... and the rains came.
After taking a break early this afternoon, we took a bus to DD (just missed the boat). I exchanged a watch at WOD and then we went to have lunch at Fulton's. There is a 30% discount (lunch only) for DVC members. I had the lobster bisque and Seafood Cobb salad and DW enjoyed the Crab Club sandwich. Another nice meal with a view of SSR across the water.
After lunch it started drizzling so we walked over to SSR and asked to see the AKV models. They are open from 5pm-7pm daily for member tours, but it was only 4pm so they assigned a CM to take us over for a peek. We were very impressed with the villa model. The model is what will be in Kidani Village - opening in 2009. The studio is pretty typical of those at other DVC resorts, but the 1BR living room is much larger and the extra full bathroom is a really nice addition along with the sleeper chair. The master bath is really nice with a great shower area. We liked the decor and the imagineers worked extra hard to creatively furnish the villas. The decor is very nice.
This floor plan will be only in Kidani Village for both standard and Savannah villas. The villas within the existing Jambo House will be smaller (Standard, Savannah, Concierge and GVs) than those in the new Kidani buidling and the points will reflect that difference.
After our brief tour, the drizzle had increased to a steady rain. We grabbed a bus at the Springs stop and went over to Epcot to try to catch Peter Noone. We just missed getting a seat in the covered section of the theater and so we settled for a bench in the right center area. We did have an umbrella and kept "sort-of" dry during the 30 minute wait for the show to begin. As always, it was a great show with lots of good music. He did a Johnny Cash song and a brief impersonation of Mick Jagger in addition to many of his top hits from the 60s. He is a great entertainer whose voice has not lost a lot with time. He is also the same age as me.
The rain was steady thruout the program and Peter even ran over about 5 minutes to the delight of everyone there. It was a great show.
Since the rain never let up and even had periods of heavier donwpour, we were pretty well soaked in spite of the umbrella and decided that we'd had enough adventure for the day. We are now getting dry back at OKW. The forecast is for rain overnite and into the day tomorrow. Hopefully it will stop by the time our family arrives tomorrow.
Tomorrow we plan to move to the GV, take the grandkids for a swim when they arrive, get groceries and will probably take a ride to the monorail resorts in the evening before getting everyone ready for the MK on Sunday.
