Sunday 7th – steps 21024
As expected we were later waking up than normal – we woke up around 8 and would not have been ready in time to get to our breakfast reservation (glad I cancelled last night).
We unpacked all of our stuff and called home quickly to let them know we had arrived safely. We decided to try one of the restaurants in the hotel (we were staying at Rosen Shingle Creek). There was a buffet breakfast or you could order from the menu. I had a breakfast sandwich which was massive (and I ate just over half) and Rob had an omelette and toast – for some reason I didn’t take any photos.
Before going to our first park we thought we would go back to the airport to swap our car. The mustang was not good and as I was planning on trying to do some driving this trip we really wanted an SUV. We got to the airport and explained and they told us to pick a car from the correct row. There were about 4 choices this morning…! We selected a white Jeep Compass which had around 9000 miles on the clock, so not too bad. Paperwork amended and we were off on our way again.
Today we were going to the Magic Kingdom for no reason other than it was the last day that Pirates of the Caribbean was open before its planned refurbishment and it wouldn’t reopen for our September trip either.
I had prebooked our FP+ and our first ride was Splash Mountain, now it was already quite warm and so we were quite happy to be riding a water ride
We had a little bit of time before our next FP so we got ourselves some frozen lemonade and took a seat near the shooting arcade to drink them. We then used our FP to ride Pirates, we actually got stuck for about 10 minutes just before the first drop which was odd. The ride was good though.
Our last FP for the day was Haunted Mansion but as we had rode Pirates at the start of the time we decided to head to Tomorrowland and the Carousel of Progress followed by the Peoplemover (2 classic attractions!) We also felt the need to get some ice cream sundaes whilst we were there (although the soft serve ice cream wasn’t the best we have tried).
It was now time for the Haunted Mansion – I love this ride, it’s just a shame that it seems to have a much longer average wait now that FP+ has been introduced.
We had decided not to spend all day in the park so we finished up and walked back up Main Street. Now, every time we have been before I’ve wanted a balloon and this time I was determined to get one. So, we found a balloon seller and I got myself a purple Mickey balloon
We took the monorail back to the parking lot and got a drink at the shop as it was really warm. We drank it on the walk back to the car!
On the way back to the hotel we stopped to get some drinks and crisps for the room. We got a 12 pack of drinks each (Mountain Dew for Rob, Diet Coke with Cherry for Me) and a large bag of crisps each. It always puzzles us why they don’t have as many multipacks of crisps and why they seem to prefer the giant bags….!
We had a little rest in the room and got reacquainted with the latest shows on Home & Garden channel…..Rob loves the home improvement shows and I just dread what plans he will come up with for our house after watching. (His latest idea is that we should take down the wall between our living room and conservatory….because that won’t cost a lot at all!)
As we had missed our first night traditional dinner at Earl of Sandwich we decided to rectify that with a trip to Downtown Disney for the evening. There was quite a long line and I think we waited about 15 minutes to order but it was worth it…..my sandwich was soooo good!
We took a wander around some of the shops before heading back to the hotel for the night.
Costs:
Parking $17
2 x frozen lemonade $8.50
2 x Ice cream and bottled water $12.96
Balloon $12
Orange vitamin water $3.83
Soda and crisps for room $15
Earl of sandwich approx. $22
As expected we were later waking up than normal – we woke up around 8 and would not have been ready in time to get to our breakfast reservation (glad I cancelled last night).
We unpacked all of our stuff and called home quickly to let them know we had arrived safely. We decided to try one of the restaurants in the hotel (we were staying at Rosen Shingle Creek). There was a buffet breakfast or you could order from the menu. I had a breakfast sandwich which was massive (and I ate just over half) and Rob had an omelette and toast – for some reason I didn’t take any photos.
Before going to our first park we thought we would go back to the airport to swap our car. The mustang was not good and as I was planning on trying to do some driving this trip we really wanted an SUV. We got to the airport and explained and they told us to pick a car from the correct row. There were about 4 choices this morning…! We selected a white Jeep Compass which had around 9000 miles on the clock, so not too bad. Paperwork amended and we were off on our way again.
Today we were going to the Magic Kingdom for no reason other than it was the last day that Pirates of the Caribbean was open before its planned refurbishment and it wouldn’t reopen for our September trip either.
I had prebooked our FP+ and our first ride was Splash Mountain, now it was already quite warm and so we were quite happy to be riding a water ride
We had a little bit of time before our next FP so we got ourselves some frozen lemonade and took a seat near the shooting arcade to drink them. We then used our FP to ride Pirates, we actually got stuck for about 10 minutes just before the first drop which was odd. The ride was good though.
Our last FP for the day was Haunted Mansion but as we had rode Pirates at the start of the time we decided to head to Tomorrowland and the Carousel of Progress followed by the Peoplemover (2 classic attractions!) We also felt the need to get some ice cream sundaes whilst we were there (although the soft serve ice cream wasn’t the best we have tried).
It was now time for the Haunted Mansion – I love this ride, it’s just a shame that it seems to have a much longer average wait now that FP+ has been introduced.
We had decided not to spend all day in the park so we finished up and walked back up Main Street. Now, every time we have been before I’ve wanted a balloon and this time I was determined to get one. So, we found a balloon seller and I got myself a purple Mickey balloon
We took the monorail back to the parking lot and got a drink at the shop as it was really warm. We drank it on the walk back to the car!
On the way back to the hotel we stopped to get some drinks and crisps for the room. We got a 12 pack of drinks each (Mountain Dew for Rob, Diet Coke with Cherry for Me) and a large bag of crisps each. It always puzzles us why they don’t have as many multipacks of crisps and why they seem to prefer the giant bags….!
We had a little rest in the room and got reacquainted with the latest shows on Home & Garden channel…..Rob loves the home improvement shows and I just dread what plans he will come up with for our house after watching. (His latest idea is that we should take down the wall between our living room and conservatory….because that won’t cost a lot at all!)
As we had missed our first night traditional dinner at Earl of Sandwich we decided to rectify that with a trip to Downtown Disney for the evening. There was quite a long line and I think we waited about 15 minutes to order but it was worth it…..my sandwich was soooo good!
We took a wander around some of the shops before heading back to the hotel for the night.
Costs:
Parking $17
2 x frozen lemonade $8.50
2 x Ice cream and bottled water $12.96
Balloon $12
Orange vitamin water $3.83
Soda and crisps for room $15
Earl of sandwich approx. $22
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