Julie's Thoughts: DisneyWorld Trip- Day 7

Friday- Magic Kingdom Day 2:

We got up and didn’t quite make it over to the Magic Kingdom by the rope drop. That was fine though and we decided that instead of getting the breakfast at the counter service place, we would use our counter service credits at a snack shop… you could get three snack items using one counter service credit. So the kids had big cinnamon rolls and chocolate milk for breakfast and Rich and I picked up some breakfast sandwiches and orange juice, or something.
At the Magic Kingdom we headed over to Future World. We hadn’t gone over there at all on Tuesday, so we spent a lot of time there riding our favorite rides there-

Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear, Astro Orbiter, the race cars (where you drive)… Alex and Ashley were just barely tall enough to drive one on their own, but found out that even though they are tall enough, it takes a lot of leg muscle to keep it pushed down. Alex kept starting and stopping throughout the course because he was trying to keep the car driving straight and not crash it and keep his leg pressing the gas pedal down. He got his first glimpse into driving a car and realized that it’s a good thing he has a few years before he can learn how to drive a real car! Rich took Alex and Ashley over to toontown to ride the roller coaster there, and I took Alyssa and Angela to go on the Winnie the Pooh ride. Alyssa really, really wanted to ride that ride, even though the line was over an hour. By the time we got near the front of the ride, Rich was back with Alex and Ashley, and Angela had fallen asleep on my shoulder standing in line. Rich was able to come and get her from me in the line and Alyssa and I rode the ride by ourselves.

The line took so long though that after we rode the ride we had to hurry to get over to the monorail and make it over to the Grand Floridian for our dinner reservation. Our friend was already there with her three big kids. Her husband and the little boys were not feeling well that day so they had stayed back at the hotel. We went from a party of 13 to a party of 10, and they moved us from a long side table to a round table in the middle of the main room! My friend at first wondered if we would fit at the table, but then I quickly assured her and the hostess that we would be able to fit. After the hostess left I told my friend that these round tables were the BEST tables in the restaurant because the characters come and dance in the center area next to the tables. We had a great time… the girls loved seeing all the characters. Alyssa even dressed up for the dinner (Ashley would have, but the dress we had for her wound up not fitting her well).

The prince came by:

Then Cinderella:

The step mother:

And step sisters:

The Prince and Cinderella danced:

Cinderella asked our friends little boy Andrew to dance, and then he got his first kiss… on the cheek:

The step sisters got into a fight, and their mom came and broke it up and sent them to the corners for time outs… and got a round of applause from the parents in the room! Lol!

It was a fun dinner that all the kids enjoyed (even Andrew and Alex… at one point Alex climbed under the table because he didn’t want to talk to the characters… I can’t remember if that was before or after Andrew got his kiss… lol!)
After dinner we headed back to the Magic Kingdom to ride some more rides. We went to the Hall of Presidents, rode on Aladdin’s magic carpet ride, and got a picture of Alex SMILING on it this time (last year he was scowling in the picture we took on it)!