Everybody was so achy from yesterday’s “magic” marathon. My feet were killing me. We woke up late and eventually got to Blizzard Beach to drop the kids off. Today was the first day that particular park was opened since we had been here. Overnight, Tropical Storm Debbie had picked up speed and had moved off land. It was muggy but rain-free today. Amazingly, there was no parking fee today – saving us $14.
Barbara and I went back to Hollywood Studios and went slowly around the park. We saw everything we had missed yesterday and we went on a number of fun rides. This park was practically empty today! A text from Mindy confirmed that everybody was once again at Magic Kingdom where they were.
Cool, they changed the Star Tours ride. I liked the addition of the three “new” Star Wars Movies (unlike Jack Sparrow’s additions to “Pirates” yesterday). Kevin & Kelly offered to take our kids home because their family went to Blizzard Beach. This left Barb and I free! We got out of the park a little early, had lunch at a Lebanese place, bought groceries for our car trip and for tonight’s dinner, then went home. My brother Allen had arrived, so he came to our room. Allen brought a case of champagne and wine for tonight’s festivities.
Allen, Dad & Me
We started drinking early while talking and between the two of us, we downed a bottle of champagne. Eventually, the kids got home. Jeffrey cooked his special garlic-cheese bread while Barbara cooked 1/3rd of the spaghetti (which was distributed between the condos due to the size of the pots they had given us) and then we all went downstairs to Kevin’s condo for a family dinner and the main event: Our parent’s 50th wedding anniversary!
Dinner was good. More wine was drunk, and mostly by our recently 21 kids (grandkids/nieces). My sister Holly was still not used to her three children drinking, yet all of them are of age now. Afterwards, we got into our “uniforms” (white shirt and jeans) then went out to a playground to take family pictures. That turned out to be pretty fun.
The evening’s entertainment was mini-golf. Since there were 18 of us, we divided up into two groups of nine to play the two courses (then switch – we played 36 holes). We were behind the Decker/Adams’ and they were very, very slow, though they all scored better than my family. We were just quicker to hit… and maybe that was our problem. By hole 30, I couldn’t stand anymore – my feet were in so much pain. Fortunately, I had Motrin, which allowed me to walk, but it was so painful! I’m actually looking forward to an all-day drive tomorrow to give my feet some rest!
We said good-bye to most everybody at the put-put course because we were leaving very early the next morning. Those who missed us at the course came to our condo to say good-bye. We packed until midnight.