Well, we all have days at Disney that get turned upside down. DAY four of our trip was that day for us. I had planned a great day, signing up the boys for the Pirate Cruise at the GF
, and getting an ADR for DH and I to have breakfast leisurely at the GFloridian Café and then a little time to walk around GF to see what all the hub bub is about this place
Well, remember those rain clouds from the day before? Well, it was looking pretty iffy outside this morning, and I was worried what would happen with our Pirate Cruise. When I called reservations, they said the cruise turns into a treasure/scavenger hunt around the resort if it rains, so either way, the kids will have an activity
I wasnt too thrilled with the option, but we figured we would go to the resort and see what was up. My DH was encouraged that the sky was more patchy than earlier, so no rain had been falling the past hour. We arrived at the GF a few minutes before 9, and walked down to the boat launch. There we saw the pirate crew, but no little kids
. I inquired and they said that the cruise had been cancelled for the day.
I asked about the alternative, and she said "Oh, no we dont do anything else, but we can try to reschedule you
" I was a little irritated, of course, b/c we drove to the GF for nothing, and I wish they had this info when I had called. They did have openings available the next day, but that would totally create a snow ball of activities that I didnt want to do tomorrow, so we decided to just cancel it. So NO cruise, NO breakfast:
NOW what?!!
Well, it was 9:30, so we decided to go ahead and swing over to DHS
This was probably not the best plan, but at this point it was the only park we hadnt been in, and I had left the day really quite open, including lunch at DTD. So we headed over to DHS.
This is one of the ONLY photos I took that day.... I don't know why, I think the day was rather spur of the moment at times I just forgot!
We got there before 10, but the rest of the am is a blur for me. We did get TSM passes, and rode Star Tours. Took a few pictures, got coffees and muffins at the Writers Stop, and watched the Jedi training. DS7 still didnt want to volunteer for a shot at it, who knows? Maybe December!
We went on The Great Movie Ride, and then decided to get lunch at DTD, since our FP for TSM was not before 1pm. At DTD we went to Wolfgang Puck Express
the first of TWO visits there this trip!!
WHAT great food for the QS credits!!! Easily $75.00 lunch for the credits. We all had pizzas, and frozen yogurt sundaes for dessert. It was a great lunch! My DH was particularly happy with this choice.
We went back to DHS, rode TSM and played in the Honey I shrunk the Kids playground. Then we headed back to OKW to catch the pool for a little while.
The pool was a great solution, especially since the rain that "was coming" (hence the cancelled cruise) never came
But after a short break and a quick change, we headed over to the Contemporary for The Wave
. Again a few borrowed pictures... the entrance is really so cool! The photos I didnt take, but at least you get the idea if you have never seen the location!
OKAY. We tried The Wave shortly after they opened this past Nov. It was my DHs favorite meal. He wanted us to add it twice for this trip!!!!! I told him we were not repeating restaurants on the same trip!! BUT of course I did make him one reservation there, and boy it didnt disappoint!
The margarita that I just loved, is the Agave Nectar margarita. DH and I had two each..
DS 7 and 4 had Grilled Chicken Strips (with potato wedges) and Linguini with marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese. We split both between them, so they had a little of everything. I had a very nice cinnamon rubbed pork tenderloin (having had a lamb shank before) and my DH had the sustainable fish
. don't recall what it was (having had the flank steak last time)
We ordered the lettuce cups appetizer as well
very tasty. We had these lovely desserts, where they are small tastes of three different things, "creamy indulgence" and "decadant flavors" and cappuccinos. I love you can have that as a beverage on the
DDP!
Happy and fed, we walked back over to the MK
We were going to brave it again tonight.
We arrived just as Spectro was starting, and just as the final train ride around the MK was departing from the main street station. I snapped these shots just as we were waiting for the train to pull up. Seeing the parade from the train station is cool, because you see it as it progresses down Main Street which is pretty neat. My camera isn't that fancy, so the photos are nothing to write home about!!
Then once on the train I took these while we were riding around to Toon Town.
We repeated our trip to Barnstormer again, riding it twice, in very little time, again no lines, for obvious reasons!!! That has to be the shortest ride in the park!! THEN we went ahead and got on the Tomorrowland speedway, again, because it too was minimal line
DH rode with DS7 and I was blessed with the steering challenged DS4...
We then moved over to the Laugh Floor, which was just getting ready to close the doors, so we slipped right in. Here are the DSs having a good laugh at Mikes door
Then we went right over to Buzz
and we walked right on to Buzz
and then we walked right on to Buzz again
and then the CM let us sit and ride Buzz a THIRD time, because, well, there wasnt anyone there!!! We were totally surprised! But then we realized that Wishes was keeping everyone captivated
This picture is probably my favorite of all that I took this trip, it just makes me laugh!
We tried to get a Zurg shot!!
So then, of course the ultimate test was what the Astro Orbiter looked like, with that slug-slow elevator
. A handful of people. We were up and riding in no time!
So while Wishes was going on, we had the luck of some great ride time. After the Astro, we figured we were not going to press our luck, and headed back to the Contemporary to pick up the car and head back to OKW. It was actually later by an hour than the night before, when DS4 was being a pain in the rear. I was so surprised, and of course delighted, and truly, this evening and our final am at Disney before we went home, were our best times at the MK. We had a great evening despite the rain and the cancelled Pirate Cruise... I hope to try for the Cruise again in December, and a new breakfast place. DH declared that the GF Cafe was a "yawner"...
back the the breakfast drawing board!!! THOUGH I did just discover that The Wave does breakfast... HA!!
We go to the AK tomorrow for a repeat performance!!!!
He feels good and it was a great xmas gift where he thinks DS12 and DS16 spent a lot on him lol!
my guys use them as jammies too, lounge wear in the summer!!! perfect 
I have heard of Pumpkin Patch, will have to check them out -- I like Gap as well, they too have good deals, but with oBden, it is just like you say the quality, excellent. I can justify buying the clothes b/c I know I will get two wearers out of them!!! I pulled out stuff for the younger boy that still looks brand new...after DS7 wore them... they don't look worn at all. And each can get two years out of the sizes, so that is really helpful! 
on the pirate cruise, how incredibly disappointing. It doesn't sound like the boys were too upset though which is marvelous. It sounds like you had an amazingly full, and fun day with lots and lots of rides (you got more out of your evenings at MK than we did and we had much older kids! very impressive) and a lovely dinner.
! 
I was a bit mad too, if only because we dragged ourselves over there!!! It didn't rain, as it turned out, only in the early am, but they were concerned about a storm system that was supposed to come through shortly. I called the reservation line, and that is who told me they have them rain or shine -- but that they don't go on the water in the rain, they do the resort thing... The crew was surprised by my relaying this, and so I almost wonder if they each do different things... ANYway, I let it go, the guys were not really disappointed, they didn't know what we were doing exactly, since I had told them we had a fun surprise but didn't build it up. SO we'll try in Dec! RE the WAVE, YES. GOOD. Re Astro, I love Astro 
