We were so exhausted from the previous 2 days, we could barely get out of bed yesterday morning. But we all made a valiant effort, and by noon we left home to go to Disney. Our intention was to get on the monorail that goes thru the theme park, hop off at the various Park resorts, take a look at the extravagance of each and get back by 5pm or so. Before that however, M & M, wanted to take us to an authentic Southern Home Cooked breakfast place called Cracker Barrel. Hmmm....4 die hard vegetarians in a place renowned for Southern cooking....this should be fun I thought.....and it was! Right off the bat we told our waiter we were vegetarian. He didn't bat an eyelid and straight away rattled off all the things on the menu that we were to avoid which included the soup as well as the hash browns....so we were left with eggs, toast, buttermilk biscuits, pancakes and sandwiches. Not too bad i guess......but we could have gotten that at McD!!!!! But they were really good pancakes and biscuits!!! I ordered a lettuce, tomato and cheese sandwich grilled....it came fried. I kid you not - the whole sandwich had been deep fried. I'll be feeling the grease on my skin for days!!! But like anything that's fried, it was tasty!
We headed on to Disneyworld and just like we planned, we got on the monorail and stopped at the 2 themed resorts. One was Polynesion resort, complete with tiki torches, white sandy beach, carved totem pole like things, bamboo furniture, mud huts with straw thatched roofs etc. Even thought the resorts have been designed so meticulously, and are so like the real thing, they look fake......i know it sounds contradictory, but they look almost too perfect! Even the people staying there seem to feel compelled to dress the part - you know, tanned people in Hawaiin shirts, sandals etc like they're really in the Polynesian Islands....!!! As a designer i cannot help but admire the decor, but its not my cup of tea.....i would NEVER pay $300 or whtever it is for a night there. I'm happy with Quality Inn and Hampton Inns with the free Continental breakfast!!!!!
Then we were off to The Floridian! This was equally extravagant...all southern charm and hospitality with white curving staircases and ornate balustrades, painted domed and coffered ceilings with marble chandeliers, rose motifs on the walls, tables with English lace tablecloths, floral couches and the mandatory guy in a suit playing a piano! Again, beautiful in its own right, but just too perfect! Its funny how people choose places that reflect their personalities...i mean the people there were all sort of fake looking too...all prefectly manicured painted red nails and coiffed hair!!!!
Anyway, after gawking like country bumpkins, we took the monorail to Epcot....just for fun. Its a 4 mile loop and we got to sit in the engine driver's coach up front so we got an awesome view of the track ahead of us...it was pretty cool.
There was plenty more to do if we had chosen to do so, but we were really tired so we called it a day and headed home. We had a flight to catch the next morning so thought it best to catch up on some Zzzzzs.
A quick word about our gracious hosts M & M - i have described their house before, now here are some pics.
Mani, like i mentioned, used to work at GM in Flint, Michigan for some 25 years or so. Mythili, his wife was an Ob Gyn and had her own practice and has in her life as doctor, delivered 4000 babies!!!! 4000...WOW! Their 27 year old daughter Uma, graduated from Univ of Ann Arbor in aeronautical eng in 2001, worked at Northrup in LA and is now headed back to business school at Harvard! M & M are now retired in Celebration, Florida They are fun people with an incredibly refreshing but exhausting zest for life! i always thought people slowed down after retirement...not these two! We had a blast! They welcome visitors with abandon and never tire of going to Disney!
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