Continuing....
It was time to stroll towards Adventureland, where I had a FP approaching for Jungle Cruise.
We had to stop at the restroom on the way, and the stepsisters were out!
Their line was closed, but we had fun watching them while we waited for everyone to regroup.
My brother met up with us here, after riding Splash, and seeing the Hall of Presidents.
My nephew was chosen to drive the boat!
My parents were impressed at how well this ride has actually held up over the years. The kids all enjoyed it as well. I highly recommend a fastpass because it had a 60 minute wait at 11.
Afterwards, I got a dole whip for the girls and we headed to the Tiki room. I will say my longest wait on the entire trip was at Aloha Isle.
The tiki room was well received. I apologize that I don't have many pics here.
From here, another fastpass for Pirates. This was also fortuitous because the wait was nearly an hour here without one. Believe it or not, Lucy was ok with this ride.
By this point, my father had been wished Happy Birthday nearly everywhere we went. Even other guests were wishing him Happy Birthday.
Now, it was hot as blazes and we were hungry. Happily, I had a fastpass for Be Our Guest for right then. My brothers was for fifteen minutes later, so he opted to wander around while we went ahead and checked in to get out of the blazing sun. Lucy fell asleep on my shoulder...her first nap the whole trip.
Checking in was a little chaotic, to be honest. We went to find seats and opted for the main dining room as there was a nice big round table handy.
It was a beautiful room.
Dad and I got the roast beef, Aidan got the croque Monsieur, and mom got the tuna salad. My parents both had a cup of soup, and the kids had kids meals. Our food was fantastic but the kids food was terrible.
My brother sat in the West Wing, so we went to check out his seating. It was dark and stormy in there, lol. Actually...one of the servers was hilarious. She went to my nephew (same one who drove the boat) and, with apparent concern whispered loudly to him "How did you get in here? It's FORBIDDEN!"
When I stepped back to our table I was surprised how it now seemed like it was stormy in the main room. Well, that's because it was now pouring outside again. My heart sank a little because my last fastpass for that day was the parade. We finished eating and waited for the rain to slack up.
It was actually time to head to the hub for the fastpass area. I only had fastpasses for my group, my brother was doing thunder with his. We headed over to find out if they were even having the parade. Well, no one knew. We waited actually till 3:15 before they declared it canceled. My one issue with fastpass plus was this scenario. No one knew how I would get a replacement. I wound up going all the way to the front of park at the emporium to get a replacement. Aidan hung back at space mountain hoping to ride it again. They said there was a malfunction apparently, I should have automatically gotten a choice of ten different FPs to pick that would have been good for any time that day. Anna and Elsa was one of them, btw. However, I was at the emporium so I chose Mickey, who happened to have a 75 minute wait at the time. She was nice enough to give Aidan Space Mountain.
Mickey even told dad Happy Birthday!
As we walked out of this, my aunt called to wish my dad Happy Birthday. He said "You know who JUST told me the same thing? Mickey Mouse. I'm not kidding. He told me Happy Birthday."
We took the boat back to WL. It was about 4:00 at this point. We had reservations at California Grill at 9:30. I got the girls and I cleaned up and headed up to the lounge. They had tomato fennel soup with three cheese focaccia, along with the awesome salads and cheeses. We snacked a lot...basically snacking and relaxing until about 8:45.
We were seated at the best table you could imagine.
We ordered a ton of appetizers...two of the charcuterie plates, a flatbread, a dragon roll, a ravioli, a couple of meatball orders, and a cheese plate. We ordered a kids pizza also. All the adults had mixed drinks...I had a pomegranate margarita that was delicious.
But, as soon as our drinks were served....
It was amazing. And quiet! Lucy loved it! Lily thought this was also for my dad's birthday, and thought that was some kind of special.
Our meal was very very good.
The boys, including Aidan, left with my brother to go to MK and ride more rides. We took the boat back, and dad marveled it was the best birthday he had possibly ever had!