Day 4, Part IV
(This update is short on pictures, but I figure after the last update you might be tired of our faces.)
It was lunchtime, but no one was super hungry. What sounded good? How about some Beach Club gelato?
Everyone liked the sound of that so we used up a few snack credits and had gelato at the Beach Club Marketplace. In case you havent noticed, this had been a relaxing day so far (at least by the Darling family standards.) The kids and DH wanted some action, but it was the middle of the afternoon and super hot. So what do you think we did? We went swimming of course.
This was one of my favorite afternoons at Storm Along Bay. We played in the waterfalls, went down the waterslide (except John), and rented a tube big enough for the whole family to go around the lazy river together. (DH swam and Michael swam in his vest. Wendy, John and I fit easily in a double tube). After all that fun DH and I sat in the two foot water and watched the kids build sandcastles. While we sat there we talked about how much we were loving this vacation and about future Disney plans.
Too soon it was time to end the wonderful afternoon in the pool. It was supposed to be a rest day so I thought a nap before dinner was a good idea.
We went back to the room and everyone laid down and actually went to sleep. It was amazing. We only had about 45 minutes until we had to get up and when I woke everyone up they were not happy campers.
There was tons of grumbling and complaining. I figured what the kids needed to get the blood flowing was a brisk walk. Dinner was at Chef Mickeys so the plan was to walk through Epcot and catch the monorail to the Contemporary. We headed out and everyone was still dragging even by the time we hit Future World. At this point I was thinking maybe the nap wasnt such a great idea.
They were much grumpier than before. We reached the front of Epcot. We hadnt taken any pictures from the front yet this trip (since we always went in the International Gateway). My plan was to get one tonight especially because I had each of us dressed in a different Chef Mickey character shirt. So you know I couldnt pass up the Photopass guy at the front gate. Unfortunately I had mutiny on my hands and the only one I could get in the picture with me was Michael. (And that is mostly because I could carry him into it)
. So these are what I got.
We made it on the monorail for the ride to Epcot and everyone was still grumpy.
The nice couple sitting next to me commented on my lovely family. The gentlemans comment about Wendy was I bet she is beautiful when she smiles.
May sound like a strange compliment, but this is how they looked on the monorail
Not looking too beautiful there is she? Note the shirts and I was wearing Mickey. Clever, isnt it?
At this point I was really thinking about just skipping the whole dinner and heading back to the room to order a pizza or something. This looked like it could turn into a fiasco.
However, DH had told me many times about coming to Disney World as a 12 year old and thinking it was the coolest thing in the world that the train went right into the hotel And that he had always wanted a reason to ride the train into the hotel and get off. In other words, this dinner was pretty much the one and only thing he had requested to do on this entire trip. And doing it would be a true Peter Pan moment for him.
I really thought we should do it, but those were some grumpy kids. So did we eat at Chef Mickeys or just order pizza?
--and what a good deal you got!!
The holding hands on the beach is my favorite too
