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Hmmm, I thought I commented after reading your last update, but I guess not Anyway, glad to hear good things about dinner CM! We've only done breakfast, but this year we are going to try dinner. The rest of the night sounded great too!
Breakfast is my favorite meal at any WDW restaurant but sadly it's the one meal we only do once per trip because my family likes their sleep. I hope you enjoy your dinner at CM.
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All caught up now! What a great photo of the lion - I don't think I've ever seen one with him facing the camera. I love the character Christmas trees! I hope all the decorations will be up for Thanksgiving
Thanks, I love when the animals look right at ya, its like gee thanks for cooperating for my picture . I love the trees too, I am pretty sure they should be up by Thanksgiving.
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We love Chef Mickey's, too! Nice relaxing evening!
Thank you, it was a nice evening hanging out at the resort. I am going to try to incorporate more nights like that on our next trip.
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I usually do a load of laundry while we are at wdw.I feel I don't have to bring so much clothes if I can do a wash.Plus we were there just at the start of this month and our clothes got really sweaty.I just went early in the morning as I can't sleep much past5-6 and there was only a couple there besides me.
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I always do laundry once during our trip while everyone else is resting, it helps with the Disney blues when we get home that I don't have tons to do after leaving our happy place.
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We love WDW!!! I know what is not to love? So glad to find there are more Disney crazy people out there like me!
I usually do a load of laundry while we are at wdw.I feel I don't have to bring so much clothes if I can do a wash.Plus we were there just at the start of this month and our clothes got really sweaty.I just went early in the morning as I can't sleep much past5-6 and there was only a couple there besides me.
I agree it didn't take away from any park time and its less I have to do when I get home. I probably will do it again on our next trip with 6 days at WDW and then 3 night cruise, it would be nice to have fresh clothes before we head over to the Dream.
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It looks like you had a great dinner. I love Chef Mickey! Although I've never tried it for dinner.
Dinner was great, definitely try dinner there sometime if you ever get the chance.
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I always do laundry once during our trip while everyone else is resting, it helps with the Disney blues when we get home that I don't have tons to do after leaving our happy place.
Original Plans: Our fifth day was to be spent at MK and then head to DTD at night and maybe try Disney Quest.
What we actually did: Actually did spend the day at MK but instead of DTD spent the night at the resort.
I woke up around 7am and everyone else followed soon after. By 8am we were all ready and headed to Capt. Cooks for breakfast. The boys had the usual Mickey waffles, while DH had the Bounty Platter and had the Tonga Toast (sorry again No pictures)
By 10am we were at the gates of MK and reading to hit the ground running, well after our traditional ride on the WDW Railroad. We were the first ones in line and in no time we were boarding the train.
We decided to make this a round trip and get back off at Main Street. During the ride it was so cool to see the work being done on FL, it looks so different. I can’t wait to check it out in November. When we got off the train, the boys noticed an old fire truck which they were letting kids get and spin the siren. So the boys thought that looked cool and went to wait their turn in line. man was that siren loud!
While the boys were waiting in line for the fire truck, Pinocchio came out for a meet and greet. I was really happy to see a character we have never seen before, so after the fire truck we hopped in line to meet him. The line moved pretty fast and soon they were getting his autograph.
Before we got started I needed to have a special picture taken in front of the castle.
We are holding a local magazine called River Town, which has a section where readers take the magazine to various places and take a photo with it. You send in the photo and they publish it so I sent in ours and we made the July issue.
Here is our picture in the July issue.
Since we went right the other day we headed left towards AL. Our second ride of the day was the Jungle Cruise. We were boarded on the boat in no time with Capt. William at the helm. Great cruise with the same corny jokes but they make us laugh every time.
Next we went to see what Iago and Zazu were up too at the Enchanted Tiki Room. We just missed a show, so we waited 12 minutes or so for the next one. The boys don’t find this attraction to exciting but go along to humor me, I think.
After the show we checked the wait time for POTC, which was 10 minutes so we walked on in. Love catching those glimpses of Jack, again no pictures, to dark for my lame camera. Of course when you exit POTC you walk right into a store and since this was the Pirate’s Bazaar, I wanted to get Christopher some stuff for his surprise pirate adventure on Saturday. I had seen a very cute Mickey pirate shirt at the Poly but they didn’t have his size, so I looked around and spotted the shirt and yes they had his size. With the shirt and some pirate gear in hand I checkout and had it shipped over to our resort, one less thing I have to carry.
We went to check the time for BTMRR and it was longer than we wanted to wait, so we grabbed fast passes and continued our way towards Liberty Square. Along the way we saw a familiar cast member, the Indian Statue, every year we visit DH and Frankie have taken a picture with him. It’s so fun to see how much Frankie has grown.
Here are some previous pics with our friend.
2007
2009
2011, now with all my boys.
As we turned the corner in LS towards the castle, I spotted a kiosk that brought me back to my childhood. Sitting there was a cast member cutting out a black silhouette portrait of a guest. This immediately reminded me of my very first trip when my Aunt and Uncle took my sister and I to WDW.
We had a silhouette done of me and my sister, which my Mom still has hanging in her bedroom today. I looked at my Mom and I could tell we were both thinking the same thing and I knew I had to get one done of the boys.
It was nearing our 3pm ADR at Crystal Palace, so we headed over towards that direction. We check in and were seated right away on the left side of the dining room near the front window. At our table we had a slight view of the Celebrate Dream Parade as well as the Dream Along With Mickey show. Our server was Barbara and was super great and friendly. She took our drink orders and directed us towards the buffet. Pooh and the gang started to visit and were really entertaining. We missed Piglet while we were getting our food but were soon greeted by Eeyore
Then Tigger, who was the funniest of all, really teased the boys.
Cute cuddly Pooh was next.
It seemed like it would be a while before Piglet came back around, so I took some photos of the cool topiaries they had in the dining room.
Some fun shots
Finally the little guy came to say hi.
When we were done at CP, the volcano pool was calling the boys again, so we headed back to the Poly for a few hours. I had plans to return to MK later for the parade and wishes.
After about an or so Christopher had enough of the pool and wanted to go back to his favorite place, Neverland, so I checked him in for a few hours of fun.
It was about 6pm and the parade started at 7, so we hopped on the monorail to MK in hopes of getting a good viewing spot.
I didn’t bring a bag this time, so we breezed through the entrance into the park in no time. Someday I will master not carrying a bag to the parks. Right away I could see that Main Street was very crowded with people lined up to watch the parade already. Since my Mom was in the scooter, we only made it as far as the circle with the Christmas tree and decided to watch the parade from there. The view wasn’t the best but we did manage to see parts of the floats.
After the parade we attempted to head up Main Street but it was proving to be difficult, so we detoured into MSB. This was the first time I have ever been in MSB and I can assure you it won’t be my last. Everything looked and smelled so good it was so hard deciding what to have.
We decided to share some goodies, so we got a cinnamon roll, coffee cake and chocolate chip cookie, found a table and dug in. Everything was so yummy, my goal on our next trip is to make it there for breakfast one morning.
While we were in MSB wishes started and even though we couldn’t see it, we sure heard it. Since we had already seen it on Monday, we stayed seated and enjoyed our desserts.
We did a little window shopping after MSB and then decided to head back to the Poly. We took the ferry back and enjoyed a nice cruise across Seven Seas Lagoon. Once back at the resort, I picked Chris up at the kids club and the boys went swimming and then joined Mom and I at the beach for the water parade.
Not quite sure what time we all turned in but it was probably close to midnight. Another great day.
Up next: Shopping at DTD and night time fun at Epcot.
Great day at MK! How to take your pic with the magazine and then have your pic in the magazine! MSB is one of my favorite breakfast places at WDW, but it's also terrific for snacks and desserts, too.
Great day! That is really cool that your picture made it into the magazine! Did you tell the PP photogragher what you were doing, or was he totally confused about why you were holding up a magazine? lol
We've never been to the MSB, but I plan to this year! Abby still talks about the cinnamon roll she had at CMC last year, so I promised her that she and I would stop and get a huge one to share at the MSB
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Anyway, glad to hear good things about dinner CM! We've only done breakfast, but this year we are going to try dinner. The rest of the night sounded great too!
When we got off the train, the boys noticed an old fire truck which they were letting kids get and spin the siren. So the boys thought that looked cool and went to wait their turn in line. man was that siren loud! 
Of course when you exit POTC you walk right into a store and since this was the Pirate’s Bazaar, I wanted to get Christopher some stuff for his surprise pirate adventure on Saturday. I had seen a very cute Mickey pirate shirt at the Poly but they didn’t have his size, so I looked around and spotted the shirt and yes they had his size. With the shirt and some pirate gear in hand I checkout and had it shipped over to our resort, one less thing I have to carry.
to take your pic with the magazine and then have your pic in the magazine! 
MSB is one of my favorite breakfast places at WDW, but it's also terrific for snacks and desserts, too. 
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