Our plan after riding Splash was to begin heading toward Tomorrowland, since I wanted to go to the Noodle Station for lunch. So our next stop was Pirates of the Caribbean. We still argue about whether the accent is over the i or over the e. My kids have definite opinions, but I just dont know. They both sound right to me. Anyway, I tried to take some no-flash pictures in here, but theyre just too blurry. Sorry. We exited the ride and tried to run the gauntlet known as the gift shop. Didnt make it. Lauren had seen a girl at Downtown Disney the day before with a necklace that had a medallion from the POTC movie, an Aztec gold coin, and wanted to find one. While we looked for that I knew it was just a matter of time before James found a toy sword. Hes a big sword nut.
Swords or light sabers. Hes got several of them and our garage is littered with sticks that have become imaginary swords that Im not allowed to throw out. Eventually the girls each settled on a medallion necklace to get, and James, right on cue, had selected a toy sword. We bought them in hopes that that would be about it for the souvenirs.
After we paid my phone rang. It was the Garden Grocer delivery person. Our order wasnt scheduled to be delivered until 5pm, but he was going to be making another delivery to the Animal Kingdom Lodge at 3, so would I mind if they delivered it early? I said, Sure!
So then we made our way across the hub to the Noodle Station. We got in line and, wait
where are the egg rolls? Wheres the lo mein? And where is the sushi?
Apparently the lunch menu is just American fare, hamburgers and wraps and stuff. I must have said something like wheres the sushi? out loud because the guy in front of me in line said, I know, I made the same mistake. I came here for Asian food too. Well, we were here now. The rest of the family gave me their food orders and went to find a table while Lauren waited with me to help me bring the food back. Judy wanted a turkey wrap, while the kids wanted hamburgers. Well, James wanted a cheeseburger, but the girls detest cheese on their burgers, so just hamburgers. I figured thered be plenty of food, so I would just eat the extras. We got to the cashier and when I ordered the hamburgers she said, are they allergic to cheese, because I can only do cheeseburgers, unless theyre allergic. So, with just a minimal pause I replied, yes, theyre allergic.
Lauren was shocked that I said that, but I figured hey, if they can do it for an allergy they can do it for someone who doesnt eat cheese on a hamburger. The cashier had to call a manager over because they had just gotten new cash registers and she didnt know how to request no cheese. They looked over all of the buttons and whattayaknow, there was one for hamburger.
We brought the food to the table and Judy said, this wrap is huge, do you want half of it? Okay, sure. Thats what I figured. And I got half of James hamburger and plenty of fries.
We left the Noodle Station and went into the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor. It was our first time to see that show and we really enjoyed it. One woman in the audience they called on was really ditzy. The monster asked her to think of a number between 1 and 50, and she immediately blurted out the number she was thinking of. The audience laughed and the monster said, Okay, lets try it again. So, she immediately blurted out another number.
He said, Youve really never done this before, have you? Okay, lets switch it around, Ill think of a number and you guess it. I dont even remember where he went with it after that, we just couldnt believe this woman didnt know what think of a number meant.
James wanted to ride Buzz Lightyear, his favorite ride from our last visit a few years back, so we decided to make an exit strategy: get fastpasses to Buzz, use our fastpasses on BTMRR, get dole whips, ride Buzz, and get outta here. So thats what we did. Here are some pictures along the way.
A few pictures from our second ride on BTMRR.
And just to show you that its not always easy to take pictures while riding a rollercoaster, heres one attempt of mine to take a picture of Judy riding in the car behind me.
After I took that one I looked at the screen on the back of my camera, had a good laugh
, and tried again -- this time aiming a little higher.
From there we went to Aloha Isle to get the famous Dole Whips I had read about so much here on the DIS.
We all loved them, and they will probably become a tradition. Judy said, how did we not know about these before?!
Then we used our fastpasses on Buzz. Ever since our last trip, if we ever mention Buzz, James has to brag about how he beat my score. But I had done my research. On another website I had learned about some high-scoring Zs to hit, particularly in the first room. So, when I left the first room my score was already over 100,000! Yes! I looked to the car ahead where James and Judy were, and his score was over 200,000 -- what? So I really went to work on those Zs. By the time we hit the last room I had managed to catch him, but when we exited he had beaten me by a few points. I dont remember the exact scores, or maybe my mind has blanked them out as a defense mechanism. If so, thank you, mind.
On the way out we passed the Move it, Shake it, Celebrate it parade. I took a few pictures as we walked, but I have some better ones later in the week, so will post most of them later in this TR. Heres one of Belle because I remember someone on another TR saying they can never get a good picture of Belle. Its a good one of Belle, but the Beasts face is blocked!
At this point on our way out there was somewhat of a contrast between Judy and the kids. They were walking ahead of us, uninterested in the parade, wanting to get to the resort. Judy, on the other hand, got a little teary-eyed
seeing the parade and from just being in Disney. It had been a good day, and we hadnt even seen our new home resort yet!
In the next installment: Kidani suite pictures, before it gets that lived-in look.
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Terrific HM photos. Your kids are just darling!!!! Looks like a great day.
on your TR. They're way cute.
) and then as the bus filled-up, a woman took the seat next to him. Hell strike up a conversation with anyone, so it was cute to watch him talking with this person he hadnt known before. We could see him talking and were wondering what family secrets he was spilling. 
Yeah, that was the response I'd hoped we'd get!
It seemed huge compared to our room at POR. James just stopped by as I am writing this and he said he felt like he was in a "royal family" to have that suite. He loved all of the artwork. We loved having the kitchen and the washer/dryer. We had bought aluminum foil in our Garden Grocer grocery order, thinking we might need it for leftovers, but there were a couple of unexpected tupper-like containers in the cupboards. I don't know if they were stocked by Disney or were left by someone before us. (By the way, if anyone has any Garden Grocer questions, just let me know.) Judy sells kitchen tools in her direct-selling business, so was missing some of her "gadgets", though the kitchen had most everything we needed. Judy said they need to put a makeup light in the bathroom. We didn't mind the dark decor, but makeup is a whole different story (apparently!). And then one last thing, which I read in someone else's report, but have to completely agree...the toilet in the master bathroom is kind of odd. It seems to be an after-thought. It's just painted brown, with no pictures, decoration, or anything to look at while you're in there. 
