The Mickey Wake Up Call was set for 9 a.m. The girls had Big Plans to attend the Princess Gathering in the Lobby Atrium at 10 a.m. The phone rang and I picked up to an over zealous voice. I immediately hung up. The second wake up call arrived and I repeated it with another hang up. I immediately fell back asleep. I sat bolt upright from sleep sensing I was late for something. It was 9:45 a.m. I immediately jumped in the shower and woke the girl's to get dressed in their princess dresses. We arrived at the end of the line waiting for pictures, just before 10:30. They closed the line seconds after we arrived!
The girls had pictures with Cinderella, Belle and Snow White. DD2 was in awe the whole time. She loved being dressed as a Princess too. She kept looking at her dress and saying, " I Cinderella !" We went back to our room after meeting the Princesses. The girls changed into regular clothes. The kids decided to go to the Mickey 200 starting in the Promenade Lounge at 11:15. I brought the kids over to register while DH got dressed. He said he would meet us when he finished. DS2 had the honor of picking our team name and he decided on, The Goofy Team. We found a table, and our supplies were delivered. We set to work on an elaborate design of a race car made out of a Potato and Carrot. DH showed up and laughed at all or hardwork. He disassembled our masterpiece and set to work on a simple car that worked, but was quite Boring. When it was our team's turn to race we cheered loud but lost. It was a close race, but we lost to another, faster Potato!
After the Mickey 200 I got in line for The Captain's Signing at Treasure Ketch that was starting at 12:00. While I stood in line, DH went back to our room to get our Ship replica and Panama Canal Lithograph that I wanted to have signed. We got in line at the perfect time as there was only a couple people ahead of us. The line quickly grew though! After the Captain signed our memorabilia, we decided to go to Lumiere's for Brunch at 12:30. We were Starving! Our meal here (and waiter) this time was better than our first breakfast, and we were glad we gave it another shot.
After Brunch, we went back to our room to change for the Pool. We found some loungers to relax and the kids swam. They hit Goofy's Galley for some icecream and then swam some more. DH had plans for the Beer Tasting at 3 p.m. and DD1 had an appointment to get her hair braided at 3 p.m. as well. DH took off and I brought DD1 to get her hair braided. DS1 and DS2 played Ping Pong and DD2 chased the foul balls. I sat in a chair between them in full sun and ordered the drink of the Day. The Drink of the Day was Deep Blue Sea and it was 2 for the price of 1. I took one and told the CM to bring by another one later. It was quite relaxing!! DD2 was in awe of DD1 and her braids. She wanted braids too. I was a little hesitant because it can hurt and she has trouble sitting still. I made her an appointment anyways for 4:30 and said we would give it a whirl. DD2 SURPRISED me! She sat still, said Ouch quietly to herself only a couple times, and kept repeating, " I look like Cinderella!" DD2 did better than DD1 with the whole experience! DS1 and DS2 went to the Hot tub at the Goofy Pool for a little while while DD2 had her hair braided and grabbed some Pizza at Pinocchio's Pizzeria. DD1 stayed with DD2 to watch her hair being braided. DH came back from his Beer tasting and took the boys back to the room. When DD2 was done with her hair braiding, we went back to the room to change for Dinner. After getting dressed we went to see The Comedy and Hypnosis of Ricky Kalmon at 6:15 p.m. He was funny and the kids enjoyed it as well. After the show, we went to Rockin' Bar D, for the game show, Think You Know Your Family. DS1's # was called and he pcked DH to go with him on stage to play. The only question that DH got wrong was, What is DS1's favorite Disney Character? He said Mickey Mouse but it is really Chip and Dale. They ended up winning anyways! (Tied with Team #3) Their prize was only
DCL Winner Hat's, but they had a BLAST doing it and it was FUN to watch. After leaving the game show, the kids had pictures done with Captain MIckey and MInnie and then we went to the Show Dinner at Animator's Palate. The Show dinner was still beautiful even though we have seen it on two other cruise. The restauraunt is just boring without the color change! DD2 was mesmerized by the whole thing. Of course she was thrilled by the surprise ending!!!
After dinner, we brought the kids back to the room to change into their PJ 's for the Coast to Coast Camp Out. We dropped DS2 and DD1 off at their clubs after standing in the HUGE LINES to do so. DS1 chickened out and refused to go. You had to reserve your tickets ahead of time because only a limited # allowed. I let the lab know he would not be using his ticket in case they had a child on the waiting list waiting for the chance to go. Within an hour of being back at our stateroom, we got a page from DD1. She chickened out as well !!
DS2 made it the whole night and had a BLAST!! We spent the rest of the evening doing some laundry and getting DD2 to bed.
And your family is just so sweet and precious, glad you got to make such special memories with them.
Now, he doesn't jog at home so why start on vacation? After his morning jog he stopped at the kids club to pick up DS2. The campout had an 8 a.m. deadline to pick up your kids the next morning. DS2 was happily eating a bagel with cream cheese and had no desire to rejoin his family. DH and DS2 came back to the room to wake everyone up to get ready for our Character Breakfast, scheduled at 9:45 a.m. at Parrot Cay. We managed to be ready early....I know SHOCKING! There is a first time for everybody! So because we were early we had some time to kill to get pictures with Lilo before breakfast. The character breakfast was pretty good. DD2 was beyond thrilled with all the characters. The characters took forever to come around and we ended up missing pictures with Goofy. We had to leave to drop DD2 off at Flounders because we decided to bring the older 3 kids to the Panama Canal Presentation open to families at the Walt Disney Theatre at 11:00 a.m. We wanted to get good seats, so DH dropped off DD2, while the rest of us found seats. Captain Ken Puckett was a great speaker and everyone found the presentation interesting. Afterwards, we waited in line to have pictures with him at Preludes. He was great with the kids, and gave each of them a pin of the Panama Flag. We left to pick up DD2 at Flounders. She was eating lunch and Happy. We then went back to the room to change for the pool. We went up to the Mickey Pool, and found 3 front row loungers. It was a BEAUTIFUL,warm, Sunny day. We decided to enjoy lunch poolside. DH, DS1, and myself brought something from Topsiders back to the pool and DS2 and DD1 had Pluto's. Around 2:30, we headed back to the room to get the girls changed into their princess dresses for The Princess Party being held at Lumieres at 3 p.m. The boys did not want to join us. They stayed in the room to watch the Little League World Series and DH took a nap. They also made an icecream and chocolate chip cookie run up to deck 9. The Princess Party was really well done. As you walked into Lumieres they announce Princess or Prince..... and gave the Princesses a sash and the prince's a crown. You sat at a table and little sandwiches and desserts were served. Belle taught the kids to curtsy, wave and dance. Many other princesses joined in, and there were photo opportunities for all as they made their way around the room to each table. The princesses seemed to love DD2,( probably her young age) and the fact that she was wide eyed with her mouth hanging open in awe the whole time. They gave her TONS of attention and she was eating it up!!
