After breakfast it was off to our first ride of the trip! It had to be Pirates of the Caribbean! I chose this one, bc I didn't want Jacob to experience Splash or Space, and then be let down by everything else! Plus he and Chris are HUGE PoC fans.
There was no wait at all! We walked right on! Yes, I did say hello to George while we were getting on, and had to explain it to the kids and Chris. This is one of my top 5 rides, I think. We all loved it, and thought about going again, but decided to go on the Jungle Cruise instead.
This is the only pic that came out from JC. Our guide was right on her marks, bubbly, and FUN. She had everyone laughing when she said this guy was "Getting the Point"
On to Frontierland we went! We tried Big Thunder first, but it was broken.. This would be the case for most of our trip.
Soooooo, Splash Mt it was! I put away my camera, but not before I took this! This was a walk on.
Splash is one of my top rides too! I feel like you get the most ride time out of this one. I love the music and the details and of course, the drops!! Jacob wanted to ride in the back seat, and because of it, he and Deshea got DRENCHED! Chris and I were rolling!
Let me add here that I ADORE the Disney Water smell. It's like no other water smell anywhere. Most people think I'm nuts when I say this, but I'll bet some of you know where I'm coming from!
On to It's a Small World. Now, this is not a fave of mine, but it seems to be a tradition, so Jacob had to ride it once. This was also a walk on.
He wasn't impressed, and has no desire to do it ever again.
Next it was Mickey's Philharmagic. I have no pics of this, but I LOVE THIS SHOW. To me, its Disney condensed in a 15 minute show. I love watching the kids, including mine, trying to reach out and grab the cartoon!
Haunted Mansion was next! One of my faves! Do ya'll see a theme here?
We all loved this one. I remembered to stand under the lady with the umbrella and to look up when the lights went out.
The ride got stuck at the part with the hitchhiking ghosts, and Jacob was cutting up and even the people in the doom buggies next to them were laughing. That kid is such a clown sometimes.
Next, we crossed the park to Space Mountain. I took this on the way..
Apparently Chris went on this when he was young, and it has remained his favorite forever. This was our first wait of the day, about 15 minutes or so. Not bad, but it was HOT in there.
It's confession time. I hate roller coasters. HATE HATE HATE. I nearly took the chicken exit. I did keep my eyes closed the whole time. Does anyone else feel like they're going to hit their heads on this ride?
As soon as we got off, the hotel paged us! Our room was ready!
We headed towards the exit and got our first little dose of pixie dust....
We stopped at a popcorn vendor near the exit, Jacob was going to use his unused breakfast snack credit. The guy serving was the sweetest little man, so we gave him one of our CM appreciation cards. He was so happy! He said that was the nicest thing anyone had done for him all week, and he upgraded our snack popcorn to the souvenier bucket at no charge!
Next it was off check out our home for the week at Caribbean beach!
We caught a bus back to the resort, found the room and Deshea and I got settled in while the guys brought all the luggage in. Last time we stayed here we had a king room, so I was a bit apprehensive about a double bed room. No worrying necessary. This room was huge and had a TON of storage. I forgot to take some pics of it before we messed it up, but here's a few afterwards.. there is the big dresser with 5 drawers, a huge closet with storage above, and a chest that sits in one corner, with a huge drawer. There is also alot of storage under the vanity. I was VERY happy, and thought we would all be comfy in the space.
We unpacked and freshened up. Then headed back to the bus stop to go to Animal Kingdom, for our 5:15 ressies at Rainforest Cafe! We ate here last trip on a whim, and Chris has been talking about the Lava Nachos for the last two years!
Up next, Animal Kingdom and Rainforest Cafe!
I gotta tell y'all, I didn't see a SINGLE Lime Green Mickey Head (other than my own!) the whole trip. 
