After breakfast, the girls wanted to ride the carousel, so that's what we did. I had a plan for the day, but we followed it loosely so the girls could pick what they wanted to do too.
Up next was It's a Small World! I think we counted that the girls rode this at least 6 times on our trip. I think the baby loved the music and all the colors and things to look at here. She seemed to get more out of this trip than I would have expected for her age.
We then decided to go meet the talking Mickey. We wanted to meet him earlier in the week and had planned to see him at park opening one morning to avoid the lines. Because of the bus issues, we got to the park an hour after opening, and the line was already over an hour long. Our resort made up for the bus issue by giving us a Fast Pass to see Mickey at any time on my daughter's birthday. I was very thankful for that! On our way in, we realized we were out of space in the girls' autograph book. We bought a new one in the gift shop. I was shocked because they were selling the same autograph books I had bought on
Amazon but for LESS. I think I paid $20 on Amazon and $12 at the park. Who would have guessed? It was our last day so we felt silly buying a new book, but we still had a few more characters to meet.
I'm so glad we got to see Mickey while he was still talking. It was a little awkward but the Cast Member told him it was both girls' birthdays, and he said, "It's your birthday, too?" and then sang to them. How many people get to have Mickey Mouse sing "Happy Birthday" to them on their birthday?! My daughters still make me play that video for them often.
I think I look happier to see mickey than the girls!
Next up, we headed to Dumbo. The baby was sleeping when we rode it earlier in the trip, so this was her first ride on the classic Dumbo! I couldn't get her to look at the camera, but she was very serious the whole time. The toddler was a pro at this point!
It looks like we completely threw our touring plans out the window at this point. I had Merida on the list and considered getting in line for her wait. But as we passed by, it looked like the line was fairly long, we were run down, and decided we would skip her. Now she's on our must-do list for our next trip!
My dad loves trains, so we decided to go for a ride. I think we got in line at the Fantasyland stop.
Our party had to sit separately, so my dad and I sat a few rows behind the rest of the group. It was a peaceful ride, I think we rode for two stops. I had Cosmic Ray's on our plan for lunch this day, but since I had missed my chance for Columbia Harbour House earlier in the week, we opted for that instead. I was missing that vegetarian chili!
I have no pictures from 1pm - 2pm so I'm not sure what we did during that time, but we got to the restaurant around 2pm. I remember at least one of the girls was sleeping, and the place was still packed despite it being 2pm. My mom found us a table while we placed our order.
I finally got my chili! So I don't know if they have changed the recipe since 2013... but it was not what I remembered. It was good, just not as amazing as what I had remembered, and a little spicier too. I still enjoyed it!
I don't remember what else we ate... I don't have a lot of pictures lol. The girls woke up at some point and we enjoyed the air conditioning for awhile. I think the heat and the exhaustion from the week were catching up with us.