After that, it was time for breakfast.. We headed over to BV street, got a pic with Walt and Mickey via the photopass photog. Then we went over to take some family pics at the fountain. This is when Amanda, a wonderful cast member came up and asked if we would like her to take a few pics of us. I dialed in the camera, and told her to just hold the shutter button down (crank out 10 pics in a few seconds). Afterwards, she told us we had the best outfits she had seen and that she would love to give us a family fast pass good for anything but Racers. Thanked her profusely, and she was so great all around. I'll have to email city hall and let them know how great she was for taking our pics so I can actually be in one, and the thanks for the FP.
Now, it was time to get some food for the very hungry kids. Made our way into Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe. Boy was the line long in there! After quite a wait, I got us all breakfast and drinks. They did mess up my order, and I ended up with a spinach and egg wrap instead of the sausage and cheddar sandwich I ordered. Wife ate it and said it was great. I had the bacon and cheese sandwich, a cinnamon roll for each of the older girls, a cup of grapes for the youngest, and rounded out with some lemonade, Berry drink, and a chai. Devoured everything, and headed over to Hollywood land for potty breaks for the kids, and then onto Monster's Inc. Great ride, never any line, and very fun always. On the way out, Sully was walking by with a handler. Kids wanted to go see him, but he was moving pretty quick toward Muppets.
It was now after 10, so we high-tailed it to BV street and Elias and Company to do some quick shopping before we had to scoot to the room to pack and check out. The wife had been looking at Dooneys in every shop, and finally found a print oriented on the purse to her liking, so she proceeded to get it. I wrangled the kids, and explored the rest of the retail area. By now, it was getting late, so the wife took the youngest, and headed back to the room to pack while I pleaded with the girls to make a decision on what they wanted. After much back and forth between the shop areas, the oldest settled on a Bambi baby plush, and the middle girl got a Marie( white cat from Aristocats) baby plush. Threw in a pen at the register to bring it over $50 for the Disney card discount, and we quickly went up to the Packard up by Oswald’s. While I was changing camera settings, those wiley kids had climbed up on the hood. I can't take them anywhere. A few pics, and we were off back to the Grand. Stopped in the lobby gift shop and grabbed myself 2 souvenirs, one of the Grand Californian tile, and a Grand glass. Then it was up to the room.
Got back, the wife had probably got half the packing done, so I pitched in and we got it all done and ready to go again. I used the stop at the room to swap from newsie cap to fedora. Trying to raise bell services at 11am (OK, it was slightly after) when the hotel is at capacity was a 10 minute hold on the phone process. Got all the bags checked, and off to DL we went. We went via DTD, and let me tell you, I knew it was going to be crowded when THOUSANDS of people were all walking the same way we were. After a 5 min wait to get through the turnstiles, we decided we were going to use our family FP from Amanda and do Pirates. As we made our way through adventure land, I was STUNNED when I saw the pirates queue pretty much taking up the entire area, stretching over the foot bridge, as well as countless switchbacks down by the Rivers of America. I have NEVER, and I mean NEVER seen it that long. It was a 90 minute wait time I believe posted. We made our way to the exit, and jumped in line with the
DAS people. It was probably a 10-15 min wait before we got in, and were allowed to board a boat. Youngest was getting fussy, and thankfully we got on the ride at just the right time (she LOVES, and I mean LOVES POTC. Are 16 month olds supposed to stop crying immediately when they hear the theme music?). Because the ride was so packed, the boats did back up here/there, which gave me some time to really take in all the details on the ride. This will always be my favorite Disney attraction.
Afterwards, the kids wanted to shop at Pieces of Eight. I made my way down to Royal Street Veranda and grabbed a steak gumbo bread bowl and a Louisiana Lemonade. I tried calling the wife, but she wasn't picking up, so I ate at a table looking over the Pirates queue, and while eating, a guy asked if he and his group could sit with me at the other vacant chairs. I offered them up, but said my family may be coming. He inquired as to why everybody was dressed "all old-timey). I explained Dapper Day to him, which I don't think he really understood. Finished the meal and headed in search of the family. Found them at the register of PoE, and the wife did not look happy. Apparently the middle girl had picked out a Pirate key keychain, and there was no tag on it, and it was the last one. The CM said she couldn't sell it or do anything about it, and was rude to the wife. We paid for the plastic sword for the oldest, and left (didn't have the energy to raise a stink or take down the CM info to report at city hall).
I hung out around Stanley, and then went down to Mater's to try to occupy her while the wife and older girls were racing. She did NOT like Mater's with me. Once off, she calmed down, and we waited for the girls to get back from Racers. 
. He isn't a shopper, either.
