Hello All - Full Schedule today
Today we slept in a late today. Mickey called at 7:00am to wake us up for our adventure.
Today was Dylan's Pirate Cruise. He was so looking forward to his. We needed to be at the Marina at the Grand Floridian by 9:15. We all got ready and hopped the Monorail over to the GF.
This resort is truly beautiful. And much bigger than I expected. Hubby and I decided we would love to spend a few days there, but I think it would have to be a trip without the kids.
Anyway, back to the Pirate Cruise. We arrived at the dock and were welcomed by one of the captains. She promptly brought out a bandana hat with Mickey ears. SOOOOOO cute!!! We registered Dylan, signed the waiver and waited for all the other kids to arrive.
Most of the kids seemed to be in the 5-7 age group. Dylan is 4. He quickly paired off with one of the girls going on the cruise. The captains told the kids they were going on an expedition to look for treasure. Taught them the pirate chant "AAARRRRGGGGHHHH". And off them went. The pirate cruise is from 9:30 to to 11:30. They actually got back a little later. They cruised and looked for treasure at the POLY and GF and Contemporary.
One of the best parts was meeting a fellow DIS'er. Millipore. I was so happy to meet someone from DIS. I looked for lime green ribbons all week and never saw any. Milipore, it truly was a pleasure meeting you.
As the kids came off they all chanted AARRGGHH. They had bags of loot, gold coins, necklaces, rings, etc. They were served a lunch of PB&J (uncrustables by Smuckers), juice and some cookies.
Dylan had a blast. I would highly recommend it to anyone. There was only one child that had a problem getting on but her parents said she was going. She wound up having a great time.
Oh, I should mention, while he was on the cruise we had breakfast at the GF Cafe. Had a very lovely time. The food was excellent and so was the service.
Off to EPCOT. We needed to do the World Showcase on this visit. Also Imaginarium and Innoventions. I should have bypassed these two areas. I forgot from our last trip, that the little guys really would be all over. It is a wide open area with mostly computers and e-mails to send pictures and some exhibits. Not for the little ones.
On our way to World showcase, we passed the fountains that spring from the ground. All the kids were playing and it was sooo hot. We sent Dylan and Zachary (2) to go play. We spent about an hour there. Changed their clothes and made our way to the WS. Stopped to meet some characters from the character caravan.
We had lunch at Restaurant AKershus in Norway. I was looking forward to this since I had read so many reports. It was not for me. Most of the cold buffet was fish, and some fish salads. The hot entrees, were a beet dish, a lamb dish, a salmon dish and I can't remember the last one. My husband loved it, kids hated it.
The service and the servers there were wonderful and my daughter(15) loved the Norwegian waiters!!! Yes, the hormones rage in WDW.
The most fun we had at the WS was in Italy. The living statues are a blast and not to be missed. I won't spoil the surprise for those of you that haven't been. Just let me say, don't miss them.
They had wonderful drum players from Japan. We listened to them for quite a while.
As for rides, really the only ones are in Mexico -
El rio del tiempo (a boat ride) and Norway - The Maelstrom, also a boat ride, but this one has some bumps and surprises. My 2 year old loved them. No fear at all.
Also no lines, we walked on and again.
We left the park at about 8:00 pm, went back to the Poly, to do some laundry and pack for our transfer over to AKL Concierge tomorrow morning.
Today we slept in a late today. Mickey called at 7:00am to wake us up for our adventure.
Today was Dylan's Pirate Cruise. He was so looking forward to his. We needed to be at the Marina at the Grand Floridian by 9:15. We all got ready and hopped the Monorail over to the GF.
This resort is truly beautiful. And much bigger than I expected. Hubby and I decided we would love to spend a few days there, but I think it would have to be a trip without the kids.
Anyway, back to the Pirate Cruise. We arrived at the dock and were welcomed by one of the captains. She promptly brought out a bandana hat with Mickey ears. SOOOOOO cute!!! We registered Dylan, signed the waiver and waited for all the other kids to arrive.
Most of the kids seemed to be in the 5-7 age group. Dylan is 4. He quickly paired off with one of the girls going on the cruise. The captains told the kids they were going on an expedition to look for treasure. Taught them the pirate chant "AAARRRRGGGGHHHH". And off them went. The pirate cruise is from 9:30 to to 11:30. They actually got back a little later. They cruised and looked for treasure at the POLY and GF and Contemporary.
One of the best parts was meeting a fellow DIS'er. Millipore. I was so happy to meet someone from DIS. I looked for lime green ribbons all week and never saw any. Milipore, it truly was a pleasure meeting you.
As the kids came off they all chanted AARRGGHH. They had bags of loot, gold coins, necklaces, rings, etc. They were served a lunch of PB&J (uncrustables by Smuckers), juice and some cookies.
Dylan had a blast. I would highly recommend it to anyone. There was only one child that had a problem getting on but her parents said she was going. She wound up having a great time.
Oh, I should mention, while he was on the cruise we had breakfast at the GF Cafe. Had a very lovely time. The food was excellent and so was the service.
Off to EPCOT. We needed to do the World Showcase on this visit. Also Imaginarium and Innoventions. I should have bypassed these two areas. I forgot from our last trip, that the little guys really would be all over. It is a wide open area with mostly computers and e-mails to send pictures and some exhibits. Not for the little ones.
On our way to World showcase, we passed the fountains that spring from the ground. All the kids were playing and it was sooo hot. We sent Dylan and Zachary (2) to go play. We spent about an hour there. Changed their clothes and made our way to the WS. Stopped to meet some characters from the character caravan.
We had lunch at Restaurant AKershus in Norway. I was looking forward to this since I had read so many reports. It was not for me. Most of the cold buffet was fish, and some fish salads. The hot entrees, were a beet dish, a lamb dish, a salmon dish and I can't remember the last one. My husband loved it, kids hated it.
The service and the servers there were wonderful and my daughter(15) loved the Norwegian waiters!!! Yes, the hormones rage in WDW.
The most fun we had at the WS was in Italy. The living statues are a blast and not to be missed. I won't spoil the surprise for those of you that haven't been. Just let me say, don't miss them.
They had wonderful drum players from Japan. We listened to them for quite a while.
As for rides, really the only ones are in Mexico -
El rio del tiempo (a boat ride) and Norway - The Maelstrom, also a boat ride, but this one has some bumps and surprises. My 2 year old loved them. No fear at all.
Also no lines, we walked on and again.
We left the park at about 8:00 pm, went back to the Poly, to do some laundry and pack for our transfer over to AKL Concierge tomorrow morning.
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