Day 2, Part 3
Got back to the room and found a note from housekeeping, how sweet!
That's never happened before!
I looked out to see how busy VB was since we would have been in it today...
Ummm, yeah, no thanks!!! The lines were crazy!!!
We all changed into our swimsuits, grabbed the three floats I bought at the dollar store and headed down to the pool.
Good Lord, what have I gotten myself into???
The pool was super crowded and the heat was unbearable!
I told Kira I couldn't do the regular pool but there was hope for me in the lazy river since it was surrounded by palm trees which provided a modicum of shade.
Rob was kind enough to wait in the super long line to get our floats filled with air. They also sell floats there for a decent price, like $7 or $8 I think but they will also fill any float for free so instead of worrying about wanting to bring any floats back home with us, I just grabbed some cheapies from home.
Kira and I went around the lazy river twice, sans floats before Rob was done. We met him at the entrance and then we all floated down the river together.
It wasn't the most pleasant trip, let me tell you. There were tons of people, mostly kids who didn't seem to care if they kicked you or bumped into to you or anything else for that matter.
Rob grabbed my foot so we could float together and Kira just kind of did her own thing and for a very short while, it was actually quite nice! It was nice to not be on my feet actually. My ankles tend to swell up when I go to theme parks. I could walk for hours at home and they are fine but the second I get into a theme park, they just swell up like crazy! Plus it was nice to just chill with my hubby, no worries, no stress.
But it was hot. And I mean HOT!
The water was not cold but it was cooler than the air, which helped but the crowds and sun were getting to me and I only made it around twice with them on the floats before I had to get out of there!
I went to our little table, which only had a tiny bit of shade next to it and I sat down for a few moments.
I was going to leave but I really didn't want to. I hate that the heat makes me feel so sick. Not only do I get grumpy but I feel like I can't breathe or think straight. It feels like something is on top of me but there's no pressure on me, I get an instant headache and it feels like at any moment, I will lose consciousness.
We had brought our mugs so I went and filled them all up with some drinks by the Hideaway bar.
I sat in the shade, drinking water hoping I would start to feel a little better so I could go and rejoin my family but then Rob and Kira showed up to drop off floats and I had to tell them good-bye, it was just too much for me.
I am very sad about that because that was the only pool time I got with my kid at Cabana Bay.
Later on, the storms rolled in and the pool was closed all night.
Oh well, not much I can do about that.
I went over to Bayliner Diner to look for my pasta salad.
Last time I was here I found out that BD had AMAZING pasta salad and I wanted it!
I found it, filled up my mug and headed back to the room using the inside hallway passages
I was very disappointed though when I opened it up to find this...
It was more expensive than last year and it only had about half as much! Plus it tasted terrible! I hate it when that happens, you find something so good only to return and have it again and it's terrible
This was my pasta salad from last year...
Bit of a difference!
They got back from the pool shortly after that and we just chilled in the room.
We had hoped to go back to the pool once the sun went down but the storms rolled in and the pool closed for the rest of the night
I'm glad I got to spend a little time in the pool with Kira even though it messed me up for a few hours.
I told Rob and Kira to go back to the parks to do some spells and stuff but they didn't want to chance getting stuck in the pouring rain so they just stayed in the room.
Poor Kira was bored, which then turned into grumpiness...this is her watching a show on her iPad, tuning us out
Eventually we went down to BD for supper. Well, they went and I told them that I had spotted some chicken nachos at the Hideaway Bar that I wanted to try.
I got them and then went to meet them at BD.
They were disgusting!! The chicken was like a minced chicken, which was super BBQ-y, tasted more like spicy pulled pork than chicken. I took two bites and went and got myself a burger.
MUCH better
Kira got the chicken strips again and I don't know what Rob got, I was getting my burger and he didn't take a pic.
We ended up going to bed quite early that night, which worked out anyway because tomorrow was a super early morning for us.