Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Our last day at the parks.
The rain was gone but the sun wasnt exactly shining, long pants and sweatshirts for everyone. We had 8:10 ressies for a character breakfast at Liberty Tree Tavern in Magic Kingdom BEFORE the park opens. I recommend doing this to everyone. Walking down Main Street and around the castle without any crowd is a treat.
Liberty Tree Tavern usually does not do characters or breakfast but another restaurant that usually does (Crystal Palace) was under a 2 month renovation. Crystal Palace will be a must on our next trip. Anyway, breakfast was family style and yummy! Minnie, Pluto, Chip & Dale were there. The kids had come a long way with the characters thru the week but they (especially Lucy) still needed Bill or me next to them when a character was around.
After breakfast Jack and I were the first outside the restaurant and the park was just opening so there were only a few people around. Donald and Goofy were right there. Jack screamed Donald and pointed. He ran right over to him and stopped about 10 away. Jack was waving so much I thought his arm might fall off. Donald squatted down and threw out his arms for a hug and Jack ran right into them. It is so dorky but I was so proud. Jack was just so excited. Magical. I didnt have a camera and no one else saw it but it was perfect. Then Jack went over to Goofy. Everyone was around now so we got pictures of them posing together.
The plan for today was to hit all our favorite rides again and that is what we did. We also spent some time in Toon Town which we hadnt done yet. Oh and we finally met Pooh and friends. We saw them several times but never wanted to wait in line. We knew they showed up just outside Toon Town around 10am, so we were ready and waiting. We had a perfect last day doing everyones favorites.
We decided we wanted to see fireworks our last night so we left MK in the afternoon and went home to rest a bit. We decided to skip Illuminations (in Epcot) because it was an hour later and we didnt know how the kids would react to it. You need to be close to see the laser portion but then the fireworks would probably be too loud. So we decided just to do Wishes again. We grabbed dinner at a restaurant we werent crazy about in the Contemporary. Jack fell asleep on the bus ride there and was a grouch when we woke him up to eat. We ended up taking turns holding him while he slept or walking him around when he cried when he woke up. Felt like having an infant. Not a great last meal.
Then over to MK. My parents met us and Wishes was a good last note to the trip.
Home and in bed by 9pm.
Our last day at the parks.
The rain was gone but the sun wasnt exactly shining, long pants and sweatshirts for everyone. We had 8:10 ressies for a character breakfast at Liberty Tree Tavern in Magic Kingdom BEFORE the park opens. I recommend doing this to everyone. Walking down Main Street and around the castle without any crowd is a treat.
Liberty Tree Tavern usually does not do characters or breakfast but another restaurant that usually does (Crystal Palace) was under a 2 month renovation. Crystal Palace will be a must on our next trip. Anyway, breakfast was family style and yummy! Minnie, Pluto, Chip & Dale were there. The kids had come a long way with the characters thru the week but they (especially Lucy) still needed Bill or me next to them when a character was around.
After breakfast Jack and I were the first outside the restaurant and the park was just opening so there were only a few people around. Donald and Goofy were right there. Jack screamed Donald and pointed. He ran right over to him and stopped about 10 away. Jack was waving so much I thought his arm might fall off. Donald squatted down and threw out his arms for a hug and Jack ran right into them. It is so dorky but I was so proud. Jack was just so excited. Magical. I didnt have a camera and no one else saw it but it was perfect. Then Jack went over to Goofy. Everyone was around now so we got pictures of them posing together.
The plan for today was to hit all our favorite rides again and that is what we did. We also spent some time in Toon Town which we hadnt done yet. Oh and we finally met Pooh and friends. We saw them several times but never wanted to wait in line. We knew they showed up just outside Toon Town around 10am, so we were ready and waiting. We had a perfect last day doing everyones favorites.
We decided we wanted to see fireworks our last night so we left MK in the afternoon and went home to rest a bit. We decided to skip Illuminations (in Epcot) because it was an hour later and we didnt know how the kids would react to it. You need to be close to see the laser portion but then the fireworks would probably be too loud. So we decided just to do Wishes again. We grabbed dinner at a restaurant we werent crazy about in the Contemporary. Jack fell asleep on the bus ride there and was a grouch when we woke him up to eat. We ended up taking turns holding him while he slept or walking him around when he cried when he woke up. Felt like having an infant. Not a great last meal.
Then over to MK. My parents met us and Wishes was a good last note to the trip.
Home and in bed by 9pm.
We had breakfast with my parents in the food court. They were staying in Florida (along the gulf coast) for another week. We packed. We cashed in all our tickets from the arcade. The kids loved picking out junk.
