Alice28
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Day 4
Cast: Robin (ME) 31, 3rd time to WDW
(Judy) Mom, 56, 2nd time to WDW
Contemporary Resort
Monday, 10/6- We woke up a little late, and took the monorail over to the MK. We were in the gates at 9:25. I rented a wheelchair one last time- I was getting better each day at walking, and was mostly using the chair at this point as a walker, but would still be a passenger if my knee got really sore. We veered thru the shops on Main St. as there was the little "Welcome to Main Street" parade going on in the middle. We bee-lined to Splash Mountain and it was pretty much a walk-on;steady stream of people the entire time, but we only really stopped toward the end. Splash Mountain is my favorite MK ride- except for ToT, my favorite ride in the whole "World." Unfortunately it was the hardest ride on my knee- there is no way I could stretch my leg out, even in the front, so I kind of bit my lip in pain the whole trip, but still love that Laughin Place. Next up was Pirates, which is always a goodie and we shopped extensively in the Pirate store. My 5 year old requested I bring him back a pirate sword & hook, so I got those things plus a gun, and Mom got my Dad some tshirts, shorts and a coffee mug. Our cashier CM was really into character with lots of Arghs and "Where ya be from" type of talk. Except when he told me to be sure to put my weapons in my checked bags on the place- that he told with his plain Ohioan accent.
Next we journeyed to the depths of the jungle on everyone's favorite, the Jungle Cruise. Now, I have been on this ride many, MANY times, it's a must do on everytrip to the World or the Land, and Christopher was the BEST, most FUNNY skipper ever! 
He had some really original jokes and had a sense of humor cross between Andy Dick/Jerry Seinfeld/& Jack from Will & Grace. So, so funny. Have you ever seen Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and that totally weird boat psychadelic scene where Gene Wilder is maniacally singing??? Christopher burst into that song while we were in the caves of India----I was cracking up although several people on our boat (incl my Mom) didn't get it. 
Anyway, at the end of our journey he said we could catch him at the Comedy Wherehouse and 2 ladies on our boat said "What time? Which show?" He said "Oh I sweep the popcorn up at the end." And they said "No really, when are you there? You are too funny, you must be there!" He truly was that funny!
Anyhoo, time for lunch so we went to Columbia Harbour House right at opening. Everyone working there was super pleasant and nice- esp the older gents who gave us our food. There was a new clock set up that only they could see and one says to the other "Hey, we got a new clock." And the other says "Yeah, but we don't need it. I'm not one of those clockwatcher types." They were so cute and funny! Probably in their mid 60's to mid 70's and just working away. I got a tuna sandwich which was great- really yummy wheaty bread and great tuna and Mom got the salad which she liked except for the feta cheese. I hobbled my way into Fantasyland, with the intention of getting a FP for Philharmagic while Mom had a potty break, and there was no need! No line at all! I was shocked. So, we walked in and what can I say except I thought it was awesome! We both just loved it- we loved all of those movies when they originally came out and I think my mom and I saw all of them together on opening weekend except Lion King and Peter Pan (of course). I won't spoil it, but if you like the big Disney music numbers, you will LOVE this movie! And some cool special effects as well! We thought about going on Pooh, but there was a 40 minute line so we skipped it and moved on toward Space Mountain. We asked if there was a wheelchair entrance & she gave us a chit that had a return time equivalent to the wait time in the line (30 minutes)- I thought that was very fair & we went and got a FP for Buzz and went on TTA. These loaders with the moving ramp made me nervous, but every time it was no big deal. We enjoyed our journey around Tomorrowland very much, and then it was about time for our Space return time. Tomorrowland was VERY crowded, congested and loud at this point, and in case I forgot to mention the weather, it was consistently about 88+ degrees and pretty humid each day. We went on Space and it was fun, but I had a small worry attack (not even close to panic) cause as we were going I thought about those poor souls on the Big Thunder accident at DL a few weeks ago and then thought about my kids at home. Why I thought about it, I do not know, as I am usually very comfortable and not scared at all on roller coasters. It was fun and had great leg room for my knee! We looked at the Buzz Lightyear merchandise and then it was time to go on our "Spin." I got 87,000- pitiful. We headed back towards Liberty Square and stopped and got an ice cream sandwich on the way- the two minutes it took to get the ice cream was enough to not make it by 1 minute to the Hall of President's show and the River Boat was just taking off too. We were hot, tired and a little dehydrated, so we decided to head back to the room and see George W and his cronies another day. We did go back up on an off-beaten path to the castle, peeked inside Tinkerbell's Treasures, through the castle to look at the mosaics, and down Main Street. We made notes of what we wanted to buy on our last day and left.
We rested in the hotel from about 2:30-5:15, got some soda, watched TV, I took a bath to help the stiffness in my leg. I wanted to go in the hottub or pool, but the thought of walking more didn't appeal to me at that moment. We headed out to the Beach Club for our 6:00 PS. I love the Beach Club- I would like to stay there or in the garden apartments at the Boardwalk someday, but after I get a Wilderness Lodge fix first.
We have about a 5 minute wait time, and when we are lead in I notice a slightly different set-up, with the desserts almost right behind the hostess desk, and a huge smattering of rolls where the desserts used to be. We started off on the salad side, where I had a young girl, maybe 12 or 13 who decided it would be fun to put a small dime size dollop of ranch dressing on every single vegetable on her plate. Sigh....Meanwhile, back at the ranch, about 7 people were behind us now. I whip together a salad in 10 seconds flat and move on to the seafood row and grab some corn and then 2 rolls & butter and park it. Mom got some salad and chowder and claimed the chowder was first rate. Next up- ribs, prime rib, salmon, rice with some tiny shrimp in it, steamed veggies, and another big, doughy yeast rolls- like the kind you used to get in school cafeterias. Yum! I ate most of my food except the rice which was just not my thing- I usually eat the Japanese sticky rice, so the loose grainy buttery rice tasted weird to me- haven't had it in a long time. Nonetheless I did some damage. The woman in front of me in the landlubber food line asked the CM, who was putting new chicken out, "Do you have any white meat in there?" The CM took her fork to push a drumstick out of the way (underneath it was a HUGE breast which you would have had to been blind not to see) and the lady very rudely says "THAT'S NOT A PIECE OF WHITE MEAT!!!" Meanwhile the CM had speared the breast and said "Is this ok?" The lady said "Yeah, I guess." The nerve! I walked past her table on the way back to mine and her hubby had TWO huge plates PILED HIGH of shellfish- I would have hated to have been behind him, cause I am sure he took every last one. I find that rude- take a normal amount and go back and get more instead of being a complete glutton. (stepping off my soap box). For dessert I helped myself to an Oreo bonbon (Delish! Thanks DISers for pointing these out!), an oatmeal cookie, a piece of cheesecake which I only ate about 4 bites of, and a small dab of oatmeal apple cobbler. Yummy. My stomach hurt! Mom mostly had shellfish and a piece of prime rib, and then some flan and some apple cobbler and one Oreo bonbon. I took one cookie to go. I decided I was up for walking to the Boardwalk, so off like a shot (HAHA) we went. We stopped at the bridge and gazed towards Epcot. We debated going back in, if only to hang out in the UK and Canada. We didn't, mainly cause we didn't want to fight any Illumination crowds. Onto the Boardwalk- we got a crumbcake brick for the next morning, and got some candy for the kids when I got home at SeaShore Sweets. We bought a nice polo shirt for my DH as our thanks for letting us go with all his military discounts and watching the kids while we were galavanting around. We made it back to the Beach Club and rocked on some rockers for awhile. Later we discovered I got eaten alive by mosquitoes. Magical moment- saw a tiny teeny bunny rabbit hop across the sidewalk- it was so cute! We caught a glimpse of the MK fireworks while we were getting into our car and then decided we weren't ready to go back to the room so we went up to the California Grill and had a glass of wine and watched the kiss goodnight of the castle. Very cool & of course, magical. Everything is magical at Disney. I limped back to the room and crashed.
Day 5 preview: Massive crowds at MGM, everything is always yummeh at 50's Prime Time and a hootin goodtime at Whispering Canyon Cafe.
Cast: Robin (ME) 31, 3rd time to WDW
(Judy) Mom, 56, 2nd time to WDW
Contemporary Resort
Monday, 10/6- We woke up a little late, and took the monorail over to the MK. We were in the gates at 9:25. I rented a wheelchair one last time- I was getting better each day at walking, and was mostly using the chair at this point as a walker, but would still be a passenger if my knee got really sore. We veered thru the shops on Main St. as there was the little "Welcome to Main Street" parade going on in the middle. We bee-lined to Splash Mountain and it was pretty much a walk-on;steady stream of people the entire time, but we only really stopped toward the end. Splash Mountain is my favorite MK ride- except for ToT, my favorite ride in the whole "World." Unfortunately it was the hardest ride on my knee- there is no way I could stretch my leg out, even in the front, so I kind of bit my lip in pain the whole trip, but still love that Laughin Place. Next up was Pirates, which is always a goodie and we shopped extensively in the Pirate store. My 5 year old requested I bring him back a pirate sword & hook, so I got those things plus a gun, and Mom got my Dad some tshirts, shorts and a coffee mug. Our cashier CM was really into character with lots of Arghs and "Where ya be from" type of talk. Except when he told me to be sure to put my weapons in my checked bags on the place- that he told with his plain Ohioan accent.
Next we journeyed to the depths of the jungle on everyone's favorite, the Jungle Cruise. Now, I have been on this ride many, MANY times, it's a must do on everytrip to the World or the Land, and Christopher was the BEST, most FUNNY skipper ever! He had some really original jokes and had a sense of humor cross between Andy Dick/Jerry Seinfeld/& Jack from Will & Grace. So, so funny. Have you ever seen Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and that totally weird boat psychadelic scene where Gene Wilder is maniacally singing??? Christopher burst into that song while we were in the caves of India----I was cracking up although several people on our boat (incl my Mom) didn't get it. Anyway, at the end of our journey he said we could catch him at the Comedy Wherehouse and 2 ladies on our boat said "What time? Which show?" He said "Oh I sweep the popcorn up at the end." And they said "No really, when are you there? You are too funny, you must be there!" He truly was that funny! Anyhoo, time for lunch so we went to Columbia Harbour House right at opening. Everyone working there was super pleasant and nice- esp the older gents who gave us our food. There was a new clock set up that only they could see and one says to the other "Hey, we got a new clock." And the other says "Yeah, but we don't need it. I'm not one of those clockwatcher types." They were so cute and funny! Probably in their mid 60's to mid 70's and just working away. I got a tuna sandwich which was great- really yummy wheaty bread and great tuna and Mom got the salad which she liked except for the feta cheese. I hobbled my way into Fantasyland, with the intention of getting a FP for Philharmagic while Mom had a potty break, and there was no need! No line at all! I was shocked. So, we walked in and what can I say except I thought it was awesome! We both just loved it- we loved all of those movies when they originally came out and I think my mom and I saw all of them together on opening weekend except Lion King and Peter Pan (of course). I won't spoil it, but if you like the big Disney music numbers, you will LOVE this movie! And some cool special effects as well! We thought about going on Pooh, but there was a 40 minute line so we skipped it and moved on toward Space Mountain. We asked if there was a wheelchair entrance & she gave us a chit that had a return time equivalent to the wait time in the line (30 minutes)- I thought that was very fair & we went and got a FP for Buzz and went on TTA. These loaders with the moving ramp made me nervous, but every time it was no big deal. We enjoyed our journey around Tomorrowland very much, and then it was about time for our Space return time. Tomorrowland was VERY crowded, congested and loud at this point, and in case I forgot to mention the weather, it was consistently about 88+ degrees and pretty humid each day. We went on Space and it was fun, but I had a small worry attack (not even close to panic) cause as we were going I thought about those poor souls on the Big Thunder accident at DL a few weeks ago and then thought about my kids at home. Why I thought about it, I do not know, as I am usually very comfortable and not scared at all on roller coasters. It was fun and had great leg room for my knee! We looked at the Buzz Lightyear merchandise and then it was time to go on our "Spin." I got 87,000- pitiful. We headed back towards Liberty Square and stopped and got an ice cream sandwich on the way- the two minutes it took to get the ice cream was enough to not make it by 1 minute to the Hall of President's show and the River Boat was just taking off too. We were hot, tired and a little dehydrated, so we decided to head back to the room and see George W and his cronies another day. We did go back up on an off-beaten path to the castle, peeked inside Tinkerbell's Treasures, through the castle to look at the mosaics, and down Main Street. We made notes of what we wanted to buy on our last day and left.
We rested in the hotel from about 2:30-5:15, got some soda, watched TV, I took a bath to help the stiffness in my leg. I wanted to go in the hottub or pool, but the thought of walking more didn't appeal to me at that moment. We headed out to the Beach Club for our 6:00 PS. I love the Beach Club- I would like to stay there or in the garden apartments at the Boardwalk someday, but after I get a Wilderness Lodge fix first.
We have about a 5 minute wait time, and when we are lead in I notice a slightly different set-up, with the desserts almost right behind the hostess desk, and a huge smattering of rolls where the desserts used to be. We started off on the salad side, where I had a young girl, maybe 12 or 13 who decided it would be fun to put a small dime size dollop of ranch dressing on every single vegetable on her plate. Sigh....Meanwhile, back at the ranch, about 7 people were behind us now. I whip together a salad in 10 seconds flat and move on to the seafood row and grab some corn and then 2 rolls & butter and park it. Mom got some salad and chowder and claimed the chowder was first rate. Next up- ribs, prime rib, salmon, rice with some tiny shrimp in it, steamed veggies, and another big, doughy yeast rolls- like the kind you used to get in school cafeterias. Yum! I ate most of my food except the rice which was just not my thing- I usually eat the Japanese sticky rice, so the loose grainy buttery rice tasted weird to me- haven't had it in a long time. Nonetheless I did some damage. The woman in front of me in the landlubber food line asked the CM, who was putting new chicken out, "Do you have any white meat in there?" The CM took her fork to push a drumstick out of the way (underneath it was a HUGE breast which you would have had to been blind not to see) and the lady very rudely says "THAT'S NOT A PIECE OF WHITE MEAT!!!" Meanwhile the CM had speared the breast and said "Is this ok?" The lady said "Yeah, I guess." The nerve! I walked past her table on the way back to mine and her hubby had TWO huge plates PILED HIGH of shellfish- I would have hated to have been behind him, cause I am sure he took every last one. I find that rude- take a normal amount and go back and get more instead of being a complete glutton. (stepping off my soap box). For dessert I helped myself to an Oreo bonbon (Delish! Thanks DISers for pointing these out!), an oatmeal cookie, a piece of cheesecake which I only ate about 4 bites of, and a small dab of oatmeal apple cobbler. Yummy. My stomach hurt! Mom mostly had shellfish and a piece of prime rib, and then some flan and some apple cobbler and one Oreo bonbon. I took one cookie to go. I decided I was up for walking to the Boardwalk, so off like a shot (HAHA) we went. We stopped at the bridge and gazed towards Epcot. We debated going back in, if only to hang out in the UK and Canada. We didn't, mainly cause we didn't want to fight any Illumination crowds. Onto the Boardwalk- we got a crumbcake brick for the next morning, and got some candy for the kids when I got home at SeaShore Sweets. We bought a nice polo shirt for my DH as our thanks for letting us go with all his military discounts and watching the kids while we were galavanting around. We made it back to the Beach Club and rocked on some rockers for awhile. Later we discovered I got eaten alive by mosquitoes. Magical moment- saw a tiny teeny bunny rabbit hop across the sidewalk- it was so cute! We caught a glimpse of the MK fireworks while we were getting into our car and then decided we weren't ready to go back to the room so we went up to the California Grill and had a glass of wine and watched the kiss goodnight of the castle. Very cool & of course, magical. Everything is magical at Disney. I limped back to the room and crashed. Day 5 preview: Massive crowds at MGM, everything is always yummeh at 50's Prime Time and a hootin goodtime at Whispering Canyon Cafe.
