Okay, Part II of Sunday, September 20
We did something that we have not done since we stayed at the All-Star Sports for a few nights back in 2000...we used the bus system once. After reading conflicting reports of the buses, we thought we'd give it a try. We went to Bus Stop 1 (the last one picked up) around 5:45 p.m. to head over to the Magic Kingdom for the Extra Magic Hour evening. A bus appeared in less than five minutes; there was plenty of room for the six of us waiting there for the bus to get on and get a seat. I timed it. From the time we left the resort to the time we got to the MK, it was exactly ten minutes.
We arrived at the MK and walked from the Bus Stop to the entrance and took these pictures:
We stopped at the shop off of Main Street that has the Mickey, Minnie ears and ordered two for a girl I work with (and who takes care of my 83-year old boss when I'm not in the office) who wanted them for her nieces for Christmas. We found the Minnie Ears, gave them the info and waited less than 10 minutes to get the finished project. We stopped for a couple of more Photopass pictures and then I decided that I was hungry (I'm telling you all this walking sure makes a person hungry...that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
). We decided to go to Cosmic Rays because we really enjoyed it last year. Again, I know there were a lot of people at Disney -- I saw them -- but they never seemed to be where we were. Cosmic Rays was 3/4 empty.
We looked over the menu and I decided I wanted the same thing I had last year and Mark decided to try something different...but both were in the same area. I ordered the Barbecued Pork sandwich with Eclipse Chips and Mark had the Cheese Steak sandwich with Apple Slices. Mine was as good as last year; Mark wishes he had stuck with what he got last year.
We went and got Fast Passes for Pooh so that we could do a few things we had missed when we first visited the MK on Saturday. We did Mad Tea Party and then went to see Mickey's Philharmagic (this is my FAVORITE show at Disney). Mark, of course, had to stop to try on a hat.
We went back to Pooh and rode it. Then we were going to get on It's a Small World, but I wanted popcorn since we had no dessert at Cosmic Ray's. Hence, I got my popcorn and we parked ourselves on a bench by Pinocchio's Village Haus and it was almost time for Wishes so we decided to stay there and watch it. We were in a great spot for the show. As always, I get teary-eyed during this show...there is just something about the music and the narration that gets me every time. A few photos:
After Wishes, we went on It's a Small World, then the Haunted Mansion again, then went and saw Hall of Presidents (this was not open when we were there last year; I really like the new version--I like the changes and the addition of President Obama and his talk); we then went over to Big Thunder, Splash Mountain, Pirates and Aladdin.
We sat and people watched for about 30 minutes and then decided to head to Main Street and take our time walking through the stores.
On the way, I got this picture of the castle:
We strolled through the stores, bought some fudge at the bakery for Mark and took a few pictures and then headed for the bus to go back to the CSR.
We walked to the Bus Station and the CSR was the first bus stop that you saw as you approached the bus area. The first bus was full and we could have squeezed on and stood, but we decided to wait for the next one. The first bus no sooner pulled out, and another one pulled in. We got back to the CSR around 11:00 and checked the weather station (yes, another day of 93 predicted with high humidity) and went to bed.
Up next: Monday, September 21 -- Waffle House, meeting a staff member at the CSR, pool time
Thank you for calling in the smokers- my husband is a smoker but would never dream of such low class behavior as those people by the pool.
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) so we stopped and the bakery and he got an eclair and I got a cappucino. He loved this; again, I don't like things with gooey stuff in the middle and I thought the chocolate on top was awful--
