Alright so here we go.
Our arrival day was a Sunday and we got into Orlando at 5:30, this night was not going to be a park night we just didn't want to have to leave at the crack of dawn on Monday!
I'll keep this simple for some reason I have only 2 pictures from travel day! I swear I took more but I guess they just disappeared
.This is the girls in car on the way to the airport:
Our plane landed early around 5:15 and we pick up our luggage and car without issue. Now as we were driving rain like I have never experienced before came down, it was so bad Erkki had to slow down to 15 miles an hour on the highway just so he could see!
Crisis averted, we arrived at the house safe, had dinner then went to bed because the next morning we had a 8:30 ADR at the Crystal Palace!
Day 1:
We woke up bright and early (isn't it always easier to wake up in Disney
)
We were out of the door by 7:15 and soon enough I was seeing this:
We were all so excited to finally start this vacation! We got there early enough to park in the second Heros row in the lot!
So not a lot of walking to the TTC.
At that time only the boat was running and when we got there one was waiting so we loaded and soon were on our way. While on the boat we got to talking to another couple who had an ADR at CRT and it was for 8:05 by this time it was already 7:50
I could tell it was there first time there because they were confused when I told them we were eating at CP, they thought CRT and CP were the same restaurant. So I clarified that we are having breakfast with Pooh and his friends while they are having breakfast with the Princesses. Then they found out our ADR was for 8:30 and they got scared. (They will come up again shortly well the Dad at least)
I have to admit I like taking the boat, it is great to be able to see the castle getting closer as you get closer. The girls really enjoyed it and by this point they were super excited.
Okay we landed and walked up to the scanners, well all of ours worked except Faith's, so once I saw the blue Mickey I immediately had the app open and was going to get her AP number. Lucky enough one of the CM's figured it out, somehow the band had been turned off
! Well they turned it back on and we got Green!!
The whole process took about 5 minutes and I was getting a little concerned because just a month before I was able to make all the fatspasses.
Main St. just the way I like it!!
Once we got on Main St. we realized we had time to kill before check in so what else to do but get pictures in front of an empty castle!!
After pictures we headed to CP as I was walking up Main St I looked to my right and noticed a man running while pushing a stroller right up Main St! It was the dad from the boat and it was 8:15
I hope they made it.
Once checked in we were seated in about 10 minutes, the characters weren't close to us so after we ordered our drinks we headed for the buffet.
Sorry this is all I have for pictures but it is evidence that I tried the Puffed French Toast (I even had a piece for you Jen!) It was awesome, I can see why so many people like it. Soon after we got our food the characters came around first up was Tigger:
Then Piglet:
We had some time before the next wave of characters so we again headed up to the buffet. Now one thing I will say is the service this time around was not that good. It took about 15 minutes to get our initial drinks and then when the coffee was out it took about 20 minutes to get a refill.At one point we were still waiting for refills and our waiter was talking with another employee for about 10 minutes! This was a first for CP so I hope the waiter was just having an off morning.
Anyway the next character to visit was Eeyore:
Then finally the one Becky had been waiting for Pooh!!
Now she was super excited to see him and she even had to show him her magic band which had a pooh tattoo on it! Needless to say Pooh liked it and Becky was very happy. Now before we left Erkki was amazed at the size of the coffee maker so he had to get a picture!
And the quote on Facebook was "And God said let there be coffee"
After enjoying the HUGE coffee maker we finished up and headed out, by this time it was around 9:30ish we our plan was to head over to Fantasyland!
Next up Day 1 part 2: I swear I will always do rope drop after this!
Hi Everyone! 
It was a great trip with a bunch of firsts
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Thanks for reading!
(well actually avoiding doing that) 
