Day 3, early entry at the MK. Same problem at the turnstiles "honey, only adults do the finger thing." Same herding procedures. Noticing that EE is VERY busy. Tourism is definitely picking up. Crowds of people are there....and it's only EE. The gates aren't even open to the public!!!
So we go around Fantasyland, so some of the big rides. Eat lunch at Columbia Harbor House. The counter service there was terrible. It's the first time it's been like that for us. Once you paid you just stood. No movement in line for a long time. And then everyone's orders were coming out wrong. Then there was the long process of figuring out what was missing. Once I got to the counter I didn't leave until I verified that my order was 100% correct. Actually it wasn't. They gave me extra fries.
Fish was great tasting, but noticably smaller than in the past.
Back to the room for a quick nap before
MNSSHP. We figure we have one hour to sleep. We all crash. I wake up early b/c Pal Mickey is malfunctioning. He's sitting on the table repeating himself "Say, Pal, what's the.....Say, Pal, what's the....Say, Pal, what's the...." ACK!!! So I turn him off. Doesn't help. He's stuck. Extremely tired and with only 15 more possible sleep minutes, I decide that if I can't stop him from saying "Say, Pal, what's the..." then I need to put him somewhere where I can't hear him......Hmmmm.....but where....Ah HA. The fridge. Pal Mickey takes up residence next to the flu shot vaccine and I close the door. 15 more minutes of heavenly sleep.
Trying to get Nick up from a nap is down right impossible. He is, none-the-less stuffed into his
Disney Store Mickey costume. We meet up with Mike's mom and her dh and catch a boat to the MK, unfortunately taking the long cut via Fort Wilderness. Nick is now scaring us. He's still tired, and very hot in his costume (of course, we know he'll be the only warm one once the sun goes down) He's acting just like he acts right before he has a puking incident.
We've got him in the back (open) section of the boat, on the shade side, hoping for a breeze, 1/2 stripped out of his costume--yet still decent. Took awhile for him to come around, but once he fully woke up and cooled off, he was fine. No puke. Party as planned! Casey's for dinner and then party time.
Who knew trick or treating was so much fun??? We have more candy than we know what to do with. Actually, we'll end up handing out some on beggar's night here. We probably have 25 pounds of candy between the 4 of us. If I don't had it out, the Easter bunny will have to use some to stuff baskets!! We saw Capt. Jack Sparrow. No kidding. Some guy was dressed as a pirate and looked just like him. I saw him, and had to describe to Mike what he looked like (getting ideas for pirate night) Then later, by BTMRR we saw him again. We asked if we could get his picture with the kids (mainly a chance to study his outfit) He was inclined to acquiesce to our request --Snap!
Btw, Nick was Mickey....KT was Minnie. It was incredibly cute. And the CM's were so funny about it. During the security check on the way into the MK, the guards were asking Mickey for a raise. At treat stations they'd give him more candy as a "bribe" for a raise. They really treated him like Mickey!
The parade was incredibly cool. The headless horseman came barrelling through frontier land. A 2000 pound Percheron with a guy on it's back who has limited vision. No wonder CM's practically lined the ropes! Also, a very cute thing--the 101 dalmation car had REAL dalmations in the back!! They were barking and jumping around!! Made me miss Maggie for about 2.5 seconds. The feeling passed quickly.
Left the MK at midnight and back to VWL to drop into bed.
