This has started to become a tradition of
sorts. We’ll do MK early entry our second week, and Kristen decides
to stay and sleep in a bit and meet us later. We have a late
breakfast at Crystal Palace today, and she will get to the park in
time to make it to that.
The girls are also a bit slow getting started, but after we get out
of the room they are doing better. We JUST made the bus having to
run to the bus stop when I saw it pulling up. Whew! It was pretty
crowded after we stopped at the Boardwalk, but soon we were at the
MK and through the bag check. We were pretty early, so after they
started letting folks through the turnstiles we ended up right in
front of the rope.
 Lots
of fun as a couple characters came out to say hi. We saw the fox and
cat from Pinocchio and later Pinocchio and Geppetto as well. They
were fun, and played a bit with the crowds and people waiting. *I*
got pulled out of line by Geppetto and turned to face the crowd. He
placed first one hand on my head, then the other... then proceeded
to tickle me under the arms... While I didn’t loose it laughing or
anything, I did offer a warning that this was a DANGEROUS game to
play in August in Florida! :-D He seemed to understand and agree!
;-) Good thing it was early in the morning still!
 They
made us promise to not take off and then took down our rope.
Bwahahahahaa.. But we were good and only took off after
they said we could. :-) We continued our traditional pathway
straight to fantasyland and the walkway through the castle was open
today.
 We
were pretty much first ones there, but they dropped the second rope
JUST before we got there and a mom pulling along her daughter bolted
out of line and over to Tinkerbelle’s treasures to wake Tinkerbelle.
Our girls have been dying to do this as well, so we followed even if
we weren’t first.
 The
CMs were great and let both families participate. Dad of the other
family was a bit unnerved that mom took off though from the talk he
gave her when he and a son arrived. ;-) The got to wake up
Tinkerbelle, and each received a certificate. It was fun, but
nothing to kill yourself over trying to do. I think the girls were
under whelmed a bit, but it was still fun.
So, back to Fantasyland and start going on the empty rides. Peter
Pan, Snow White, Pooh, Teacups, Space Mountain, Buzz and Transit
Authority. Brinn still freaked a bit about Space Mountain, but went.
Someday she’ll remember she likes this ride, but I’m not holding my
breath!
I got a call from Kristen that she was almost to the park, and we
met her walking out of Tomorrowland toward the hub. The castle show
was about to start, so the girls and I stood right in front of the
stage in full sun to wait! HHHOOOTTTT!!!, but only 5 more minutes to
show time. I took about a jillion pictures and it was a good show.
The girls liked it, and Kristen had found a good bench to sit on and
watch. (She’s a graduate of Moley’s touring school and came out with
high honors!) :-D *I’M* the dumb one that stands in full sun for
these things. Stupid camera.... ;-)
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We
had to leave toward the end of the show since we had a late seating
for Crystal Palace as it was, and would be lucky to check in on
time, much less 10 minutes early. Still – there was a line when we
arrived, and we had to wait a bit before being seated. After
spending so much time in full sun, I was glad to be sitting in A/C
again. Whew!
They
really pack the tables in this place, its tough to find a pathway
through. I don’t know how the poor characters can get around without
knocking someone’s breakfast off the table! The characters weren’t
around, and the waitress told us their visit pattern so we would be
sure to be at the table when they came out. We hit the buffet lines,
and the food was excellent as always. 
They
even have a cook to make eggs/omelets now which is nice. Soon the
characters did come out and after a parade they started visiting
tables. We saw Tigger, Pooh, Piglet but Eeyore was taking forever. I
had already paid the bill, and still no Eeyore. So I decided to head
for Big Thunder and get some fast passes and then meet the girls in
Adventureland. Kristen could get pics of the girls with Eeyore on
her camera. 
It
was getting crowded now, but the return time for BTMRR was only an
hour. Not too bad since the wait time was 60 minutes as well! As I
headed back through Adventureland I saw that Peter Pan was doing a
greet near the exit of Pirates. Brinn REALLY wanted to see him this
year so I jumped in line and called Kristen to come meet me. They
got there in time, but I had to let a couple families in front of me
since they took the long way. Guess I’m lucky they got there at all
since I’m the one who knows the way around without a map. They turn
the wrong way pretty much every time! 
But
they made it, and got a picture with Peter. Brinn was happy and then
we decided to go on Pirates since we were here. A pretty short wait
time (10 minutes) and a nice cool ride after I had to run across the
park again. Next we went on the Magic Carpets, and of course it
broke down when we were NEXT. They had to restart it about 3 times,
and then it started working. I wasn’t THRILLED to be the first to
ride it after it was down. I have NO desire to be stuck in this
thing in full sun if it decided to get stuck or something. But it
worked fine!
Then
it was on to Big Thunder. We were getting pretty hot and the pool
was beckoning again today. The wait was almost 90 minutes now, so
those fast passes were like gold! LOVE fastpasses and even this line
was a bit backed up.
When
we got back everyone was really tired. Maddy wouldn’t admit it, but
even BRINN said she was tired and we decided to all take a short
nap. Two and a half hours later we woke up! :-O But we needed the
sleep and it helped a great deal. Maddy was in a much better mood,
and Brinn as feeling better as well. (Not to mention mom and
dad....)