After a quick freshening up at POR, we boarded the boat to Downtown Disney once again.
It was approximately 6:30, but we had eaten a late lunch so no one was starving. We decided to do some shopping before we ate dinner. The first store we visited was the Christmas shop, not sure of the actual name, but it is FILLED with all things Disney for Christmas. If I were a rich woman, I would have bought MANY, MANY things here!
Christmas and
Disney are my two FAVORITE things!! Put them together and I am way happy!
BUT...Im
not a rich woman and therefore walked out with visions of a Disney Christmas dancing in my head, but my hands empty. **sigh**
We exited the back of the store and stumbled upon a store which did customized T-shirts, but also had scrapbooking supplies. I headed in as I wanted to busy some 2009 Disney stickers for my scrapbook. Again...could have spent WAY too much money in here, but walked out with only a 2009 scrapbook kit with paper, stickers, and 2009 die cuts. YAY!
The boys had been itching to hit the big Pin Trading store so we headed there next. They browsed pins and talked trading with the CMs while I took some cute pictures of Jonah.
We spent
A LOT of time in the pin store and now we ARE starving! Jeff and I knew exactly where we wanted to eat so we headed to Wolfgang Puck Express. We had eaten at the TS restaurant on our 2007 trip and it was our favorite meal of the vacation, so we were excited about this one.
Apparently everyone else was too as there was a line out the door!
YIKES! Oh well, we stood in line and looked at the menus posted outside while we waited. Dan decided he was not hungry so he asked if he could go look in the World of Disney while we ate. He had his cell, so we agreed to let him go. Traveling with a 14 year old is very different than traveling with younger kids. Its tough to adjust to and I admit Im still working on it! We did not give him the run of DTD, but did let out the leash a bit and let him spread his wings. At least as far as WOD!
It was finally our turn to order! YUMM! Both Jeff and I had gone back and forth on what we wanted to eat, but finally decided to get two different things and share so we could both try something new. I ordered a chicken pasta alfredo dish and Jeff ordered the Italian Sausage and Roasted Red Pepper wood-fired pizza. The boys both got chicken fingers.
The food did not disappoint! The only thing I found disappointing was the wrapped brownies we got for dessert. We ate out on the patio and enjoyed a very relaxing meal. Not something that can always be said about a counter service experience. I would definitely eat at WPE again!
We spent a little more time strolling through the shops and I got some cute pictures of the boys. Before boarding the boat back to POR, we went to Goofys Candy Company again. Dan got himself some of the dipped pretzel rods, Jeff got a GIANT rice krispy treat, and the two younger boys got slushies again. I was still full from dinner so passed on snack!
The boat ride was very pleasant and I got a few pictures of DTD at night. The Characters in Flight balloon was up in the air and was all lit up. Very pretty. Unfortunately, the pics don't do it justice. We had great conversation with a few other guests on the boat mostly about pin trading. Those lanyards really are great conversation starters.
Isaiah wasn't in the mood for conversation!
It was probably about 10:00 by the time we got home and we had 7:50 ADRs at Ohana the next morning, so we all hit the sheets. Our first MK day tomorrow! Woo-Hoo!!!
Is there a reason they bother him so much?? 
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I'm sticking to it, though. When I write my first TR, I'll let you know how that goes!
