RVGal
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Because we had such a late start getting to the parks, it was approaching lunch time when we got off the Safari. Carol's phone rang and Darryl & Karen had just arrived at the hotel. We told them we were heading to the Dinoland, USA area for lunch and to meet us there. We all arrived at Restaurantosaurus and dove into the masses at peak lunch hour. It wasn't too terribly bad. Only had to wander with the trays of food for a few minutes before we snagged a couple of tables.
Now, under normal circumstances, I would have food pictures to insert along with critiques and whatnot. This was not normal circumstances. I do not have a single food picture. At all. From the whole trip. However, we are primarily CS folks, so I'm not sure we would have anything all that interesting anyway. I recall a mammoth cheeseburger that I split with Mom and Joshua having chicken nuggets in a Mickey plate with carrots and grapes. That's about all I remember from the meal. Sorry.
After we finished eating, Carol wanted to play around in the Dinoland area a bit. Fine. Of course, we stepped outside to find a lovely little rain shower. Yes, we had the rain ponchos, but I couldn't decide which was worse... getting wet with a little rain, or getting hot by draping myself in plastic in Florida in August. I decided I'd rather get wet.
We trooped to the Triceratop Spin and boarded our dinosaurs.
Then Carol wanted to play some of the games, so I let the boys try too.
Here they are showing off the dinosaur (I think?) and snake that Carol won for them.
Carol decided that since everyone was wet anyway, she wanted to do Kali River Rapids. Okee dokee. After that, however, they were going to Expedition Everest and then head back to the hotel to shower and change. Carol wanted to see the Blue Man Group and everyone had tickets except me, Mom & the boys. With Joshua's epilepsy, we have to keep him on a pretty strict bedtime. Sleep deprevation is his single biggest seizure trigger, so I am the sleep police. Anyway, Mom decided to hang with us instead of going with them.
Here is where our group divides. They went to EE and caught the parade.
We caught a bus and hopped to the Magic Kingdom.
Daniel almost fell asleep on the ride...
... but managed to perk back up when he saw the castle.
I took them on Buzz Lightyear, which they loved. Then we rode TTA, which I figured was completely safe. Daniel hated it. Those long pitch dark tunnels, he clung to me and screamed to GET HIM OUTTA THERE. Of all the rides in all the parks, he picks TTA to be afraid of.
I saw that Buzz and Stitch were doing the character greeting, so I asked the boys if they wanted to meet either one of them. Daniel wanted to meet Buzz and Joshua said fine, so we waited in a short line.
The Carousel of Progress was open, which thrilled me as it hasn't been running the last few trips I've made. Of course, it broke down when we were halfway between the last two rooms and we got stuck listening to that song (you know what one I'm talking about) for a little while before they got us moving again. I'm still glad we got to see it.
Mom was tiring out since we had to do without a wheelchair (I couldn't push her and the boys), so we started heading back toward Main St. Somebody hit the Grandmom button and Mom insisted that we take the boys through the gift shops on the way out "so that they could pick out a little souvenir". Yeah. Like the hats she bought them at AK weren't enough. Oh, no. They each picked out a playset of figures and those Mickey rice krispie treats. Oh, and they just HAD to have a Mickey balloon, each, before we left for the bus. She was in grandmom heaven and the boys loved it, so I'm not complaining. Much. 
I called and found out our room number. I was nervous after our check in snafu, but the printed card keys worked fine.
The view from our room.
Thank goodness, no pool noise!
We grabbed dinner at the food court and then let the boys get wet in the pool for a little while.
When they tired out, I called for bath and bedtime. They were asleep by 9pm, which was a very good thing. Carol and the rest of the group LOVED the Blue Man Group show and said it was absolutely worth the ticket price.
It was an all around good day.
Now, under normal circumstances, I would have food pictures to insert along with critiques and whatnot. This was not normal circumstances. I do not have a single food picture. At all. From the whole trip. However, we are primarily CS folks, so I'm not sure we would have anything all that interesting anyway. I recall a mammoth cheeseburger that I split with Mom and Joshua having chicken nuggets in a Mickey plate with carrots and grapes. That's about all I remember from the meal. Sorry.
After we finished eating, Carol wanted to play around in the Dinoland area a bit. Fine. Of course, we stepped outside to find a lovely little rain shower. Yes, we had the rain ponchos, but I couldn't decide which was worse... getting wet with a little rain, or getting hot by draping myself in plastic in Florida in August. I decided I'd rather get wet.
We trooped to the Triceratop Spin and boarded our dinosaurs.
Then Carol wanted to play some of the games, so I let the boys try too.
Here they are showing off the dinosaur (I think?) and snake that Carol won for them.
Carol decided that since everyone was wet anyway, she wanted to do Kali River Rapids. Okee dokee. After that, however, they were going to Expedition Everest and then head back to the hotel to shower and change. Carol wanted to see the Blue Man Group and everyone had tickets except me, Mom & the boys. With Joshua's epilepsy, we have to keep him on a pretty strict bedtime. Sleep deprevation is his single biggest seizure trigger, so I am the sleep police. Anyway, Mom decided to hang with us instead of going with them.
Here is where our group divides. They went to EE and caught the parade.
We caught a bus and hopped to the Magic Kingdom.
Daniel almost fell asleep on the ride...
... but managed to perk back up when he saw the castle.
I took them on Buzz Lightyear, which they loved. Then we rode TTA, which I figured was completely safe. Daniel hated it. Those long pitch dark tunnels, he clung to me and screamed to GET HIM OUTTA THERE. Of all the rides in all the parks, he picks TTA to be afraid of.
I saw that Buzz and Stitch were doing the character greeting, so I asked the boys if they wanted to meet either one of them. Daniel wanted to meet Buzz and Joshua said fine, so we waited in a short line.
The Carousel of Progress was open, which thrilled me as it hasn't been running the last few trips I've made. Of course, it broke down when we were halfway between the last two rooms and we got stuck listening to that song (you know what one I'm talking about) for a little while before they got us moving again. I'm still glad we got to see it.
Mom was tiring out since we had to do without a wheelchair (I couldn't push her and the boys), so we started heading back toward Main St. Somebody hit the Grandmom button and Mom insisted that we take the boys through the gift shops on the way out "so that they could pick out a little souvenir". Yeah. Like the hats she bought them at AK weren't enough. Oh, no.
They each picked out a playset of figures and those Mickey rice krispie treats. Oh, and they just HAD to have a Mickey balloon, each, before we left for the bus. She was in grandmom heaven and the boys loved it, so I'm not complaining. Much. I called and found out our room number. I was nervous after our check in snafu, but the printed card keys worked fine.
The view from our room.
Thank goodness, no pool noise!
We grabbed dinner at the food court and then let the boys get wet in the pool for a little while.
When they tired out, I called for bath and bedtime. They were asleep by 9pm, which was a very good thing. Carol and the rest of the group LOVED the Blue Man Group show and said it was absolutely worth the ticket price.
It was an all around good day.
), and I still managed to get myself and the boys ready to head out before she was done. What is up with that? But I'm not complaining. Much. 
), I snapped a bunch of pictures.
