I was happy to see a lot of people where leaving MK as we got there yesterday, we arrived around 4. We went for the grand circle tour on the train, my son has made this our first ride every time we come. I miss the old music, does anyone remember "rolling, rolling on the express, rolling on the Walt Disney World Express?" (Or something like that!). After the train we headed to the barber shop. This was the best experience for my DS with a haircut! He normally squirms a lot but I guess tons of Mickey stickers and a light up toy are all it takes. While they were getting their haircuts some ladies came in for pixie dust. I completely forgot we could get that done. So my mom and I decided we should get dusted! It was a lot of fun! I am so glad that even at 30 and 65 we can still feel and act like kids!
After Harmony Barber shop we had our pictures taken where the flag pole is and the saw the wait for Mickey was only 5 mins! We pretty much walked right in! My son was so cute, when Mickey posed for his picture with him he kneeled down, well then my son had to try and kneel like him. His face was so full of smiles and he was excited to finally give his pal a hug!
We went to Tomorrow Land first and the line for Buzz Lightyear said 20 mins but we thought it looked a lot longer, they still had FP left and they were for 40 mins later. We got out FP and went to ride TTA, we had to wait a few mins to get on because the ride had stopped but then we were quickly loaded and on our way. The train made it into SM, just past the part that you see the cars go up the incline, to where you can look over and see the robot dog and then we stopped, and then we started moving backwards! The lights in the hall turned on and we had a few announcements about staying seated and we will begin moving soon. I could not believe how much SM made our train shake, my son was not a fan of that! Shortly they started saying a cast member would assist us momentarily. Then we realized we would not be finishing our ride but getting walked off! Oddly, this was exciting to us. We had never been walked off any ride before! We were given a FP for any MK ride we want. Once we got off if was time for us to ride Buzz! We walked right on Buzz, my husband score was messed up, he only got 5,000 points and normally he smokes me! My son was trying to give me whiplash with spinning the cart!
After Buzz, my son wanted to go on the speedway so my husband went with him and my mom and I went to CoP. I love this ride! It always makes me laugh. Not to mention it is a nice break! We regrouped after this and my parents decided they were beat and were coming back to the hotel. They have annual passes so they don't feel the need to run themselves into the ground like we do
DS was hungry so we got him a hot dog, apple slices and milk (can I tell you how much I miss free dining?!? Paying for food stinks!) I really think our next trip will be planned during free dining again.
It was 7:15 at this point and my son wanted to go see The Tiki Room, crossing Main Street and getting to Adventure Land was a little crazy because of the people leaving and others lining up for the MSEP. We waited 5 mins for Tiki Room and there was maybe 20 people in there. My son covered his ears for the whole time but then as soon as it was done, stands up claps and says he loves it! Jungle Cruise had a 5 min wait so we rode that. I love Jungle Cruise as night! It has such a different feel than day time. Some of the jokes I had not heard before so that was a nice change, they sure are corny but enjoyable!
Pirates was another walk on, they even let us pick whatever row we wanted. My son picked the first row, then we we sat down he goes "sit on my lap Momma, I don't want to get wet!" I'm pretty sure I got punked by a 3 year old because my shirts ended up soaked from the cannon splashes! The mermaid skeleton was pretty neat! My husband really seemed to like that addition too. The first time my son saw Captain Jack in the ride he started waving like a nut and yelling hi Captain Jack! He was sad he didn't wave back, so I guess he still thinks everyone in the ride is real!
Next we headed to It's a small world which was a little tricky because of the parade making its way into Frontierland as we were trying to get out. We briefly stopped to watch some floats go by and then continued on our mission to embark on the happiest cruise that ever sailed. This was another walk on, but when we were getting off we realized it was 8:55 and we needed to get out of there ASAP because my son is not a fan of fireworks up close! We made it to the speedway and the fireworks were about to start. The speedway was walk on and was the perfect way to spend Wishes. The cars are kind of loud and DS was so occupied with his "driving" that he didn't mind the fireworks. We even saw Tinkerbell fly while we were walking on the ramp up to the queue line.
My son had been wanting to go on Astro Orbiters but the line had been long, since it was the end of the night and the line was shorter him and my husband rode it while I sat and people watched. We then hit the bathrooms and left a little before 10.
The bus stop for AoA is number 16, the line started at 14. The line was insanely long! Buses were slowly coming and we were creeping along and then then loaded double buses which made a difference and then 3 buses were loading at once. DS feel asleep waiting in line, which I was happy about because he was tired but oh man trying to hold 40lbs of sleeping kid on a packed bus is not easy! I was not sure if I was even going to be able to move once we got back. It took us an hour from the time we got in like to when we got back to AoA.
My DH and I both wanted something sweet to eat so we stopped in the food court. I got a chocolate croissant and he got a cinnamon roll, it was $7! I'm still in no free dining shock lol! My husband said he likes Pop Century's food court better and feels they had more offerings. I think the food here is a little more unique and my husband is more of a ice cream than gelato or smoothie type of guy.
We came back to the room, put DS in bed and chatted with my parents. They had a pizza delivered earlier so we microwaved that and ate. It was at that point we realized we fed DS but never ate ourselves! Oops.
The beds are comfy and this room layout works great for my family and my parents. The curtains are really good and its still pitch black in here and it's 8:15 (DS and DH are still sleeping). I do wish they had a privacy curtain to section off the living room, that would be great. When my DS napped yesterday we put him in the bedroom part so it could be dark and quiet for him but at night or in the morning it would be nice if we had a curtain to pull across so DH and I could watch tv or just look out the windows without worrying about waking DS.
