So sorry about not updating sooner! So busy!
On the last update, I showed the awesome pictures of the 1 Bedroom Suite that we were pixie-dusted with!
After the shock had settled, I took the kids to the 1/2 day DLH cabana that I had booked for our 9:30 start time. DH stayed behind to take better photos with the large camera. I have yet to load those onto Photobucket. When we do, I'll post them!
By the time we got to the cabana, it was about 10:15. We were granted Cabana 6 (it was the one I had requested for because it's the one we had during our July staycation). I saw the cabana attendant & we were soooooo lucky to have the same one we had at the GCH cabana in July...Jonathan! LOVE him! He remembered us and we chatted for a bit. He immediately put in our fruit basket request and we had our 6 small Dasani water bottles already waiting in the fridge. We met our dining server Veronica...ironic because we had her last July as well at DLH.
The kids had a snack & we got in the pools. We could see DH in the bedroom taking pictures because the two balcony doors were open and I could see the flash from him taking the photos. When we went onto the balcony, we tried waving our arms like crazy people, but he didn't see us.
DD really wanted to try out the Monorail slide. In July she had refused to ride them. DS tried the very small one. It's a side by side slide so I sat in the one on the left and him on the right. He whined the entire time, but said he liked it when we got off. I asked him if he wanted to do it again and he said, "NO!" So funny! But, can you believe it? DD only wanted to ride the smaller Monorail slide ONCE. What can I say? My kids just really love the pools and the deep water. So we went back until DH came over.
I ordered lunch for everyone and we just relaxed. Watched the TV, chilled on the sofas, took our time eating our food. DS finally fell asleep, but then our time was up before we knew it.
I usually take a lot of pictures, but I guess my head wasn't really in it (especially with what had happened the day before).
We went back to our awesome suite. I was carrying DS while he was asleep. DH was carrying our stuff. I laid DS on one of the bedroom's beds and gently closed the door so he wouldn't hear us next door. LOVED the amount of space we all had. So unbelievable!!!!
A few minutes later, DS came out crying. I finally figured out that he peed so much in his swim diaper (wore it as insurance for the pool) that it leaked onto his clothes & on the bed!!!! Oh, no! I felt so bad for him because he was embarassed, but we reassured him it was ok. I called Mousekeeping & she was so nice. She also brought extra pillows that I asked her for.
Our plan was to relax in the suite until our 5:10 Goofy's Kitchen dinner reservation to celebrate DD's 7th birthday. DH gave the kids their baths while I talked to the police department (made the appointment to have the home fingerprinted...btw, I still can't get some of that stuff off!
) and the insurance company.
Here are some various photos of the kids chilling in the room...they loved the pullout couch. They would play on it, created a fort with a blanket and the side chair, watch TV while sitting on it, & DD slept on it.
What did I think of Goofy's Kitchen? Well, I have read many comments about breakfast as well as dinner (most of them from breakfast; most of them not so great about hit/miss meeting with the characters). As a result, I decided to have us try dinner.
We waited in line about 5-10 minutes to check in. We waited behind a family for our turn to have a photo with Goofy at the restaurant's entrance. They have a Photopass photographer to take your picture. A CM gladly takes pictures with your camera. HOWEVER, MOST of those photos were so blurry. This is the best one...my take on that. I think they're rushed so they do things as fast as they can to get the next family in. I ALSO think they want people to buy THEIR photos so they don't intentionally try too hard to take good photos with your camera/phone.
SERIOUSLY?!?!?! Look at how blurry that is!!!
We sat & waited a few minutes to be seated. We got our drink order in & got the food. Loved the variety of food for the adults and the kids! There were a lot of options for everyone. I definitely saved room for dessert...I'm a dessert kinda gal!!! I can't believe I didn't take food photos!!! So sorry!
Review of the service: it was so-so. He wasn't too friendly. You could tell he was rushed to cover so many tables that varied from 2 to 10 people at each table. He also had an assistant that helped with clearing and refills.
Review of character experience: I DON'T want to do Goofy's Kitchen again!!!! We saw Minnie, Snow White, & Alice 3 times! However, the other characters would go to other areas, but wouldn't come to our area that covered about 10-12 tables easily. So weird! After waiting an hour, I finally had to say something to our server. Can you believe it?...We still only saw one other character. I can't even remember which one. I'm sure DH used the large camera so I'll have to post that later. The ones we were waiting for were Chip, Dale, Pluto, & someone else that I can't remember.
Here are some photos though:
Up next...what happens after dinner?
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It feels wonderful to get that pixie dust, doesn't it?
