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Monday June 25 part 1
A special birthday celebration
I woke up at 6:00 am and quickly looked out the window. It was still raining pretty hard. Bummer! I got ready anyway and woke up the rest of the gang. While they got ready I called front desk to ask at what time did the busses start running because we had a 7:50 am adr at Chef Mickey’s. She told me they start early and that I should be at the bus stop at least 40 minutes before my adr. I also asked her at what time did the gift shop opened. The night before I didn’t buy any ponchos, thinking that in the morning the rain would’ve stopped. But TS Debby had other plans and she wasn’t going anywhere . The CM told me that Fulton’s opened at 8:00. Oh great! Now what? A minute later the same CM called me back to make sure I knew that I had to take the MK bus and then make my way over to the Contemporary. Great customer service! Gotta love Disney!
At 7:00 we left the room. It was still raining steadily with no sign of stopping. The guys had on caps but since I didn’t have anything to protect myself from the rain, I took a small towel and covered my head. I also covered Adriel with a towel because he’s asthmatic and I didn’t want him to get sick. The good thing about our room location was that it was very close to the West Depot, which is the first stop for MK busses and second for the rest of the parks.
It was probably 20 minutes before a bus arrived. I was getting kind of nervous about not arriving on time. On the way I felt something tickling my throat and couldn’t stop coughing. This went on for a couple of minutes. I probably had the guy next to me thinking I had some kind of contagious illness.
We finally arrived at MK and the rain was really coming down now. We walked/ran towards the monorail as fast as we could. We were soon on the monorail and on our way to meet Mickey and friends. We got to Chef Mickey’s right on time.
I checked us in and got our picture taken, which we later bought. Less than five minutes later we were seated. Our server took our drink orders and told us the order in which the characters came to the tables. Goofy was already out! I sent the guys over to the buffet to get their food. They arrived just in time!
The kids with Goofy!
Arben could easily get a job as Goofy!
Mickey wasn’t far behind!
After that, I hit the buffet. And here’s what I had.
Bacon, breakfast pizza, scambled eggs and potatoes.
While I was away, they brought Abniel’s birthday cupcake. We sang to him and he made his wish.
They brought one for AJ too. I had noted his graduation in the adr.
The birthday boy!
It was Donald’s turn to visit us.
Then Minnie Mouse.
And last but not least, Pluto.
I had a second plate which consisted of fruit and yogurt. Sorry no pics. I have to admit that I didn’t eat much. I’m not a big breakfast person. So I probably ate about half the food I got.
After we were done, we settled the bill and headed out. Arben took Abniel and Adriel to the bathroom while I went to the gift shop with AJ to buy some ponchos. As I entered the shop I noticed a CM’s nametag and saw that she was from Puerto Rico. So I started talking to her. She was really nice and offered me some tips. I made my way over to counter to ask about the ponchos. They had them out and ready to purchase. $4o later , we had our Disney ponchos and were headed to MK.
Next up... The jerk with the bad ride mojo makes an appeareance
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Sorry about the rain....glad you made it to Chef Mickey's without getting too soaked. Breakfast looked like great fun. Angel picked Chef Mickey's for her birthday breakfast as well. Glad you are now armed with some ponchos...
Sorry about the rain and the lack of ponchos. DH and I got stuck in a big thunderstorm in 2009 when we were on our honeymoon. I think we ended up walking along the boardwalk in the pouring rain and then finally stopping to buy those (overpriced) ponchos. By the time we got to Epcot for our ADR at LeCellier we were soaked and ended up frozen with all the air conditioning. I learned to always bring the ponchos.
Other than the rain it sounds like a wonderful start to a birthday! I bet the boys had a great meal. We enjoyed Chef Mickeys on our last trip.
Nice breakfast. It looks so empty in there. It always seems to be chaocitc, so you hit it at the right time. Glad you finally got your ponchos. I brought cheay dollar store ponchos last year...but Claire hate it and insisted on a Disney one. Rather than hear her wine half the day I borke down and got one...and I admit it was much nicer than the cheapy ones we had.
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Breakfast looked like a lot of fun! I always love CMs for breakfast It is a bummer about the rain, but atleast now you have your ponchos and can try to make the best of it!
Sigh...now I'm even more sad that we didn't fit Chef Mickey's in for breakfast this trip. Sorry about the rain, but glad it hasn't seemed to ruin things for you. Though...I'm a bit worried about the bad ride mojo guy you hinted at!
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What a bummer about the rain. As soon as you left and I heard the news about the tropical storm, I was hoping you weren't going to have to deal with it. At least you had a great breakfast at CM!
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Bummer! 
I got ready anyway and woke up the rest of the gang. While they got ready I called front desk to ask at what time did the busses start running because we had a 7:50 am adr at Chef Mickey’s. She told me they start early and that I should be at the bus stop at least 40 minutes before my adr. I also asked her at what time did the gift shop opened. The night before I didn’t buy any ponchos, thinking that in the morning the rain would’ve stopped. 
But TS Debby had other plans and she wasn’t going anywhere 
. The CM told me that Fulton’s opened at 8:00. Oh great! Now what? 
A minute later the same CM called me back to make sure I knew that I had to take the MK bus and then make my way over to the Contemporary. Great customer service! 
Gotta love Disney!
This went on for a couple of minutes. 
I probably had the guy next to me thinking I had some kind of contagious illness. 
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