Day 2

The plan on Friday was to get up and hit Blizzard Beach for a few hours, then hit the road to Punta Gorda to visit Dave's grandmother, and then head back to the hotel. What actually happened was, we got up and the weather was cloudy/drizzly so I made the executive decision to go to Animal Kingdom instead. However, since Animal Kingdom opened that day an hour earlier than Blizzard Beach, we were already behind the crowds when we got there. We hit It's Tough to be a Bug, then I rode Everest as a single rider (still waited 20 minutes in the singles line), then we grabbed some lunch and headed west to Punta Gorda.

We visited with Dave's grandmother for the afternoon and then talked to Dave's uncle, Joe. Joe said he was heading for Orlando himself that evening, and we made plans to meet him at Pleasure Island. We met Joe and his friend Eric at the Adventurer's Club for the mask room scene, then they headed over to the comedy club while Dave and I had a late meal at Raglan Road (the ribs again!), and decided to meet back at the Adventurer's Club for the Hoopla (Hoopla!), which is the finale there every night. All four of us were veterans of the club, having been inducted many times before. We raised our glasses with a mighty Kungaloosh! and said good night.

The next day was the big race!