AprilRenee
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I totally forgot to mention that while in AK we were, of course, doing some pin trading and came across a high up CM not quite sure what his job was but he was one of the ones in a shirt and tie instead of a costume. He was SO much fun and made us answer trivia questions in order to trade with us. We had a blast and we were all pretty darn good at it too! I LOVE trivia, especially Disney Trivia and had a blast! We came back to him later in the day too. It was a really awesome experience. He kinda made our day!
One of the questions he asked us was Name 3 Disney Movie Heroines from America They are all the title roles of the movies. Thats the only question I remember really well. Andrew and I have used it in several conversations trying to stump people. Feel free to guess Ill post the answer in my next post!
On to a new day!
Day 5: Magic Kingdom
This morning I was so excited. First of all, I was gonna get to spend all day in the Magic Kingdom and second I was going to get to see the Rope Drop show. On our last trip we made MK our first arrival and departure days park so I had never gotten to spend the whole day there. And on our departure day it took us too long to pack up and get out so we missed the opening by 20-30 minutes. So this trip, I was going to get to see it!!
We were all MUCH more rested after having gone to bed at a decent time the night before. It was still hard to get everyone out of bed, but you can tell that we look much more awake!
I LOVED the opening show. I may have cried at some point . I didnt realize that the song for the opening was the Welcome Song from the 4 parks 1 world CD (Dont ask me why I didnt put those two together ) But I LOVE that song half the time I get all choked up in the car while listening to it. Then when that music started and totally took me by surprise and I was right there, it was just too much. I cried. Thankfully I had my sunglasses on and no one could tell.
As soon as the gates opened we headed in. I loved how some of the characters just walked with the crowd to their meet and greet spots.
You can KINDA see Aladdin and Jasmine walking along the sidewalk.
Once inside we headed to Space Moutain. This was the other ride on my must ride with my brothers or Ill never ride it list. So off we went while Andrew waited. I dont know what he did while we rode. Hmm not in my notes. I should have had him go for a PP FP but apparently I didnt. AnywayIt was an ok ride. It was a little jerky for my taste but Im glad I went on it. Wasnt anywhere NEAR as traumatic as ToT. Like, Id ride it again if I was with someone who wanted to.
This is the only pic I got so thats what you get!
Next up was Buzz Lightyear. This is one of Andrews favorite rides.
I tried to take a picture of my score but missed the memo about having to turn off the flash to get it to show up .whoops!
Lets just pretend that I totally maxed out the score! Ok?....no?...ok never mind. Im not any good at this ride anyway. Stupid car turns every time I figure out the gun and then I have to start all over. Not my favorite ride.
After those two rides we headed to Fantasyland. We stopped by Rapunzels M&G cause she was on our MUST MEET list. It was 9:45a and the line was already waiting for the 12:15p playtime. No way we were waiting for that so we headed on. But not without sneaking a couple of pics just in case we didnt ever get back to meet her.
Then we continued on to Fantasyland. As we past the Teacups we saw Alice was out so we decided to drop in for tea.
We continued on to Pooh but not without stopping to see the Stepmother and Stepsisters. Oh boy where these guys good!!
As we walked up the Stepmother asked me if I all these boys belonged to me. I told her that only DH was mine but the others were eligible. Instantly the girls each latched on to a boy.
Anastacia tried to run off with Elliott. Then we posed for a photo.
Avery said that the stepmother was really holding on to him. I think he was a little freaked out. But all in all it was a REALLY fun M&G. We talked about it for the rest of the trip.
Finally we made it to Pooh. The new que was open and it was really cool. We didnt play with any of the garden toys (now I wish we had but at the time I hadnt really read much about it and it seemed like it was for the kids and we didnt want to be THOSE teenages) But we did play with the honey wall and that was cool. Our wait was pretty short, maybe 5 minutes, and then we were off on our ride. Afterward all the boys decided it was stupid and they didnt want to ride that again. It was so bizarre that they felt so strongly about it. They hadnt said that about any other rides. We apparently had an Anti-Pooh theme going on this trip it comes up tomorrow too!
Next we rode Snow White and then met up with Mary Poppins. Last trip I refused to meet her cause she didnt look ANYTHING like Julie Andrews. This time I relented but I still dont believe that shes Mary Poppins!!
Elliott refused to get in this picture .he was character-ed out.
Then on we went to Haunted Mansion. The boys wanted to do BTMR and since we were by it I told them to ride it and meet us at Jungle Cruise afterward. They met up with us JC, we grabbed some FPs and headed to Pirates. Afterward we hit the Tiki Room. Elliott and I grew up listening to a Disney Classics tape (and then CD) that we LOVED. One of the songs on the CD was the old school Tiki Room song and it was one of Elliotts favorites. So this was really attraction #1 on his must see list. He really enjoyed it, the rest of us thought it was SUPER bizarre! Id like to see it now that its revamped but it was just strange!
Our fast pass time for JC was up when we got out of the show so we headed off for our Cruise. LOVE LOVE LOVE that ride! Avery really enjoyed it. I think it was one of his favorites. We still will break into Jungle Cruise jokes in the middle of dinner sometimes. My mom totally doesnt get them and then we have to explain the whole set up etc. I swear she probably thinks that she has practically ridden the ride by now just from hearing us talk about it.
After our cruise we decided it was food time. I wanted to try Columbia Harbor House since its Andy-roo and Blakers favorite spot. We headed over there but Elliott and Andrew decided that nothing on the menu was calling their names and went to Cosmic Rays instead.
The food was pretty good. I dont remember what Oliver got, I got the Salad with chicken. Avery ate my chicken, I ate the salad. It worked out pretty well. (We were on the free QSDP but were there almost our whole arrival day and departure day so we had a plan all laid out of how many meals we had to split in order to have enough meals for all the days. Avery and I did really well with it cause were both small eaters. Elliott and Oliver ended up using snacks to make meals cause they ran out on our last full day. We made sure they didnt starve though. We arent THAT mean!)
At lunch Oliver realized that he didnt have his sunglasses his brand new, bought them at Pop on our first day, used his whole souvenir budget for them, Disney Sunglasses.
These sunglasses (the red ones):
He remembered putting them in the pouch on BTMR but didnt remember having them at any point after that. So we finished eating, called Andrew and Elliott, told them what happened and headed to BTMR to see if we could find his glasses. Now I was SURE that after turning in that gift card, those glasses would be at the CMs counter at the ride. There wasnt a doubt in my mind! I sent Oliver in the exit to go ask the CM if they had found his sunglasses. While we waited I took a pic of Avery by BTMR since I hadnt earlier when they actually rode.
On the way over to the ride I also took this picture for jc040404
(haha! MK was really reminding me of you guys this day!)
Finally Oliver came out .
With NO sunglasses!! They were gone!! I really and truly couldnt believe it! I was SO sure they would be there. I told Oliver that we would check at guest services when we left the park and maybe they would be there.
So we headed to PP. Once there we didnt see Elliott and Andrew but the FP return line was SUPER long! We decided to just go to Mickeys Philharmagic. We called Andrew to tell him and he said that they had had the same idea and were already in the waiting area for MP. We ran in and JUST missed the doors closing.
So Oliver, Avery and I waited and then watched it ourselves. After MP we rode PP finally.
By this time it was 3pm and time for the parade. We hadnt gotten to watch much of the parade on our first day and I really wanted to watch it. Elliott really did NOT want to watch it, he wanted to go to Epcot to pin trade!! He had been pestering us to go over to EP all day! But I wanted to stay at MK! We were starting to do that sibling bickering thing again. It was time for a break from each other!
Oliver really wanted to see Hall of Presidents. I really like Hall of Presidents but I really wanted to watch the parade. So Elliott and Oliver decided to go do HoP while Avery, Andrew and I climbed into the sleigh at the Christmas Shop to watch the parade.
It was a nice break and I vented a bit to Andrew about Elliott, he calmed me down, suggested watching the parade and then giving Elliott some time in Epcot. He figured that once Elliott got to do what he wanted that he would relax and go with the flow again.
The whole pin trading at Epcot thing was that they had found out 2 days before that there were a bunch of traders planning on being at Epcot today with their pin binders and Elliott and Andrew both wanted to check it out. Now thats totally fine with me, and I was willing to go over to EP but LATER!! After I got my fill of MK!!!
Anyway, we really enjoyed the parade. I think Avery took about half of these photos. Hes actually really talented at composing good shots. He doesnt know a whole lot of technical stuff about cameras but hes got some raw talent.
(This is my favorite part about this parade spot. You have a perfect shot of each float with the castle in the background!)
(Cont. next post)
That was great! 
Can't wait to see what happens next! (And know the answer to that question!!)
The Pooh story happens our next day...so you won't have to wait too long.
I'm enjoying your TR too! I don't know if I've commented (sorry if I haven't) but I'm following along!
Love when things turn out to cost less than expected, and this was by a lot!
GAH!!! 
The key pin/stalking story was too funny! If it worked, it worked! Right? 
