The One With All The Birthdays - Day 19 Ohana, MK & FW

[RobynPrincess]

The plan had us hiring a Golf cart and exploring FW today but we had cancelled it the night before due to me feeling a bit under the weather so it meant we had a free day so to speak (is there such a thing when in Disney??). First up though we did have a breakfast ADR at 'Ohana. We got up and got dressed and then walked over to the Poly past the wedding pavilion, it only took a couple of minutes and was a really nice walk, it was empty around us. We went upstairs and checked in for our breakfast as were seated right away. It was a cute little breakfast, I never really make my money's worth at a buffet as I can't eat much for breakfast but it was nice to meet all the characters and have the food brought to the table rather than having to go up and get it from a buffet with everyone else. The food wasn't exactly hot and our server took an absolute age before bringing us any waffles, and they were only offered once (she put 1 on each of our plates but Sy then gave me his). All said and done I probably wouldn't bother with breakfast here again for a while.


Some pics from breakfast


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Sy was clearly tired...


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Our server did give us 2 cupcakes as we had our just renewed badges on, Sy ate one but I didn't fancy it. I'm not a huge cupcake fan! I dunno what they do to them in Disney but they are all just so sweet!


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Our server was definitely only okay in Ohana. We used our Tables in Wonderland card which gives 20% off but adds on an 18% tip, our meal came to just short of $55, we put down $60 and asked for change. Well she clearly was not impressed and took about 15 minutes to come back with our change, baring in mind we had finished eating and the table had been cleared. Eventually she brought us back the $5 bill but not the change. We still left her another dollar though, I think to prove a point that we weren't tight meanies after we asked for the $5 back. We then decided to head over to MK for a few hours so we made our way over to the boat, we had it all to ourselves at first but then another family got on who made enough noise to make it feel like it was full... They then spent the rest of trip standing up causing the skipper to stop the boat multiple times to tell them to sit down. They didn't speak English at a first language and kept making out they didn't understand, well I'm sorry but the motion she lady was doing with her hands there was no mistaking what she was trying to say (both hands flat facing the floor and she was pushing downwards, you don't need to speak English to know what she was telling you!!). Grrr.



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When we finally arrived at MK we hung about a bit on main street doing some shopping while we waited for the Movie it Shake it parade.


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We noticed the #moveitshakeitpics were all the same as the last time we watched it so we asked a CM who was walking around monitoring the parade, he gave us some lame excuse about some of them being the same as not many people sent pics in... well that was rubbish as we had filmed the pics both times and checked when we got home, they were identical. I wish he had just told us the truth! He probably wasn't allowed but it was a bit sucky. We had sent in a pic that didn't get used hence us looking and wondering why.


I grabbed this selfie with Barbra.


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[Disneymadhouse]

Wow, a busy day!

Claire

 

[RobynPrincess]

That's weird, I can only see half of my pictures on here... Can you see them all Claire?

 

[RobynPrincess]

Afterwards we headed over to ride Pirates, a couple had very kindly given us their fastpasses this morning while we were at breakfast so we decided to head over and use them.


We noticed they weren't filling the boats and always keeping the last row empty so I asked why (yes, I'm so nosey!), I wondered if it had something to do with the guy who had his fingertip chopped off but the CM said it was to do with the weight of the boat. Needless to say on my last trip in March (yes I have had yet another trip since this one!!) they were back to filling the boats in all rows.


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After our ride on Pirates we decided to head back over to the hotel. We had an early dinner so we decided we would chill out at the hotel for a bit and make the most of our free day by not running ourselves ragged. We stopped on the way to meet Tinkerbell and Mickey mouse with the fastpasses I had set up that morning.








We hopped on the boat back to GF and walked to the villas, I'm not sure but I think it might actually have been a shorter walk to the Poly at breakfast this morning than from the GF boat dock. Back in the room we both showered and watched a bit of TV.


It was soon time to get ready to head over to Ft Wilderness for our dinner reservation at Trail's End with Karen, Iain and their 3 children. We got the monorail over as it had air-con and we were hot and we then hopped on the Ft Wilderness boat.


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We actually arrived half an hour early so we had a mooch in the shop and then grabbed a table outside while we waited.


Karen & Iain arrived early as well so we didn't have to wait long. We headed in just as a huge party went in in-front of us, we didn't time that very well! We were seated right away as it was an early dinner there were loads of free tables when we want in but they filled up over our time in there. Our server was the campest guy EVER! His name was Kevin and he was AMAZING. There was a huge wait to get food as we had come in right behind the large group but we got there in the end. Food was okay, we knew what we were getting. It was very similar to Hoop De Doo, I wasn't a fan of any of the desserts apart from ice cream but hey, you cant go wrong with ice cream! I'd definitely go back there but its probably not right at the top of our list.


A nicely embarrassing part of the evening was when Kevin our server rang a huge bell and got all of the newlyweds and anniversary couples up to play a game involving kissing! I was bright red and glowing :O he wouldn't take no for an answer lol. Karen ever so kindly took some pictures.... however only one is fit for viewing!





Afterwards the huge embarrassment, of course a guy came up to me as he recognised me from my trip reports! I totally forgot his name though, but he was really sweet and said how much he enjoyed reading them


We paid the bill with the TiW card and headed outside, Iain had taken the kids over to the playground while we were paying so we went over to meet him there. When we were able to tear the kids away we hopped on a bus over to find Chip and Dale for their singalong around the campfire. When Karen and I had checked online it said the singalong would start at 7pm however it didn't start till 8pm so we were hanging around for ages. We did get to meet Chip and Dale though while we waited. Karen bought some marshmallows and sticks for roasting on the campfire, it was hard getting the little ones to toast them rather than set them on fire haha was a cute thing to do. We all enjoyed holding them over the fire however no one really liked eating them from what I remember...


Just before the singalong started the headless horseman came through, I wasn't expecting that so it was a nice surprise! The singing was less impressive, in fact we didn't stay for all of it, I believe we only made it through a couple of songs LOL





Karen had watched youtube videos before her trip and said Chip and Dale usually come and dance and play with the kids while the singalong happens but they didn't today for some reason. They did hand out some candy from the back though if you went to meet them and get a picture. I think this was because it was the day before halloween.


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Afterwards we said goodbye and headed on different buses, we headed towards the boat while Karen, Iain and the kids went towards the carpark as they had driven here. We lucked out and didn't have to wait long for a boat. While we were on the way back we realised we were just about coming up time for Hallowishes so we decided to head up to TOTWL to watch them for the last time. We got there just as they started but we still managed to find a nice spot to watch them from. I saw a big spider just as I approached the wall so I stood off to one side (I'm not a fan), another girl came along after us and went to stand against it so I quickly grabbed her before she lent on it, I then immediately felt bad as I had just put my hands on a stranger - I know I wasn't being nasty or anything but you know, you shouldn't really put your hands on people you don't know! I just thought if it was me I'd want someone to stop me. After the fireworks I apologised but she was very pleased I did it as she said she would have freaked out had she realised - so phew!





We then went inside, grabbed a table and waited for Marissa who was our server last week for our Vow Renewal. She remembered us and chatted for ages with us which was very sweet of her.


Our drinks, mine was a virgin strawberry daiquiri while Sy had a lemonade thing.





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[RobynPrincess]

I've had to split the post up to get it to all work for some reason!

 

[Disneymadhouse]

I can see all your pics now Robyn. Last night there were a couple I couldn't see, but just thought there was a gremlin in the system!

Claire

 

[RobynPrincess]

Ah fab!