Beard Family Trips & Vacations

Florida from January 12th to 18th, 2008

The trip involved a business trip to Cocoa, FL from January 15-18, 2008.  I added a side trip to DisneyWorld beforehand.   It turned out that the Disney Marathon was ran on January 13th and I ended up seeing portions of it while at EPCOT.

January 12 (Saturday) - Houston, TX and Orlando, FL

• fly from Houston, TX to Orlando, FL on Southwest Airlines Flight 0405, which left Houston at 8:45 AM and arrived in Orlando at 11:55 AM.
• used the Disney's Magical Express bus service from Orlando International Airport to Disney's Pop Century Resort at DisneyWorld
  • Pictures of Disney's Pop Century Resort
• checked into the hotel (room 7401)
  • Prepaid room for 3 nights at $339.75 through TripRes.com due to difficulty of getting rooms at time reservations were made
  • Not happy with TripRes.  I had to contact them several times to make the arrangements for Disney's Magical Express bus service.  I never did get the luggage tags.
• went to Downtown Disney
  • ate an early supper at Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant for $30.33
    • Shepherd's Pie
    • Murphy's Red Draft
  • saw the movie Bucket List at the AMC theater
  • did some shopping at the various stores

Map of DisneyWorld

Marathon Brochure

January 13 (Sunday) and January 14 (Monday) - DisneyWorld

• ate lunch at U.K. Rose and Crown (EPCOT - United Kingdom Pavilion) on the 13th for $27.02
  • Ploughman's Salad
  • Apple Crumble
• ate supper at Columbia Harbour House (Magic Kingdom - Liberty Square) on the 13th for $9.89
  • Chicken strips
  • French Fries
• ate lunch at San Angel Inn (EPCOT - Mexico Pavilion) on the 14th for $27.36
  • Carne Asada Tampi
• ate supper at Hollywood Brown Derby (Hollywood Studios) on the 14th for $65.85
  • Filet Mignon
  • Crème Brule
  • Disney specialty wine - Fairy Tale Cuvee (bottled by Iron Horse)

January 15 (Tuesday) - drive from Orlando to Cocoa

• used the Disney's Magical Express bus service from Disney's Pop Century Resort at DisneyWorld to Orlando International Airport
• picked up a car at National Car Rental
• drove to Cocoa, FL
• meetings rest of day
• checked into Country Inn & Suites, 9009 Astronaut Blvd.
  • free breakfast
• ate supper at Fishlips Waterfront Bar & Grill, 610 Glen Cheek Dr., Port Canaveral for $18.24
  • French Dip Sandwich
  • Amber Bock
  • Kona Beer

January 16 (Wednesday) - Cocoa

• meetings all day
• ate lunch at Wendy's
  • Junior Bacon Cheeseburger
  • French Fries
• ate supper at The Italian Courtyard, 350 W. Cocoa Beach Cswy., Cocoa Beach for $19.84
  • Parmesan Chicken
  • Beck's Dark

January 17 (Thursday) - Cocoa and Titusville

• meetings all day
• lunch at Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q, 2900 Cheney Highway, Titusville for $7.41
  • Pulled Pork Sandwich
  • French Fries
• supper at Corky Belle's Seafood, 4885 N. Cocoa Blvd., Cocoa for $25.19
  • sampler platter
  • Amber Bock

January 18 (Friday) - Cocoa, FL; Orlando, FL; Houston, TX

• fly from Orlando, FL to Houston, TX on Southwest Airlines flight 42 , which left Orlando late at 2:35 PM and arrived Houston late at 4:05 PM (original schedule was 2:15 PM and 3:55 PM)

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