taking up more room in a already small resort I am afraid we have seen the end of discounts available for rooms.

The weather gods were on our side and we woke up to yet another beautiful morning. First stop today was the Grand Floridian Cafe for breakfast. We only discovered this place a few trips ago and it has quickly become a must do each trip. We have had both breakfast and lunch here and really enjoy both meals. I also just love walking around the resort.

We did spend a little time watching the grounds crew plant new flowers. What a process. They used what looked like a giant drill to drill all the holes for the flowers and plants first. It was a rather large area they were covering.

We then headed back to the monorail for a trip over to EPCOT. We spent several hours in Future World. We did all of our normal must do things.

The Flower and Garden Festival was going on so there were tons of colorful flowers everywhere. I really did enjoy walking around looking at all of the displays.

A few more F&G pictures