Disney World

Four of my company-mates and I went to Disney World for Labor Day (three company-mates who were part of the plan and another who attached himself at the last minute). During AMT my roommate convinced me to set the trip up. Travel expenses were very low- we used mom and dad's timeshare for a place to stay and Disney is letting those with a military ID into the parks for free this year so the $200 airfare was the only major expense. I was quite reluctant to go through with the plan but in the end it was worth it.

Friday we flew to Orlando and got in late. $50 taxi ride from the airport to the timeshare where, rather than going to bed like sensible people, we ordered pizza (thank heaven for Papa John and his insomnia) and took our time getting settled in. Everyone was shocked when we walked into the place and they saw how huge it was- and they quickly grabbed cameras and took pictures of everything (I think we ended up with more pictures of the room than the parks). Got to bed about 1 or 2, can't really remember.

Saturday we got up and hit the parks- Magic Kingdom in the morning and Epcot in the afternoon. Mission Space and Big Thunder Mountain were the favorites of the group for the day and not much was seen of the different countries.

Sunday we hit up Typhoon Lagoon in the morning and headed to Downtown Disney in the afternoon. Pleasure Island has a movie theater and the weather was terrible so we decided to watch a movie. The first choice (through voting and time constraints) was Gamer but the theater messed up and was playing Aliens in the Attic in the auditorium that was supposed to be Gamer so we ended up going to Inglorious Bastards (name of the movie, don't comment on the language). I would not suggest that movie for anyone- too bloody. If you can find a version with less blood then watch and enjoy, but otherwise don't.

Monday we traveled back to West Point and resumed life as normal. Although it is never easy returning to this place, it is much less difficult now that we aren't plebes and have a little more freedom. Life returned to normal, classes the next day, and the next; didn't take long before everyone was back to living weekend to weekend and paycheck to paycheck. But hey, at least we're getting paid!

Not long ago Vo, the mastermind of it all, came into my room urging me to find another 3-day weekend and another fun vacation destination we can travel to for cheap. We'll see, I may have another story in a few months.

Blogger refuses to load the pictures so I will post them later.