We headed out this morning and planned to have a quick service breakfast in the park. I found a place that said they had quick service breakfast, but when we got there, they said they did, but you have to have reservations. There were no other places in the park to have breakfast, apparently, and we had a reservation for lunch. So, we just ate our snack bars that we brought and figured we would tough it out.
As I was making my notes, I realize that I can’t really recall much of what happened prior to lunch. Little dinner, no breakfast, unbearable heat = Cranky Carkeet Caravan. Oh and did I mention this was the Magic Kingdom’s 47th birthday, Epcot’s 36th and there were plenty of people in the park who knew this and the lines were frequently longer than the posted wait times? Here are some pictures of our morning:
I found an Italian restaurant that was where Lady and the Tramp famously shared their noodle. Trista LOVES dogs and she is really into Lady and the Tramp, AND they had gluten free, rice based noodles for their spaghetti, so I knew this would be a win! The website said it was quick service, but it ended up being table service, which was fine because we had every kind of credit you could think of left on our dining plan, and just a day and half left to use them, but at this point, I am hot and I am hungry and I am incredibly frustrated at our inability to figure out what and where, etc. with this dining plan and after my Bev experience, I am struggling to be nice. The server could tell that we were not in a very good mood, but didn’t know why. We didn’t say much, because we believe Thumper when he says, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nuthin’ at all.”
A manager walked by and John called her over to our table. He explained our frustration and asked if she could help us out. Bailey was a game changer in our Disney experience. She asked what parks we had left to visit and then left for minute and came back with a map she had highlighted with all of the quick service restaurants in the park. She even brought their menus. She told us quick service was an entrée and a drink and a table service included a drink, an entrée and a dessert. We ordered, we ate, we apologized to our server for not being overly friendly and explained why. The food was amazing and we enjoyed all of the doggy art on the walls (and desserts)!
Trista said before we came to Disney that she really wanted a Lady and the Tramp pin. During our meal, I excused myself to go to the loo, but snuck over to the gift shop instead to get her a pin and surprised her with it after lunch.
Having refreshed ourselves over lunch, we were ready to go and tackle more rides! We did everything we could and had a great time doing so!
When we went to ride the Astro rockets in Tomorrowland, we met this lovely lady, Tash and her step-daughter, Zara from Australia. We had so much fun in line with them that the girls wanted to ride together. Levi said he wanted to ride with me, which left John and this lady we just met sharing a rocket. It was awkward for a second and then Levi took her hand and said, “I want her!” So he rode with her and John and I decided to share these rockets that I think are really designed for an adult and a child. We didn’t fit so well, but the way we sort of wedged in made us laugh so hard that we couldn’t move. One of the cast members offered us another rocket, but we weren’t sure we would be able to get out, so off we went. It was so awkward and I just belly-laughed the entire time. Thankfully, it was over quickly, and we managed to egress without injury!
We kept going on ride after ride.
I have a fond memory of riding the tea cups with my mom and dad as a child. They took me to Disney when I was in Kindergarten and I remember how fun it was that my dad could spin the teacup so fast. My mom doesn’t do spinning things and she was mad and that wasn’t very nice, but as a 5-year-old, I really just remember doing it as a family. John didn’t really want to go, but it was important to me, so he went. Big mistake. BIG MISTAKE. We got in that thing and it started spinning and it was not ok. For either one of us. I just closed my eyes and prayed for it to end. John kept his eyes fixed on the center and did the same. The ride stopped and I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to get off. Somehow I managed and half-crawled, weak-kneed over to a bench and told the kids I needed a minute – or ten. Mom, I know this apology is 33 years too late, but boy am I sorry. John, I am sorry I wanted you to ride the teacups. #neveragain
From there we went to ride the iconic Small World ride. I told Trista that she was NOT allowed to learn the song or sing it once the ride was over, which is exactly what I was expecting her to do. As it turns out, Trista HATES this ride. She hated the dolls, she hated the songs. I just wanted to go on it one time, seeing as how it is so iconic and it is kind of fun. But now? It might now be my new favorite ride. We have discovered that we can torment Trista by singing that song and even Levi has figured out how to push her buttons by saying, “Trista, remember those dolls?” Awesome. If it is this fun at 8, the teen years will be excellent!
After that, we made our way over to one of the quick service restaurants that Bailey told us about. We ordered dinner and I thought John’s looked better than mine and Levi ate his very quickly, and we had a zillion meals left, so I went back and ordered two more dinners! AND, noticed that we could get guacamole as snacks (and we had tons of those to burn) so I ordered some and asked to be charged as snacks and they said, “Oh, we won’t charge you for that!” (WHY CAN’T I SPEND MY CREDITS?)
After dinner, the fireworks show began. We started to watch it and then realized there was no wait for Splash Mountain. We headed over right before the fireworks ended. Not only did we have an amazing view of the fireworks from the first part of the ride, but we got to ride it twice without waiting a single minute! Our second ride was the last ride, we had closed down another park.
First Ride 
Fake Scared Pose
On our way out, we stopped and asked where the nearest ‘swirling water attraction’ was located. The joke was totally worth it for both the cast members who got it right away and directed us and for the cast members who are still trying to figure it out. (Restroom)
Today was so magical and Trista keeps saying, “I feel like I’m in a dream! All of the rides just feel like a dream!”
We boarded the boat back to Fort Wilderness and had to detour slightly around the light parade that floats across the water.
Along the way, we were chatting with a nice family from Mississippi, after Levi told their little girl that her Minnie was very cute (such a ladies’ man this one is). I made the comment to John that my feet were so tired and I couldn’t imagine how we were going to walk all the way to the bus, bus to our loop and walk to our RV spot. The man from Mississippi immediately turned to me and said, “Y’all don’t have to! If you can figure out how to fit on my golf cart, we’ll give you a ride. There’s four of us and four of y’all and we’ve sure had more ‘n that on there before!” Blessings on this family. They rode up front, we rode in the back and they dropped us right in front of Romeo Victor! We are so grateful for their southern hospitality! So refreshing after our month in New England!
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