Laundry Day

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Well today was laundry day. I got up early and got things started. $2 to wash and $2 to dry. Yikes! We were running out of clean clothes so it was definitely necessary.

Tim, Josh, and Jessi went back to Epcot to ride the Soarin and Test Track again. They were able to ride soarin twice before the wait got too long. They spent the whole day at Epcot until we met them at the German Beirgarten for dinner.

Jake and Jenni slept until almost 11:00 a.m. I was able to get all the laundry done and most of the RV cleaned up. It wasn’t too bad because we aren’t in it for long.

When they got up and around we headed out for Magic Kingdom. We ate at the hot dog, corn dog baseball place again. The kids like the little corn dogs. We walked around and rode the Mickey’s Philharmonic. This is a really cool theatre 3D movie. It combines several of the movies and things come flying at you. At one point the broom from Beauty and the Beast throws a bucket of water on you and you actually get sprinkles of water on you. We loved this one.
Then we went to ride “It’s a Small World”. This is pretty lame but very colorful. One book said you will be sick of the song by the time you get off of the ride and that was pretty close to true. It is a boat ride through several rooms with little dolls decorated for different countries. Not much action but ok.

Next we went to meet Tim and Jessi and Josh at Epcot. We headed for Germany and the Beer Gartein. This was a really awesome restaurant. The tables were arranged on different levels all facing the stage. It was a buffet and thankfully they had macaroni and cheese on it for the kids. Tim and I loved the food. It was really spectacular. Then the entertainment started. It was really fun. Of course they had a small dance floor. Josh and Jenni went out and danced up a storm. They were so adorable. Jake and Jessi wouldn’t go. The squares! Josh and Jenni were swirling each other around. I got most of it on video. It was truly precious.

After dinner we headed to the gift shop. I had been putting this off but I figured I better let them spend their money. Unfortunately they didn’t get it all spent. So now I’m having to keep track of whose money is whose. They purchased some cool stuff though.

Next we headed back to the campground. When we got in, Jake, Jessi and I decided to go to the Magic Kingdom extra magic hours. We left here around 11:00 p.m. The park is open till 2:00 a.m. this morning. We headed straight for Space Mountain. I really thought they would chicken out. Jessi was really nervous. She did it though and of course the first thing out of her mouth was “lets go again.”. I’m really excited that my kids are finally liking roller coasters. The wait for this ride during the day can be as long as an hour and ½. We made it through twice in 30 minutes. We like those extra hours. The magic hours are only for guests staying in one of the Disney resorts. I was amazed at how many young tolddler kids were out that late.
After Space Mountain, we went and rode the race cars again for Jake and did the Buzz lightyear ride. By now it was pushing 1:30 and Jake was ready to head back.

This was really fun and awesome! We had a great day. Jessi was the real trooper because she was in a park from 8:30 a.m. till 1:30 a.m.