2nd trip for Just Mom & 2 little boys 6/5-14, Star Wars, CBR, DxDP, Character Meals

[Allboysandme]

We were at CBR 6/6-6/13, too. I have three boys 6, 3 1/2, and 16 months. We may have seen you! I wish we would have rented a car. We never had to wait long at the bus stop, but it is hard to hold the stroller, bags, and kids. Speaking of stroller, I remember your last trip report and you were saying how much you liked the one you rented. We ended up renting the same one. It was easy to push and the kids were comfortable. My older ones are 51" and 55 lbs. and 41" and 35 lbs. Yes, they are big! But, the baby liked it, too. I was a little nervous about the pirate rooms being so far away, too. We ended up getting a nemo room in Jamaica. It was a great location and the boys suprised me by saying they wanted the nemo room. Of course, when we got there they asked where our pirate room was. It looks like we were at Crystal Palace the same time. I'll have to check out our pics to see if you or your boys are in the background. And, I love the Star Wars pics. Can't wait to see more!

 

[MJAJmom]

Last night, I confirmed with the front desk that we would be transferring rooms on Sunday. So I had to pack up everything this morning and give the bags to the bellman that came to the room at 6:45am. Thankfully I didn’t unpack at all yesterday. When we come back after lunch, we have to pick up new hotel keys and our bags at the Custom House and check into our new room in Bldg 34. I thought it was worth it to change because I really wanted experience CBR to it’s fullest and walk back/forth to the pools and OPR. So it was worth the hassle to me.

Cape May Café is a great place – just love it. The buffet is very good with lots of breads, pastries, fruits and hot foods. Plus I love the characters in their beach clothes. Our ADR was for 7:40am and we were the first to check in. When they were ready to open, they called us and we were Family of The Day!! Cool!! MJ got to ring the bell to wake up the characters, they gave us a certificate, and we sat at a special table with a lighthouse on it and they had some Celebrate buttons. That was a great way to start the day!!

Every Minnie I’ve seen is played so well. Minnie is so sweet and loving and interactive with the boys. Always a good time seeing Minnie.

After breakfast, we drive to DHS and line up for 9am rope drop. The clone troopers are on the roof and talking to the crowd. They’re very funny. It keeps everyone entertained while waiting. Today we’ll follow the same start as yesterday. Speed walk to TSM, ride it and then get a FP. The ride is just so cool, wish we could ride it more!!! We’ll try to get more Star Wars characters this morning, starting first with Darth Vader because his line can get really long. He’s a pretty scary guy!! He makes everyone put their autograph book and pen right in his hand, he won’t reach for it. AJ won’t get too close to him.

Next is Ashoka Tano, she alternates with Captain Rex. She’s a young gal so she’s not “in character” at all. She’s very bubbly and the boys like here.

While waiting in line, 2 clone troopers pass by, then they stand in line at the snack concession cart. Everyone is laughing because they’re pointing to snacks they want.

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[MJAJmom]

Next we move over to see the Jedi Counsel with Kit Fitso, Mace Windu and Shaak Ti. But as we got closer, their rotation was over and it switched to Anakin Skywalker. Anakin was really great. He talked to the boys for a long time. He asked MJ if he was teaching his little brother the ways of the force. He asked AJ to draw his lightsaber and show him it. When I got in the picture, he asked the boys if I was their queen (AAAwwww!!). He asked if the boys were tempted by the dark side and we talked about sensing much anger in little AJ. He did a good job being Anakin!!!

The boys wanted to ride Great Movie Ride again. Then we went to lunch at the Sci-Fi. We got in fairly quickly, but were seated in the back at table instead of the car, which made MJ very upset. He liked watching the movie but not sitting in a car was enough to make him cry. They boys had pizza and a hamburger. I had the spinach dip, a reuben and a chocolate milkshake. It was all pretty good. Seeing the UP characters was next up for MJ. He was very excited. When we got there, it was only Carl and Dug. We waited in line and saw them, but vowed that we had to come back again to try to get Russell.

The waiting queue had lots of big pictures from the UP movie.

Walking up the steps, we saw Frozone who had only a few people in line for him. The CM announced that Mr and Mrs Incredible were coming out in 2 minutes, so we’d be able to see both. We got Frozone and then were first in line to see the Incredibles. They were pretty fun.

Now it was time to go back to get Minnie Leia before leaving to head back for the hotel. The timing would work out great. Goofy/Donald were just finishing up and Minnie was next. We’re about 4 people away from Minnie and AJ says “I need to go to the bathroom”. Oh man, what bad timing!!! Can you hold it sweetie, we’re almost there. He shakes his head no. While I debate 1 minute about waiting verses leaving the line, I look over and AJ’s pants are wet and pee is steaming down his leg. Oh no!!! So now we quickly leave the line and head to the bathroom by American Idol. Thankfully I have a pair of undies in my bag and we strip off his pants, socks and shoes and change the undies. We’ve got no choice but to leave him in his undies and barefoot, put him in the stroller, and head out the park to go home.

So, the closest we got to Minnie was when they walked beside the line to switch out characters. We’ll have to try again on Friday.

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[MJAJmom]

We stopped at the Custom House for our new key, got our baggage, and into our new room we went, room #3411. A much closer building with the same great pirate room. So now I could unpack while the boys played. I felt like now I could relax and enjoy the resort. After some playing and some resting, we went back to DHS and saw Queen Amidala. She was very regal and very good talking to the boys. Her headdress was just amazing. Chewbacca and an Ewok were across from Star Tours. Chewy is so tall but acted like a sweet puppy. The boys loved him.

For dinner, we tried out Toy Story Planet Pizza. We all got a cheese pizza and some cookies for dessert and ate outside. It was pretty good for pizza. We used our FastPass to ride TSM again. Then decided to go home and swim, since we hadn’t gone to the pool yet. The pirate ship pool is an awesome place!!! They have a twisty tube water slide and 2 smaller slides and lots of squirty water. They boys were in heaven. So I let them play for a while, and finally it was time to go to bed. Another great day at Star Wars Weekend.

Tomorrow we’ll go to Epcot, starting with a breakfast with Princesses at Akershus.

 

[MJAJmom]

I think this seals the deal, I'll be using Orlando Stroller Rentals in Oct. My boys are a bit smaller so they should be fine. How was dealing with the stroller on the buses, it looks so big when folded?

Wow, all the Star Wars stuff is so cool. My boys would be in heaven, and they aren't even true Star Wars fans (yet). Do they have many characters around the rest of the year?

Your little guys are so cute! I give you so much credit for doing WDW alone with them. I don't think I could manage it. Was Star Tours scary for them at all? Thats one I am not sure about. I was thinking ToT would be a safer bet then Star Tours. I haven't been on either for YEARS so my memory is fuzy.

You'll love the stroller. I wrote a stroller review in October, here's the link: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1995724 The stroller fold up very easily but it is bulky. I had a rental car, so don't know about loading on/off the buses. It's like lugging a big lawn chair around. The star wars characters don't come out during the year, they save them all for SWW. The Star Tours ride isn't scary, if they like the Star Wars movies, they'll love it. It's just like flying in a star fighter. A few mild bumps, but my boys just love it. I think ToT was ten times scarier!!

Glad to see that you liked the pirate rooms at the CBR. We've stayed at the CBR three years in a row but haven't tried the pirate rooms yet. They do look cool though.

It looks like your Disney trip is off to a great start. Looking forward to reading more.

Wow, you must really like CBR!!! I liked it too. I'll certainly stay there again, just need to decide if we'd do a pirate room or a preferred room.

LOVING your TR so far! Your boys are just adorable and what great Star Wars pics! I haven't seen much at all and you've got some great great shots. I'd love to take the gang there during it but the timing just doesn't work for us, we are still in school.

Try TOT again in a few years, you might be surprised. I swore we traumatized DS8 for life on it, when he was 4. He was the ONLY one dying to go on it this time and loved it (insanely so).

I'm glad we got to go to SWW, the boys love Star Wars!!! The timing worked out great for us since school ended on June 3rd. I'd love to do Pirate and Princess party next, but I doubt it will come back next year. MJ wants to do ToT again, he's been talking about it a lot since we've been home. Poor AJ wants nothing to do with it again!! But you're right, in a few years, all that will change.

We were at CBR 6/6-6/13, too. I have three boys 6, 3 1/2, and 16 months. We may have seen you! I wish we would have rented a car. We never had to wait long at the bus stop, but it is hard to hold the stroller, bags, and kids. Speaking of stroller, I remember your last trip report and you were saying how much you liked the one you rented. We ended up renting the same one. It was easy to push and the kids were comfortable. My older ones are 51" and 55 lbs. and 41" and 35 lbs. Yes, they are big! But, the baby liked it, too. I was a little nervous about the pirate rooms being so far away, too. We ended up getting a nemo room in Jamaica. It was a great location and the boys suprised me by saying they wanted the nemo room. Of course, when we got there they asked where our pirate room was. It looks like we were at Crystal Palace the same time. I'll have to check out our pics to see if you or your boys are in the background. And, I love the Star Wars pics. Can't wait to see more!

I bet we did see you around!!! I'm so glad you liked the stroller rental, it really is awesome! Did your boys like the Nemo room?? I'll have to decide pirate or preferred for next trip. Wouldn't it be fun if you sat right next to us at Crystal Palace?? Our boys are almost the same ages, they would have loved to play together!!

 

[dismagiclover]

I just found this TR and wanted to hop in. We were at SWW the last weekend (6/12-13) and I love hearing about others experiences there. It sounds like it was way less crowded the weekend before. You picked a good time to go. I also love the Pirates rooms If I ever do a trip with just my boys (they are 7 & 4) we are definitely staying there! I don't think my DD9 would like that idea though Can't wait for more!

 

[dspads]

More great pics! And I love the clone trooper mickey shirts! The pool looks awesome! My boys would love it. We are staying at Saratoga Springs -my parents are DVCers and I can't pass up a free room!

You trip seems so fun and relaxing. I guess having less adults in some ways makes it easier. We usually have various combinations of extended family with us -it is nice for the extra hands and fun for the kids, but gets pretty hectic at times.

Can't wait to read more!

 

[MJAJmom]

Today is our day for Epcot. We have an 8am ADR at Akershus, our first princess breakfast. Since we had 9 days, I thought we could check out all the character meals. MJ is pretty nervous because he does not like the characters that talk. And what would the boys think of girly princesses?? We got into Epcot early and strolled into The World to Norway. First was the photographers picture with Bell in her beautiful yellow gown. She really was pretty. AJ would not go near her!!! No way!!! I held him, but he was didn’t want to get too close. She was very nice chatting with MJ.

Our server was very nice and very attentive. I explained to the boys that we’d see 4 princesses. First was Aurora. She asked the boys if they had been slaying any dragons today. Oh, now the boys really liked this girl!!! She asked if they were brave and strong.

Next was Cinderella. Her dress was beautiful! She called them Prince AJ and Prince MJ. So now MJ thinks these girls are pretty cool.

Snow White saw the boys had apples on their plates and she freaked out. She asked them if they ate the apples, were they feeling OK, was there poison in the apple. I tried to retell the boys the Snow White story, but they didn’t remember and didn’t get why she didn’t like the apple.

Last was Ariel. She was very bubbly and nice. So MJ thought this whole princess breakfast wasn’t too bad after all. He said he’d go again next time. The food is just OK.

We walked over to get in line for rope drop so we could make it over to ride Soarin. I love Soarin, it’s just such a neat ride with great scenery. MJ loves the part where they hit a golf ball right at you, and then you fly into the fireworks over the castle. We got a Fastpass to ride it again later. Next was TestTrack, another favorite of the boys. They love the outdoor part where you go super fast – how thrilling is that!! Getting over to Character Spot was next, a must-do for Epcot. Seeing all the characters in their classic clothes with colorful backgrounds. Donald was especially playful today.

Looks like the boys took turns pinching Minnie's nose!

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[MJAJmom]

More pictures from Character Spot...

I was excited to hear that Daisy Duck was out so we went to find here. I really wanted to get my picture with her so I couldn’t wait. When we found her, she didn’t have a Photopass photographer with her – I was crushed!!! Her CM wasn’t close by so I couldn’t ask her to snap our picture. Daisy was fabulous, very animated and girly!!!

Today our lunch as at Teppan Edo. We started to make our way up to the countires in the World. We rode Gran Tour ride in Mexico for the first time. AJ loved it. He loved Donald and his Mexican friends. We’ll have to catch Mexico Donald on our way back from lunch. We were seated with 2 other families for lunch. Our chef really put on a great show, the boys were fascinated. He made a volcano out of the onions and then put water/oil inside to make it steam – that was huge crowd pleaser. He played tic-tac-toe with the zucchini and onions with MJ and another girl. I had the steak and shrimp combo, it was delicious!! I gobbled up all the noodles and veggies. This was a wonderful place, I’m so glad we tried it. I’ll have to add it to my list of favorite dining spots!!!

Heading out of the World, we stopped to take pictures with Mexico Donald. He was very silly!!

At the exit, we stopped to take several PhotoPass shots of the Epcot ball, plus a few special shots. AJ was tired and cranky, so he just sat in the stroller while MJ and I took pictures.

We had Tinkerbell added into the picture, but you can hardly see it because of the design on MJ's shirt (important tip to remember for next time, either wear a solid colored shirt or move your hands away so you can see Tink!)

And here's a picture from riding Test Track. Love AJ's face!

Then it was home to swim and nap.

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[MJAJmom]

Dinner tonight was a Garden Grill – never been there either. I loved the way the restaurant rotated around. That was really fun, especially when you got around to see the Livin With the Land scenery. The food was just OK, but the characters were amazing. They came around several times and played with the boys. Chip and Dale are my favorites. You just cannot take a bad picture with them!!

Dale was great. He took the boys by the hand and walked them down to the railing that overlooked the Livin With Land prairie. He pointed to different animals down there and giggled with the boys. They watched together for 5 minutes!! It was awesome!!

We rode Livin With the Land after dinner. I never knew that had all the vegetable gardens back there. I’ve never seen such huge veggies!!! We used our FP to ride Soarin again, then checked out Turtle Talk with Crush. MJ loved how Crush called everybody ‘Little Dude”. Then we used our FP to ride Test Track. I love how you can just swipe your Photopass card at the ride picture - wished they did that with the other rides/meals.

I had wanted to see Illuminations but the boys said they wanted to go home instead, so we’ll do it another trip. Today was a great day at Epcot. We tried 3 new places to eat and several new rides/shows.

 

[dismagiclover]

Awesome updates! I'm very impressed with how much your boys interacted with the princesses. My boys won't even go near them anymore. We didn't do a princess meal this past trip, but I imagine if we did they would have crawled under the table We love the Epcot character meet too We visited 3 times this past trip. We also seemed to go to lots of the same restaraunts. We ate at Teppan Edo and Garden Grill. We liked them both too. Anything you can do to entertain little boys is helpful. If they get bored trouble usually ensues
Can't wait for more

 

[MJAJmom]

I love starting the day with a character breakfast, and Tusker House is one of my favorites. The food is usually good and the characters are great in their safari clothes. Plus, getting in before the park opens, you are first to ride Safari – can’t beat that!!

We were seated in a side room and went through the buffet before the characters started coming out since they just opened up. First came Donald, then Mickey, Daisy and Goofy. Not sure who was inside Goofy today, but they were a riot!! He was banging on tables, jumping around, lying on the floor. He came into our room with his ears covering his eyes, holding out his arms like he was blind, banging into the walls. It was all very funny!!! Breakfast was great as usual.

We waited at the ropes by Safari until it was opening time. We walked right onto the Safari ride, the first jeep out!! It’s a beautiful ride, but this morning didn’t have many animals out. We saw the rhinos, giraffes and elephants, but the lions weren’t around, the hippos were all under water, no zebras, and the antelopes were hiding deep in the trees. Just must have been a sleepy morning for the animals.

After the ride, we walked down to Camp Mickey Minnie. We saw Pocahontas before heading in to see Festival of the Lion King. MJ wanted to see that show again. He loves Timon. We saw Goofy in the character trails and then moved out to DinoLand.

In DinoLand, we rode Triceratops Spin, played in the Boneyard for a while, and then found Goofy and Pluto.

We strolled into Asia and wandered into Maharajah Trek to see the tigers. There were 2 tigers pacing right by the observation window so we had a pretty good look at them. Those giant bats are just creepy!! Finally it was time for lunch at Yak & Yeti. Another new place for us. I tried the pork pot stickers, the steak & shrimp which was very tasty. For dessert, I tried the sorbet which was 3 flavors – raspberry, mango and lemon. A nice alternative to chocolate and ice creams. Overall, I thought the food was very good, so we’ll try it again next trip.

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[MJAJmom]

After lunch, we got some pictures in front of the Tree of Life. Again, AJ was cranky so he didn't join in, but the photographer snapped a great picture of him poking his head out of the stroller. This photographer could do the Baby Simba add-ins, so we did get AJ out of the stroller for that.

The boys wanted to go back to CBR and swim. I planned on upgrading our tickets to an Annual Pass, so I stopped by Guest Relations on the way out. I’d heard lots of stories about people having problems upgrading their 4/3 tickets. I also had a 10% savings card that a fellow DISer mailed me. With pixie dust on my side, I got a very knowledgeable CM named Claudia from Brazil. She bridged my ticket to the current price, applied the 10% savings card and the final price to upgrade 1 adult and 2 child 9day NE tickets was a whopping $27!!! That’s incredible!!! No problems at all. I got lucky!!!

We swam for a while and then took a nap. Tonight was our evening at Downtown Disney. Something the boys have been waiting for – tonight we get to build a lightsaber and pick out one toy at World of Disney. But first, we have to eat. I had an ADR at Capn Jack’s, but cancelled it because the boys were napping longer. So instead, we ate at Wolfgang Puck Express. And I’m so glad we did – it was excellent. You order at the counter, find a table, then they bring the food out to you. Like a mini table service. I got rosemary chicken with garlic mashed potatoes. Very delicious!!! The boys had pizza, and dough/crust was awesome. We got brownies and chocolate chip cookies for dessert, which were homemade delicious, I really did like this place!!!!

Outside Once Upon a Toy, they had some statues of Buzz and Mr Potato Head that were cute. We found the lightsaber display, the boys were very excited. The directions were printed on the display, but it wasn’t very easy. I had to get a CM to help out. The boys made blue lightsabers. I heard that you got a star wars pin with it, but the CM told me they stopped doing that – bummer!! Now, the boys got what we came to Disney for – yet another lightsaber!!!

Next shopping place was World of Disney. MJ found a plush yellow Dug from the UP movie and AJ got a Buzz Lightyear laser sounding gun. I bought a princess baseball hat, something more stylish to wear this week in the hot sun. Our last stop was Goofy’s Candy store. I picked up several yummy snacks to munch on later – some chocolate covered pretzel sticks, an oreo brownie, some cookies the boys picked out, and few bags of pretzels. Plenty to snack!!

Our day at Animal Kingdom and DTD was another great day. The boys got their lightsabers and toys, so everyone went to bed with a smile!!!

 

[MJAJmom]

I just found this TR and wanted to hop in. We were at SWW the last weekend (6/12-13) and I love hearing about others experiences there. It sounds like it was way less crowded the weekend before. You picked a good time to go. I also love the Pirates rooms If I ever do a trip with just my boys (they are 7 & 4) we are definitely staying there! I don't think my DD9 would like that idea though Can't wait for more!

We had lots of fun at SWW, I'm so glad we tried it this year!! I thought weekend 3 wasn't that crowded. We went again on Friday on weekend #4 and thought it was a bit more crowded. I guess I was expecting elbow to elbow people, but it wasn't like that at all. Your 4 and 7yo boys would love playing in the CBR pirate room and pirate ship pool. Are they jack sparrow fans like my 2 boys are??

More great pics! And I love the clone trooper mickey shirts! The pool looks awesome! My boys would love it. We are staying at Saratoga Springs -my parents are DVCers and I can't pass up a free room!

You trip seems so fun and relaxing. I guess having less adults in some ways makes it easier. We usually have various combinations of extended family with us -it is nice for the extra hands and fun for the kids, but gets pretty hectic at times.

You can't pass up a free room!!! How nice!! It's a very different trip for us when DH comes, we have more flexibility with the boys. I loved the special time with them. If it's go to Disney without DH or don't go at all, that's an easy question to answer for me!!

Awesome updates! I'm very impressed with how much your boys interacted with the princesses. My boys won't even go near them anymore. We didn't do a princess meal this past trip, but I imagine if we did they would have crawled under the table We love the Epcot character meet too We visited 3 times this past trip. We also seemed to go to lots of the same restaraunts. We ate at Teppan Edo and Garden Grill. We liked them both too. Anything you can do to entertain little boys is helpful. If they get bored trouble usually ensues

For our last Oct trip, I avoided all the princess meals because I thought my boys wouldn't like them. But since we had 9 days this trip, I figured we might as well try them. Their reaction surprised me, I'm glad my boys didn't throw a fit or whine/moan. You are so right about keeping boys entertained, they do get into trouble very quickly!!! Thanks for reading along.

 

[dd50]

great trip report. Sounds like the three of you had a great time.

 

[dspads]

How do you manage with the loose autograph pages in the park? Were they in a book? Are they printed on cardstock? My older DS was very into collecting autographs last time around so this may be a good idea to make it extra special.

Again, so many great pics. Your boys really enjoy the characters. On our last trip my little one stayed away from them 80% of the time (he was 3.5).

 

[dismagiclover]

We did the Safari breakfast on our 2008 trip and loved it! You can't beat that first safari ride! Hopefully we'll go back next trip!


I didn't know Goofy and Pluto hung around Dinoland and in such cute costumes! What time was this?

Wow! What a deal on your ticket upgrade! Wish I would have thought of that!


Making those lightsabers is much trickier than it seems like it should be. A boy can never have too many lightsabers (at least that's what my boys think!)

 

[mickeystoontown]

Two more great updates! My son who was 11 at the time, couldn't quite figure out how to build the lightsabers either. There were two castmembers standing around to help the guests out.

 

[MJAJmom]

Today is Magic Kingdom day, starting with another character breakfast at Ohana’s at 7:30am so we can make rope drop at 9am. We park in the TTC and take the monorail to the Polynesian. MJ has really missed riding the monorail this trip. We get our picture taken. AJ refused to wear his flower lei and really didn’t even want to be in the picture. It turned out OK, so I bought it.

We were seated at the table closest to the kitchen door where the characters come out, so we’d be first to see them. That worked out great when you’re on the dine and dash plan! We got our coffee and milk, then our breakfast platter. The kids had waffles, bacon and fruit so they were happy. I’m no too crazy about the food here – I prefer a buffet with lots of choices. First out the door was Stitch who is always pretty fun. Then came Lilo who was pretty rushed to meet us, and we were first. Happened last time too, Lilo was pretty quick to say hello, barely giving the boys time for a hug or high-five.

Next came Mickey and then Pluto. Pluto always clowns around with the boys, plus MJ loves how he has to put the autograph book over his nose right close to his eyes to sign it.

Ohana’s is just OK for me, it’s convenient to MK and MJ seems to like it. So now we hop on the monorail to watch the opening show and enter at rope drop. Someday, I’d love to be family of the day!! The opening song and show is always so motivating and happy. MJ was thrilled to get sprayed with confetti at the end of the show. It was the colorful mouse ear confetti – he called it pixie dust and held onto it for quite a while.

Normally at rope drop, we head straight to FantasyLand. Today we are trying out Big Thunder Mountain for the first time. So that’s were we head, to ride it first, then get a FP for later. MJ loved it and AJ said it made him dizzy – he wasn’t sure he wanted to ride it again, but later said he loved it. AJ had been talking all week about the Jungle Cruise, he likes the crocodiles and the temple you go into. So we rode Jungle cruise and he was thrilled for the day. Next was POTC, we are all Jack Sparrow fans so this one is great. Make sure you take the path on the left when you enter, it’s so much shorter. We walked on the ride while everyone on the opposite side was waiting. We rode POTC again and had the boat all to ourselves!!.

I found a new favorite drink this week – the raspberry lemonade slush!! It was so cold, tangy and refreshing, I think I had 4 or 5 of them this week!! I mostly got them at the snack stand behind Aladdin’s Magic Carpet ride. Delicious!!!

Captain Hook was scheduled to come out at 10:15, so we waited a few minutes and were first in line. He’s pretty creepy looking!! Mr Smee is lots of fun. There was no Photopass photographer with Hook, last October there was one. We tried to find one around POTC to take our picture in front of the ride and also to do the special add-in fighting with Capt Hook, but we never found him in the 3 days at MK. Must be part of the cut backs.

The pin lanyard that MJ was wearing had some black mickey mouse ears on it. With the hot weather, they started melting off and was turning his neck black. So I went to the emporium shop on Main Street to find another one, one without any design that looked ironed-on. I told the CM what was happening, and she said that she would swap it out for free for us, saying the other one was defective. I thought that was very generous, because I bought that lanyard on our trip last October. So that was some pixie dust our way.

I wanted to see the Move It, Shake It parade down Main Street at 11:00. We caught the end of the Dreams show at the castle and found a place around the inside circle for the parade. A CM told us that the floats would come around the circle and stop, letting the characters out to dance in the streets. The parade music was upbeat and the floats were very colorful. Donald and Goofy came off the float at the end and danced with everyone. So we watched, danced and played for a while. It’s a short parade and people didn’t seem to line up too early to stake out a seat. We’ve yet to see the 3:00pm parade because we’re back at the hotel napping or swimming.

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[MJAJmom]

More parade pictures

Since we had some time before lunch, we rode the Buzz Lightyear ride. AJ loves the waiting queue with the talking Buzz and big picture of Zurg. Exiting the ride, the boys want their picture taken with Zurg behind bars. No smiles, just mean faces.

On our way to lunch, we found a photopass photographer who could take a balloons special add-in photo.

Our ADR at Liberty Tree Tavern was for 11:45am and we got right in. I heard the pot roast was good so that’s what I ordered. Clam chowder to start and strawberry shortcake for dessert. The chowder wasn’t great, next time I’ll try the crab cakes. Pot roast was decent, but the dessert was wonderful. I gobbled it up.

After lunch, we grabbed a FastPass for Jungle Cruise. Then saw Frontier Donald and Rafiki before heading out of the park back to CBR.

I just couldn’t pass up the Photopass photographers at Main Street. Once again, AJ was hot, tired and cranky, so that’s how he looked in the picture. At least for the Stitch picture, he could rest on my lap.

So finally we left the park to nap. Tonight is dinner at 1900 Park Fare and more MK.