8/23 Second half of the day!
So during the littles nap, I took the older two on the monorail and used my dd's hidden Mickey's book to find hidden Mickey's at the grand Floridian and polynesian. We ended up finding about 8 with the time we had. We also got a little side tracked now and then exploring the resorts.
After naptime we headed to Disney springs. We had dinner reservations at House of blues. I highly recommend it. Service was great, the food was delicious. I got the pulled pork sandwich and a house made orange cream soda. Both were great and best of all it was very affordable. I think it's the cheapest meal we've all had yet.
After dinner it was about 5:10pm. Yes, I know...we are early eaters. But our kids are usually in bed by 9 on vacation so we tend to eat a little earlier.
Next we headed over to the 6pm show of Cirque Du Soleil!!! This has been on my list of places to take the kids for years. I went with my parents when I was about 16 years old and loved it. I have always wanted to take my own kids ever since. Granted, in a perfect world I would have e waited until my youngest was closer to 5. But with it closing in December I knew I had to jump at the last chance I had. Our seats were great!! But let's be honest, there really isn't a bad seat in the house. My older two and husband loved it. My 3 year old enjoyed it too....he loved the clowns, I kept hearing him giggle. However, after about the first 60 min he started to go bored with all the flying through the air. So he was a little antsy the last 30 min, but it was nothing we couldn't handle!
After the show it was almost 8 so we headed back to the room. We waited forever for a bus and then of course they drop off wilderness Lodge first. So we didn't get home until closer to 9.
Overall it was a very busy and stimulating day.
We have made our vacation to Disney 10 days long the last three trips. We found it's the perfect number for us. 7 wasn't quite enough time...we still felt like we didn't have down time and more then 10 and we start wanting to get back home to the routine. So some days of our trip reports aren't as packed full but that's because we like to spread everything out and take our time. It's just how we tour....
For those of you interested in weather. It was another hot day today and it sprinkled for about 5 min. Other then that it's been sunny and clear.
My view of BLT hasn't changed much. Love the room and decor and being able to walk to MK speaks for itself. But I'm still bummed with the transportation...monorail to Epcot and sharing the buses with wilderness Lodge can be a bum. Our favorite resort, which we haven't been back to in awhile is....AKL. We love Kidani!! But we have had fun trying out all different resorts over the past few years.
Tomorrow I will finally give you the lowdown on FOP as my dh will ride! We also have dinner at our favorite restaurant.... Stick around to find out what that is!!