well here goes, disney day 3....
we started off the morning with cereal in the room and headed back out to magic kingdom. the buses were still a thrill for the kids, so we anxiously awaited one to take us to see mickey! once in the park we headed to adventure land and frontier land.
we flew the magic carpets, rode the jungle cruise - where we almost got eaten by an alligator and taken captive by natives. we climbed through the swiss family robinson tree house and spotted captain hook, smeed and jack sparrow! (you know, for a child who claims to like pirates xander is very apprehensive about meeting them. he wanted nothing to do with any of "those kinds of characters" and demanded that we get away from them so he wouldn't have to see them. weird!)
pirates of the caribbean was closed for renovation, so even though todd had talked xander into going this time xander managed to escape the dreaded ride one more year. we shopped in the store next to the pirate ride where xander found his pirate
telescope and pirate sword. he was thrilled! and so was i, because we had them sent back to the room at our hotel and we didn't have to carry them around all day. i bought an anklet that had a tiny mickey charm, to which i am going to add other charms that i have been collecting from our two visits so far.
while we were in the gift shop we spotted wendy and peter pan. so we head outside, there is no one waiting there so we get to talk with them for a minute. cassidy didn't really want to do a photo with them, but she couldn't take her eyes off of them. she stood close by eating from a bag of gold fish. peter pan's comment to her was "ariel won't be too happy that you're eating her friends." as she eats another one.
we also had the chance to see woody and jessie. we had a to wait a little while for them to come back from a break, but xander was determined. cassidy warmed up to them a little more and interacted with jessie as they signed our autograph book.
after visiting just two "lands" we started back towards the front of the park. the day before i had caught the end of the performance on the palace steps, so despite xander's grumpiness and the heat we parked ourselves in front of the castle on a bench to wait for the next show to begin. it turns out that xander's grumpy mood was turned around when he saw his favorite characters dancing and singing on stage. he even thanked me when it was over for making him stay to see it. yeah! score for mom! i loved it to. it was full of disney cheesiness and charm.
well, we didn't want to overdo it, so we hopped the bus back to the hotel. we took our naps and woke to find that it was storming. thick sheets of rain fell, so much that we could hardly see the river that ran behind the hotel. thunder, lightning and according to the news, chance of tornados. we stuck it out in the room by watching tv and playing with playdough that mickey & minnie had left as a gift for xander and cassidy.
when we were pretty sure the storm had passed we gathered our stuff and headed out to hollywood studios. we didn't have much time there, but we knew one thing we wanted to do - or xander wanted to do - eat dinner at pizza planet. many of the rides had lines that were too long to wait in, so we
headed to pizza planet first. we ate and played a few games. a huge deal for xander. he loved it. leaving from there we caught the ariel show. as we walked in one of the employees approached xander and asked if he wanted to introduce the show. he waited anxiously and when it was his turn he announced " ". he was nervous, but spoke into the mic and got a round of applause. the show was very entertaining and cassidy enjoyed seeing live ariel.
we hadn't planned on what we were going to do that night, but since we were there we decided that seeing "fantasmic", the light show at hollywood studios, that night would end it off perfectly. the stadium seating was pretty full by the time we got into the theater area. we found some seats in front of a family sitting in the wheelchair section. they were very kind and let us squeeze in with them. before i knew it they were feeding cassidy and xander popcorn and cotton candy. todd ran to the vendors to buy a "brave sprite" to help xander be brave as he watched the fireworks, and returned only minutes before the show started, only to find the kids full from all the treats handed to them.
the show was great! i loved the beginning, as mickey "orchestrates" the fountains of water in time to the music. it isn't something that you can video or catch with a picture very well. but it leaves lasting memories. xander did very well, his brave sprite did the trick. we got back late that night, ready to fall into bed with visions of apprentice mickey dancing in our heads.
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