Disney Day 4

Sunday2/2/2020Magic Kingdom Day 1

This was a day I have been waiting on since my last trip to Disney 6 years ago. I was so excited to see the castle and watch the fireworks and even more excited to see it through Grant’s eyes. We again got up early and headed to the bus line by 8 am. We had reservations at The Crystal Palace to eat breakfast so we could have Mickey Waffles. we changed our reservation from dinner at Chef Mickeys to this as we were over buffet dinners and had seen the Fab 5 twice already. While getting our fair share of those waffles we met the characters from the Hundred Acre Wood. Piglet, Tigger, Eyeore, and Winnie the Pooh Bear all had a parade through the restaurant that Grant got to join in on. Since we had an early reservation we actually got to see the opening ceremony from the restaurant.

After breakfast was over we headed to Tomorrow land to get on The Space Ranger Spin for our first fast pass of the day. Grant absolutely loved this ride. He rode with Mom and James and I rode together. It was a glow light interactive ride where riders shot at targets with laser beams to try to defeat Zurg.

After the ride was over we visited the space ranger gift shop and grant wanted to get his picture made with zurg in a cage. He also got to do some more penny presses with his daddy.

Next up we stayed in tomorrow land and got in line for our next fast pass: Tomorrowland Speedway. Grant and I rode together and James rode behind us. Mom decided to sit this one out. We got in a car that had the steering wheel on the right side and the pedal on the left. I operated the pedal while Grant took the wheel. The car was on a track but he didn’t mind one bit.

After this ride we were able to walk on the People Mover. This was a bucket list ride for Mom. It was nice to be able to get right on the ride when we did because later the wait was about 45 minutes at any given time. This ride weaved in and out of the rides in Tomorrowland. It was neat to get to be an outsider looking in at these rides.

Next we were able to walk straight in to Monsters INC laugh floor with no wait at all. This was a cute little comedy show featuring Mike from the movie. Mom was featured in a joke about a seatbelt because she had on a crossbody bag. It was a nice little rest before we headed back out to the park.

We then moved into Fantasyland and had to maneuver through tons of people to see Mickeys Philharmagic Show that featured Donald Duck chasing his hat through several classic Disney movies. This was a 3-d show and grant again kept reaching out to try to touch the things flying towards us!

Mad Tea Party spinning tea cups were next after Philharmagic. All 4 of us squeezed into one little cup. It was a tight fit but a fun ride! And the smiles and laughs coming from Grant were so precious! After this ride was over we spotted a memory maker and got a couple pictures made in front of the mad tea party sign and one special graphic one with the chesire cat.

We spotted Cinderella’s wicked stepsisters while walking to our next adventure. Their line was too long to wait but I did snap a few pictures as we walked by.

We stopped at Gastons Tavern to get a famous cinnamon roll. This thing was massive!!! It was very good! We also got a Lefou’s brew which was frozen apple juice! So so good!

After sitting down to eat this afternoon snack, we started walking to the Journey of the Little Mermaid. But on the way we found Gaston. Beauty and the Beast is my favorite so of course we had to stop. Gaston asked grant about his workout routine and if he could give him some pointers to help win Belle. We all got pictures made and an autograph signed. James had to have a picture flexing with him. While we were doing this experience Mom went on to get in the little mermaid ride. She wound up riding without us and then finding a frozen coke stand and had a snack.

After the meet and greet with Gaston we continued our walk to the Little Mermaid ride. This was the longest line we waited in since we did not have a fast pass for this ride. The line was about an hour long. Several cast members said the parks weren’t as crowded this time of year. I sure would hate to see them anymore crowded.

We hopped on the carousel after this ride where James, Grant, and I all rode on a horse. My horse was so high up I had to climb on Grants to get to mine. But I did it!

After this ride we fast passed a ride on Its a Small World. This ride is definitely not my favorite. The little dolls really creep me out. But apparently it is iconic and James wanted to ride it. I later found out it was because of a Rodney Carrington joke. Men!! We actually got stuck on this ride and had to listen to the song on repeat. Thankfully it was less than 5 minutes.

Mickey Ice cream was our next snack. Man did we have a ton of snacks. We had the middle dining plan that came with 40 snack credits for the 4 of us to share in 5 days! I am not typically a snacker so this was hard to remember to stop and try things. Grant wanted a Mickey Sandwich and James and I shared a chocolate dipped Mickey head.

After resting for a few minutes and finishing our ice cream we went to Enchanted Tales with Belle. Grant was picked to be Felipe for the show and James was a suit of armor. Both of my boys did so good! This was probably one of my favorite memories of the day because Grant was so proud of himself being in the show.

Mom and I were able to score a fast pass to space mountain. So while we headed off to ride that dark but so much fun ride, James and Grant took off to fast pass Dumbo the flying elephant. After space mountain was over I met James and Grant and got In line to ride the space ranger spin again.

We had dinner reservations at Be Our Guest where we ate in the Beasts castle. We were seated in the main hall and had a beautiful view of the snowing countryside outside.

This was hands down my favorite meal of the trip. I ordered the lobster bisque for my appetizer, James got the assorted meats and cheese selection and mom got the mixed field green salad. Next up was the main course. I ordered the herb salted pork tenderloin, James had filet mignon, and Mom got the Poulet Rouge Chicken. Every single one of these dishes were amazing! We didn’t have high expectations for liking this meal but it easily was all of our favorites.

Grant is such a picky eater I knew he wouldn’t eat anything off the menu so we had stopped and got him some chicken nuggets from a quick service restaurant, Cosmic Rays, that he ate on the walk to the restaurant. His belly was full and as soon as he got still at the table he actually passed out face down on the chair with his arms and legs hanging off. He dropped the phone he was watching and when I looked down to pick it up I noticed he was sound asleep. So cute. A very sweet waitress brought over another chair so we could prop his legs up and she covered him up with a napkin. It was so sweet.

We were a little short on time and all so full so our waiter offered to package up our desserts to go. It was a trio of the famous grey stuff in a white chocolate edible chip cup, a lemon jam macaron, and a dark chocolate truffle. We took these back to the hotel with us.

After finishing up with this fabulous dinner and grant waking up, we walked to the West wing to see the rose! We initially had requested to be seated here but we were glad We declined the 45 minute wait because it was so dark in that room! After seeing the rose, we made our way to the study to do a meet and greet with the Beast! There was a memory maker here to make sure we got some awesome pictures.

Our dinner reservation was at 5:45 and the fireworks show at the castle started at 8. We had just enough time to fast walk across the park to get a spot to see the show. Disney fireworks are the most amazing show ever. Grant was in awe the whole time and sang along with every song that came on. It made me teary eyed to get to experience this with my family!

I knew that I had one more must do on my Disney bucket list that I just had to get done. Lantern pictures at Rapunzel’s tower. James, Grant, and I trekked from the castle to the back side of Fantasyland to get to the memory maker before the park closed at 9. I was pleasantly surprised to only be about 5 people back in the line. These are my most favorite pictures from the whole trip. Grant loves Tangled so he was super excited about this too.

After getting these made, we happened upon a princess meet and greet with absolutely no line. We took advantage of this crazy opportunity and Grant got to meet Rapunzel and Tiana. If I had to pick 2 of his favorite princesses they would totally be it! He was once again star struck!

On our way back to the front of the park to find mom, we were able to hop on the tea cups one more time at exactly 8:59.

Good timing for sure!! On the way out of the park we found a memory maker and got family pictures in front of the castle.

We hopped on a bus and headed toward the resort to end the 3rd day in a row of staying in the parks from rope drop to closing. We definitely made the most of the time we had. Once we got back to the resort Grant begged for some ice cream. So we got him a chocolate cone at 10 pm at night. Time and sugar don’t matter at Disney right??

Even after the sugar he still crashed pretty quickly once we got cleaned up and in bed. This was a really long day but it was amazing in so many aspects.