March 12

March 12 - Chef Mickey's & Magic Kingdom, WDW

As seems to happen so easily, we stayed up too late the night before. We had breakfast reservations for Chef Mickey's at (gasp!) 0705. When it takes at least half and hour to get there, it makes for a very early morning. Fortunately somebody cancelled and we managed to get switched to 0750, I think. We were still 5 minutes late, but it was okay because they build in time to take your picture before you go in so they can sell it to you after. So we just skipped that part. It wasn't with a character, or anything.

Chef Mickey's - Character Breakfast

The anticipation is building...

And here they are!

On the way from the Contemporary Resort, where breakfast was, to the Magic Kingdom, we took the monorail again. This time, though, we were asked if we wanted to sit in the front with the driver (conductor?). I think they try to pick a family to ride up there each time. The boys thought it was pretty cool.

First up at the Magic Kingdom was a return to Adventureland for a stop at the pineapple place. On our first day we had a pineapple float kind of thing and Craig was pretty sure if we only did one thing that day we had to go back for more!

We finally convinced Logan to put his puppy backpack/harness on, instead of carrying it. Take a good look, this was the only time!

The pictures of our day in the Magic Kingdom end abruptly here. After pineapple, we went back to Tomorrowland for another Buzz Lightyear ride. And then Liam had a meltdown. I have some awesome video of him screaming allllll the way from Tomorrowland to the bus. I can't share that though. I'm saving it for his wedding.....

We went back to the resort. Everybody but me had a 3 hour nap. I did laundry. Which sounds like I got the bad end of the deal. But honestly, I got to spend a couple of hours sitting by the pool, talking to a complete stranger. And my children were nowhere in sight. And I didn't have to figure out another time to do laundry. And the laundry wasn't busy. It was perhaps the most relaxing part of the trip for me!

After everybody was refreshed we went to Downtown Disney. We waited for the bus. It never came. And we were getting hungry, and tired of wasting our day in a bus line. So we hopped on a bus to Epcot, which in our minds would take us to the monorail. Not so. However, there are many, many taxis at Epcot. And Craig was pretty much done with us figuring out a free way to get there that at this point was not going to be quicker. So we took a taxi. Worth every penny. 

We ate supper at Wolfgang Puck's Express, which is as close as we will probably get to eating at a Wolfgang Puck restaurant. Is was delicious! If you are on the quick-service dining plan, you must go here. It is not really quick-service, but it counts on the plan!