This morning, DH and I ventured out to the MK by ourselves for a few hours! This was previously discussed with DM beforehand weeks in advance and I think she was more than happy for that because it let her sleep in too.
Everybody wins! Sounds perfect!
And headed to our first line of the day
You are in the park for EMH without a kid. And you're wasting precious time at Starbucks?????
It’s gotten worse since our trip because he found a new-ish game in the Spring called Clash of Clans which requires ‘lots of attention’
That one does take a lot of attention. And that's why I haven't played it in months.
Yay a picture together finally! Although DH looks like he’s trying to be incognito with his glasses and hoodie and I’m looking off into ‘Space’
He's got the unibomber look down and you've kind of got this crazy eyes look going.
I don’t know about you, but an empty Frontierland is pretty darn exciting to me.
Yes please! And you know what can be done in 5 minutes?!
Maybe a couple of levels of Candy Crush????
A romantic boat ride all to ourselves was had back to the GF
Because who in their right mind is leaving the park at that time of day???
I approve.
But as it was now 10:40am, things needed to be changed
You wasted a coveted 7DMT FP+??
Unfortunately, the video is unusable at this moment. My Mother is a very nice, sweet lady that only uses the most proper of terminology. Example: She says she doesn’t sweat, she perspires.
(BTW, I feel like my eyes have fallen out for all the times i've rolled them!) Yeah like that. But for whatever reason, she could not get a handle on the car (constantly jerking and bumping around the track) and her Mexican side came out. I’ll upload the video later with lots of happy music over her ‘noise’
You know, I almost want to see the unedited version.
I don’t think I’ll ever get used to looking out Main Street station and seeing a lake instead of an Esplanade
Or for some of us, vice versa.
Eventually the line did end up starting up again but it wasn’t until 45 minutes later that we got this picture in our boat
Holy crap. That's crazy. At least you had a chance to make a new friend and spend some quality time with Kevin.
Um, did they change the menu up completely?!? Now it’s all Mexican?? ETA: Just looked it up and they did in early October! I’m very sad. We all LOVED our food here and loved that they had a toppings bar. At least I found out now and not when we show up in a couple weeks.
I'm pretty bummed by that. I loved going there to get a burger and load it up. Pecos Bill's was kind of an every trip, first QS meal tradition for us. I'm sure we'll go back, because it looks like they basically moved the menu from Tortuga Tavern and that was good last time. I'll miss the old menu though.
The only picture I got. And can I say how tremendous his lady was (cause I’m sure she deals with this hourly!) but she was very calm, telling us how to hold his head, etc all the while whistling a happy tune. Geez I wish I had that patience!
Yeah, I could never do her job.
When he gets nervous, he starts smiling so I had to get a picture without him noticing me
You'd think this was his first time riding a roller coaster.
I know it’s a 35 second ride, but really, what a great starter coaster for toddlers. Not too scary, definitely not long enough to be ‘tortured’ on it if it’s too much, but still exciting enough for them to feel like a thrill ride and like they’ve completed something. Major props to Disney.
It really is a good introductory coaster. I'm glad that the first rides were somewhat successful.
DM figured with all the time she had, she would start working on distributing all her purchases throughout all available suitcases.
Yikes! Good luck.
You didn't show us the end result. How did it all work out?
And I was amazed at how they have Mickey’s Fun Wheel on WDW bar menus. I’m sure they could easily swap that out for the Epcot Ball or the Tree of Life or something
Maybe it is cross promotion?
You want to see this? Well, we'll gladly book a stay in California for you!
DH was being exceptionally silly (a little buzzed perhaps? ) and kept stabbing his pineapple with a knife. You can see the white marks on the side of the pineapple
Come on man! If you stab the pineapple they can't refill it!
You know these guys LOVE their job. Playing amazing music at a beautiful place AND not having to deal with rude guests…hopefully.
Yeah... I'm guessing they experience the occasional rude guest. They seem to be everywhere.
Our Last Day
Our Magical Express pickup time was for 10:15am so we had some time to sleep in, finish off the rest of our breakfast items and pack.
Boo! This part sucks!
We finished off the rest of the bacon and someone was grateful to have that extra bacon. When we ask him what he wants for breakfast it’s always bacon
Smart kid.
While at Kona Café, I had asked the waitress if I could purchase another loaf of bread and butter to take for breakfast and she gave it all to us free of charge! So we had it with our breakfast. BEST DECISION EVER!
Awesome! You really did have a good server!
I still made it to the main building before them and you can see DH smiling about it!
Well played.
ETA: I just realized the CM totally looks like Omar Vizquel (if anyone is familiar with him - I may be the only one
)
You know, a lot of people talk about going to work at WDW when they retire...
Shortly after, we were on board the bus and someone was actually happy about this!
He's too young to understand.
Like this happening right when he was supposed to nap at 1:30!
Hey! That's great!
The book I got to finish while he was napping (Trust me, that’s pretty exciting!)
I fully understand. Nap time is awesome!
I apologize for so much time in between updates but life just worked us majorly during the production of this TR. But I was determined to wrap it up before our trip in a few days
Yeah, I think we all understand.
I’d love to do another one just because it will be so different from any other Disney trip I’ve done, like going to WDW 5 months pregnant! And then staying at Old Key West and the Poly for the first time will be fun.
I really hope you do! I always enjoy your TR's!
Have an amazing trip!