Magic Kingdom cont.
***I was just reminded that at some point before lunch,
we decided to ride Small World again,
Mom's favorite,
and as we were heading there, we paused by Peter Pan to see the wait time.
Since it was too long, we continued on our way...
all of us, except Princess K,
who was officially LOST!!!
She remembered to stay in one spot, though,
and a mom asked her if she was lost,
and summoned a Cast Member.
K was able to tell her own name and age, who she was with,
what they were wearing, and where they were heading,
and the Cast Member saw us there, and brought her over.
We thought that was pretty good for a four year old!
It wasn't scary for us, because we didn't know she was lost!
But K had a good cry.
The Cast Member allowed her to pick a pin off her lanyard, and, because she was looking longingly also, allowed Bitsy to pick one too.
[I've been reviewing WDW safety with them this week,
and told them getting lost just to get another pin is NOT happening. LOL]***
After Crystal Palace, we found ourselves in Adventureland.
Over by Aloha Isle (the Dole Whip place), we found these cave drawings carved near a bench.
My kids call it Curtis was here, a nod to their now cancelled favorite show, Phil of the Future, which featured Curtis, the caveman.
Curtis (found this pic on Google)
Curtis was here:
Dangerboy decided he wanted to see the Swiss Family Tree,
so John took him.
While we were waiting, we heard a rumor that Jack Sparrow was in port next to the Aloha Isle.
We decided to check it out.
I don't think this meet and greet still exists, but it was really cool.
There was all kinds of pirate stuff in the waiting area,
then you were ushered back in small groups to a curtained off room,
where Jack was in residence.
Meet and Greet Jack Sparrow
Jack telling DisneyGirl to stay where he can see her, because he didnt trust her:
As we were leaving, I said "Thanks, Jack. Oh, excuse me...CAPTAIN JACK!"
And as the door was closing, the Inquisitor pipes up:
"We call the MONKEY Jack!"
We met up with John, and headed to Frontierland.
Princess K decided she was big and brave enough to ride Big Thunder Mtn.,
but when we got there it was closed due to an unknown reason. Hmmmmm...
So, John and the big kids decided to go on Splash Mtn. again.
So the rest of us hung out at the Splash Mtn. play area, which rocks, because its covered!
Playing at the Splash Mountain play area
We then made another trip to the Christmas Shoppe,
which was ill timed, because Mom bought ornaments for all of her 11 grandchildren,
and had to haul them around all day since we were leaving the next day and
couldnt ship them to the resort.
Word to the wise
buy ornaments early in the week.
Ye Old Christmas Shoppe
After this we rode Pirates of C, and made mom hide her ornaments in the parked stroller,
because we wouldn't let her haul them on the ride.
Then, it was time to head home.
"Marching down the Main Street, heading for the exit, everybodys going there, la-la-la-la-la. "
Princess K's new friend:
We spent a little time in the Exhibition hall
because we HAD time to do it.
It's so cold and quiet in there.
We've actually seen people taking a nap in there! LOL
Being in a movie
As we prepared to leave, I looked around me, gave a big sigh,
and realized that my big, luxurious, long vacation dream had come true
there was not ONE single thing that I still wanted to do at WDW.
We had seen and done everything on our list.
Mission complete, we headed back to the hotel, to pack up, and prepare for our trip back to Michigan.
So that's it. Finished in time to start a pre-trip for TEN DAYS FROM NOW!!!
Our other big news?
We're expecting baby #8 in January.
We'll have an ultrasound the day after returning from WDW,
so we won't be buying blue or pink ears while there,
but we're very excited!
Off to start a pre-trip. I'll post the link here, and in my siggy when I get it started.
Thanks all for being faithful readers!
Can't wait to read more.
Glad to hear it worked well for you! 
Some might think you are striving for perfection but having met your oldest daughter I know that you achieved that the first time out of the bat and are just on a winning streak.
We won't have tickets, but between that and DTD I think we'll be ok. I guess we still have time to plan! Thanks again (and I'm really not trying to hijack your TR!!)
