Tuesday, October 14, 2008
We were up early, ds is an early riser and he was SO excited to be at Disneyworld! Mom and ds went in their pjs to the main building to get us coffee and hot cocoa in our refillable mugs. They also brought back a kids breakfast of Mickey waffles, applesauce and juice. We all showered/dressed and were out the door of our room before 8am. I was the last to leave the room and left a Mousekeeping envelope along with ds's blankie, bear and Mickey gift wrapped in Mickey paper. We grabbed more coffee for us, filled ds's 'Cars' water bottle with ice and water and headed for the MK bus. We arrived just as the pre-opening show was beginning. That was fun!
When the gates opened we headed straight for Fantasyland. We rode It's a Small World (ds LOVED!) and then got a FP for Peter Pan. We walked over to the Dumbo ride (ds refused to ride) and the Carousel (again, he refused, guess he's not a ride kid!). Ariel's Grotto was closed at that time. We headed to Toon Town and saw Mickey and Minnie's houses, and then got to meet them in their tent. Ds tried to give Mickey his little stuffed Mickey...it was SO cute! And they were great with him, very patient as he's a little shy. We checked out the little playground area there and then rode the train back to Main St. We shared a giant cinnamon roll (a
DDP snack!) at the bakery, ds had a strawberry and cream smoothie. We went to the hat store and got ds the black Mickey ears, they were enbroidered right there, no wait.
After shopping a little we walked back to Fantasyland. Got a Winnie the Pooh FP, with 'Bonus' FPs to Philharmagic. Went to ride Peter Pan, then Philharmagic then Winnie the Pooh. Ds loves them all but I think he was most impressed with Philharmagic! We didn't wait for more than 5 minutes for any of the rides we went on. We did many potty breaks as were were drinking alot (it was HOT!) and ds (newly potty trained) did GREAT. Not a single accident the whole trip!
We headed back toward the Crystal Palace where we had ADR for a late lunch. They couldn't take us early so we walked into Adventureland. We were able to walk right into the Tiki Room. Another big hit with ds. We watched the Flying Carpets ride and walked down to the Jungle Ride. At that time (about 1:30pm) the FP return was at 4p and we knew we wouldn't be in the park then so we skipped it. Ds enjoyed playing with the boats there.
We went back to Crystal Palace, checked in at 1:45p or so and were seated at 2pm. (We had 2:15p ADR) It was loud in there but the buffet was nice, service was excellent and the characters very patient with ds. My favorite was the chipotle rubbed salmon, very flavorful. Lots of nice salads. Lots of fruit, which ds loved. We were there almost 1.5 hours, taking our time eating and enjoying Pooh and friends. Very enjoyable.
When we were done we walked down Main St a ways until we were able to get a spot to watch the parade. Ds enjoyed this, waving at all his 'friends'. When the parade was over we headed for the gate. The wait for the bus wasn't long at all and before we knew it we were back at Pop. We had a nap, all 3 of us, and then went to the Goofy fountains. Ds LOVED LOVED LOVED these! We could have spent 3 days just doing this!
At 7pm we headed back to MK. I had gotten the time wrong, thought Wishes was a 8pm so we got a spot ifo the Castle to wait. At almost 8:30pm I realized I'd gotten it wrong and it wasn't until 9p so mom ran to Cosmic Ray's and got dinner, which we ate picnic style waiting for the fireworks. We all liked seeing the Castle change colors. And we were all ready with our glow stuff (ring for mom, bracelets for all of us, a glow stick and glow 'glasses' for ds). Wishes was awesome and ds was practically bouncing out of his seat seeing Tinkerbell!!
The crowd when Wishes was over was incredible. Lots of pushing and shoving and very 'unDisney' like behavior. So we made it to the sidewalk on Main St, got ice creams, walked down the uncrowded sidewalk to the area in front of Exposition Hall, sat on a bench and waited. When there was no more crowd we made our way to the bus area and had a very short wait. (Maybe 5-7 minutes.) It was perfect. I highly recommend this, don't fight the crowd, just wait it out!
We arrived back at Pop and, surprise! We had nicely made beds, a towel 'Octopus' sitting atop a Mickey gift and Bear was hanging out with them both. Ds was so excited! He got a Mickey sticker book and was shouting 'Thank you Mickey!'...LOL. It was a wonderful end to a wonderful day.
More to come...
But we made the best of it! Ds really enjoyed himself...more to follow!
I hope you were able to replace it and the rest of the trip got better fast.
