Charleston Princess
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When I awoke Thursday morning, I was, of course, the first one awake. I took the opportunity to snap some pictures of the pool from our balcony. These were the pictures I used in the update about our room, but I will repost them here since this when I took them.
Early mornings simply sitting on the balcony and gazing at the pool are so peaceful and relaxing.
Today was our whatever day with no set plans until our dinner at Boma at 5:55. We decided we had the most unfinished business at Animal Kingdom, so after a quick breakfast of leftover desserts -- which by the way, in case anyone was wondering zebra domes are just as good at 8:00 in the morning -- off we headed to the buses (Charles was planning on sleeping in a bit more).
I was dying for a decent cup of coffee so outside the entrance of the park I stopped at the kiosk and got an iced mocha. Ahhhh. It was delicious and just what my body was craving!
Once inside I insisted we stop for some Photopass pictures including the much coveted Simba photo. These are my favorite two of the group.
Then we leisurely browsed through all the shops on Discovery Island while I finished my coffee. With only two days of our vacation left, I realized I needed to start making some decisions about which souvenirs I wanted to buy. I saw quite a few things I liked, but decided we could come back on our way out -- I didnt want to carry stuff all day long.
On Sunday when we had last been at Animal Kingdom, the kids had begged and begged to go see Its Tough to be a Bug. I had managed to put them off, but as soon as I was finished with my coffee, their pleas resumed. Chelsea and Connor had not forgotten their desire to see this 3-D show.
Now before I go on with this GREAT story, let me explain.
I am the only one in our family not terrified of bugs.
When I say terrified, I dont mean, Eek! Theres a bug. I mean MOM!!! COME QUICK!!! IF YOU DONT, I COULD DIE!!! kind of terrified -- to which I go running in to discover there is a gnat in Connors room.
I have successfully saved all three members of my family from:
Gigantic bugs.
Really big bugs.
Big bugs.
Medium bugs.
Small bugs.
Tiny bugs.
Teeny tiny bugs.
Dust mites.
Bugs you need an electron microscope to see.
Bugs they claim are there and which I eradicate even though I cant see them AT ALL.
See where I am going with this?
I tried to persuade my children that it was in their best interests to forego a 3D show ALL ABOUT BUGS. I even said, Lots of people on the DIS boards say it is scary for people who dont like bugs. Chelsea and Connor were adamant -- they wanted to experience the show ABOUT BUGS -- WHICH THEY ARE DEATHLY AFRAID OF!
Sometimes you just have to let children learn from their lack of judgement.
Trooping merrily into the theater with their little buggy glasses, my children were blissfully unaware of what they were in store for during this show since they had willfully refused to listen to my dire warnings.
Thank goodness it is a relatively short show. I loved it -- I thought it was clever and cute and funny.
Meanwhile, Connor had his head buried in my lap.
Over on the other side of Connor, Chelsea had pulled her knees up and had her head down between them.
If they had been younger, I wouldnt have laughed. Seeing as how they are older children, I giggle every time I think about this part of the trip. Call me cruel, but I wish I could have taken a picture of them to show their future spouses. I would preface it by saying, I think you should know that you have a lifetime of killing real and imaginary bugs ahead of you.
As we were leaving the theater, Chelsea exclaimed very loudly, I NEVER want to do that again!
UP NEXT: Dinosaurs are way less scary than bugs!
Early mornings simply sitting on the balcony and gazing at the pool are so peaceful and relaxing.
Today was our whatever day with no set plans until our dinner at Boma at 5:55. We decided we had the most unfinished business at Animal Kingdom, so after a quick breakfast of leftover desserts -- which by the way, in case anyone was wondering zebra domes are just as good at 8:00 in the morning -- off we headed to the buses (Charles was planning on sleeping in a bit more).
I was dying for a decent cup of coffee so outside the entrance of the park I stopped at the kiosk and got an iced mocha. Ahhhh. It was delicious and just what my body was craving!
Once inside I insisted we stop for some Photopass pictures including the much coveted Simba photo. These are my favorite two of the group.
Then we leisurely browsed through all the shops on Discovery Island while I finished my coffee. With only two days of our vacation left, I realized I needed to start making some decisions about which souvenirs I wanted to buy. I saw quite a few things I liked, but decided we could come back on our way out -- I didnt want to carry stuff all day long.
On Sunday when we had last been at Animal Kingdom, the kids had begged and begged to go see Its Tough to be a Bug. I had managed to put them off, but as soon as I was finished with my coffee, their pleas resumed. Chelsea and Connor had not forgotten their desire to see this 3-D show.
Now before I go on with this GREAT story, let me explain.
I am the only one in our family not terrified of bugs.
When I say terrified, I dont mean, Eek! Theres a bug. I mean MOM!!! COME QUICK!!! IF YOU DONT, I COULD DIE!!! kind of terrified -- to which I go running in to discover there is a gnat in Connors room.
I have successfully saved all three members of my family from:
Gigantic bugs.
Really big bugs.
Big bugs.
Medium bugs.
Small bugs.
Tiny bugs.
Teeny tiny bugs.
Dust mites.
Bugs you need an electron microscope to see.
Bugs they claim are there and which I eradicate even though I cant see them AT ALL.
See where I am going with this?
I tried to persuade my children that it was in their best interests to forego a 3D show ALL ABOUT BUGS. I even said, Lots of people on the DIS boards say it is scary for people who dont like bugs. Chelsea and Connor were adamant -- they wanted to experience the show ABOUT BUGS -- WHICH THEY ARE DEATHLY AFRAID OF!
Sometimes you just have to let children learn from their lack of judgement.
Trooping merrily into the theater with their little buggy glasses, my children were blissfully unaware of what they were in store for during this show since they had willfully refused to listen to my dire warnings.
Thank goodness it is a relatively short show. I loved it -- I thought it was clever and cute and funny.
Meanwhile, Connor had his head buried in my lap.
Over on the other side of Connor, Chelsea had pulled her knees up and had her head down between them.
If they had been younger, I wouldnt have laughed. Seeing as how they are older children, I giggle every time I think about this part of the trip. Call me cruel, but I wish I could have taken a picture of them to show their future spouses. I would preface it by saying, I think you should know that you have a lifetime of killing real and imaginary bugs ahead of you.
As we were leaving the theater, Chelsea exclaimed very loudly, I NEVER want to do that again!
UP NEXT: Dinosaurs are way less scary than bugs!
Good for you.
She swears that we dragged her on Splash Mountain as children but I believe I was the one being dragged by her and Tim. 
You did your best to warn those silly kids that they wouldn't like ITTBAB and they didn't listen. Therefore you have every right to laugh hysterically at their fear. 
