Tuesday turned out to be extremely cold, luckily I had brought jackets for the boys, but I had to duck into the nearest shop and purchase an over-priced sweatshirt. Gotta love Disney!
As the kids walked up to have their picture made, Donkey said "Whoa, where am I? Munchkinland? Hey Shrek, look at all the little munchkins." They were all laughing when they took the pic, and as they left, he said "See ya later, munchkins!"
I have to say, the Shrek 4-d "ride" was the coolest. The chairs were shaking and we got sprayed several times when the dragon "sneezed." A little gross now that I think about it.
The boys loved the ET experience ride. Brek insisted that we call him Elliott for a week afterwards.
The kids all loved the "Fievel" play area. We could barely drag them out of there. Everything was enormous to give the effect that they were little mice. The biggest attraction to them was the water slide. They must've gone down at least 15 times apiece.
We finally pulled them away from the waterslide and headed to Woody Woodpecker's roller coaster! Yay! The wait for the ride said 15 minutes. We could totally do that, right?! So, since we had an odd number of kids, and I apparently can still pass for one myself, I was elected as the official "rider". So, I took all five kids to stand in line. Needless to say, the line moved at a snail's pace and 45 minutes later, we were finally on the home stretch to board the coaster. A lady behind me had been watching us silently the whole time; everytime I would glance at her, she would look away. Then, Bae said, "Mama, how much longer?" Her eyes opened wide and her mouth hung open. She said, "Are YOU the Mama?" I smiled and said, "Yes, ma'am." She waved her hand over my whole posse' and said, "All of them??" I said, "Oh, no, just two are mine." She looked relieved and placed her hand over Bae and Taygen's heads and said, "These two." I said, "Nope." and pointed to Bae and Brek. She said, "Oh, I thought they were all yours and these (motioning to Bae & Taygen) and these (Brek & Gannon) were twins. Then you had one older son (London). I laughed and said, "No, thank goodness. I'd be riding to the top of the roller coaster to jump off!" She laughed as we finally boarded the coaster. Which was over in less than 3 minutes. GREAT!!
We ate lunch at the diner. We stood in line for 35 minutes to order while Kathy and the kids slowly froze like popsicles on the shaded side of the restaurant.
The kids saw Scooby-Doo.
Group Shot!
Bae was more interested in watching a pigeon stalk some people eating scones and drinking coffee at an outdoor cafe.
We didn't get to ride Jaws, and had to settle for just a photo op with a lifesize look-a-like. The ride was shut down due to technical difficulties. Probably for the best. Kathy tries to scare 'em with stuff so much anyway, they probably all would've had panic attacks. You know, you can't go to the beach cause of sharks, no river cause of gators, the woods cause of snakes. . .I'm surprised we were even allowed to go to Orlando due to the freak hurricane that was sure to hit us out of season! (You know I love you, Kathy. Admit it, you're chuckling right now!)
The kids (and my) favorite by far, was the animal show. As is evident by their faces!
Gannon and London as the show was starting.
Taygen watching the parrot fly in front of the blue screen.
Bae and Brek watching the dogs run around after the pig "let the dogs out."
As we were leaving the park, I swapped that sweatshirt (yes, the one that I wore all day) for a t-shirt. The salesclerk just smiled at me as I marched in with my receipt and asked for an exchange. He nodded his head, and motioned me to grab another one. Kathy was mortified ('cause they knew what I was doing, she said) I was thrilled that I hadn't wasted $20 on something I'd never wear again. I might add that I've already worn that tshirt too!
It was a long, but fun day. The kids slept almost the whole way back home, making even the bumper to bumper rush hour traffic we got caught in almost enjoyable. There were a few lessons learned from the day, though. #1 Don't go to an amusement park on Spring Break 'cause that's when everyone goes! (a few of the rides had a 2 hour wait) #2 Always bring a jacket, even if the weather channel says it's going to be 102 degrees, cause you never know (and neither do they!) #3 Never leave to head home around 5-ish, you'll get stuck in rush hour traffic #4 Remember to bring a small fortune for souvenirs (you'll need every penny) #5 Take pictures of the kids sleeping on the way home. You'll need that memory to remind yourself of the times that they behave like angels. (usually when they're sleeping!)
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