After finishing our meal we had a Buzz FP burning a hole in our pocket so we rode that before staking a parade viewing spot. It was absolutely boiling so a shady spot was essential, we had about 20 minutes before the parade started and we managed to find one outside the pin trading store underneath a planter. The girls asked if they could go look around the shop and this is one advantage of them getting older that I feel fine saying they can go together, also it was only about a metre away
Well Jess comes back all excited saying she was given a certificate for speed trading, so what does a good Mum do? Well send Ellie back in to see if she can get one too
She doesnt get a certificate but she was lucky enough to get dream pins
Now I explained that one was for her and one to give away, she replies that she wants to keep them both
Again I explain, now she is an incredibly bright girl, top set for everything at school so what was so hard to understand? I went on about how standing right next to her ie Jess was someone she could share with. NO. OK Ellie you have to give one away and if not your sister then lets find someone else, eventually, literally it took about 5 minutes, she decided to let Jess have the other one, phew!!!
Its finally time for the parade and even with the mistymates it was scorching, we were all dripping
Here are just a couple of parade shots for you, look at how close Hook was he sure scared the girls
By now we were in dire need of some icy cold refreshment so where do we go? To try the infamous Dole Whip of course
David, Jess and I had the dole float and Ellie had a coke one. I did enjoy this, the pineapple juice was delicious but Im afraid it wasnt as yummy as Id expected! David even said hed have preferred a coke one
But it hit the spot so I was pleased we got one! I ran and FPed JC then we rode POC, it kept breaking down so took a while to get on but at least it was nice and cool. David even had a conversation with 2 teenagers about sports stars salaries
When it was our turn to board it broke down again and we waited ages, eventually it started and a huge cheer went up!!! We had a family of 4 behind us 2 boys their Mum and Grandma and they were hilarious, the Mum reminded me of LL, when we went through the battle scene they were shouting out duck etc it was so funny.
By the time we got off it was Jungle Cruise time, luckily we had a great skipper who kept us amused with corny jokes, you really have to listen though to get some of them! We had time for one more go on Buzz, yes we really love that ride, before heading out. Now wed decided to go play golf again so we caught a bus to the Swan and then made the short walk over to Fantasia Gardens and decided to try our luck on the hard course, we must have looked more the part today though as no comments about it being too hard
We even have a few photos of this course as we hadnt previously been to a water park with out our camera
The Fairways course isnt your normal mini golf, the holes look like miniature real golf holes, with green grass fairways, bunkers (although no sand anymore) and lots of humps and bumps. The holes are pretty interesting and I started off with a 2 whilst David got a 6
But as always I didnt stay the winner. I did get a hole in one though on the fifteenth
Final scores were Ellie 77, Jess 73, Me 66 and David 64 so he only just beat me! Par for the course was 61 so we did OK.
And my hole in one hole!
We enjoyed it but wouldnt recommend it to non-golfers, as its not as fun as the other courses!
We wandered back to the Swan and caught the first bus, which was to MK, then we transferred to CSR, it was now 8pm so we went to the PM for some food. This took forever, the girls shared a cheeseburger, whilst David and I shared Chicken Fajitas, by the time I finally got them the girls had already eaten their meal. The fajitas were huge and even with us sharing we left nearly half of it! We chose croissants for dessert, which we would eat for breakfast tomorrow. We had time for a swim and were in bed by 10.30pm.
Tomorrow we hit MGM, would Jess ride TOT with me? Would she survive RnR? Would we have any DIS sightings?
With CRT you get given the photo and since I've come back I've read that if you put the code on the back of the photo onto the PP site those photos will also be added! And yes go post on your PTR 
Also- the fall is so crazy when everything starts up again. Now we're getting into a groove and it's already October on Monday! Yikes! 
And don't you hate it when you are too busy planning the next event to enjoy where you are??? (
I had the sorbet as I was full up and it was delicious, David had the chocolate buckle which I think he liked too, the girls both had ice cream which came with the chocolate crown, although Jess moaned she wanted sorbet 
...I'm kind of glad you have several days to go...
