After heading back from Epcot, the boys were begging us to let them go for another quick swim. DH wanted to take a quick nap so I offered to bring the boys down and he could catch up with us later on. He must of grabbed the camera because here is a picture of us in the computer pool-
After our swim, we changed and headed down to the bus stop to catch a bus to DTD for some dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express and some shopping!!!!I love to shop!! DH and the boys not so much.
So as we stepped into the line for DTD, we noticed a few irritated people at the very front of the line. Apparently they had been waiting for a bus to DTD for awhile. So again, we waited...and waited (see the theme again.
) We had probably waited for about a half hour and remember they had been there waiting longer than us. Finally a bus pulled up for Animal Kingdom (I believe that's the stop next to the DTD bus stop) Anyways, one of the guys who was waiting at the front of the line went over to the AK bus and asked if there was any way they could send a bus for DTD because we had all been waiting awhile-- I heard a couple near us call up one of the restaurants that they had an ADR for to see if there was anyway they could get a later time because they had already missed their reservation. Finally, a bus showed up and there was literally applause from everyone!! To be clear, this was just one incident at Pop. Overall during our stay bus service was great with this exception, we never had to wait for a bus. So I guess it was just one of those things.......
When we arrived the first thing that we wanted to do was get something to eat. It was around 6:00pm at this time so we made our way over to Wolfgang Puck Express. I was so looking forward to trying this place!! I had heard such great things about it before we left. The first thing I noticed when we walked inside was how empty it was. I think that there was only one other couple and a family sitting inside. DH and I ordered the spaghetti and meatballs and the boys got pizza. We all wanted a brownie but all they had was cookies. We got our drinks and found a table. A server came by right away and welcomed us and then before you know it we had our salads and then soon after, spaghetti for us and pizza for the boys. Everything was so good!! The boys loved their pizza and ate it all right up!!
DH declared this the best meal of the trip!! So with our bellies full we made our way out to begin shopping!!
We decided to head right to World of Disney!! I love this store--there is so much to choose from--almost too much!! But it's always so busy when we come here. Which sometimes makes it hard to find what you are looking for. But we ended up with some great purchases!! I got a t-shirt for myself, a bracelet that said "Nothing is impossible, if you believe", a photo album to hold all our pictures from the trip. (unfortunately it only holds 200 so I had to go out and buy a couple more plain ones when we got home). DH got some pajama pants, a hat, mickey ears for our car antenna, and key chain. DS6 got a stuffed Mickey (and informed me the other day that Mickey is getting really lonely for his Disney friends so he plans to buy a stuffed Goofy when we go back to keep him company.) That boy--he's too cute
Anyways, he also got a Peter Pan and Aladdin play set. DS9 had already spent a lot of his money when we were in Epcot in Japan. (if you remember earlier in the trip, how I said he loves Pokemon--well I finally gave in and even though we were in Disney and I wanted to him to get Disney souvenirs-I decided to just let it go. I think he ended up with a Disney journal,some tattoos and a pen and pencil. Despite how busy it was, I think we managed to get alot of shopping accomplished
Here is a picture of the outside of the World of Disney--
We decided to head over to the
Lego store after our successful shopping trip. We watched and let the boys play a little while with the legos out front. As you can see, I didn't get many pictures at DTD--but I never seem to. I guess I'm so busy shopping and looking for the right item that I forget to pull out the camera. First the WS earlier in the afternoon and now DTD--what is going on???.
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Oh well... but I did remember to grab a quick picture of the boys.
So now we were off to check out the new T-REX. Since we didn't have ADR but we wanted to check out the inside of the place. We decided to go in and let the boys make a dinosaur in Build-a-Dino. They had a great time!! But......now we had to carry these dinosaur houses back on the bus with us to Pop. I suppose we could have thrown the boxes away and just took out the dinosaurs.
But the boys would hear nothing of it. No way!! They wanted to keep the houses!!! So armed with our Dinosaur houses we made our way back to Goofy's Candy shop so the boys could use some of there snack credits on some goodies. Last year they decided to get cookies and they added everything you can think of to those poor cookies. They were so sweet!! That after a few bites they wouldn't eat anymore. So this year I suggested that maybe they just get some pretzel rods and only add one or two things so ummm.......well maybe they would eat them this year.
I know.....I'm no fun!!
But it worked--when we got back to the room each actually ate a couple pretzel rods. I was very impressed!!!
So, we made it back to the room juggling all our stuff and then headed back to the food court to refill our mugs. I was very sad because I was all set to get my Frozen Coke again (I think I had either the first or the second night and it was so good and refreshing.) But the machines had been removed..what???
and in there place was tea???? Now, I like tea but I was really looking forward to my Frozen Coke--ugh....settled on the tea and made our way back to our room.
Here is a picture of DS and some of the dino houses we lugged back from DTD.
If you remember from earlier--we were able to see the Epcot fireworks from our room on the 4th floor. They were very far away and the view wasn't as good as they are from the 50's section. But we thought it was really cool to go out on the balcony every night and watch them, after a long day at the parks.
Well, or at least I thought it was cool.
The boys were entertained for the first two nights but by this time in the trip, when I asked them if they wanted to come outside and watch them with me. DS9 said no, that he would prefer to play his Nintendo DS and DS6 was too busy playing with his playsets to even notice that I had asked.
So out I went alone and had a nice conversation with another guest who was staying a few rooms down from us. Apparently it was their nightly ritual too. (while the family waited inside the room
) Here are a few of the pictures I got again--Now, I'm kicking myself because I should have tried to get some closer shots but just getting them to come out not so blurry was a challenge for me.
A picture of DS peeking through the window--
Well after the fireworks, we watched a bit of TV and then decided to go to bed early to get ready for our early breakfast at Chef Mickey's
We were all very excited!! We love this place!! Another great day at Disney!!! Next day was Day 5 and DHS!!!
Next up----A Chef Mickey's breakfast--wave those napkins!!!!
But I didn't let it ruin the rest of our day and it was a lesson learned.
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Can't wait to get back!
I find that I never take many pictures of Downtown Disney. I vow I will do it this year though.
