Monday, March 19
With being out at MK late and also traveling yesterday, it was decided that this would be a slow morning. Get up at your own pace to make sure you got your rest and not ruin the rest of the day, or trip, type of morning.
Yes, it was our studios day, and I know what happens to your chances of getting FP for TSM if youre not there at either rope drop or at the least, before noon. But, we were trying to be smart....trying....really, honestly....
I was able to sleep all the way till.......7:00.
Yup, full night rest for me!!!
This is where Billie and I disagree about how to vacation....especially at DIsney. She is a sleep in and just go with the flow and if we get to it....great. If not...oh well.
To me, there is no, none, nada sleeping in till whatever time you decide to get up.....its Disney....not the Lake house we visit with our friends, or a bed and breakfast where there isnt a ton to do. It's Disney...the I've only been planning the next trip for the past 4 years, Disney!! I dont like sleeping in generally speaking anyway. It has its time and place....and to me, its not Disney.
OK...sorry....Im good now....
So, Im up at 7. Go get my mug full of hot chocolate, and go sit on the balcony....
...and just watched the boats come in for the people heading to MK. Probably for CP breakfast since this wasnt a EMH morning and watch them get the pool area ready for the day.
LG, who is also a early riser and miss go-go-go with me at Disney, wakes up not too shortly after me and her and I go to Contempo to eat some breakfast.
Tell Billie where we were going, in case she wakes up while we are gone (and to also maybe start the process of getting her up too
) Ask her if she wants us to bring anything back for her and Chance.(BTW, Ive decided to stop calling him CM for the report since it might be confusing with the other Disney CM abbreviations...LG however is actually the nickname we call her).
LG with her Mickey waffle
I had some sort of a breakfast platter. It was good, but the Mickey waffle looked much better. And this was our first time using the kiosks to order. It was a little challenging at first, but we got used to it.
So, we orderd 2 more Mickey waffles to go for the late risers in the fam and head back to surprisingly see that Billie is up and around, but Chance is stil very much out cold...
It really wasnt too bad having some time to get settled. We hadnt unpacked yet and we took some time to get everything in its place while Chance still slept. He finally came to and got up and going somewhat around 9:30ish and down to the bus stop shortly after.
THis was a little different for us here at CR bus stop. There was only one, instead of a Epcot line, Studios line, etc...You just sat down and waited for your bus to come and hope that everyone with you wasnt all going to the same place. And once we started to think about it, there really was only 2 options for the bus. Studios and AK since you take the monorail to the other 2...duh.
Waiting at th bus stop...
This is where it became apparent that Chance didnt get his full rest. He is usually a grumpy riser anyways, but if he is still tired, he is not shy about being a grouch.
When we got the Studios, I took our tickets to get FPs for TSM while they went to get in line for the Voyage of the Little Mermaid.
The time actually worked out fairly well as we had ADR at Sci-Fi at 5:30.
They were not too far into the line here
and we waited for maybe about 10-15 minutes for this to start. But, this is where Chance became very grouchy. Standing in the big waiting room, he just didnt like it and his answer for everything was a very lovely and fun..."no"
Didnt want to watch Ariel, didnt want to do Disney Junior....yada yada yada, you get the picture.
Well, the only thing we could tell him at this moment was ....tough.
He was actually pretty good and enjoyed himself so we thought we had turned a corner, but he "no's" quickly came back when it was time to leave Ariel, which we all seemed to like quite well.
We then headed over to
hoping to salvage some fun with Chance.
Last time we were here, I sat in the back while Chance slept in my arms....
We were able to get in and get fairly up close on the left side, which here....isnt necessarily a good thing.
At least we finally saw Goofy...
My girls
and Chance being grumpy pants...
This can be so fun, we loved it and Chance perked up every now and then. Epsecially with the bubbles and gold coins they shoot out too.
Stopped for a quick drink and it was off to the Animation Academy.
LG was really excited to this. She loves to draw and was ready to try a Disney character. I was less than excited to draw something, but would try since she would like this so much.
Bill took Chance to look at some gift shops as she didnt think he'd be to cooperative with this, and shes probably right.
LG and I get there just as the show with Mulan is getting ready to start, otherwise, I dont think we would of done it.
It was cute, and LG loved it. While we were in there, I kept getting texts from Bill asking me where we were and wha not. I told her where, but said it was like a litltle show, etc. Then she tried to call and I texted her back couldnt talk.
When LG left the theater to go find out what was going on, apparently Chance had a meltdown in line to meet Mr. and Mrs. Incredible. Sounds like he saw them, they got in line and when they got about 4 people away...he freaked and started crying...so we found them sitting in the Animation acadmeny wait area. He was better, and a little embarassed.
While sitting there, it was time for the next class, so went in. We decided to sit in the vary back and let Chance just sit behind us and play with the cars that he brought, while the rest of us drew. This was about LG and not him being mad, I didnt want him to ruin that for her.
The artist introduced herself and told us which characters she drew and aksed if anyone had drawn any of those before and we start to narrow it down to a couple of choices....Dopey or Flynn Rider??!!
Ok, Im all for trying Dopey but not Flynn Rider, but maybe it would be fitting with the TR title and all.
We take a vote and its tied. She then asks for a coin to break the tie....Dopey it is...
I really didnt care, but LG did NOT want to try Flynn Rider, she looked really disappointed when they brought his name up. I guess she tought it would be too hard??
Anyway, time to draw Dopey!!
And now, our works of art....
First LG...
Then Billie's...
...to her defense, Chance did distract her when we were doing the hat part.
And mine...
It really was fun and we wanted to try and come back again....would we??
If you havent done this, you should try...it was a blast and the artist does a really good job of walking you through it.
The only bad thing was now we had these big pieces of paper to carry around the rest of the day and hopefully not ruin them....
We decided to grab a quick snack to see if that would help Chance loosen up a little and then head over to Indiana Jones....judging by my Lines app, it was about to start in about 20 minutes.
(BTW, used both the lines and Disney magic app on my iPhone and loved using both of them!!)
LG and her snack at Indiana Jones
Now, Billie loves Indiana Jones....loves, loves, loves....
She was able to go with a friend and her family before we were married and wasnt able to to do this, and last time we didnt either. So Momma really wanted to see it this time....I so did I.
It didnt disappoint and Chance did much better after the snack and was back to himself with asking a MILLION questions about the stunts and what not. If you were around us, I'm sorry for all the talking we were doing. But, what a great show. I didn try to be picked for anything, but will try next time since I get what they have to do now.
LG wanted to try Star Tours and Billie does NOT do motion sim rides very well at all. Chance was doing a little better, but it was HOT today with very little shade. As we were walking along, we stumbled into the fact the parade was getting read to start in about 10 minutes. SO we decided to stay and watch it, after it got delayed for about another 10 minutes. At one point, the shade did roll by quickly and it was a nice welcome relief.
While waiting we did see these....and Chance loves balloons
We didnt buy one for him, and this just seemed to be it for him for the day. He was tired, hot, hungry(snack didnt hold him over long), and he no balloon thing was the last straw. He told us he wanted to go home...not just back to the hotel...HOME. All the way back to Iowa.
And I knew it was my fault...too much too soon. Needed to be a little more considerate to him. Pushed too much and it was only day 1....
Billie agrees to take him back and let him rest and eat. LG and I were going to stay and eat at Sci-Fi....more guilt....
They left right after the parade was over and I did my best to make sure LG had a good time after making sure Bill and Chance got back ok....
Dont you just love it when your spouse....is right....
How'd the rest of the day go??
Would that be the low point of the trip, or just some foreshadowing of things to come??
I KNEW IT!!!
At least we will have something new and exciting to look forward to for next year. 
, but worth it not to stand in the meet and greet lines at the parks for those autographs. 
I just started reading your trip report and have to say I'm so sorry your wallet got stolen the day before your trip. I think you handled it well and stayed calm. I fear I would have been freaking out. 
(For those who don't know -- my DH does NOT like WDW, but this year, smiled and twirled his napkin, got the kids involved and had an AMAZING time at CM's.)
