Wednesday July 31
Today will be an easy day. No real plans as far as having to see or do anything. We arise at 7am and get dressed. We're off to MK this morning. This is our favorite park and it had to be visited everyday. We go out to the boat launch and there waiting is a boat to Contemporary. We hop aboard and off we go. Once at Contemporary, we head for the monorail and ride the loop over to MK. Of course we could have saved time by waiting a few more minutes for the MK boat, but we love to ride the monorail and since we were in no hurry today, why not. Once at MK, we wait in line for the gates to open. DD and I round up a few more autographs and jump back in line just before the gates open. Once inside, we decide to head for Buzz since we had so much fun on it the other evening. No wait, walked right in and took off. This time I hit the big point target on the robot. Boy does that make it easy to beat your partner. We had just as much fun as the first time, but DW wanted to get a big score. So we get off and head back for the entrance, again walk right on. As we enter, I point to the target on the robot, but she still misses it. Oh well honey, I guess we will have to go back so you can practice. After exiting Buzz for the second time, DW insists I ride Space Mountain, so off I go. Only about 5-10 minute wait and I got the front car. I have always like Space Mountain but it is showing it's age. Not near as smooth as the other coasters, but still fun nonetheless. I rejoin Dw and DD outside and we decide we will stroll over to FantasyLand. The first ride we come to is Pooh and there is no wait at all. We finally see the picture of Mr. Toad handing the deed over to Owl. From here we go by Snow White and again no wait. After Snow White, Dumbo had a small wait of maybe one cycle and we were on. I tried this time to get some pics of the castle from there, I hope they turn out. Then it is on to Peter Pan. If we get anywhere near this ride DD had to ride it and there was only a 5 minute wait. From here, we might as well ride that doll ride again, DD's second favorite and DW's favorite. OK, we have now ridden every ride that I thought would take a couple of visits to MK to do several times in only two mornings. I am still not sure it is real, but we really enjoyed it, that's for sure.
From FantasyLand, we are off to Toontown for Cinderella's autograph. DD just has to have this one, OH, and "that Duck". This is probably the longest wait we have had yet, about 15-20 minutes I think but well worth it to see DD's face when she meets Cinderella. After Cindy, we get in line for Pooh and Friends and get Pooh, Eeyore and Tigger. As we are leaving the Hall of Fame, I inquire as to where to meet Belle. This would pretty much complete the princess' section of DD's autograph book. They told us where she would be and after a little confusion, we found her. She does a little storytime just below the Tea Party ride. We enter the show and get a spot on the other side of the little theater area. As she tells the story, she starts picking kids from the audience to play parts and you guessed it, DD was chosen. **MAGIC MOMENT ALERT, MAGIC MOMENT ALERT** The video camera was in the stroller, so here I go boltng across the theater to retrieve it. DD had a blast. After the Belle show, we decide to video the whole Cinderella's Surprise Celebration so DD can watch it when she returns home. At least I think it is for DD, maybe it is for DW and I, HMMMM? Once the celebration is over and we collect a few more autographs, we head back to WL for some swim time.
After swimming a cleaning up, we get to our PS at Whispering Canyon. DW and I eat here for the first time on our Honeymoon and we had to go back. They have a meal called the Skillet and it was just as good this time as it was 8 years ago. It especially worked out well for DW since she is craving meat with this pregnancy. It comes with pulled pork, rosemary chicken, bar-b-que ribs and bratwurst. Along with baked beans, cole slaw bread and salad, ALL YOU CAN EAT!! They also have pony races on the hour. Basically all the kids get to pick a pony (stick horse) and race around the restaurant while the adults cher them on. At the end, they all get a certificate for being on the Pony Express. Disney really does their part to help out with scrapbooks!! Once we had obtained maximum stomach expansion, we then headed for Downtown Disney for some shopping.
Our first stop, the Christmas store. Christmas is my favorite time of year. So our Disney trip will have to coincide with Christmas. We also had to get a Christmas ornament and I got a cool new stocking - Mickey is holding his sorcerer hat down as the stocking. From here, we visited the pin store, World of Disney and then back to the Once Upon A Toy store. Now it may not sound like we visited very much, but when you consider 30 minutes to an hour in a store, it really adds up. Also, we didn't get ther until after 6pm. We bought souvenirs for everyone back home and DD got a new doll. After we finished shopping, DD went to work at playing in the fountains. We had planned ahead and brought a change of clothes with us for her. She had a blast. And Dw and I had fun just sitting on a bench and watching her play. Finally it was time to go. Tomorrow would be our last day at Disney and we needed sleep.
Today will be an easy day. No real plans as far as having to see or do anything. We arise at 7am and get dressed. We're off to MK this morning. This is our favorite park and it had to be visited everyday. We go out to the boat launch and there waiting is a boat to Contemporary. We hop aboard and off we go. Once at Contemporary, we head for the monorail and ride the loop over to MK. Of course we could have saved time by waiting a few more minutes for the MK boat, but we love to ride the monorail and since we were in no hurry today, why not. Once at MK, we wait in line for the gates to open. DD and I round up a few more autographs and jump back in line just before the gates open. Once inside, we decide to head for Buzz since we had so much fun on it the other evening. No wait, walked right in and took off. This time I hit the big point target on the robot. Boy does that make it easy to beat your partner. We had just as much fun as the first time, but DW wanted to get a big score. So we get off and head back for the entrance, again walk right on. As we enter, I point to the target on the robot, but she still misses it. Oh well honey, I guess we will have to go back so you can practice. After exiting Buzz for the second time, DW insists I ride Space Mountain, so off I go. Only about 5-10 minute wait and I got the front car. I have always like Space Mountain but it is showing it's age. Not near as smooth as the other coasters, but still fun nonetheless. I rejoin Dw and DD outside and we decide we will stroll over to FantasyLand. The first ride we come to is Pooh and there is no wait at all. We finally see the picture of Mr. Toad handing the deed over to Owl. From here we go by Snow White and again no wait. After Snow White, Dumbo had a small wait of maybe one cycle and we were on. I tried this time to get some pics of the castle from there, I hope they turn out. Then it is on to Peter Pan. If we get anywhere near this ride DD had to ride it and there was only a 5 minute wait. From here, we might as well ride that doll ride again, DD's second favorite and DW's favorite. OK, we have now ridden every ride that I thought would take a couple of visits to MK to do several times in only two mornings. I am still not sure it is real, but we really enjoyed it, that's for sure.
From FantasyLand, we are off to Toontown for Cinderella's autograph. DD just has to have this one, OH, and "that Duck". This is probably the longest wait we have had yet, about 15-20 minutes I think but well worth it to see DD's face when she meets Cinderella. After Cindy, we get in line for Pooh and Friends and get Pooh, Eeyore and Tigger. As we are leaving the Hall of Fame, I inquire as to where to meet Belle. This would pretty much complete the princess' section of DD's autograph book. They told us where she would be and after a little confusion, we found her. She does a little storytime just below the Tea Party ride. We enter the show and get a spot on the other side of the little theater area. As she tells the story, she starts picking kids from the audience to play parts and you guessed it, DD was chosen. **MAGIC MOMENT ALERT, MAGIC MOMENT ALERT** The video camera was in the stroller, so here I go boltng across the theater to retrieve it. DD had a blast. After the Belle show, we decide to video the whole Cinderella's Surprise Celebration so DD can watch it when she returns home. At least I think it is for DD, maybe it is for DW and I, HMMMM? Once the celebration is over and we collect a few more autographs, we head back to WL for some swim time.
After swimming a cleaning up, we get to our PS at Whispering Canyon. DW and I eat here for the first time on our Honeymoon and we had to go back. They have a meal called the Skillet and it was just as good this time as it was 8 years ago. It especially worked out well for DW since she is craving meat with this pregnancy. It comes with pulled pork, rosemary chicken, bar-b-que ribs and bratwurst. Along with baked beans, cole slaw bread and salad, ALL YOU CAN EAT!! They also have pony races on the hour. Basically all the kids get to pick a pony (stick horse) and race around the restaurant while the adults cher them on. At the end, they all get a certificate for being on the Pony Express. Disney really does their part to help out with scrapbooks!! Once we had obtained maximum stomach expansion, we then headed for Downtown Disney for some shopping.
Our first stop, the Christmas store. Christmas is my favorite time of year. So our Disney trip will have to coincide with Christmas. We also had to get a Christmas ornament and I got a cool new stocking - Mickey is holding his sorcerer hat down as the stocking. From here, we visited the pin store, World of Disney and then back to the Once Upon A Toy store. Now it may not sound like we visited very much, but when you consider 30 minutes to an hour in a store, it really adds up. Also, we didn't get ther until after 6pm. We bought souvenirs for everyone back home and DD got a new doll. After we finished shopping, DD went to work at playing in the fountains. We had planned ahead and brought a change of clothes with us for her. She had a blast. And Dw and I had fun just sitting on a bench and watching her play. Finally it was time to go. Tomorrow would be our last day at Disney and we needed sleep.
