Disney Days 2 & 3

Continuing on...

Thursday December 10, 2009

We woke up early to get to the parks close to opening. This was one exhausting day that left me to never get up before park opening again. So anyways, we got up and went to the food court to have breakfast. I had a bagel and cream cheese which is what I had almost every morning. It was cheap, filling and yummy. After eating we headed off to the bus stop to go to Animal Kingdom. We went to Animal Kingdom first because it's a tradition for Evan to go to that park first so I decided not to break tradition for him. As soon as we got in the gates we rushed to the Kilimanjaro Safaris. We only had to wait about 15 minutes. The safari was awesome. We saw a ton of animals and they have it planned out really well, minus the corny story line that Evan said they added in, but speeding through geysers is a ton of fun. After the ride we got off and ran into Evan's parents. They had fast passes for the safari ride and the cast member standing by the fast pass line gave them two more so we could ride again. Which we did. Our second time riding we got to see a 'raffie eating from a tree. It also started raining so some of the animals were going bonkers. When we got off we walked toward the tree of life and looked around in some of the shops in the Africa area. We ate lunch at Pizzafari which was pretty good, not the best but it tide us over until dinner. After that we went over to the Asia part so Evan could ride Expedition Everest. He loved it. We also went over to Dinoland USA and he rode Dinosaur. He didn't like that one so much, said it was too loud. In the gift shop by Dinosaur I found my Animal Kingdom safari journal I had been looking for. You put stickers next to the things you see in the park and at most of the gift shops you go around answering questions about animals and are given a special sticker to put in your book. I filled out what we had already done. We then left Animal Kingdom to go back to the hotel and relax a little. My feet were starting to bother me because I'm a smarty who only brought converse to Disney World. Bad move. We rested some and then stopped in Magic Kingdom to pick up our passes and wristbands for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party that night. We took the monorail over to Epcot because our dinner reservation was at Coral Reef, an epic win restaurant. We were seated with a great view of the aquarium that covers an entire wall of the restaurant. I had what I thought was the best steak in the world, until we ate at Le Cellier Steakhouse. It was so good. With our free dining plan we got to have dessert with everything too so I had creme brulee. Yummy stuff! After eating we rode the Seas with Nemo and friends because it was right next door. Crappy ride. Evan said it used to be better. I got sick of hearing "Nemo? Where are you Nemo? Ohh." Then we rode Spaceship Earth which is in the geosphere. I enjoyed it, the end was the most hilarious thing ever. In the beginning they take your picture and Evan and I weren't really paying attention and at the end they take your face and put it on an animated body and you're doing things. Whatever Evan was doing he was always looking to the left and I always looked bored. Omg we almost peed our pants. After Spaceship Earth we went back to Magic Kingdom for the christmas party. The first area we went to was Tomorrowland which is my favorite area, next to Adventureland. We went on the Monsters Inc. laugh floor. Hilarious. Evan's dad was "That guy" and he let me keep the sticker he was given. We went on Buzz Lightyear's Spaceranger spin. One of my favorite rides. I wish got to ride toy story mania in Hollywood Studios but for some reason that one is always swamped. We rode Tomorrowland Transit Authority then made our way over to Frontierland to go into the pin store to get the exclusive MVMCP pin. Then we found a spot by the castle to watch the fireworks. After the show we went to Pirates of the Caribbean. It was an okay ride, nothing special. Disney has a buttload of boat rides. I met Jasmine and Aladdin and then we went into the Hall of Presidents. It was pretty interesting. They had animatronics of all the presidents, even Obama which they just added in May. They had spots where you could get cookies and hot chocolate for free. The cookies were kind of blah but the hot chocolate was amazing. After that Evan and I were exhausted and it was after 11 so we took a bus back to the hotel and rested up for the next day.

Friday December 11, 2009

We started off the day with breakfast and then went back to Animal Kingdom so I could collect stickers from the shops. This didn't thrill Evan too much so I told him instead of Hollywood Studios in the evening we could go to Epcot. It took us a couple of hours to get everything and of course I found some characters along the way. I found Rafiki, Pocahontas, Thumper and Miss Bunny. After I found almost all the stickers, a couple of them were out of stickers :/ we went over to Epcot and waited for his parents to meet us in Mexico. We ate at the quick service restaurant there which had the most amazing nachos. After that we rode the Mexico ride in the pyramid. The scenery inside was gorgeous. We then travelled on to Norway, China, Germany, Italy and Japan. Japan was probably my favorite. The people were super friendly and they had a ton of cool stuff. I bought a good pair of chopsticks and Evan and I did the Pick a Pearl. You pick an oyster from a tank and they open it and clean it for you and you keep the pearl that's inside. Evan went first. His was 7 1/4mm and had an orangish pink tint. Mine was 7 1/2mm and it had a slight pinkish tint. Evan was so excited about this! I was very surprised. After Japan we were getting tired and had to get going to the Contemporary Resort for our dinner reservation at Chef Mickey's. We still had about an hour and a half to wait so we looked in shops and sat around on very comfy chairs and talked. The dinner was decent. You don't really have much to choose from there so it probably wouldn't be somewhere I would go again. But it helped me from having to wait in line for the main characters. I met Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Pluto. After dinner we went back to the hotel and had a very cold swim, but I've had colder!