Our first order of business when we got to Magic Kingdom was to get a bite to eat to hold us over until lunch time, since we never had any breakfast.
We decided to go to the Main Street bakery. My fiancé got a ham and cheese sandwich, which had so much ham on it he had to pull some of it off to eat it! I got their homemade ice cream sandwich. Now when I ordered this, I thought it was made on regular-sized cookies...but it was GIGANTIC! Seriously, four people could have split this thing and been satisfied! It was very good, but very rich! I ate way more than was good for me and still had to throw at least half of it away! Probably not the best choice of food on an empty stomach, but I survived
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After eating, we backtracked to the Walt Disney World Railroad and rode it out to Frontierland.
Once there, we decided to ride Splash Mountain one final time. Even though it was almost 11, the wait was only ten minutes!
We had very good luck up until this point riding Splash because we were always seated in the third row and never got very wet. Well, this time made up for it!!! We were seated in the first row and got absolutely soaked!
As we departed Splash, squishing with every step that we took, my fiancé asked if I wanted to ride Big Thunder Mountain, as it had been down on our last visit. Between not having taken any Dramamine and having just eaten an overly sweet snack, I figured I better sit this one out. I told him to go ahead and ride it, and I would find somewhere to sit and wait for him.
Luckily, the wait was short for that too, and he rejoined me about 20 minutes later. We headed on to Country Bear Jamboree, which we hadn't gotten a chance to see yet this trip. Now I love this show and am normally able to devote my full attention to it, but I was so tired that I was having trouble staying awake this time! I never did fall asleep, but I was a little more zoned out than usual!
With everything we wanted to do in Frontierland completed, we stopped by Liberty Square to ride the Haunted Mansion again.
That morning, I had mentioned to my fiancé that we hadn't really done anything in Fantasyland other than Philharmagic, so we decided to check out the waits for some of the rides there. To our astonishment, the wait for Peter Pan was listed as only being 20 minutes! We heard a cast member say to the people behind us that they were about to change the sign to thirty, but it wasn't really that either; we were seated within fifteen minutes. I have never gotten onto Peter Pan so quickly midday!
By the time we got off Peter Pan, we needed to start heading back to the Poly for lunch. Our original plan for the afternoon was to go back to Epcot to visit Germany and maybe some of the countries, but my fiancé could tell my sore feet weren't really up to Epcot walking...plus he knew I wanted to hit some more rides at MK. Therefore, he suggested we return after lunch, and I was quick to agree. We picked up some Fastpasses for Pooh on the way out and got a pair of the "surprise" Philharmagic passes too.
Since the walkway under Cinderella's castle was blocked off for the little show they do, we had to cut around the side by the wishing well. We decided to throw some coins in and make a wish while we were there.
As we were leaving the park, I told my fiancé that I wanted to get my carry-on from bell services and change my capris before lunch since they STILL weren't dry from Splash! We had to wait a little bit for the monorail, and by the time we arrived at the Poly I wasn't sure if I'd be able to do this because it was almost time for our reservation. However, Kona was really slow-maybe a fourth of the tables filled, if that--so we asked if I could go change before being seated, and they gladly obliged.
Fifteen minutes later, with fresh DRY clothes, we returned to Kona for our lunch. However, it's late right now, and I have to go back to work in the morning
...so my final lunch and afternoon update will have to wait until tomorrow.
I just wanted to say that I caught your TR late, but have enjoyed all of your updates. I've even learned a few things that I didn't know before. I'll be eagerly awaiting your next update.
