No, not a new Disney trip... just a continuation of the story of the October trip (guiltily looking around to see if anyone noticed how long its been).
I must say that traveling standby solo is so much easier than flying with two kids. I arrived t the airport two hours early for my first choice flight which gave me the opportunity to get on the standby lists for two flights prior to that one. I also got listed on standby for our affiliate airline. They are in separate terminals so I was running back and forth between terminals to wait at gates for each airline. I noticed that another passenger was doing the same thing but soon discovered that he was not my competition. Although he was an airline employee, it was for a totally different airline so he was below me on the priority list. Back at my preferred flight, I met a woman who was flying standby as as an employee's spouse. She and her husband and 3 year old child were coming from overseas and had been traveling for a couple of days. He had to go on without her when a single seat became available. She was probably ahead of me on the list (based on how long she had been traveling) but when a single seat became available, my number came up.
I arrived in Orlando with no problems and caught the Magic Express to my hotel. I dropped my bags and headed straight for Epcot. I only had two days to met my goal of eating at all 28 kiosks.
The crowds were on the light side since it was a weekday. The Wine and Food Festival gets very crowded on weekends. I loaded up a prepaid card that you conveniently wear around your wrist and began my journey around the world.
I had left the house at around 5AM and was starting to get pretty tired by about 3PM so I headed back tot he hotel to get into my room. Of course, once I got to the room, I was doomed. I took a "quick nap" and never made it back out.
I would have to finish all of the rest of the food in one giant Herculean endeavor the following day.
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