Another glorious morning: sun shining, not a breath of wind (I cant stand wind) and we were off to Ohana for a late breakfast. We got up just after 7 am and set about getting ready. The ADR was set for 10h50 and I knew DD would never get to that stage of the day without eating so I gave her a mini box of cereal and we fetched something to drink from the foodcourt.
We went to wait for the MK bus around 9 am and took the monorail through to the Poly. We arrived over an hour early for our ADR so we went for a stroll around the grounds. I love this resort. You can't tell me it's not beautiful!
At 10h05 we went back up to check in. The apparently long queue moved very quickly and we were issued with our pager within minutes and directed across to have our pictures taken. The photographer didnt even have time to get us into position when our pager buzzed so he snapped through the pics and we went to be seated, nearly 40 minutes early.
Service was prompt and efficient and the characters were on top form, Lilo and Stitch making a few stops at the table. Our server looked quite amused when I told her to leave the bacon and eggs off our platter, but she quickly returned with extra fruit for me.
I think I ate pretty much all the pineapple bread oh that is good stuff!!
After our meal and another walk around the resort we took the monorail to the TTC and transferred to the Epcot loop, arriving at Epcot shortly before noon. After a brief meet and greet with Stitch (again!) we collected FPs for TT and set off for the World Showcase.
I had made DD a passport and this was the day for getting it filled up with stamps, autographs and messages from the CMs. We spotted Donald at the Mexican pavilion and went for more autographs and photos. I think Donald is so funny and he was up to all his usual antics again. I think the Mexican look suits him!
I had the Times Guide and was trying to time our WS circle to coincide with the somewhat random character greeting times, but I did an awful job of it as we kept being sidetracked by other things going on at the various pavilions. DD decided when we got to Japan that she was VERY thirsty (all of a sudden) and HAD to have something to drink there. Of course they dont take the
DDP at the little shop there so I paid $5 for a rather tasteless juice bottle. I didnt mind the 5 bucks as much as I was bothered that we had over 50 snack credits left for the two of us and could have walked a little way to get her something with one of those. Never mind. I took comfort in the fact that she spent 15 minutes playing some little game with the bottle top and a pebble while I sat in the DSA nearby and I figured $5 for a toy at a Disney park is probably good value..... Talk about the rubbish I can use to justify bad budgeting!
DD was easily distracted by all the lovely details between the various pavillions
By 4.30 pm we had done the whole World Showcase except for Germany, which we had skipped trying to get to Morocco for a meet and greet, which they closed off as we got there. We stopped at Refreshment Port for a strawberry smoothie and a chat to a French Canadian couple who were delightfully entertaining. The husband was commenting on how well Disney had put together the Canadian pavilion, keeping it true to the Canada it represents. They were very impressed with it, which somehow gave me a greater appreciation of it.
Our FP window had opened a while earlier for TT so we headed in that direction and quickly made a retreat when we noticed that a tour group had just arrived at the PF line.
We decided (we being DD) to ride Figment for about the 50th time this trip .... Of course it wasnt just one ride and every time you exit, as planned, we had to walk through the shop area so I had the constant Please, please can you buy me a Figment?
I couldnt help chuckling, thinking how that question would sound to someone else anywhere outside of Disney (like Tesco for example).
By this time we reasoned it would be safe to return to TT, which it was so we finally had our spin around the track for the day. I was getting hungry and we popped into the Mexican CS again for dinner. I have always been fascinated by the churros, which are supposed to be so delicious and never order them because the size of them had always put me off. (I tend not to eat food when the portion is a similar height to my child). However DD has grown taller and the churros were now being served as 3 respectable sized pieces, as opposed to one huge one, so we decided to get a portion to share. What was the verdict? BLECH!!!
The oil just seemed to ooze out with the first bite. I thought they were tasteless, doughy and greasy. DD didnt care for them either but used a spoon and ate the caramel sauce straight out of the cup. She said it was worth the credit just for the sauce go figure! Oh, I did warn you I can be a bit boring with my meals so I had the same as last time, chicken tacos and DD ordered the kids chicken. We didnt really get to eating the tortilla chips as the food was so filling but (churros aside) we really enjoyed our meal.
It was starting to get busy and we still wanted to get to Germany before it got dark so we made that our next stop and finally exited the park at around 8 pm.