DisneyWorld Day One-The Arrival

Shauna and I arrived at the airport. The car rental guys hassled us for a while about our car and insurance. Finally we got our car- a Crown Victoria. It was huge. The picture doesn't do it justice. We jumped in the car and headed to Merritt Island to the beach using one of those tourist maps that show the three biggest roads and isn't in scale.

The beach was beautiful and relaxing.

I had to call my sis-in-law and have her give us directions to our hotel.

We had a great hotel with two themed swimming areas and a lap pool and a few hot tubs.

This didn't happen our first day, but here's our crazy car story: Our last night, we stopped to fill up the tank. The gas cap said E-85 Gasoline. In Colorado we have pumps specifically for E-85. We stopped at gas station after gas station searching for an E-85. I even asked the attendant if he knew where one was. His response: "What's that?"
me: "Ethanol gas."
him: "I don't know what your talking about."
Everyone in the gas station looked at me like I was from outer space. I left.

So my sister calls the car rental place to see if you can put regular gas in an E-85 tank. We figured you could, but wanted to make sure. The conversation went something like this:

Shauna: Our rental car says to put in E-85 gasoline, can we put normal gas in it?
Rental Car Guy (angry b/c he is tired of dealing with people all day): You put normal gas in a diesel car!
S: No. We haven't put any gas in yet. We have a crown victoria. It says to put E-85 in it. We can't find an E-85 pump.
RCG: Put what in? Where does it say that?
S: On the gas cap.
RCG (getting impatient): Look, there's only three kinds of gas other than diesel. Regular, Mid-Grade, and Premium. You have to put in one of those.
S (also getting impatient): In Colorado we have pumps specifically for E-85. It's Ethanol gas. You know made out of corn.
RCG (angry at stupid girl who thinks gas is made of corn): I don't know what you're talking about. Put in regular.

Aargh! That's all we wanted to know.
Lesson: Just because every gas pump in the country has a sticker slapped on it that says "Contains less than 10% Ethanol", don't assume people know what it is. And more usefully: Engines made for ethanol gas can also take normal gas.