When I made out these plans, I never thought about the fact that the elf was going to be with us and things needed to be done AFTER the kids went to bed. So yeah, when DS went to bed... I got to stay up. Lucky me! Thankfully, it didn't take him very long to fall asleep that night. Before I knew it, it was 6:45am and time to get up!
He looks so tired... luckily he's a trooper and had no issues throughout the day! We took the bus to Magic Kingdom and then hopped on the resort monorail over to the Grand Floridian. This was the first time my dad got a glimpse of the castle and it looked gorgeous that morning!
I love this resort... it's on my bucket list for sure!
The decorations were beautiful!
We took the elevator down and got a quick picture in front of the tree.
Then it was time for breakfast!
I just LOVE 1900 Park Fare's breakfast. I think the food is the best on property for breakfast. Lobster eggs benedict, pecan rolls and strawberry soup.. yum!!! We got our picture taken outside the restaurant.
We were seated in the room right off of the main room with the buffet in it. We were the first table to the left so it was great for the characters.
Pooh was first.
Then Tigger.
I'm just not a fan of the stuffed animal characters... sure they can hand gesture but I prefer the face characters that can actually hold a conversation with you.
Mary Poppins was a delight.
Alice loved the fact that DD had a picture of her on the outfit she was wearing. She wanted to know why DS did not have a picture of her on his clothing.
The Mad Hatter was a riot as always... he kept going on and on about how Downtown Disney is DOWN... we're going DOWN today to Downtown Disney. Tigger photobombed his pics... lol
After our meal we quick did an outfit change in the bathroom with DD and headed over to the gingerbread house to get some pictures. There was an unruly child over there and he actually ended up in a few of our photos.. finally, his mom got the hint and took him over to the other side of the lobby.
Unfortunately we were about an hour too early to buy anything from the gingerbread house.
We got a few pictures taken in front of the tree by a Photopass photographer. She had the kids pose so nicely... I was so excited about these pictures. She also said that she just switched out a lens and that these would have great color. When we got home... the pictures had been lost. I tried a few different times with Disney to find them but no luck
I had been talking with another agent that's part of the same
travel agency with me about meeting up this morning at that resort. He sent me a message earlier that unfortunately he wouldn't be able to meet me
I was bummed about that. The leader of our agency was also staying at the Grand Floridian that day and she refused to meet as well. I'm no longer a part of that agency and SO glad of it. When people don't want to meet with the ones who are working to keep their agency afloat, it should be a sign that some thing is just not right.