We started off early with the Princess breakfast at Akershus in Norway. My DH wasn't thrilled that I booked yet another princess meal with no daughters to bring but I think he's sold now. I have him convince that it doesn't matter who the characters are, book an early ADR and get in before the park opens. You get cool pictures, and even if the park is open by the time we are done, we are all ready in the park, not waiting online to get in, and for a kid with autism, not starting the day that way is a plus. We also rent a car so getting there that early also gets us close parking. That's a big bonus at the end of the day!
I love getting shots like this
The breakfast was nice. I liked the way it was part buffet, part served family style. They were very quick about bringing over more hot food when my husband and son devoured all the bacon and eggs. We would do this breakfast again, even without characters. I liked the building too. It was very pretty inside, nice atmosphere. The princesses there were Belle, Aurora, Snow White, Ariel, and Cinderella. I won't post them all but these are my 2 favorite
My son was totally loving Cinderella
I do actually have a picture of my son with Ariel and he's looking at me and smiling but this was a cute picture. After taking the nice smile pose, Ariel asked my son (who is basically non-conversational but can answer simple questions) "do you like to swim?" He answered "yes" and she asked "are you a good swimmer?" My son said yes (which he is, he's an amazing swimmer), and I jumped in and said "he's such a good swimmer we think he's a merman." She was so cute. Her face lit up and she got all excited and said something like "oh my with you being a good swimmer and having red hair just like me, you must be my brother." And she gave him a big hug. She was awesome and we loved the moment although I'm not to sure how crazy my son was about the hug. LOL
After breakfast we headed back into Future World and decided what rides we wanted to tackle before lunch at Le Cellier at 1pm. The boys went on Mission Space which I can't do. I did the orange track with them last year and did not feel right for the rest of the day. I passed and went shopping instead. After that we were heading over to the Nemo ride and I made them stop at Club Cool. BAD MOMMY!! BAD BAD MOMMY asked the boy if he was thirsty then handed him a cup of Beverly. Look at what I did to my poor baby!
sorry but his reaction was comical
We went on some more rides and headed off to LeCellier. The pretzel bread lived up to the hype. I also liked the sour dough. I didn't get to try the multigrain one, my DH ate it all. I had the tomato stack, and while I enjoyed it, I must say I expected more from reviews I had heard of it. I had the mushroom filet with the risotto. I kept debating on getting the mashed potatoes instead and couldn't decide so I went with the risotto. It was amazing. The filet just melted in my mouth!! For dessert I had the smores and was really disappointed. I took 2 or 3 bites and passed it off to my son who barely touched it. My DH had the cheddar cheese soup and loved it. He had the house burger and said it was good, but I could tell he wasn't impressed. He had the chocolate mouse and loved it. My son had the cheese soup and barely touched it, the steak and fries and ate about half and for dessert he had a fruit cup and most of my smores. We would definately eat there again, but now with the new dining plan options, if we had the plan we'd do lunch for 1 TS credit. I liked having lunch their because after that we head off around the World Showcase and hoped to be done in time for our dinner ADR at The Rose and Crown Pub.
We headed out and around the World Showcase. I really wasn't feeling well. I started feeling sick the night before and was sure I had a fever at this point. I usually get sick a few days after flying. My immune system in compromised due to my rheumatoid arthritis meds so I pick up everything. I wasn't sure I wanted to trek around the showcase in that heat not feeling well, but I really wanted to get a picture with Aladdin and Beast. I figured we'd start and could always turn back. We did well with characters. We could see Belle and Beast out from a distance and I told DH to run ahead and get online for us. I was slow moving at that point. When he got there they had closed the line which still had about 15 people on it when Belle and Beast were leaving for a break. I stopped to take a picture of them as they walked away and Belle looked right at me and smiled. I didn't realize my son had run up ahead towards them until he appeared in my view on my camera. I thought "cool, he'll be in the picture with them." He reached out and pulled on Beast's cape. I was about 15 feet away and my DH was still on the line. Beast pulled away and shook his finger at my son and DH came running over. I apologized as they walked away and didn't have a chance to tell them he has autism and was probably just fascinated by the big cape flapping around as he walked. He wasn't trying to pull it off or cause a "wardrobe malfunction." He was just stimming!! They handler said they'd be back in a while but I was embarrased and didn't want to see what would happen if we came back for a photo op.I really wanted a picture of me with Beast but hey, you can't have everything right? Here's some of the character shots we got
Mary Poppins was awesome. She kept talking to my son like he was answering her, and he wasn't. Finally she asked "where is your smile?" He made a fake smile and pointed to his teeth. I saw her smile a real smile (like she finally got through to the kid) and then she pointed to her smile to show him hers. It was really cute
the cape grab
We hit Japan and needed a break. Kaki Gori.........YUM YUM YUM. I could have eated one of each flavor. It's on my "must have" list for next time!
We skipped Snow White in Germany because we had seen her twice in 3 days and I just wanted to get back to Future World and on something air conditioned. The Ellen ride was sounding good to me!
Then my son found yet another drum he had to stop to play. The kid cannot pass a drum
We finished the World Showcase and decided to stop at the bathrooms right next to the little bridge by Canada. We came out and it was drizzling. We decided to head over to Soarin' and halfway there the skies opened up and we got soaked from head to toe. It was horrible for me because feeling sick the last thing I needed was to be wet and in air conditioning. We left puddles every time the line moved for Soarin and the ride was painfully cold for me. I was going to buy a new shirt but my shorts, underwear, socks and shoes would still be wet and I probably wasn't going to find all those things, or those things in my sizes at Epcot, so I suffered. It was horrible.
It was time for us to head to the Rose and Crown. Off Kilter was playing in Canada so we watched them for a bit and then I went ahead to R&C to check in. It was 6:55 and our ADR was for 7:05. I talked to the wonderful CM there and told them I know everyone is coming in asking for a table on the patio. I told him I wasn't feeling well, was soaking wet and really could not deal with sitting in the AC. I didn't care if we were outside in a spot where we couldn't see Illuminations because we knew we could go to their other patio to watch, but to please not put me in the AC, as long as I had a Scotch Egg and Fish & Chips I'd be happy. He asked "you already know what you're having?" I told him we ate there last year and I have known since the day I booked our trip and made the ADR 4 months ago what I was eating that night. He gave me a buzzer and told me that British Invasion was starting soon, to go enjoy the show and they'd beep me. 30 minutes went by and finally our buzzer went off. The timing was great because my son loved British Invasion, and didn't realize that it was way past his dinner time and that he should be tired and cranky. It also meant there was less time that I would have to entertain him between dinner and Illuminations.
We were escorted to our PRIMO table with an amazing view of the lagoon. DH and I both ordered the same thing, Scotch Egg and Fish & Chips and we both finished everything. I didn't see grilled cheese on the menu for kids but the table next to us had a grilled cheese so I asked and sure enough my son ended up with a grilled cheese. We both had sticky toffee pudding, which came out second before Illuminations started, and my son had ice cream. He was more into making his own little sundae and dipping his banana chips in his chocolate syrup than he was into watching the show!
Not bad huh?
It was an EMH evening and we really planned on finishing up a few rides we had left undone, hoping to do at night, but I was really feeling crummy. I could feel blisters starting from my feet rubbing around in wet socks and shoes and I really needed to get some sleep before I ended up REALLY sick. Our really close parking spot came in VERY handy this evening and I was even more appreciative of the before opening ADR at that very moment. We went back to the hotel and I took a hot shower. The boys went off to the pool.
Next post will be about day 5. We had to go to Melbourne to see a doctor for my son, then we hit TL and DTD. I'll try to do that report tomorrow
He wished her a happy birthday and invited her to participate. She said no. 
The CM then looked up at my son and asked him. I whispered to my son "want to go dance?" and he jumped right up and went off with the CM. He did okay but needed some gentle guidance on when to walk and when to stop because he just wanted to dance around the entire theater. The CM with him in green was amazing and just took him by the hand and led him through it all. Last year I saw them choose a child in a wheelchair and the CMs pushed the child around the theater, so I didn't think it was a big inconvenience for them to hold my son's hand and walk him. He can't be the only child that ever needed help with this right? Here is my son in the show.
