BraveLittleToaster2
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- Feb 21, 2010
8/25 First half of day!
We were up early to head over to MK for an 8am EMH. We arrived just about at 8am and headed straight for Buzz light-year space ranger spin, as my little loves Zurg and that's the only place you can see him. I've never found the shooting aspect of this ride all that accurate, but it's fun nonetheless. At the end of the ride we took photos with Zurg in the cage. You can no longer climb in the cage with Zurg for a photo, now they have placed the bars too close together. Anyone know when they did this?
After Buzz we headed to Dumbo where myself and my 13 year old sat out and just watched. They only had one Dumbo running so it was actually a 10 min wait.
Then we headed to small world and did another ride of that...we always need to do it multiple times for the youngest. It's not my favorite but I can endure...
Afterwards, we headed to haunted Mansion for the first time this trip. We asked to skip the stretch room because we were concerned the 3 yr old might be upset by it. They took us around and let us right on the ride instead and he did great. After we exited I HAD to stop at the gift shop!! I bought an adorable tank top that's white with the black haunted Mansion pictures all over it and the black had black lace. Very pretty!! I'll likely wear it tmrw!!
We also looked around the shop next to Gaston's for a gift for a friend's little girl who loves Belle. I ended up purchasing the yellow sparkle Mickey ears with bells picture in the middle. I hope she likes it.
By this time we were ready for our breakfast reservation at 10:25 at Crystal Palace. It took a little bit to be seated. We were escorted in around 10 min later. For the first 60 minutes of our breakfast NO characters came by. We hit it just right to where all the characters were far from us. But then they all came pretty quick, except Eeyore. We ended up waiting for him and finally saw him around 11:55am. Eating at this time was great because we had breakfast, then took a little break and then they had half of the Food setup with lunch. So by 11:25 lunch opened and then we ALSO had mashed potatoes and chicken...and best of all Halloween desserts! They had candy corn cupcakes, worms in dirt cupcakes, chocolate bark with spider webs, brownies, little honey pots with bees on them and apple pie type tarts. All delicious!!! So if you like breakfast and lunch get a reservation as close to 10:45 as possible!! The only problem I've seen at Crystal palace besides being one of the busiest restaurants, though we go Everytime because we love it so much, is the bathrooms. There are only 4 stalls and there is always a line. I guess I feel like there should be more space. But there are bigger restrooms right outside the restaurant to the right so not a huge deal just and observation.
After leaving breakfast we went to see the Country bear jamboree and lucked out as a show was starting in 2 minutes! It was as cute a show as ever.
We stopped in front of the castle for some pictures and got one of just me and dh since we hardly ever get pics together of quality, since our kids usually take them and let's just say they end up cutting off someone's head half the time....(shrug)
On our way out of the MK we stopped at the pin shop. My daughter wanted to buy her first pin lanyard. She picked one with two Minnie pins and then purchased a sparkly Marie pin and a Roz monster Inc pin. She then traded with the first cast member she saw and gave away one of her Minnie's for a queen of hearts!!
All the Halloween decorations are up for the first Halloween party today. We did not buy tickets only because our little one usually can't make it past 9, so we will save it for a trip when he can last a little later...
We then left the park and headed back for nap and hanging with the older kids around the community room to play some games and rest up a little.
We were up early to head over to MK for an 8am EMH. We arrived just about at 8am and headed straight for Buzz light-year space ranger spin, as my little loves Zurg and that's the only place you can see him. I've never found the shooting aspect of this ride all that accurate, but it's fun nonetheless. At the end of the ride we took photos with Zurg in the cage. You can no longer climb in the cage with Zurg for a photo, now they have placed the bars too close together. Anyone know when they did this?
After Buzz we headed to Dumbo where myself and my 13 year old sat out and just watched. They only had one Dumbo running so it was actually a 10 min wait.
Then we headed to small world and did another ride of that...we always need to do it multiple times for the youngest. It's not my favorite but I can endure...
Afterwards, we headed to haunted Mansion for the first time this trip. We asked to skip the stretch room because we were concerned the 3 yr old might be upset by it. They took us around and let us right on the ride instead and he did great. After we exited I HAD to stop at the gift shop!! I bought an adorable tank top that's white with the black haunted Mansion pictures all over it and the black had black lace. Very pretty!! I'll likely wear it tmrw!!
We also looked around the shop next to Gaston's for a gift for a friend's little girl who loves Belle. I ended up purchasing the yellow sparkle Mickey ears with bells picture in the middle. I hope she likes it.
By this time we were ready for our breakfast reservation at 10:25 at Crystal Palace. It took a little bit to be seated. We were escorted in around 10 min later. For the first 60 minutes of our breakfast NO characters came by. We hit it just right to where all the characters were far from us. But then they all came pretty quick, except Eeyore. We ended up waiting for him and finally saw him around 11:55am. Eating at this time was great because we had breakfast, then took a little break and then they had half of the Food setup with lunch. So by 11:25 lunch opened and then we ALSO had mashed potatoes and chicken...and best of all Halloween desserts! They had candy corn cupcakes, worms in dirt cupcakes, chocolate bark with spider webs, brownies, little honey pots with bees on them and apple pie type tarts. All delicious!!! So if you like breakfast and lunch get a reservation as close to 10:45 as possible!! The only problem I've seen at Crystal palace besides being one of the busiest restaurants, though we go Everytime because we love it so much, is the bathrooms. There are only 4 stalls and there is always a line. I guess I feel like there should be more space. But there are bigger restrooms right outside the restaurant to the right so not a huge deal just and observation.
After leaving breakfast we went to see the Country bear jamboree and lucked out as a show was starting in 2 minutes! It was as cute a show as ever.
We stopped in front of the castle for some pictures and got one of just me and dh since we hardly ever get pics together of quality, since our kids usually take them and let's just say they end up cutting off someone's head half the time....(shrug)
On our way out of the MK we stopped at the pin shop. My daughter wanted to buy her first pin lanyard. She picked one with two Minnie pins and then purchased a sparkly Marie pin and a Roz monster Inc pin. She then traded with the first cast member she saw and gave away one of her Minnie's for a queen of hearts!!
All the Halloween decorations are up for the first Halloween party today. We did not buy tickets only because our little one usually can't make it past 9, so we will save it for a trip when he can last a little later...
We then left the park and headed back for nap and hanging with the older kids around the community room to play some games and rest up a little.