ArielSRL
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Day Two 6/5/2016 ~ Magic Kingdom (part 1)
So I had wanted to get up for rope drop but with us staying up so late the night before AND Disney moving rope drop to 8am, there was no way this was happening. So I got up around 7am (I think my alarm went off at 6:30) and got myself all ready. Mom got up too and got the coffee going. I'm sure it didn't take AJ long to get up either because 1) he was sleeping on the couch bed, out in the sitting area with me and we turned on the lights and made noise and such and 2) because he is somewhat of an early riser, especially if he's hanging out with my mom (who, btw, gets up at like 6 or 6:30 for fun!).
I got this photo of the view from our room:
Very nice! SSR is a beautiful, peaceful resort. My only complaint is not enough Disney theming. Oh and their gift shop leaves quite a bit to be desired. But it is very much a wonderful resort to stay at.
Will is my sleeper and can easily sleep til 8:30 or 9 when his loud brother isn't around. He made it a habit this trip to wake up, usually not too much past when we did, call for me to get him out of the pnp, and then get in bed with my dad and snuggle and go back to sleep. Ugh. All I am going to say is shame on me...I should've known.
Ok, so we had a 10:25 ADR at Crystal Palace and we made it just in time, which means we probably left the resort around 9:30 I'm thinking because with driving and getting all the junk out of the car, walking up to the TTC, taking the monorial, bag check, etc, it takes about an hour! We did have a minute or two to take some photos first:
Okay, so as you can probably tell, there must've been a smudge or sweat or something on the "lens" of my iPhone. I apologize because I didn't notice it until after our breakfast. Oops.
We checked in and got called very quickly. We got sat and many of the characters had just passed our table. Oh well, I thought we might be in for a long one, BUT it was the end of the breakfast crowd so the restaurant was emptying out. In all actuality we only had time to run up and grab some plates of food because this guy came by about 10 minutes after we sat down:
AJ was really loving on the characters this trip. Will took some time to warm up, so he didn't want to get in the group shot (or any shot) with Pooh! However Mom and I did:
So here's one of Will, still seated in his high chair:
The food here is standard breakfast fare though I know a lot of people mention the puffed toast, is it? I think it is maybe sort of french toast like, maybe? I am not a fan of cinnamon so I have never, not once, had french toast so I could be completely wrong about this puffed toast thing. Here's some food photos:
Yes, I had already started eating! Another oops! I had breakfast potatoes, chocolate croissant (I think...I didn't eat too much of it), biscuit and gravy, and probably bacon. The strawberries were for Will. I think maybe he ate those and both ate and played with a Mickey waffle but that's it...and he is usually my big eater!
I can't remember if this is his plate or AJ's. Probably Will's because AJ doesn't eat strawberries (or any fruit!!! this cannot be my kid!!). Boiled egg, puffed toast (??), eggs, pancakes, and I think he had already grabbed the Mickey waffle.
Continued in next post...
So I had wanted to get up for rope drop but with us staying up so late the night before AND Disney moving rope drop to 8am, there was no way this was happening. So I got up around 7am (I think my alarm went off at 6:30) and got myself all ready. Mom got up too and got the coffee going. I'm sure it didn't take AJ long to get up either because 1) he was sleeping on the couch bed, out in the sitting area with me and we turned on the lights and made noise and such and 2) because he is somewhat of an early riser, especially if he's hanging out with my mom (who, btw, gets up at like 6 or 6:30 for fun!).
I got this photo of the view from our room:
Very nice! SSR is a beautiful, peaceful resort. My only complaint is not enough Disney theming. Oh and their gift shop leaves quite a bit to be desired. But it is very much a wonderful resort to stay at.
Will is my sleeper and can easily sleep til 8:30 or 9 when his loud brother isn't around. He made it a habit this trip to wake up, usually not too much past when we did, call for me to get him out of the pnp, and then get in bed with my dad and snuggle and go back to sleep. Ugh. All I am going to say is shame on me...I should've known.
Ok, so we had a 10:25 ADR at Crystal Palace and we made it just in time, which means we probably left the resort around 9:30 I'm thinking because with driving and getting all the junk out of the car, walking up to the TTC, taking the monorial, bag check, etc, it takes about an hour! We did have a minute or two to take some photos first:
Okay, so as you can probably tell, there must've been a smudge or sweat or something on the "lens" of my iPhone. I apologize because I didn't notice it until after our breakfast. Oops.
We checked in and got called very quickly. We got sat and many of the characters had just passed our table. Oh well, I thought we might be in for a long one, BUT it was the end of the breakfast crowd so the restaurant was emptying out. In all actuality we only had time to run up and grab some plates of food because this guy came by about 10 minutes after we sat down:
AJ was really loving on the characters this trip. Will took some time to warm up, so he didn't want to get in the group shot (or any shot) with Pooh! However Mom and I did:
So here's one of Will, still seated in his high chair:
The food here is standard breakfast fare though I know a lot of people mention the puffed toast, is it? I think it is maybe sort of french toast like, maybe? I am not a fan of cinnamon so I have never, not once, had french toast so I could be completely wrong about this puffed toast thing. Here's some food photos:
Yes, I had already started eating! Another oops! I had breakfast potatoes, chocolate croissant (I think...I didn't eat too much of it), biscuit and gravy, and probably bacon. The strawberries were for Will. I think maybe he ate those and both ate and played with a Mickey waffle but that's it...and he is usually my big eater!
I can't remember if this is his plate or AJ's. Probably Will's because AJ doesn't eat strawberries (or any fruit!!! this cannot be my kid!!). Boiled egg, puffed toast (??), eggs, pancakes, and I think he had already grabbed the Mickey waffle.
Continued in next post...
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And the plan had been to get stuff done from rope drop until meal time, then pretty much head for break after the meal, then back for the late afternoon. However, since we didn't get there until meal time, we had to go do things after the meal, pushing break time later, and not having as long to break (so no pool except one day) and then back later in the evening, and staying later in the parks. See the domino effect? Smh.
Thanks for joining in! So glad to hear such good experiences with giving up the DDP. I think we will really enjoy the freedom to eat, or not eat as far as my kids are concerned, as we wish.
When we stayed at SSR back in 2011 our view was of a road and bus stop. I can't remember what building we were in but it was a very quick walk to the building with the quick service in it. The view wasn't what I would call bad but we did hear the busses late at night and early in the morning.
Finally shortly before we left Chris, then 8, changed his mind and requested CP. We did dinner not breakfast, but the character interaction was great, service very good and we found it to be very clean. I'd definitely try breakfast at some point!
