We left the comforts of our lovely lodging at 9.15. We watched as 5 buses came and went for Animal Kingdom and Blizzard Beach. No buses for us at the Magic Kingdom. An ominous sign for day #3.
A bus arrived. We sat and scrunched as our driver ignored all sensibilities and continued to visit each and every Disney Resort to pick up as many people as possible. Our bus was overloaded by at least 15 people. When we arrived at the MK, we were not far from the entrance, and we were able to get right in. Good sign.
Lunch reservations were for 11.45 a.m., so after wasting plenty of time waiting for the bus, visiting every hotel in a 15 square mile radius, we were left with precious little time to spend before lunch. Some minor shopping, MacKenzie got her picture taken with Pluto. The dog, not the planet.
Lunch was at Tony's. It's a really nice place to eat. I enjoyed my food immensely. Our waiter, Parvis (Iranian) was excellent. He anticipated every move we made. Then it was off to get our fast pass for the Jungle cruise. We had an hour to wait, so it was Swiss Family Robinson tree house time, then Pirates of the Caribbean ride time, then jungle cruise. We went to the back in Adventure land and found the potties. All better. MacKenzie and Molly rode the magic carpet ride.
Then over to spend some time in Ariel's grotto - small water park. Tickets to Pooh's adventure (snoozer) and we got complimentary tickets to the Magic Symphony. It was really good. Spinning tea cups for MacKenzie and I - that was great fun. Small world after that and lots of rain. Did I mention that it rained again? Poured. Lightning and Thunder. We wanted to ride the train, but because of lightning, it wasn't running. Some old lady was incredibly rude to the poor young lady who was at the train station.
Tomorrow land was mostly closed - space mountain for renovation. Darcy and MacKenzie enjoyed a cream cheese pretzel that "they" said was really good. Molly and I beg to differ with "their" culinary tastes.
Oh, Darcy informs me, that yet again, I'm wrong and forgot to add that we all rode the carousel. It went round and round and round and round and then stopped. Short ride.
We finally got on the train and rode 1.3 revolutions around MK. There was a very rude man who stood next to Molly on the seat (yes, stood. Evidently his country doesn't have benches) to take pictures of his extended family. They were all on vacation from Dell's technical support company. Then some poor lady sat right where he stood.
Some more shopping, watching very cool glass blower - off-hand glass to be exact. A monstrous storm came in and while we waited and waited and waited and waited for the super-special fireworks show to finally get cancelled.
Yeah, that was lovely. So, with the rest of the population of the southeastern United States, we attempted to sardine on the buses back to our hotels. I felt bad for the poor people who were on the boats. Those boats were sitting low in the water.
Got back here, everybody's in bed except for me, because I'm finishing this so you can read it and know those details about our vacation that I'm sure you really want to know. Sheesh.
Oh, and here are some pictures.
Here she is in the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House, posing. Yes, she's a poser.
This is MacKenzie on the train platform looking north down Main Street to the castle. Not her, she's looking south at the camera.
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