Florida - Day 2

Today was a setup day for the next week, as we ran around getting all the stuff we needed and moving into the townhouse that will be our home until everyone else arrives.  And, spoiler alert, our lost luggage finally arrived.

The day started by dragging the kids out of bed so that we could get breakfast in before it ended at 9:00am.  They had Mickey Mouse waffle makers, of course, so both younger kids had waffles, though they each only had a couple of bites before declaring themselves full.  After that, I had to go pick up our rental van.  We had rented the van from a location in Orlando, since it was drastically cheaper than renting it at the airport, but it left us needing to get to the location where the van was.  Enterprise may pick you up, but they won't if you are too far away from them.

I went downstairs and asked for a cab, which was met with stares, because everyone just uses Uber now and cabs no longer exist.  Eventually one of the guest services clerks called me a "cab", which I'm pretty sure was just her husband in his Uber car.  Regardless, I got to Enterprise and had a nice visit with a local on the drive.  Having secured the van, I attempted to drive back to the hotel without using Google maps in order to save my roaming data, which was probably a mistake.  I took quite the scenic route and at one point ended up in Universal Studios, but I made it back to the hotel.

Sandra then phoned WestJet and they had found our luggage.  Basically, it had been accidentally sent to a Disney hotel, as the fancy Disney packages include luggage delivery from the airport.  Disney phoned WestJet and told them that they had an extra bag, which was ours.  They setup a delivery time at our townhouse and then we checked out of the hotel.

Our next stop was a nearby outlet mall, which was quite busy, but allowed us to buy Bradley some new clothes, since he was quite excited about that, and apparently WestJet is paying.  He got a new shirt and a new pair of shorts, but found one thing that he absolutely could not leave without in each store we went to.

Then it was off to Wal*Mart to buy groceries for the week.  The kids were fading fast at this point, but we got through the store (in fact, the same store we bought our car seat at the last time we were in Florida) and then made it out to the resort where we are spending the next week.  It's a bunch of townhouses in a gated community, most of which are rented on AirBnB and VRBO, and we've discovered that they work really well with a family, since it gives the kids room to stretch out and do things, and gives us a kitchen so we don't have to eat out every meal.

After a supper of spaghetti and tomato sauce, we let the kids watch TV.  Charles & Eleanor arrived shortly after that, and our luggage arrived right before 9:00pm, so all is well.

Tomorrow Charles and I are off to Tampa Bay for an NFL game, while everyone else will explore the resort and build gingerbread houses.