The Tale of the Grow Walk ….Hunh? DCL Magic and WDW Review

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Our server was much more friendly today and she told us to look on the ceiling and see if we could find the hidden Mickey and the hidden Minnie. I looked directly up and asked of that was it and she looked at me in awe and asked if I had known where it was. I told her no, but I just looked up and he stood out. LOL. She said that was the fastest anyone has ever found it before.

Can you see it?

I kept looking for Minnie, but was have troubles finding her. The server told us where to look and Mom and Claire could find her, but I just couldn’t see it.

We looked over our menus and decided what to have tonight.

And we dug into the rolls.

Claire went with steak….again. But she loves steak so as long as she is happy and filling her belly, that’s all good with me.

Mom and dad decided to share tonight. They had actually gone to Sci Fi for lunch earlier today. They were able to get a walk up reservation and were seated within minutes. I was shocked. They were still somewhat full so they decided to just share the Chicken Breast Provencal - pan-seared and simmered in a rustic blend of heirloom tomatoes, olives, white wine and fresh herbs with seasonal vegetables and roasted fingerling potatoes…which they substituted for mash potatoes.

I got the steak tonight as well and I think I substituted the pommes frites for mash potatoes as well.

Our dinner was very good once again.

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For dessert, Claire ordered the Triple Chocolate Cupcake - chocolate sponge cake, chocolate mousse filling, and chocolate ganache. She wanted the strawberry one again, but I told her she had to have something different and we could share.

I went with the Strawberry Cream Cheese Cupcake - - vanilla sponge cake, strawberry mousse filling, and cream cheese icing this time.

Both were fabulous and I could go to BOG just for dessert alone!

While we were eating Claire could see the portrait in the west wing and she could see it change to the beast every so often. She would tell me and I would look and it was always back to the Prince before I got a glance. I think it became a game for her and she thought it was so funny that I could never catch it in beast form.

After we ate we went in the west wing and I tried to wait for the portrait to change….but of course it never did while I was watching.

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The hidden Minnie is in here. I can’t see her right now. I know that part of her head has the bow. I never saw it at the restaurant and it was only after being home that I saw it in someone elses picture. I think she might be upside down in this picture and I will have to stare at it a bit to see it again.

Maybe this way shows it better???

Claire did not want to get her picture with Beast again tonight but I made her do it anyways. She grumbled a bit, but I told her too bad. My parents left and Claire and I got in line.

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Doesn’t she look thrilled.

There…now we got a smile out of her.

And once again we headed out the “wrong” way and went to the bathrooms….and no one said a word to us.

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And you just have to get a picture of the pantless Prince.

We must’ve hit up the Rapunzel area next.

We had left our sweatshirts in the car which was parked at the GF, so we decided we would go back and get them as it was starting to get chilly out. I had thought about buying new ones, but I decided we would wait till the end of the trip to get them so I didn’t have extra bulk in my suitcase for the cruise…..and then I could never find the one I wanted….of course.

The waterless moat.

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We had thought about getting a light up hat for Claire, but in all honesty she would only wear it 5 minutes so we passed on that.

I am always trying for a balloon shot.

We stopped off at the locker to pick up some things to take back to the car and jumped on the monorail back to the GF.

We got our jackets and dropped off our junk and headed back towards the park.

There was some sort of emergency going on, but I no longer remember what it was.

We decided to go into Basin to look for some bath bombs. I had been promising to get Claire some and this seemed like a good time. We each picked out 3 big ones and paid for our purchases. Claire said she would only use them for special times. She still has 1 of her 3 left. I have asked a few times if she is ready to use it and she tells me she isn’t wasting it on whatever occasion it is I want her to bath. LOL.

We hopped back onto the monorail and back to MK. We stopped back at the locker to drop off our new purchases there to make my bag less heavy.

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We walked by Aloha Isle and there wasn’t too long of a line so we got a Dole Whip Float to share.

Claire was complaining that we hadn’t been on the Jungle Cruise yet so we hopped in line. It was at least a 30 minute wait, probably longer, but everything had long lines so if we wanted to ride anything we had to suck it up.

And of course we have to hit my favorite ride.

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You can never have too many pirate pictures…..but I did try to get different angels this time.

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This is always a family favorite. Skip’s brother used to be a big drinker of rum (he no longer drinks) and he loves cats. We often call this pirate Dave because he is drinking his rum and saying “here kitty kitty kitty” and I swear he says it in the same tone that Dave would.

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After that, Claire and I sat down for a bit. It was still so busy and we were so tired. We discussed calling it a day and heading back to the Marriott. We decided that is what we would do. But then we got to talking about Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Claire asked if she liked it and I told her she has in the past, but sometimes she acts like it is too fast for her. We decided we would walk by and check out the wait before heading out.

SCORE! It was only a 10 minute wait. People were now starting to clear out of the park. YAY!

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I played the “where are we” game and posted pictures to facebook and no one could get it figured out.

We had to take a picture of Skittish Skip.

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And we posted it to facebook too.

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Well there were no worries….Claire loved it this time around.

She loved it so much that she wanted to ride it again. Yay!!!!

This time the line was a little longer, probably about 20 minutes now.

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Fireworks were going off now, which I think is one of the reasons why the line was not too bad.

It also had started to sprinkle, but we were fine with that.

We got loaded and this time in the front car.

We laughed the whole time as we got bulleted with some rain. Sprinkles feel like pellets as you whiz around the mountain. There was also a spot that had a drip and wouldn’t you know I got a nice big drip right on my head. Claire loved that part.

That was a lot of fun, but the rain, though light, was steady and we decided to make our way towards the front.

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As we got to the front I saw a photopass photographer and decided to ask him to take our picture, but I wanted the backside to get our jackets. This guy just didn’t get it. I kept saying I want the Disneyland logo to show and he gave us a deer in the headlights look. This is what we ended up with.

I had to crop it down to get closer to show the backs of our jackets.

He probably thought we were strange wearing Disneyland jackets at Disney World…..but that was the whole point. LOL.

We started to move on and the castle show started so we stopped to watch a bit.

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I tried not to get in others way, but others weren’t so polite and we had to move several times as it seemed like we attracted the umbrella people and they would stop to watch directly in front of us.

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Of course they had some Frozen added in and Claire loved it.

 

 

 

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Did I mention how much I dislike umbrellas? I know they are allowed, but seriously, if you are stopping for a show, you should really put them down so others can see too.

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With that we went up front to our locker.

And out to the monorail.

And back to the Grand Floridian to get our car.

The rain had pretty much stopped now and Claire said her feet hurt and asked if she could take off her shoes.

We walked back to the car and set Siri to get us back to the Marriott. Once we got on the main road it was now becoming easier to get to the Marriott and I could find my own way.

I believe Claire fell asleep in the car as we drove and then we both went right to bed when we got to the room. Of course I had turned on the TV to catch up on the missing Malaysia plane.

One thing I don’t think I mentioned today. Skip would be flying down Thursday to meet up with us. He and Claire were to be sailing on birth certificates, but I told him his was so old and raggedy that he should get a new one. I had pestered him about this for a few weeks before the trip. Well… today he decided to go and do it. He also planned to buy some new pants as he thinks I am shrinking all of his clothes……it’s not me making them shrink! LOL.

So he called to tell me I told him the wrong address but they gave him the correct one to go to. OK, good! Then he later calls to tell me that the truck is broke down and he has to call a tow truck and he is not going to be getting a new birth certificate. UGH! I just knew he was going to blame this on me somehow. But he did say “remember that thing the truck did to you last year” Yes I did…and he blamed me back then for doing something wrong, even though I had not touched anything. “Well that’s the problem…and we have been having it for a year and we just never got it fixed and now it went totally out”. So it never was my fault…. I knew it!!!!!

So it looked like Skip was going to have to take his chances with the old worn birth certificate.

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Day 5, March 25, 2014, Tuesday

 

Today we were not going to Disney! I know, it’s a complete shock! But I had free tickets to Sea World burning a hole in my pocket. This was also the day I arranged to have a tour of Discovery Cove. My parents were going to go to Sea World as well.

 

I got up early as always and I am sure I walked the grounds a bit, but this is the only picture I have to show for it.

 

 

We all got ready and headed off to Sea World, which was basically just around the corner. It’s very close to the Marriott Grand Vista.

 

 

We drove separately because my parents like to leave early.

Claire and I had to get in line to redeem my vouchers.

 

 

 

When we got the tickets, I asked how to get the shuttle to Discovery Cove and she told me where to go and it sounded easy enough.

 

Tickets in hand, we were ready to enter.

 

 

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Manta went over our head.

 

 

Manta is a coaster that tilts you to your tummy so it appears you are flying under the track…..I wondered what idiot would even think about riding that. Well…. Claire asked to ride it and I told her there is no way she would like that. She was just beginning to like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and this was a big step up.

 

We moved on and found the flamingos……and those that have read reports by me before know that I have an obsession with flamingos and tend to take a lot of pictures of them.

 

 

 

 

 

We already had to make a potty break…God forbid we actually walk in more than 10 steps. LOL.

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We found some rays swimming around.

 

 

 

 

 

We made our way to the back of the park.

 

 

Not our kind of ride (or at least mine as I hate getting wet), but fun to watch.