Day 7: Friday October 26th
Ahhh, Friday morning, our sleep in morning! WRONG. We were up at 7:15 am because DS had suddenly started coughing all night long, which kept us up. Oh yes, and he was talking in his sleep. Not the best night of sleep in Disney ever, but we kept moving right along. We got everyone dressed and left Bonnet Creek at 8 am. Where were we headed?
I was pretty excited, since I had only been to the Polynesian once for Catholic mass way back when they still said Mass at Disney resorts. It didn't take too long to drive over there and find a place to park.
We took our time looking around the lobby since we were a little early, snapping those pics and just enjoying the ambiance. What a BEAUTIFUL resort! It's probably my dream resort at the moment, but we will probably never stay there because how can we justify paying that much for a room per night when we can stay at Bonnet Creek for nothing?
Anyway, we headed up to the second floor to check in for our 8:50 am breakfast ADR at 'Ohana! I was REALLY excited about this meal because it was our first time eating there, and I was thrilled at the notion of having the food AND the characters coming to us instead of having to time a trip to the buffet just perfectly to not miss any characters.
We checked in and had our photo taken, but we didn't buy the package. Of course. Does anyone really? It's so expensive and not all that special of a picture! So instead we just had our own mini-photoshoot with our leis on.
I'm not sure where my parents had wandered off to that they weren't able to take a photo of the three of us together, but whatever. We settled down with our pager waiting to be called. But it wasn't just any old pager, not to DS! He was proudly pointing it at us and asking us to say, "Cheese!"
Or, you know, just banging it into the table a little.
It didn't take long before we were called and led to our table. But that was about the only thing besides the characters that went quickly. Service here was S.L.O.W. It took a long time for our server to bring us any juice and I asked her plus two other people about getting a cup of milk for DS before I actually got it. And then it took even longer for them to bring out the bread and fruit and even longer than that before we got our first breakfast platter to share! And every time the server did come by, she would run off before we could ask for anything, and she never asked if there was anything we needed. I don't know if she was just really busy or what, but it was pretty frustrating.
Lilo was the first character to come by, and I think she came before we were even served our main food. The interaction with her was great though, and DS seemed to really enjoy meeting her.
After that they came around with maracas for the kids, and DS got a kick out of shaking that and making some noise! If it's loud, DS is by all means interested in it.
After Lilo came Stitch! He apparently caught Poppi off guard...
Stitch signed DS's book in a hurry and ran off because they were starting the little parade around the restaurant. In fact, I'm not even sure he signed with the "approved" Stitch autograph because he was in such a rush. DS didn't seem to notice though.
After Stitch, Mickey came around!
How cute is he in his Hawaiian shirt?! And last but not least was Pluto.
What did everyone think of their first breakfast at 'Ohana? Overall, no one was really impressed. Everyone seemed to enjoy the food, but there just wasn't enough of it. We finished our whole platter and sat there for quite awhile before our server showed up and realized we needed another one. By then, we were just kind of ready for the check. The character interaction was great, I think we just got a bad server. I think another problem was the size of our group. 5 people eating off of that platter was a lot, because there were only enough biscuits for everyone to have one, not much of the eggs and potatoes to go around, etc. And DH didn't realize you could ask for more of specific items.
I did convince DH to give it another try in October though. Since it will be only 3 of us and DH now knows he can request more of a certain food, I am really hoping it will be a better experience than this past time!
Our plans for the day were to head back to Bonnet Creek and get in some pool time before DS's nap and then head to a park after. However, DH got to talking with my parents at breakfast, and I was soon outvoted...
UP NEXT: Will I Ever Get a Resort Day?
Probably more than once. 
Thanks. Signs like that just make you realize you're in New Orleans, and you smile and shake your head and say, "Happy Mardi Gras, y'all!" 
Paxton is too cute, he's getting so big! 
