Day 2 - Magic Kingdom Kamakazee!!
We were up at the crack of dawn (6 AM!) to try to catch the bus by 7:15 AM to make our 8:10 AM ADR at the Crystal Palace for Breakfast in the Magic Kingdom (Yes, we got to get in before MK officially opened!)
We made it to the bus by 7:20, and didn't have to wait long at all. It was a bit frustrating watch the buses (FOUR of them!) leave for the EMH park, but were were able to stay composed LOL!
We got to MK just after 8 and it was SO great to see the girls' reaction to the castle. We even had P get up in front of us, so he could capture it on video. IT is priceless to see their reaction!! Then they started to yell, "Daddy!!! TURN AROUND!!" Not knowing he had already seen it when he ran ahead LOL!
We got to CP about 4 mintues late, and only had to wait 5 mintues for out table, which was right near the buffet - #2 for character greets in our section and no one in the #1 table yet!
I took C to get food for us and the boy while P and M hung back at the table to entertain him. PLENTY of choices! C chose to start off with Tigger Waffels and strawberries. I got strawberries and cheerios for the boy and took some fruited granola with 1/2 and 1/2 and some fruit to start for myself. I ended up having eggs, sausage, potatoes, a muffin, more fruit, tea, and plenty of fresh OJ, too! We got to meet Winnie the Pooh, Tigger And we renamed our Tiger Flakes - Frosted Flakes - TIgger flakes in honor of him LOL!, Piglet and Eeyore. It was after rope drop by the time we left there (what would have been $98 dollars later, including tax and 18% tip that we didn't have to pay for thanks to the free dining plan I got us! LOL!). We wandered back down main street and found the barber shop after stopping to buy Mickey Hats for the girls.
We made it to the barber shop finally and were 4th in line, but there are only 2 barber chairs, so it was a long wait. This was the longest wait we had to wait in all trip, but it was so worth it! It was fun to watch grown men get their hair cut, then smile as they got colored gel either on top, on in back in the shape of Mickey Heads, or both and lots of pixie dust added LOL! THe girls in line were getting gelled and pixie dusted, too!
I had heard great things about Michal, and was excited to see him working that morning, but we ended up with Penny after one guy decided last minute to get his hair gelled, too. No biggy. Penny was AWESOME!!! First she covered the boy in Mickey Mouse stickers from chest to toes, and handed him even more to peel off himself. She then discussed what we wanted briefly and set to work, carefully collecting most of his hair in tissue paper that she later sealed with a Mickey Sticker for me! When the boy started to show signs that he was getting bored with the stickers, she whipped out a bottle of bubbles, assuring me that not only are they spill proof, they were non toxic. She didn't even flinch when he started to eat them LOL! (ANd she did clean the wand before putting them back on the
shelf!) When M started to get bored, she whipped out a second bottle for her to use, too. P video taped it, and it is still quite a site to see the transformation from baby to big boy!
When we were done with his cut, Penny presented us with his official mouse ears, which she posed for pictures with, and then his certificate, and placed tthose, his hair packet and pixie dust in a bag for us. We then decided to let the girls get gel and pixie dust and she honored our request to keep the gel to a minimum, and only did the parts of the head they could see. $30 including tip for all 3 heads! ($14 for the boy's cut and $5 each for the girls).
We were supposed to be meeting a small group of online friends for Dole WHips, but it was already after 11 at this point, and the girls were itching to go on some rides, so we hopped on the train and headed to Mickey's Toon Town after that. We each took a girl on Barnstormer with only about a 5 minute wait time for each of us. Then we went to Mickey's house and saw him in the Judges Tent. We let the girls play on Donald's boat then headed to Tomororwland, stopping for lunch at Cosmic Ray's first.
Tea Cups were closed (Phew! P and I both get side on spinning rides, and the girls should be old enough to ride alone next trip LOL!) We Fast Passed Space Mountain, stopped at a cart selling Cars Merchandise, called my sister and picked up 2 of the cars my nephew was missing then headed to watch Belle's story book time, which was very cute. We then got to get autographs. M, for some reason insisted on spelling her name for Belle about 5 times in the time they were standing up there, and as we were leaving, Belle yelled, "Bye Princesses! Bye, M! " then spelled her name out loud! We then opted to watch the afternoon parade before turning in our Fast Passes.
My sister called back again saying there was one more car she needed, and I promised her that I would get it when we returned to MK on Thursday.
We found a spot more in the shade than not, in front of a merchant door so that at least some cool air was blowing on P, and found enough curb space for the girls to sit. We pushed the stroller behind them so the boy could see, and I stood behind that with P just over my shoulder.
The "preshow" was 2 CM's getting a bunch of us to play a round of "Mickey says". C and M got taken out pretty early in the game. I made it all the way to the finals, but got tricked when he said "Minnie says put your hands up". Darn him LOL!
The parade was fun to watch and Rafiki shook C's hand after nearly scaring her out of her skin. She was watching the approaching float and never even seen him walk up to her LOL! She looked up and he was right in her face, just about, but all was well, she gave me a huge smile as he walked away!
We grabbed some ice cream at the Main Street Ice Cream shop and headed over to Space Mountain. On our way, I noticed we could get another fast pass, so we grabbed them for Buzz Lightyear.
C was lucky enough (OK, tall enough) to ride Space Mountain, but M was not, so with our child swap pass, she got to ride 2 times, and we ended up giving away our other 2 fast passes. Molly was consoled by being allowed to play video games while she waited for each of us to return. Well, I let her pretend to play, P let her really play LOL!. C decided that while she really liked SM 2 times in a row was "Just too much" LOL!
It wasn't time for our Buzz Ride yet, so we did the TTC, then rode Buzz. I REALLY liked it, and P was happy to have high score on our ride. The boy snoozed in the sling since I had gotten to nurse him on the TTC and got to ride with us on Buzz.
We then headed all the way over to the Haunted Mansion. There was no wait time, and we got right on. M didn't care for it, and burst into tears as soon as we exited and C was just "Eh" about it. P and I both enjoyed it, and the boy still snoozed LOL!
We then grabbed fast passes for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and were excited that M was tall enough for it. We grabbed some frozen lemonade while waiting, since the fast pass return time was just 30 minutes from when we grabbed them (The stand by line was just 15 mintues, but who wants to wait in lines when you can eat LOL!) The boy loved the frozen lemonade! We did the child swap thing again and both girls got the ride 2 times. They REALLY liked this one, and I think I liked it more than Space Mountain. Then the clouds started to move in, so we donned rain gear, gave away our last 2 fast passes and hopped on the train. It did rain pretty hard while we were on the train, and basically we just rode it until the rain stopped, which was only about 20 mintues or so.
We considered leaving the park, but decided that since it was getting close to dinner time, we would grab some dinner. We ended up at Casey's for Hot Dogs and they were good! I took M and the boy to the bathroom (Actually the baby care center, since they are SO Nice!) R got his diaper changed and M and I both went, too. When we got back, P and Cr were talking to CM Raphael, who had taken me out of Mickey Says earlier that day. C had drawn a picture and decided to give it to him, and he said "You know, I give away things all day, and this is the first time anyone has ever given me anyting!" We chatted a bit more, then he casually asked if we were palnning on staying for Spectro, which was to start in about an hour. He said "Stay here, I'll be right back". P went for a smoke, then to the bakery for desserts, and the kids and I finished up the last of our food.
Before P got back, CM Raphael, told us he had gotten us VIP seating for the parade, right at the start of it and to see CM Gene. Our reservations were under "Princess C, party of 5", and since it was VIP seating, we didn't have to get there until 10 mintues before the parade started. COOL!!! Then he told us the find him in front of the ice cream shop when the parade was over and he would get us good viewing for Wishes, too!! We enjoyed our desserts and took our time since we no longer had to worry about finding seats!
We ended up getting there about 20 minutes to parade time and there was just one other family in the VIP section! Way cool!!! At the end of the parade, there are CM's that carry a long bar. C and M both got to help hold the bar as we walked down mainstreet. Their smiles said it all!! The best part of that was before we left on vacation, C told me she had a dream that she got to be in the parade with all the Disney Characters! It really was a dream come true for her! She was smiling and waving all the way down main Street! They didn't even complain when we told them we had to get out of the parade at the Ice Cream Shop.
We found CM Raphael quite easily and aobut 20 mintues later we were "seated" in the middle of main street between Casey's and the ice ceam shop. This is dead center in front of the castle and there was an emergency lane set up in front of us, so there was no one in front of us for about 15 feet! WONDEFUL view!
At the end of wishes (Keeping track of time? We arrived at 8 AM and it it now 10:20 PM!) We moved to the side to let most of the people leave the park so we were not fighting crowds. All the kids had fallen asleep during the fire works, so we didn't want to deal with the crankies just yet. Paul went for one more cigarette and I chose to change the boy's diaper once more, then we headed out. Everyone on the bus was great about our sleeping kids and one woman even had M just about in her lap LOL! the 4 of us and squeezed into 2 seat. I had the boy in the sling in my lap and C was 1/2 in my lap and then stretched in to the next seat. M was scrunched right next to me, but her feet were in the lady's lap...she - the lady, not M put them there! P was standing, so I had 3 sleeping kids on me LOL! When we got to the resort, the bus driver and a guest helped get the kids back into the stroller...the guest grabbed the stroller and set it up and the bus driver opened the back doors for us to get our more easily. He also grabbed our bags so P and I could just deal with the kids. I love Disney. No one complained, no one got impatient.
We got everyone into bed then, I fell into bed and was asleep within seconds. No wake up call was scheduled, so I wanted to get as much sleep as I could!
Next report: Day 3 Epedition Everest Or Bust!
~Elena
We made it to the bus by 7:20, and didn't have to wait long at all. It was a bit frustrating watch the buses (FOUR of them!) leave for the EMH park, but were were able to stay composed LOL!
We got to MK just after 8 and it was SO great to see the girls' reaction to the castle. We even had P get up in front of us, so he could capture it on video. IT is priceless to see their reaction!! Then they started to yell, "Daddy!!! TURN AROUND!!" Not knowing he had already seen it when he ran ahead LOL!
We got to CP about 4 mintues late, and only had to wait 5 mintues for out table, which was right near the buffet - #2 for character greets in our section and no one in the #1 table yet!
I took C to get food for us and the boy while P and M hung back at the table to entertain him. PLENTY of choices! C chose to start off with Tigger Waffels and strawberries. I got strawberries and cheerios for the boy and took some fruited granola with 1/2 and 1/2 and some fruit to start for myself. I ended up having eggs, sausage, potatoes, a muffin, more fruit, tea, and plenty of fresh OJ, too! We got to meet Winnie the Pooh, Tigger And we renamed our Tiger Flakes - Frosted Flakes - TIgger flakes in honor of him LOL!, Piglet and Eeyore. It was after rope drop by the time we left there (what would have been $98 dollars later, including tax and 18% tip that we didn't have to pay for thanks to the free dining plan I got us! LOL!). We wandered back down main street and found the barber shop after stopping to buy Mickey Hats for the girls.
We made it to the barber shop finally and were 4th in line, but there are only 2 barber chairs, so it was a long wait. This was the longest wait we had to wait in all trip, but it was so worth it! It was fun to watch grown men get their hair cut, then smile as they got colored gel either on top, on in back in the shape of Mickey Heads, or both and lots of pixie dust added LOL! THe girls in line were getting gelled and pixie dusted, too!
I had heard great things about Michal, and was excited to see him working that morning, but we ended up with Penny after one guy decided last minute to get his hair gelled, too. No biggy. Penny was AWESOME!!! First she covered the boy in Mickey Mouse stickers from chest to toes, and handed him even more to peel off himself. She then discussed what we wanted briefly and set to work, carefully collecting most of his hair in tissue paper that she later sealed with a Mickey Sticker for me! When the boy started to show signs that he was getting bored with the stickers, she whipped out a bottle of bubbles, assuring me that not only are they spill proof, they were non toxic. She didn't even flinch when he started to eat them LOL! (ANd she did clean the wand before putting them back on the
shelf!) When M started to get bored, she whipped out a second bottle for her to use, too. P video taped it, and it is still quite a site to see the transformation from baby to big boy!
When we were done with his cut, Penny presented us with his official mouse ears, which she posed for pictures with, and then his certificate, and placed tthose, his hair packet and pixie dust in a bag for us. We then decided to let the girls get gel and pixie dust and she honored our request to keep the gel to a minimum, and only did the parts of the head they could see. $30 including tip for all 3 heads! ($14 for the boy's cut and $5 each for the girls).
We were supposed to be meeting a small group of online friends for Dole WHips, but it was already after 11 at this point, and the girls were itching to go on some rides, so we hopped on the train and headed to Mickey's Toon Town after that. We each took a girl on Barnstormer with only about a 5 minute wait time for each of us. Then we went to Mickey's house and saw him in the Judges Tent. We let the girls play on Donald's boat then headed to Tomororwland, stopping for lunch at Cosmic Ray's first.
Tea Cups were closed (Phew! P and I both get side on spinning rides, and the girls should be old enough to ride alone next trip LOL!) We Fast Passed Space Mountain, stopped at a cart selling Cars Merchandise, called my sister and picked up 2 of the cars my nephew was missing then headed to watch Belle's story book time, which was very cute. We then got to get autographs. M, for some reason insisted on spelling her name for Belle about 5 times in the time they were standing up there, and as we were leaving, Belle yelled, "Bye Princesses! Bye, M! " then spelled her name out loud! We then opted to watch the afternoon parade before turning in our Fast Passes.
My sister called back again saying there was one more car she needed, and I promised her that I would get it when we returned to MK on Thursday.
We found a spot more in the shade than not, in front of a merchant door so that at least some cool air was blowing on P, and found enough curb space for the girls to sit. We pushed the stroller behind them so the boy could see, and I stood behind that with P just over my shoulder.
The "preshow" was 2 CM's getting a bunch of us to play a round of "Mickey says". C and M got taken out pretty early in the game. I made it all the way to the finals, but got tricked when he said "Minnie says put your hands up". Darn him LOL!
The parade was fun to watch and Rafiki shook C's hand after nearly scaring her out of her skin. She was watching the approaching float and never even seen him walk up to her LOL! She looked up and he was right in her face, just about, but all was well, she gave me a huge smile as he walked away!
We grabbed some ice cream at the Main Street Ice Cream shop and headed over to Space Mountain. On our way, I noticed we could get another fast pass, so we grabbed them for Buzz Lightyear.
C was lucky enough (OK, tall enough) to ride Space Mountain, but M was not, so with our child swap pass, she got to ride 2 times, and we ended up giving away our other 2 fast passes. Molly was consoled by being allowed to play video games while she waited for each of us to return. Well, I let her pretend to play, P let her really play LOL!. C decided that while she really liked SM 2 times in a row was "Just too much" LOL!
It wasn't time for our Buzz Ride yet, so we did the TTC, then rode Buzz. I REALLY liked it, and P was happy to have high score on our ride. The boy snoozed in the sling since I had gotten to nurse him on the TTC and got to ride with us on Buzz.
We then headed all the way over to the Haunted Mansion. There was no wait time, and we got right on. M didn't care for it, and burst into tears as soon as we exited and C was just "Eh" about it. P and I both enjoyed it, and the boy still snoozed LOL!
We then grabbed fast passes for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and were excited that M was tall enough for it. We grabbed some frozen lemonade while waiting, since the fast pass return time was just 30 minutes from when we grabbed them (The stand by line was just 15 mintues, but who wants to wait in lines when you can eat LOL!) The boy loved the frozen lemonade! We did the child swap thing again and both girls got the ride 2 times. They REALLY liked this one, and I think I liked it more than Space Mountain. Then the clouds started to move in, so we donned rain gear, gave away our last 2 fast passes and hopped on the train. It did rain pretty hard while we were on the train, and basically we just rode it until the rain stopped, which was only about 20 mintues or so.
We considered leaving the park, but decided that since it was getting close to dinner time, we would grab some dinner. We ended up at Casey's for Hot Dogs and they were good! I took M and the boy to the bathroom (Actually the baby care center, since they are SO Nice!) R got his diaper changed and M and I both went, too. When we got back, P and Cr were talking to CM Raphael, who had taken me out of Mickey Says earlier that day. C had drawn a picture and decided to give it to him, and he said "You know, I give away things all day, and this is the first time anyone has ever given me anyting!" We chatted a bit more, then he casually asked if we were palnning on staying for Spectro, which was to start in about an hour. He said "Stay here, I'll be right back". P went for a smoke, then to the bakery for desserts, and the kids and I finished up the last of our food.
Before P got back, CM Raphael, told us he had gotten us VIP seating for the parade, right at the start of it and to see CM Gene. Our reservations were under "Princess C, party of 5", and since it was VIP seating, we didn't have to get there until 10 mintues before the parade started. COOL!!! Then he told us the find him in front of the ice cream shop when the parade was over and he would get us good viewing for Wishes, too!! We enjoyed our desserts and took our time since we no longer had to worry about finding seats!
We ended up getting there about 20 minutes to parade time and there was just one other family in the VIP section! Way cool!!! At the end of the parade, there are CM's that carry a long bar. C and M both got to help hold the bar as we walked down mainstreet. Their smiles said it all!! The best part of that was before we left on vacation, C told me she had a dream that she got to be in the parade with all the Disney Characters! It really was a dream come true for her! She was smiling and waving all the way down main Street! They didn't even complain when we told them we had to get out of the parade at the Ice Cream Shop.
We found CM Raphael quite easily and aobut 20 mintues later we were "seated" in the middle of main street between Casey's and the ice ceam shop. This is dead center in front of the castle and there was an emergency lane set up in front of us, so there was no one in front of us for about 15 feet! WONDEFUL view!
At the end of wishes (Keeping track of time? We arrived at 8 AM and it it now 10:20 PM!) We moved to the side to let most of the people leave the park so we were not fighting crowds. All the kids had fallen asleep during the fire works, so we didn't want to deal with the crankies just yet. Paul went for one more cigarette and I chose to change the boy's diaper once more, then we headed out. Everyone on the bus was great about our sleeping kids and one woman even had M just about in her lap LOL! the 4 of us and squeezed into 2 seat. I had the boy in the sling in my lap and C was 1/2 in my lap and then stretched in to the next seat. M was scrunched right next to me, but her feet were in the lady's lap...she - the lady, not M put them there! P was standing, so I had 3 sleeping kids on me LOL! When we got to the resort, the bus driver and a guest helped get the kids back into the stroller...the guest grabbed the stroller and set it up and the bus driver opened the back doors for us to get our more easily. He also grabbed our bags so P and I could just deal with the kids. I love Disney. No one complained, no one got impatient.
We got everyone into bed then, I fell into bed and was asleep within seconds. No wake up call was scheduled, so I wanted to get as much sleep as I could!
Next report: Day 3 Epedition Everest Or Bust!
~Elena
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