A Date in Downtown Disney

So, I know I haven't posted in a while and I'm sorry for that. Time has been going by really fast in the last week, and I have been out more often than usual. Without further ado, here is my update: I managed to catch a summer cold, went Downtown Disney twice and played around enjoying the warm, summer evenings, finished my deployment at the Grand Floridian and must now somehow find time to return my costume, and I've signed up for a bus trip to Miami! Kim and I, a fellow friend form York who is also on the program, met by accident at Cast Connections on one of my days off. We got our groceries and decided to spend the rest of our day together, and so met up again on the bus to Downtown Disney. We had made plans to go see a movie and after much deliberation, decided on the Amazing Spiderman. It was around 8:30pm by the time we actually arrived downtown, and since we had the options of any three showings around 10 o clock, we ventured to seek out Cap'n Jacks, a cheap but cute little seafood restaurant for dinner. Despite it being a Monday evening the wait time was still 5 minutes, so we put our names down and went to play around until it was time to eat. First we went to Ghiradelli's, a delicious chocolate shop where there is always a nice lady standing by the entrance with a basket of free chocolate samples. We quickly learned through observation that if you say "Thank you" to the first sample, she'll hand you another. We went there twice, just for that :P Next we wandered off to Basin, an equally-delicious smelling soap shop of custom, hand-made soaps, soaks, scrubs, and more. As is custom, we washed our hands using the shea scub testers at the provided sinks and once our hands were fragranced and soft went around smelling and admiring all the shop had to offer. We managed to pass half an hour in there, and so by the time we exited the shop realised it was time to head back to Cap'n Jacks. When we got there, the hostess was about to ask us to wait another 15 minutes when a particularly friendly waiter told us he had one of there nicest seats in the house available. Apparently, these seats are so grand because they are situated just in front of a view over the lake that shows the bright lights of the other side of Downtown Disney. It also shows the EPCOT fireworks off in the distance, which we sat down just in time to see. After our spectacular meal of crab cakes and salmon, (at a discounted price thanks to us being Cast Members!) we slowly made our to the AMC theatre and bought tickets for the final showing of Spiderman at 10:55. By the time we had gotten our drinks and sat down in a still-empty theatre, it was only 10:30, so we each raised the arm bar of the seats to either side of us and fashioned a sort of couch to lounger on as we watched the movie. It was on of the most comfortable movies I have ever enjoyed watching. Also, the Amazing Spiderman was not at all disappointing, so I would recommend it to anyone who is still on the fence :) We left the cinema at just after 1am and by the time we made it home, showered, and to bed, it was after three and I fell asleep immediately. The perfect end to another wonderful day.