Day 7, Part 3
We continued to walk closer to the castle; it really was a beautiful sight:
I still think it looks better at night, but it is magical, nevertheless.
I was really excited to be at MK, my mom had not been to
Disneyland since 1991 and when we visited The Jungle Cruise was closed. She had really wanted to go on that ride so I was happy she could get to go on it today.
It amazed me how much bigger everything seemed in comparison to Disneyland, I mean I love Disneyland, but I was certainly enjoying this experience.
We saw this cute alligator carved out of hedging and we had to get a pic of it:
Onwards to Adventureland
Swiss Family Treehouse was the first thing we stumbled across, that is of course after stopping off at Aloha Isle and convincing Steven to get a Pineapple Dole Float. I am not fond of pineapple unless its on Glazed Ham or Pizza, I think it compliments these dishes really well, so on this occasion I didnt want to try this drink, but after reading so many rave reviews on the DIS, I knew I would have to get Steven to taste it, he is pineapple king!
So I ordered him a pineapple dole float and got myself a frozen coke (this would become my drink of choice most of the time), my mom wanted water, so we decided we would use her snack credits to pay for them all. She was leaving the next day and we wanted to make sure all her credits were gone.
The woman behind the counter was really sweet and she asked me how long I had been married. I told her it had only been 2 days. She was so happy for us, she said that our drinks were on the house and she wished us a wonderful honeymoon.
I was surprised as it was unexpected. I had heard about freebies, but I thought it only happened at restaurants, not kiosks. Another bout of pixie dust, gratefully received! I thanked her and left and we decided to stop while we had our drinks. Steven had no alternative but to stop, his ice cream, or whatever it is on top of the pineapple drink was melting, he had to drink it quickly to stop it oozing down the cup and onto his shorts.
He liked it, but didnt love it. He said it was really sweet and thought it would be quite sickening if he were to have anymore. I, as usual, loved my frozen coke, but it doesnt really do much to quench your thirst, if anything it makes you thirstier because its so sweet. Why dont they do diet frozen cokes?
So after filling up on our drinks, we decided to visit the Treehouse:
Now I cant remember off hand, but I think this resembles the one in Disneyland, but isnt that of Tarzan? It was great, purely for the view alone:
The one thing that annoyed me though was people that stopped for such a long time. I mean, the stairwell isnt exactly wide and I would sometimes have to squeeze past people, many times there were queues, and this is something that is supposed to be a rolling attraction. My mom liked the little bedroom, way up high but I was pretty much ready to get off. The higher we went, the hotter I became and all that foliage wasnt exactly helping:
Our next attraction had to be The Jungle Cruise. I loved this ride, and yes, I know its cheesy and its obvious that the animals arent real, but its so cute!
The sign was quoting 20 minutes in the normal line; we decided that this would likely mean 10 minutes, so we joined. It was actually quite cool as there were fans blowing with misting sprays so the wait seemed quite pleasurable.
I stood and hoped that we would get a good skipper. I watched the banter between them and said to myself I hope I dont get that one or ooh, I hope I get him I find that males tend to be more enthusiastic. I think its because they are more immature than girls and dont mind if they look or act foolish, many of our previous hosts have given it their all, and it makes such a difference to the journey. I still remember the guy we had in Disneyland, he was a hoot.
So we were ushered on to a boat and I immediately knew that we were in for a great trip. Our skipper was sarcastic and I love that, so I settled in for what I was sure, to be a fantastic cruise. He noticed my ears before we even set off and asked what music I walked down the aisle to? I assumed this was rhetorical, and I was correct as he started humming the tune from Jaws, everyone laughed, including us, although my mom was the loudest!
He picked on a guy in the back of the boat and told him to stand every time he saw an animal. Every time he did, our skipper started to sing dont rock the boat baby, dont tip the boat under this happened constantly as, as you would expect there are plenty of animals on the Jungle Cruise.
My mom really enjoyed this ride, it was nice and cool and it was different to the ride in Disneyland, longer and better. I do think however, that this ride is in need of some modernisation; I noticed some of the animals looking a bit worse for wear. I think this ride could be fantastic if they added some new things. I attempted to convince my mom that this ride was mixed with both fake and real animals, and I think for a second she bought it. I told her that we were coming into an elephant patch and these were real.
She oohed and aahed over the baby elephant and said that it was cute, but definitely not real, but the one in that back was! She had taken her glasses off at this point to take pictures, so really anything goes
I always laugh at the bit with the Rhino and the men up the totem pole, I think its hilarious. I saw the waterfall approaching and part of me so wanted our boat to go right under it, how cool would that be? They could make this into a rapid ride!!! But our skipper steered us away from it, although he pretended we were all going to get soaked.
We were nearing the end and our trip had been short but sweet, our skipper was great and he had kept us entertained throughout. My mom had tried to get loads of pictures on this ride, but kept complaining that all the good animals were on the other side, or that he didnt stop to let her take her picture.
We exited the boat and immediately headed to Pirates of the Caribbean. This was a walk on as a nice CM who saw my ears bumped us to the head of the queue. I really enjoy this ride and I loved the added things, especially the special effect on the steam of Barbosa, I thought it was pretty cool.
I seemed to remember that the drop was bigger and better, so I was sort of disappointed when I made myself ready to scream and by the time I opened my mouth, we were already down! The addition of Jack Sparrow was good and I spent the majority of the ride looking for him:
My mom loved this ride and Steven surprised me when he said that it was much better than he remembered. As in Its a Small World, the song stays in your head forever and it becomes quite irritating after a while. We all enjoyed this ride though and loved how air-conditioned it was.
We exited the ride and it took several minutes for my eyes to adjust to the light again. We continued on to walk through Frontierland, even though we had no intentions of going on anything here:
I love Splash Mountain and Big Thunder but they are not rides for Steven or Mom, although I planned to work on Steven.
I wanted us to have lunch at Peco Bills and after researching lunch options at MK; I decided that Peco Bills sounded like a good option. First of all, we all love burgers and the fixins bar was just the icing on the cake. Now, you might as well know that the only places I chose for us to eat, had to have good dessert options, this was a stipulation and not something I was willing to compromise on. I had been on a diet for what seemed like forever and as I was on my honeymoon I wanted to be able to eat all those things I had seen on the food porn threads for months and this included the desserts.
So, I knew Peco Bills had the Peanut Butter Brownie Mousse and that satisfied me, so Peco Bills it is.
We entered this huge restaurant and I was taken aback by its size, I had no idea that the seating area was so big. I was pleased to see that this was all automated service, I prefer this and it is so much quicker you no longer have to encounter people that havent even bothered to look at the menu before they reach the till.
We all wanted the same 3 Burgers with fries, 3 cokes and 3 Peanut Butter Brownie Mousses (what is the plural for Mousse, is it Mousses?) We headed to the Fixin bar and we all had onions, lettuce, mustard and ketchup. It didnt take us long to find a table and we pulled up a chair to enjoy our lunch.
Now you would think that after our huge Chef Mickeys breakfast we wouldnt be hungry, but once I smelled those burgers, I felt famished.
Peco Bills did not disappoint, my first bite of the burger took me to heaven, I cant put my finger on it, but it was quite honestly one of the best burgers I have ever tasted. It reminded me of the burger shop I used to go to in Australia, it was called Andys Burgers. I havent had one of those burgers since I was 10 years old, but believe me; I still remember that taste like it was yesterday.
Steven devoured his burger and normally I would offer him some of mine, but to hell with him, this baby was mine, all mine! He started in on my fries like he normally does, but I slapped his hand away. Disney does the best fries imo, they are so crispy and not at all greasy. Mom said that she loved the burger and agreed it was among the best she had tasted.
The brownie was beautiful; BEE-UUU-TIFUL, and I ate every morsel. I swear Peanut Butter and Chocolate; its meant to be, kinda like Sandy and Danny on Grease! Alone they are nice, but together, WOW. Its not a big thing in the UK, and it is one of the things I take advantage of when I come to the US, everything peanut butter and chocolate must be sampled.
The brownie was moist, crumbly and gooey and way too high in calories.
Satisfied and stuffed, we waddled out the door
Coming up
Fantasyland, Mickeys Toontown, Tomorrowland with loads of pics and what ride am I on now
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I absolutely loved our last day with my mom although she did kind of get me annoyed at the end of the day...
Never mind I will always have that day. Mind you I had a great rapport with Mickey and Pluto later on in the trip, they were both wonderful! Hope you are keeping well!
The P & P Party does play a part in the rest of our trip, so stay tuned!
I can't wait to hear all about it, I'm sure you will love every minute of it!
I'd hoped that it would last into the new year...this is like a great story and I'd hate for it to end. I'm bummed that we didn't do the treehouse at WDW or DL - my DH didn't want to "waste time" on them. I'm also excited to hear how AKL looks when you go to Jiko's (I think you were also bumped from AKL like us)...I trust your judgement about the construction. Glad to hear that everything is working out well for you at your new job 
Here's hoping to getting Steven on Splash Mt!!!
! And that picture, its a tough one. I've been sitting here for awhile trying to figure out what ride you are on and I am ashamed to say that I have no idea. 
Please tell us soon because its going to drive me crazy! 
Very Romantic! 
Have a great week!!!
For me, it was the tiny tree/flower thing in the background.
