Author: John

May 1: Airports, John 2.47 KM, Leanne 5.98 KM

May 2: DCA, John 13.23 KM, Leanne 14.69 KM

May 3: DL, John 14.58 KM, Leanne 14.89 KM

May 4: USH, John 9.84 KM, Leanne 9.96 KM

May 5: DL, John 13.08 KM, Leanne 13.79 KM

May 6: DL, John 7.59 KM, Leanne 13.96 KM

May 7: DCA, John 9.09 KM, Leanne 13.00 KM

May 8: Airports, John 2.42 KM, Leanne 4.54 KM

Here are the numbers from our latest Disney World trip:

Note: use Leanne’s numbers from above as I was a lot weaker on this trip and was absent at times.

14.88 KM MK

12.80 KM EP

11.21 KM HS (Partial day, left at 4 PM)

Did nighttime entertainment at MK and EP.

Walked to EP. (15 min) Walked to Yacht Club Resort to catch bus (10-15 min) Walked to boat to HS (2 min) then 2 min walk to HS.

12:50 AM EDT

 11:30 PM

We basically haven’t had a meal all day except breakfast

Lots of snacking

10:55 PM

No wait at the border. Very friendly border guard, asked intelligent questions about Disney World versus Disneyland. 

10:30 PM EDT 

9:46 PM EDT

7:46 PM CDT

Arrived at our gate by about 7:00 PM CDT just as boarding started for A group. 

No time for bathroom breaks after our four hour flight.

We were on time and were able to do family boarding again.

1:39 PM PDT

Estimated arrival 6:55 PM CDT.

We will have very little time to get to our next flight before boarding starts.

Finally got on board the aircraft around 1:00 PM PST.

This is late, but apparently they’re going to make up the time so we don’t miss our connecting flights.

A lot of people transfer at MDW so it’s in Southwest’s best interest to make sure no one misses their connections.

Shuttle dropped us off around 9:50 AM. No line at TSA however unpacking bags for security was horribly complicated.

3 of our bags needed additional screening which took extra time.

Made it to gate about 10:30 AM. Plenty of time for our now 1 PM flight.

We got most of our packing done last night and then finished up a little bit this morning. We had breakfast at the same time 6:30 AM because it was our habit and then we had lots of time to just sit back and worry about our delayed flight.

Shuttle picked us up at 8:30 AM on schedule and we’re now on the way to the airport.

Grandma is having a great time practicing the art of “small talk” with the driver. Yuck!

Maggie is feeling much better today after getting 12 hours of sleep.

Harry, Daisy and Leanne learned how to draw Ember from the new Pixar movie Elemental.

Grandma, Maggie and I got back to the hotel a little before 6 o’clock. Maggie went to bed immediately and fell asleep the second her head hit the pillow. She was absolutely exhausted today. She also had a headache.

She was pretty much dragging all day long. 

She walked more than she’s ever walked in her entire life and got much less sleep every night then she’s had in her entire life. She did very, very well.

5:20 PM