With Maddie all pixie'd out, we headed back to the room to try and rest before Mickey's Trick Or Treat Party.
Everyone was getting a little hungry and we didn't want to waste prime TOT time eating, so we stopped at White Water Snacks in the GCH. I have to say, I'd never eaten here, but I'd read great things on the boards, so we decided to try it.
They had a very small selection of grab and go things and had an even smaller grocery section. The set up was weird for ordering food. You went to the cashier with all your grab and go stuff and then ordered your hot food at the cashier. Weird. Weirdness.
The kids had pizza, Andy had a burger and I had chicken nachos. We were given a number and we kinda sat around waiting for our food. It took awhile, but they boxed it up nicely and we headed upstairs. OMG, my chicken nachos were KILLER! I give them 2 brown
!
Everyone was eating, whilst I was dealing with some Girl Scout drama. It took me forever to take care of everything and Andy was getting PO'd. It was looking like I was going to have to leave hotel at 10:30 the next morning to take care of a product delivery and meet the family later, but my co-leader came through and handled business.
Though, not before some tension between my lovey DH and me.
Anyway, back to my nachos... my lovely, lovely nachos. They were so good, I called TE to tell her how good they were. Oh and to check up on her to make sure she was OK.
Here's our view:
And to the left:
The party started at 6:30pm, so we started getting the kids ready about an hour before and we headed over to DCA. There were conflicting reports about whether or not we could use the "private" entrance for the party or not. We decided not to chance it and headed toward the main entrance to get our party on!
Surprisingly, there wasn't a mob scene in the esplanade. We got to the entrance around 6pm and only waited another 15-20 mins before they opened the gates and let everyone in to the rope drop. Naturally, we were at the rope.
And much like our WDW trips, we had a "plan". We've done this party since it started, so we knew what our best plan of attack was. We quickly bypassed all the candy stations and the beginning and headed towards TSM. On our way, there were lots of photo ops with no lines, so we took advantage.
We walked onto TSM, twice!
And then made our way around the boardwalk to Mullholland Madness (a new favorite!). We were lucky and made our way around the parks just ahead of the pack. There were some really great costumes! We saw the cutest little toddler dressed as Dopey!
And some not so cute costumes....
?????? Professionals??
The place was really starting fill up, so we headed to the dance party and Mads and I danced around with the characters doing the Cha-Cha Slide. I was really shocked to see Maddie knew all the moves!!?? We had so much fun!
Maddie was so excited to run into this guy again:
We decided to grab some dessert and find a seat for the 9:30 parade. We headed to the bakery, where I saw the giant cinnamon rolls and thought of my dear friend, V.
Naturally, Evan opted for some sour candy. Blech.
It was around 9pm and I noticed alot of people heading towards the exit. I was excited to finally see the parade! In the 5 years or so of the MTOT pary, I've yet to see the parade! I thought I was being smart this year by booking the villa for day time rest, easy access, etc. BUT my kids were fading and they were fading fast. It was coming up to 9:15 and they were bobbing and weaving. Andy said he'd take them back to the room, but how was he going to carry Maddie AND stroll Evan?
Again, I had to take one for the team, and we headed back to the room 15 minutes before kick-off. Dang it! Well, there's always next year right? *sigh*
Evan fell asleep before we even made it to the room, Maddie on the other hand, couldn't stand her hair up, so she had to shower before she went to bed. And then we dumped our loot and sorted through it. We got alot of candy, but most of it was filler crap. It was disappointing as every year the candy quality gets worse and worse.
But really, do we go for the candy? Not really.
We got into the heavenly bed and watched "Story time with Snow White". That was enough to put us all to sleep!
UP NEXT: YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY??
That is too funny.
Didn't you go for your birthday a few years ago?
That had to suck.
