Tuesday 9/26/23
Scott went to the gym at 4am and I went around 4:30. After our workouts, most of our normal morning routine of laundry, jacuzzi, and showers.
We didn’t make breakfast today. We have the “Owner’s Update” presentation this morning. The plan is after the presentation to head to Disney Springs for Gideon’s and Everglazed, and possibly breakfast or early lunch from Earl of Sandwich. We are meeting Jen, Kevin, and Dana at Cocoa Beach this afternoon. Jen & Kevin are on a cruise on Oasis of the Seas which has a port stop in Port Canaveral. Dana lives in Florida.
The Owner’s Update was kind of a waste of time. While we learned a few things, it’s just a sales push at the end. We were there longer than expected. They wanted us to buy more points in the new way they are doing things. But the sales guy even said we should not give up our deeded property, just add a new contract. We didn’t add anything; we’re happy with what we have.
We drove to Disney Springs realizing we’re not going to have as much time as we thought we would.
Gideon’s wasn’t doing a virtual queue, just a standby line which they said would take an hour. I assumed they are overstating that since we’ve waited standby before and the line didn’t look that long. I waited and Scott headed over to Earl of Sandwich to pick up sandwiches for us. He was back pretty quickly and the wait on the Gideon’s standby line ended up being about 30 minutes before we were in the store.
We wanted to bring cookies for Dana’s birthday. She’s never had Gideon’s cookies before. We bought a bunch of cookies to bring with us and also a few for Scott and I to freeze and bring home. We also bought a slice of the white Oreo cake and a Peanut Butter cold brew.
We didn’t go to Everglazed since that’s on the other side of Disney Springs and we didn’t have time.
We went back to the resort to put the cookies for us and the cake in the freezer.
We ate our Sandwiches from Earl of Sandwich; they were very good. Scott had the Italian and I had the Original (light sauce).
We left to drive to Cocoa Beach. We found the beach where Jen & Kevin were dropped off by their cruise excursion. The parking lot was a bit weird how to pay to park, so let’s hope I don’t end up with crazy charges on my American Express (so far so good). We hung out a the beach for a while, but the weather wasn’t great. It was kind of overcast and gloomy out. Later on there was lightening and thunder which was our hint to leave the beach. I can’t believe I forgot to take any pictures at the beach.
We stopped at Ron Jon Surf shop which was right near there. Scott and Kevin both found shirts they wanted.
We drove over to Fish Lips. Dana and her son Aaron met us at Fishlips. They were planning to meet us at the beach but with the bad weather we changed plans. Scott and I suggested this place since we went there several years ago for dinner the night before a cruise that left from Port Canaveral. It was an odd time so the place was empty. Since it was so empty we didn’t feel bad that we hung out there for a bit. We made sure to tip more than normal since we were at the table a while; the place was pretty empty the whole time we were there so it’s not like we were preventing others from sitting. If it was crowded or there were people waiting we wouldn’t have stayed that long. We weren’t hungry since we had our sandwiches earlier so we shared a Poke appetizer but everyone else ate. It was really nice hanging out with everyone.
The Gideon’s cookies were a big hit and everyone was giving the different flavors a try.
We drove my sister and Kevin back to their ship around 6:45