Day Two
The baby woke up a few times during the night. I gave up sleeping with DS because he was kicking me and sleeping sideways. So I grabbed the awake baby from the pack n play and went into DDs bed. I nursed the baby to sleep and slept for a while. I woke up early too excited about the day I think, and put DB in his bed so I could shower and begin packing up our things to start our day. Actually, I think I got most things ready the night before, which was a big help in the a.m. so that we could leave on time.
All of the kids clothes were packed in Ziploc bags (thanks DISers) so Id pick outfits out the night before.
We get our special call from Mickey Mouse and DS gets to listen and is all excited. We are to head to breakfast at Ohanas today. Everyone is dressed and we are heading out to the bus by about 8:15 a.m. with a backpack on me and one on DD, loaded with snacks, water and changes of clothing.
Its yellow day, the kids and I are all wearing yellow. In case we get lost, we will know what each other is wearing.
We drag everything onto the bus, squeeze in with lots of other people though we are stop #1 so we have seats! And head to Magic Kingdom where we unload, get into the stroller, put backpacks on back of stroller and head to a boat to take us to the Polynesian. Unfortunately, we have to close the stroller down for the boat so we (and by we I mean me) have to unload and close the stroller and grab the backpacks and load up into the boat. Which was very empty and the driver was a very nice lady. Only one other group was on the boat.
I attempt to nurse the baby, who is way too distracted, and we settle in for our peaceful journey across the lake. We drop off the other group at the Grand Floridian and head to the Polynesian. Once there, there are no signs and we are asking around to find the right direction to go.
After only walking in circles a little bit we find the correct building, the elevator and check in at the restaurant.
While waiting we see my friend and her family and are able to chat for a few minutes. DS is in a horrible mood. He is hungry and cranky and has no qualms about letting everyone know his misery. Theres an opportunity for a group photo but DS says no, so I dont push it. My friend and her family go sit another 30 minutes!!! And then we finally get to sit too. Our reservations were only 5 minutes after them, so Im not quite sure what the wait was about, but . . . we finally sit down and the kids are starving.
Ohanas is family style and they bring the food to the table, but it took a bit before we got our food. We eventually got our drinks, were able to visit with one or two characters and finally the food arrived!
They do a fun parade around the restaurant and the kids get maracas and get to join. DD did a great job joining the parade, DS got scared quickly and came running back to the table to watch.
We were all done eating but still didnt get a visit from Stitch he had been close to our table before the parade but ended up visiting tables on the other side of the restaurant afterwards . . .we finally got the pic and sig and met up with my friend and her family in their hotel room for a diaper change and nursing break (they were staying at the Poly).
The three of my kids and the three of hers had fun playing together. We both nursed the babies, mine fell asleep, everyone went potty and we were on our way to the park. Probably around 11 a.m.
We go to take the monorail, great for single strollers, not so great for side by sides our stroller wouldnt fit so I had to half close it and jam it through to get on the monorail DB was sleeping and I didnt want to fold it down all the way.
Of course, once seated all I could smell was urine (not sure if someone had an accident on a trip before us, but ick!). Then the monorail stalled and they had to reprogram it a couple times. Finally, we were on our way to MK.
First stop was the train. That would have been OK, but DB was sleeping. It wasnt my first choice, but we AGAIN unloaded backpacks and kids and folded the stroller and trudged up the steps to the train station.
Oh, and can I mention how hot it was! It was in the 90s for sure and humid (especially to us northerners who had just left temps of 40s). We make it on the train. Friends dad helps me with the stroller and we are heading around the park.
DS liked the train ride and would make choo choo sounds. Very cute.
We get off at Fantasy Land and begin walking. It was hot and I felt like we were passing up all kinds of fun things, but we were following our friends parents and who was I to complain, at this point I was happy for company and went along with the flow.
Lines for rides were long so we got a fast pass for Pooh ride and headed to Its a Small World. All through this the kids are complaining they are hot and tired and DS is being difficult.
I unload the kids and park the stroller and head to the Small World line. My friends parents are way ahead of us, but lucky for me, my friend stands in line with us and one of her sons. The entire 30 minutes or so we are in line DS is having melt downs, laying on the ground, crying and just plain being miserable. I am not having fun and we are all very hot and sticky. My only saving grace is spending time with my longtime friend whom I rarely see.
Finally we can see the boats and DS has one more tantrum before picking up adrenaline and getting excited to go on the ride. Everyone had a nice time on the boat ride. I think I tried nursing DS a bit, but he was distracted again.
After disembarking we find friends family and they are headed to another ride, Peter Pan maybe? My kids are not having it. They are hot and dont want to wait in another line. With DSs tantrums I plan on leaving the park and calling it a day and tell that to my friend. We say our sad goodbyes (as we only saw each other max of 2 hours) and we start to head out when DB starts crying and is obviously hungry. We stop in a shady spot, give the kids snacks and a drink and nurse the baby. Everyone calms down and the tantrums stop.
I still hope on being able to at least use our fast pass, as we only have about 35 more minutes until our time slot, so I turn back around and head back towards the Pooh ride. On the way the kids see the spray bottle fans and want some. OK, it was hot so I caved WELL WORTH the $34 I spent on two. Everyone was much happier and cooler!
We then pass Ariels Grotto and I let the kids play in the fountains. I bought myself a frozen drink (non alcoholic kind) while they play. We are all feeling better. The line to see Ariel was up to 40 minutes so I didnt even mention it to the kids.
Time to move on and use our fast pass we made it to our time slot! DD wanted dry clothes so I changed her outfit in a corner behind a pin trading cart and we head to Poohs ride. The fast pass took a whopping four minutes to get us on - -awesome! And we were on our way. Everyone enjoyed the ride and they wanted to ride it again, but the wait was 40 minutes and there was NO way DS would stand for that today.
We load up into the stroller and begin to walk to Toontown I saw there was a play area and thought the kids would have fun doing things at their speed.
We find some ice pops and have a seat on some benches next to a face painting area. It was interesting to watch. I changed DBs diaper, nursed him and told the kids they could NOT have their faces painted because they had thrown too many tantrums that day and only good children get special treats. I know I havent specified DDs fits, but she was whining with the best of them throughout the day.
They played for a little while as DB took a short nap but they got into a bit of trouble when they were climbing on top of the playhouse a parent commented how my kids helped her kid climb up there oops. So we gathered ourselves together and head towards Minnies house.
By this time we are very hot and DS is starting to get cranky again. Everyone tours the house, though DS made a little girl cry when he sprayed her with his bottle another oops. We took bunch of pics, DD really liked the house and I rushed them through and out. I wanted to see Minnie Mouse!
We went next door where I was told Minnie reigns and was told that we would have to park the stroller. There was NO WAY DS would allow us to stand in line to meet characters. He was parked in that stroller and did not want to move. So we skipped that and started towards the front of the park.
Along the way we saw the tea cups ride with a super short wait time. We rode it twice!
Everyone enjoyed it. Back in the stroller DD and DS, and I strapped on DB. I asked directions to the Pirates of the Caribbean from there as that was a goal of mine to go on that ride. We circle the tea cups and come across some characters. With DS now asleep thank goodness in the stroller DD gets her pic taken with Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum and with the White Rabbit.
We continue walking and wind up in TomorrowLand where I see the wait for Buzz Lightyear is only 10 minutes DS LOVES Buzz so we try to wake him BAD IDEA!! He finally woke up to only get out of the stroller and lay on the ground. He wasnt budging. DD and I tried to get him excited about the ride, he was not having it. I apologize to DD that we cant go on any of the rides she sees right now, get frustrated with DS and we head toward the castle where people are seated on the hot ground hmm, I think. There must be a show starting soon.
We have a seat on the HOT ground to wait for the show. DS, of course, is now awake and cranky and complains he doesnt want to watch the show. He sits on my lap and begins kicking the lady in front of us as he cries and whines finally, I honestly dont recall how, he calms it could be that the show started, or maybe I threatened something, I dont recall. At any rate, we watch the show I stood up, ground was much too hot, DS sat in the stroller and I held DB. I think I encouraged DD to sit in the stroller too.
They enjoyed the show and then we headed over to Cosmic Rays Café to eat.
I park the stroller outside, we go in, the kids are hungry but pleasant enough and we stand in line to order food wrong line, no chicken nuggets. We relocate to the chicken side get our trays of food, add some condiments and head to front and center to watch their animated alien sing while we eat. Of course, right after we are seated and settled DS says I have to potty. Now? We are all seated. I leave DD with DB and our food, and the stroller too (I had gone out to get it because we needed wipes and were now street level and could bring the stroller in). I was freaking out about leaving them alone, but the potty called. We ran up the ramp to the bathroom where he went quickly, washed hands and ran back down, whew, everyone was safe.
We sit down and begin to eat. About 10 minutes later I see DS gagging -- he is starting to throw up!! And did I mention, we were front and center!
I toss everything off a tray and set it under DS so I can catch his vomit (sorry to be vulgar). Finally he is done and I am so grateful I have the wipes. I change his shirt right there, take off and wipe his shoe (the poor kid) and clean up the mess. We all resettle and he wants to eat. Who am I to say no, though I was nervous. I thought maybe the running and the heat may have been too much.
We manage to eat our meal and the kids begin dancing to the music. The food is staying down, so Im happy. It was cute watching them shake and wiggle and have fun. We then head back to the bathroom before heading out. We were going to see how the Buzz line was doing.
The line at Buzz was short and we rode it twice and then headed to Pirates cause I was determined that we made it this far and long into the day, we could make it to that ride
This is a pic of the bad guy that gets captured by Buzz and crew
On the way we see Aladdins Carpet Ride and of course, the kids wanna ride. We go on that and then are finally headed to Pirates Yeah! Along the way we see Captain Hook and Mr. Snee and become the last people in line to see them (whew!). DS was wearing his hat and was quite excited to see the pirate.
We pass by the Jungle Cruise, the line was long so on to Pirates. The line was short and we rode it twice. The Jungle Cruise was there too but as we headed over there DS began to have a melt down and I decided that was enough for the day. Time to head out.
DD and DB were in the stroller at this point and DS was getting mad. He wanted in the stroller. DD wasnt giving up her precious seat. Somehow there was wet ground, it was getting dark and Whoosh! There goes DS flat on the ground, his fan in hand, which breaks, batteries fly and he is bleeding (luckily only on the elbow). DD and DS are both crying, DS cause hes hurt and DD cause she feels badly that she wouldnt give DS her seat before. Poor kids.
We go to a store right next to our spill and clean up DS and put a band aid on. I couldnt find a CM anywhere. Finally, a CM who worked in the store appeared and I asked if there was anything he could do about our broken fan. He replaces the broken blade for us we are out the missing batteries (but I have a dozen in the room). DS and DB are back in the stroller with DD walking and we begin to head out as the throngs of people line up for the fireworks show (we saw that Monday, yesterday, so we didnt need to watch again. And I had enough for the day, thinking of leaving with all those people was way too much to handle).
We walk to the bus line with DD crying whining that she is tired and doesnt want to walk and wait for the bus. We load up with our stroller, two backpacks, two water/spray bottles, me, baby and two kids. I think someone cut in line in front of us when we were unloading the stroller wasnt worth the argument at the time.
We board the bus and everyone starts falling asleep. The ride from MK to CBR was at least 20 minutes. This time, for whatever reason, they take the back way and we are not the first stop (boo hoo for me). We make it to our stop and someone helps me get the stroller off while I unload the children from the bus (thank you mystery helper!).
By this time DD has now had it too and is crying hysterically that we should have stayed for the fireworks and why cant we see the fireworks (we could hear them). And I may have walked to a spot we could see them, but the fits were so rampant at this point that I was not going to be in public a minute longer.
Somehow we make it back to the room with all three crying and completely done for the day. I shower with DB (I was so hot and sticky I couldnt stand it) while the other two put on pjs and then I nursed the baby to sleep.
DS is still fighting me and claims oh, it hurts to think about it . . . I hate Disney World and I hate Mickey Mouse! I was dumbstruck. What was I thinking taking these kids across the country on my own. I must be crazy, like everyone said.
Finally the kids were asleep and I sat there, not sure what to do. Was I crazy like everyone said? What was I thinking taking the kids to Disney by myself? I wanted to talk to another adult but couldnt think of anyone to call who would be supportive, so I shed a couple tears and called it a night oh, only after calling the front desk to get info on the babysitting service, I was beginning to think that I was gonna hire a sitter for DS in that call I did learn the local sitter service also has a nanny service that can go to the parks with you and help for a fee of course! I take down the numbers, set the wake up call and hope for a better day in the a.m.
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I told you it was going to be HOT down here!!!!
I've been reduced to tears from kiddie tantrums too, years ago when DS12 was 3 and DS9 was a baby - oh boy the frustration of it! But three young kids! And at Magic Kingdom in crowds and heat! You are truly amazing!! I can't wait to hear more!
I can't wait to read the rest of your trip report.
