Part 9: Day 6: MGM
Early rise today. All 11 of us were booked in to Chef Mickeys @8.10. The aim was to set off at 7.00 but getting 11 people out of the door early morning is difficult, especially when two of them didnt get up until 7.10.
Set away at 7.20 and only just made it in time, as the resort monorail gets to the Contempory last from TTC.
All in line for photos then seated quickly at two adjoining tables. This breakfast was fantastic! Lots of character interaction. To be honest I think the kids were getting fed up of Mickey in the end! There was Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, Chip n Dale as well as Mickey. Took loads of photos and video especially when Gavin was singing Celebrate and waving his napkin around!
The food was better than I expected, plenty of choice and loads of coffee and juice available.
We took our time over breakfast and didnt leave until 9.45. Back on the monorail to TTC for Gavin & me. The rest of them stayed on until Magic Kingdom.
At MGM we got a FP for Lights Motors Action straight away. Next stop was Muppets-3d, a lot better than I was expecting, would def go on again. After Muppets we went for a drink and a sit down. It was very very very hot today and we ere flagging quickly. Even though it had only been a couple of hours since breakfast our next stop was going to be LMA so we decided to eat lunch now. Two large cokes two apple pies and two cheeseburger with fries from Rosies All American Café $24.22. The shade was nice but an a/c dining area would have been better.
Time to go to LMA, sooooo glad we had a FP. After all the FP holders were in there was only about 10% of the seating area left and hundreds of people queuing to get in!
LMA was good but as we had seen this show at DLRP there were no surprises in store and been a car man and an engineer Gavin proceeded to critique the cars and stunts. Whatever keeps him happy. There was one surprise, Herbie! He had come along to talk about his new film.
After LMA we had a wonder around. Gavin had been complaining his head was too hot in his baseball cap so he wanted a visor so his head would be free but he still had something to keep the sun out of his eyes. Of course been in a Disney theme park tends to mean only Disney merchandise is available, this didnt bother gavin one bit. He walked up to a cart and parted with $18.00 for a Mickey hat! Of course I was now jealous so I sent him right back to the cart to get one for me. I got a Tinkerbell cap. I would have preferred a Mickey one but Gavin said we would look like a right couple of plonkers un matching hats!
The heat was unbearable now so we went home for a while and had a sit in the pool, I still cant swim and Gavin never could! Back to MGM around 18.00. First things first, a picture with Donald please.
Next was the Great Movie Ride, I really enjoyed this apart from the bit with the snakes. I was practically under my seat and shaking like a leaf! Other than that it was great excellent CM interaction.
Tea was at the ABC commissary. Milk, two cokes, hot chocolate and two cheeseburger & fries $19.34. Wasnt impressed with this. I know theme park food is pretty much all the same but this really did seem a bit too carrdboardy.
Next we went on some Animation thingy. Cant remember what it was called but the CM talked to the lizard from Mulan.
Home at 22.20 and straight to bed.
Jodie
Early rise today. All 11 of us were booked in to Chef Mickeys @8.10. The aim was to set off at 7.00 but getting 11 people out of the door early morning is difficult, especially when two of them didnt get up until 7.10.
Set away at 7.20 and only just made it in time, as the resort monorail gets to the Contempory last from TTC.
All in line for photos then seated quickly at two adjoining tables. This breakfast was fantastic! Lots of character interaction. To be honest I think the kids were getting fed up of Mickey in the end! There was Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, Chip n Dale as well as Mickey. Took loads of photos and video especially when Gavin was singing Celebrate and waving his napkin around!
The food was better than I expected, plenty of choice and loads of coffee and juice available.
We took our time over breakfast and didnt leave until 9.45. Back on the monorail to TTC for Gavin & me. The rest of them stayed on until Magic Kingdom.
At MGM we got a FP for Lights Motors Action straight away. Next stop was Muppets-3d, a lot better than I was expecting, would def go on again. After Muppets we went for a drink and a sit down. It was very very very hot today and we ere flagging quickly. Even though it had only been a couple of hours since breakfast our next stop was going to be LMA so we decided to eat lunch now. Two large cokes two apple pies and two cheeseburger with fries from Rosies All American Café $24.22. The shade was nice but an a/c dining area would have been better.
Time to go to LMA, sooooo glad we had a FP. After all the FP holders were in there was only about 10% of the seating area left and hundreds of people queuing to get in!
LMA was good but as we had seen this show at DLRP there were no surprises in store and been a car man and an engineer Gavin proceeded to critique the cars and stunts. Whatever keeps him happy. There was one surprise, Herbie! He had come along to talk about his new film.
After LMA we had a wonder around. Gavin had been complaining his head was too hot in his baseball cap so he wanted a visor so his head would be free but he still had something to keep the sun out of his eyes. Of course been in a Disney theme park tends to mean only Disney merchandise is available, this didnt bother gavin one bit. He walked up to a cart and parted with $18.00 for a Mickey hat! Of course I was now jealous so I sent him right back to the cart to get one for me. I got a Tinkerbell cap. I would have preferred a Mickey one but Gavin said we would look like a right couple of plonkers un matching hats!
The heat was unbearable now so we went home for a while and had a sit in the pool, I still cant swim and Gavin never could! Back to MGM around 18.00. First things first, a picture with Donald please.
Next was the Great Movie Ride, I really enjoyed this apart from the bit with the snakes. I was practically under my seat and shaking like a leaf! Other than that it was great excellent CM interaction.
Tea was at the ABC commissary. Milk, two cokes, hot chocolate and two cheeseburger & fries $19.34. Wasnt impressed with this. I know theme park food is pretty much all the same but this really did seem a bit too carrdboardy.
Next we went on some Animation thingy. Cant remember what it was called but the CM talked to the lizard from Mulan.
Home at 22.20 and straight to bed.
Jodie
