Monday, May 21, 2012

Day 135 - May 14

Monday morning found us awake bright and early - before the sun came up even - to get ready to head to Magic Kingdom before park opening for our breakfast at the Crystal Palace. Character dining was on the menu again... this time with Pooh and friends. 

Lesson learned here - stick to breakfast at Chef Mickey's. First of all, you don't have to schedule a park day because it's at the Contemporary, so it's outside the park. Monday was not a good day in Michaela-land and we ended up having to force the park issue because we had to use a day on our tickets to get in for breakfast, so we stayed longer than we probably should've. It wasn't pretty. 

Moving on - the other reason to go with Chef Mickey's over Crystal Palace is that it's a better set up. They are more organized at Chef Mickey's so you're sure to not miss a character at your table while you're waiting in the buffet line. I almost missed seeing M with Pooh (my favorite!) because I went to get my breakfast and no one told us he'd be swinging by sooner than later. That wasn't an issue at all at Chef Mickey's so, although I love Pooh and his friends, if we're going to go with a breakfast, we'll stick with Mickey next time around. 

One of the coolest things about having a pre-park-opening reservation, though, is that you get a mostly-empty park to yourself for a while as you wait for your reservation time. That, of course, meant getting a shot of the castle with NO PEOPLE in the picture! LOVE IT!!

Beyond that, we've got Michaela showing off her Mickey waffle again this year. That might have to be a tradition! And the last picture is M getting her autograph book signed by Pooh. She LOVED her autograph book! We bought it on a whim while we were at Shades of Green picking up tickets (gotta love Exchange prices instead of park prices!), and never thought she'd care as much as she did. She thought it was the coolest thing ever to get all the characters' autographs!

And all my pictures are from the morning because the day just went downhill from there. I'll leave it at that.




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