It's been a long day. A very, very long day.

Today started out much as expected. We woke up in the morning, had some breakfast, and checked out of our hotel. Since we were only three miles from the Florida border, we reached Florida in no time. We continued our trip for roughly two more hours. Our problems didn't manifest until we hopped onto I-4 West towards Orlando.

I have a new grudge for the list. NAPA Auto Parts. My damned alternator crapped out at the 124 Mile Marker on I-4. That's precisely 20 miles from ANYWHERE. If you're interested, the GPS Coordinates for the middle of nowhere are precisely recorded as: N029 04.810 W081 10.369. Google Maps Link.



Once again, the AAA membership that my mother gives me every Christmas became useful. NAPA is the villian of the day. Kelly's Automotive is the hero. We had the Focus towed to their shop. They stopped what they were doing to examine it. They needed to get the part from 20 miles away, but they got it alright. They got the Focus repaired and we were on our way, a mere 5 hours after the initial failure. It took us nearly two hours to make it to their shop, as we were in the geographical center of nowhere.

After a bit more driving and a bit more traffic, we finally arrived at Disney. If anybody is interested, we're staying in room 5146 of the Caribbean Island Resorts. GPS N028 21.770 W081 32.660. We arrived somewhere near 6 PM.

Since it was so far into the evening, we decided to head towards Downtown and Pleasure Island.

Side Note: The dining plan is cool. I bought it on the advice of the trip planners at AAA. It's worth it. See below.

On the advice of the concierge, we went to Raglan Road (the Irish Pub restraunt). The food was excellent, as was the entertainment. We recommend it.

We continued on to the Comedy Warehouse. Their show was excellent. It ran for about 1/2 hour.



Next was the Adventurers Club. They featured several independent (but connected) acts. They were excellent. We spent at least an hour in there. It was great.


It's after midnight now. We're tired. I'd post this immediately, but Disney wants $10 for internet access. I have not yet capitulated.