Disney Trip Day 2

I woke up at 5AM because Nicholas had to go to the bathroom and then of course I couldn't fall asleep again. Partly because my legs were aching, partly because I was thinking about our plan for the day and partly because I was STARVING!!!!! I took my shower around 6:00 and then went next door to make myself a bagel. Still starving so I broke down and went to the cafe for french toast and eggs to share with the family. SOOO GOOD!!! Everyone got up and we were out the door by 8AM headed to Epcot for rope drop. They have the big 5 characters out (mickey, minnie, goofy, pluto and donald). Then they do the countdown and the race is on.

 My parents went to soarin to get fast passes for that and we went on test track.  Stood standby but it was only a 10 minute wait.  Then we met up and went to Imagination.  And here is where Nathan met his favorite Slow ride and figment.  He really really enjoyed it.  Then we went to Captain EO.  What a blast from the past.  This is when Nicholas' fear of anything with 3D glasses started.  Too much for him, he had to take the glasses off.  We also did the jumping water here.  The boys got a little bit wet but with the heat they needed it.  The park wasn't too busy yet as you can see from the empty picture.

After that, I rushed back over to Test track to get another fast pass for everyone while they all went to the Seas.  I caught up with them in the aquarium.  When I got there Nathan and Connor were helping the scuba diver give a demonstration.

Then Nicholas had to show me that Kids are Friends not Food.

By this time it was 11 and time for our lunch reservation at the coral reef.  We waited maybe 5 minutes before they sat us.  We got a great table facing the aquarium where everyone could see.  The kids loved counting how many times they saw the sharks and the ever elusive sea turtle.  Nathan was a bit disappointed that it wasn't another buffet but the time went quickly watching that aquarium.  Yummy food and yummy dessert. 

We got out of there and went to the Land.  This is where we went on Nicholas' favorite ride of all, Soarin'.  He loved this ride and immediately asked if we could go on it again.  Although when he saw the 3D glasses before we got on, he was ready to chuck it.  But we convinced him it wasn't scary and we were right.  If you've never been, it's this 3D film you watch while suspended and it feels like you are hand gliding.  You even get whiffs of the pine trees and orange groves as you pass overhead.  Since the standby line was 2 hours and all the fast passes were gone, I put this on the list for another day.  Then we did the Living with the Land boat ride.  Since both of our families started gardens of our own this year the kids were interested in this as well.

After that we did Test Track again and then decided to go back to the room for a rest.  Nathan though decided to give up pool time to go on Imagination and see the Aquarium again.  Matt and Tim were happy to stay behind with him so we told them to meet us at MK at 6PM. 

Cars at the end of test track.

 

We went back to the room, swam for a bit, had some dinner and then were back on the monorail to MK.
This time we decided to bring the strollers for the evening.  Stacy and I and the kids walked while grammy and pappy took the monorail.  Stacy and I walked to adventureland and left our strollers at the end of Big Thunder mountain.  Then we met up with matt and tim and went back to fantasyland and rode Mickey's philharmagic (loved it, especially nathan whose favorite incarnation of mickey is sorcerer mickey) and it's a small world (one of the longest waits at 30 minutes).  We met back up with my parents and then rode Big thunder mountain all together with the free fast passes from the poor service at crystal palace.  After that it was about 8:15 so we found a great spot to park the strollers for the electric light parade.  We got the glow sticks out, sent the men for snacks and waited.  There were some CM's there to entertain us and they had hula hoops.  Logan went to TOWN on that hula hoop.  People walking by just stopped and stared. Nicholas could even do it as well. 

Then the parade started and they LOVED IT!!!! I even almost got into an all out brawl with one of the evil stepsisters because I told the Prince that the slipper would not fit her foot. Boy was she mad (too bad we don't have pictures).

And here is where we made the first big mistake (the live and learn mistake) of the vacation.  We tried to leave Magic Kingdom before Wishes.  We were at the end of adventureland and we had to make it out to the hub and down mainstreet.  Now because we watched the parade from adventureland it wasn't over till 9:45.  I thought we could get out main street before wishes started at 10.  WRONG!!!!!  Big strollers and lots of people who just want to stand instead of keep moving did not make for happy mommy's and daddy's.  We just kept plugging along and watched wishes as we were walking out.  What a zoo.  Then when we got to the monorail they said there was a problem with one of the trains and they didn't know when it was going to be fixed.  So we just started walking, while mom and dad waited.  

AT least the kids got to sleep.  We finally made it back to the room around 11 and mom and dad beat us by about 10 minutes.  Stupid monorail.  End of an exhausting but fun day 2.