Disney Day 5

Monday Feb 3rd

Magic Kingdom day 2 (morning)

Epcot day 2 (afternoon)

We had heard news that the Chiefs would be coming to Magic Kingdom this day after winning the Super Bowl. This never crossed our mind when planning this trip. So we knew we were only going to spend half the day here due to crowds. We were disappointed we didn’t get to see as much of epcot as we wanted to on day 1 so we made plans to go back there for the afternoon.
As with the rest of our week we were on the bus headed to Magic Kingdom by 8 am. We got to the park before official opening so we shopped some of the shops down Main Street USA. We all got a new tshirt, Grant got a hat and a slap bracelet, momma got a photo album to store all our memories and Grant picked us out a lumiere ornament for our Christmas tree. We also went and got momma some Starbucks to wake up!

After this we headed left this time into Adventureland and used our first fast pass for The Magic Carpets of Aladdin. Grant and mom rode in the seat in front of James and I. Grant also loves Aladdin so this was a great ride for him.

After this we tried to get on the jungle cruise but the stand by line went from 10 minutes to 45 minutes right when we got in line so we headed to our next fast pass a little early and were able to get on the ride early. Pirates of the Caribbean was a great ride. The animations were all so lifelike!! After the ride Grant got his picture made with some Pirate Princesses, one who had the most realistic fake snake. He kept his eye on that the whole time.

Next up we were killing some time so we watched the Tiki Room Bird Show. Not a favorite but it kept Grants attention.

After this it was time to head to our next adventure. The Pirates League. This is the boy version of the bippity boppity boutique for girls. I had been thinking about this for Grant the whole time we were planning our trip but just never committed to it. I had mentioned it to mom on the previous day and she was able to get the perfect reservation time so we booked it. I’m so glad we did. Grant absolutely loved it!!

And I loved watching him have so much fun! We started out by picking out his costume from the menu. He chose Captain Jack. After he had picked out what he wanted, he got to go in to the pirate ship and choose his new pirate name. His name was Captain Bart Singedskull.

Then we went to the changing room to put his costume on. It was adorable just by itself.

Next up came makeup. He had his own pirate princess to turn him in to a true pirate complete with ringed eyes, a beard,a hand tattoo, a bandana hat and a gold earring.

Then he had to repeat the pirate oath and promise to be a good pirate. He then was cloaked with a sword and sword holder and got escorted into the captains chambers to steal some treasure and sit in the throne.

After this the experience ended up in the gift shop where he convinced us he needed a pirate hook. Of course he got it. He got so many compliments and smiles from his costume the rest the day.

After the Pirates League we made our way into Frontierland to eat lunch at Pecos Bill. Mom ordered fajitas and James and I both got Chicken nachos. Grant wasn’t hungry but he chowed down on some of our tortilla chips. This was a good quick service meal for us.

After eating lunch we went back to Adventureland to fastpass the Jungle Cruise. On the way there, grant spotted a pirate spy glass in the gift shop and just had to have it to complete his look. He used it to point out all the Ivan and Ruby’s on the jungle cruise.

After the cruise, we headed through Frontierland into liberty square to get ready for our next fast pass, The Haunted Mansion. Along the way, we spotted a country bear and James found another Mickey pretzel and a memory maker spotted him eating it and snapped some pictures. We also got some pictures of Grant with his hook and spyglass.

Continuing our walk to liberty square, We came across a restaurant, Columbia Harbor House, that had chicken nuggets so I stopped to get Grant some lunch and mom went off in search of her coveted dole whip. We sat down beside an ice cream cart to let grant eat and when he was done with his nuggets he decided he wanted another Mickey ice cream sand which and James and I split another chocolate dipped Mickey ice cream treat. The line for the haunted mansion was way too long. Even the fast pass line was way over an hour so we decided to bypass this one and head towards the castle to the entrance.

When we passed the castle they were doing a character show so we stopped to watch for a few minutes. When we turned around to leave we noticed an airplane sky writing the word “Jesus”.

The time we chose to head to the exit was right around the time the super bowl parade was getting ready to start so there were people everywhere. I’m so glad we decided to park hop. Way way too many people for me!
Instead of riding the bus this time, we wanted to experience the sky liner. Grant says this is his favorite ride. Lol!! It didn’t directly connect to Epcot so we rode it to the Caribbean beach club and the transferred to a different car and were on our way to Epcot. We all loved riding the sky liner and all said we hope that it makes its way to all the parks and resorts in the future.

This time when getting to Epcot we came in the back way from the main entrance. On the way in there was a line for a meet and greet with Mickey Mouse. Grant was still halfway dressed like a pirate (it was too hot for him to wear the coat anymore) and the cast member had him sneak up on Mickey and scare him in his best pirate voice. This was too cute!! He loved it.

After this encounter we moved a few feet up and got in the line to meet Minnie. She gave me the biggest hug!!

After these meet and greets we continued on to the park into the World Showcase section. We walked through the international gateway, the UK, and Canada. Mom and I were on our way to fast pass Spaceship Earth which is located inside the sphere. We didn’t research this ride first and thought it was a big ride so we sent James and Grant back to the seas with Nemo while we rode. It was a calm ride that almost put both of us to sleep lol!

After this we walked to The Land in Future World West. Inside this building we all rode Living with the Land where we were in a gondola style boat and rode through all the greenhouses and fish hatcheries. It was an informative ride and Grant liked spotting all the fish!

Next was our final fast pass for mom and I. Soarin! This was my favorite ride!!! It was really amazing. It was a virtual reality ride through the world complete with different smells like the fresh sea smell and an African Greenland smell. Did I mention I loved this?? I tried to get James to go on it with me but he wouldn’t the first time since I couldn’t tell him what it was like. When we got off of it I immediately tried to get another fast pass so I could take both Grant and James on it but couldn’t get another one and the line was too long. Grant had actually fallen asleep by this point too so we called it a day and ended our time in the parks with this amazing ride.

James got one more Mickey Pretzel on the way out. Can you tell this dude loves Pretzels! We jumped on the bus where Grant continued to nap all the way back to the resort. He needed this long nap!

When we got back it was still somewhat warm enough to try out the heated pool so we went to our room to change into our swimsuits and down to the pool we went. It was still a little cool for me but Grant loved it so I endured. Getting out of the heated water and back to our room was pretty brutal. But it was worth it since grant had been begging to swim all week. I was super thankful for that preferred room that was close to the pool.

We immediately got in a warm shower and cleaned up to go eat dinner at the food court. We had pizza, salad, and breadsticks and Grant used a snack credit for some French fries. We also got another brownie sundae and a cheesecake. Man Disney and their snacks!!!
After dinner we went back to the room to start packing up our stuff. After some creative packing, we got all the souvenirs packed efficiently. Mickey had left Grant a special surprise for being so good this week. He brought Toy Story and all the Mickey Mouse clubhouse gang figurines. One final night in our happy place was quickly coming to an end.