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- Jul 22, 2014
Wednesday - Part 3
After our snack/break we headed on to complete G's passport. In the UK, I got in line to meet Alice and the boys went to search out the CM with the stamp. Her line was moving very quickly (maybe because there was no photo pass here) and I was concerned they wouldn't make it back but they arrived just in time.
We got Grant's last stamp in Canada and then Grant was very concerned about getting back to his Belle. I suggested we stop and meet Pooh on the way back but no, he only had eyes for the lady in the blue dress. So we went ahead and wandered back to France. Somehow Belle's line was already crazy long. She came out maybe 15 min later and her handler had to immediately close the line a few families behind us. Jon grabbed my another of my beloved Grand Mariner slushes (and a beer for himself) while we waited in line. That officially made her line my favorite haha! This Belle was wonderful, so sweet. Grant told her about eating in her castle earlier in the week, they talked about his favorite rides, all in all an amazing interaction.
We were getting close to dinnertime now so we wandered back towards Germany where we had a Beirgarten ADR. This is a place I remember clearly from my trips as a kid. My dad loves this place, we have a German background and it is a family favorite for sure. Since I have memories of it, I warned the boys we'd be sitting with other families. We kind of got the short straw on that though as we were placed at a table with no other children so I felt I needed to keep G on his best behavior. There was an older couple, who I really think were German (thick accent) with a friend. Their friend sat next to Grant and they were all very kind to him. I dug out his passport and put him to work on putting the correct stickers on the correct pages to keep him occupied (he didn't like the food at all) and the older gentleman seemed fascinated by this. There was a mother and grown daughter on our other side and they weren't interested in socializing much at all. Oh well. Jon and I got beer flights. We both got the one that included the grapefruit beer I had read so much about here and I must say, despite the fact that I hate grapefruit, it was really good! The food was good as well - the buffet backed up like crazy but other than that it went smoothly. Once the show started, Grant was up on stage having a blast.
He loved the instruments and getting to run around (dance) like a crazy kid!
Our plan after dinner was to head back towards the Mexico area and ride the boat ride again. It would be the last time G would get to ride it so he very much wanted to do that. After saying goodbye to his favorite ride we thought we would find a spot to watch illuminations. We had about an hour to go and I pulled up the disney wait times website and it said that though Soarin was posted at 45 min it was really only 25. Well, we thought that sounded good so we quickly headed that way. We stopped to get G some light up ears along the way and then jumped in line.
I don't know if the ride went down at some point or if the website was just really off, but it became clear really quickly that not only was the 25 min time off, it was really off. Suddenly the sites were saying actual time was more like 50 min. Jon and I figured that we would just bail and go watch the fireworks. However, Grant had made friends with a little girl his age right behind us and was having a blast with her. He said he very much wanted to stay in line. We explained we would miss the fireworks but he was too interested in playing with the little girl to care. We got off Soarin about 10 min after the fireworks had started so we just headed to the busses getting a glimpse of Illuminations over our shoulders. This was a big bummer for me, I'd really wanted to see the show. I was starting to feel badly as we had told Grant there were fireworks every night at Disney and he'd only gotten to see them once so far. He seemed ok though - will for sure be better about our planning on future trips.
We caught a bus back to POR and were greeted by some new friends.
Another great day complete!
After our snack/break we headed on to complete G's passport. In the UK, I got in line to meet Alice and the boys went to search out the CM with the stamp. Her line was moving very quickly (maybe because there was no photo pass here) and I was concerned they wouldn't make it back but they arrived just in time.
We got Grant's last stamp in Canada and then Grant was very concerned about getting back to his Belle. I suggested we stop and meet Pooh on the way back but no, he only had eyes for the lady in the blue dress. So we went ahead and wandered back to France. Somehow Belle's line was already crazy long. She came out maybe 15 min later and her handler had to immediately close the line a few families behind us. Jon grabbed my another of my beloved Grand Mariner slushes (and a beer for himself) while we waited in line. That officially made her line my favorite haha! This Belle was wonderful, so sweet. Grant told her about eating in her castle earlier in the week, they talked about his favorite rides, all in all an amazing interaction.
We were getting close to dinnertime now so we wandered back towards Germany where we had a Beirgarten ADR. This is a place I remember clearly from my trips as a kid. My dad loves this place, we have a German background and it is a family favorite for sure. Since I have memories of it, I warned the boys we'd be sitting with other families. We kind of got the short straw on that though as we were placed at a table with no other children so I felt I needed to keep G on his best behavior. There was an older couple, who I really think were German (thick accent) with a friend. Their friend sat next to Grant and they were all very kind to him. I dug out his passport and put him to work on putting the correct stickers on the correct pages to keep him occupied (he didn't like the food at all) and the older gentleman seemed fascinated by this. There was a mother and grown daughter on our other side and they weren't interested in socializing much at all. Oh well. Jon and I got beer flights. We both got the one that included the grapefruit beer I had read so much about here and I must say, despite the fact that I hate grapefruit, it was really good! The food was good as well - the buffet backed up like crazy but other than that it went smoothly. Once the show started, Grant was up on stage having a blast.
He loved the instruments and getting to run around (dance) like a crazy kid!
Our plan after dinner was to head back towards the Mexico area and ride the boat ride again. It would be the last time G would get to ride it so he very much wanted to do that. After saying goodbye to his favorite ride we thought we would find a spot to watch illuminations. We had about an hour to go and I pulled up the disney wait times website and it said that though Soarin was posted at 45 min it was really only 25. Well, we thought that sounded good so we quickly headed that way. We stopped to get G some light up ears along the way and then jumped in line.
I don't know if the ride went down at some point or if the website was just really off, but it became clear really quickly that not only was the 25 min time off, it was really off. Suddenly the sites were saying actual time was more like 50 min. Jon and I figured that we would just bail and go watch the fireworks. However, Grant had made friends with a little girl his age right behind us and was having a blast with her. He said he very much wanted to stay in line. We explained we would miss the fireworks but he was too interested in playing with the little girl to care. We got off Soarin about 10 min after the fireworks had started so we just headed to the busses getting a glimpse of Illuminations over our shoulders. This was a big bummer for me, I'd really wanted to see the show. I was starting to feel badly as we had told Grant there were fireworks every night at Disney and he'd only gotten to see them once so far. He seemed ok though - will for sure be better about our planning on future trips.
We caught a bus back to POR and were greeted by some new friends.
Another great day complete!
