Denise's Blog: Sunday, December 13 (cont.)

When I left off, we were leaving Magic Kingdom to go take a nap. The time stamp on my next picture (which was taken at the Pop food court) says 12:43pm so we must not have waited very long for a bus. We decided to grab some lunch before we went back to the room. Tom wasn’t sure what he wanted, so we split up to look around. I saw the nachos and decided I wanted them, but they came with jalapenos (which I don’t like). I asked the CM behind the counter if I could get them without the jalapenos, and he very sweetly said, “You can get them any way you want, this is Disney!” When Tom saw my plate, he decided that’s what he wanted, too. They came with a small cup of salsa and a packet of sour cream. I got a cheesecake and chocolate milk, and Tom got a chocolate chip cookie and a Java Monster. It would have been $27.73, but we used 2 CS credits.

A closer look.

Oh. My. Gosh. Those nachos were so good! I make homemade nachos frequently at home, and these were right up there. Very delicious and filling; a great value for the CS credit.

After we ate, we gathered up our things and walked back to the room. We saw this on someone’s window.

As I was taking the picture, I felt little self-conscious. What if someone saw me, and didn’t realize there was a lizard there. That could be awkward!

We got back to the room and I know we were both asleep soon after. Tom has set his alarm for 3:30 so we could freshen up and be back to Magic Kingdom around 4:30pm. When the alarm went off, we had a hard time getting moving, but the lure of the party got us in gear! I forgot to mention it earlier that once you close the curtains in the room, it gets DARK in there. It was very easy to take naps mid-day.

We got to the bus stop and there was a loooooong line at the Magic Kingdom stop. However, there was no one in the Epcot line, and an Epcot bus was waiting. I told Tom we should just take that bus and then take the monorail over to Magic Kingdom. I had been wanting to do the monorail loop anyway, and this way I could. It was a good plan, in theory.

So we got to Epcot and then I realized you have to go through bag check before you can head up the ramp to the monorail. And there was a line at bag check. So we probably didn’t save any time, but at least I got to ride the monorail!

We got to Magic Kingdom and through bag check. They had all non-party guests entering to the left, and party guests entering to the right. There were several CMs standing there to hand out wristbands. We showed our party tickets, got our wristbands, and were able to keep the tickets as souveniers! The CMs had on special party costumes that were different that the ones they had on during the day.

In the above picture, did you notice the woman in the background with the white shorts/top and sun visor? She was randomly stopping guests and asking them if they wanted to take a short survey. Of course I said yes! Anything to increase my chances of getting a PIN in the future! She asked us our email, how many times we had been to WDW (including this trip), and if this was our first hard-ticket event. Then she said that a longer survey would be emailed to us. We ended up getting it a few days later.

We slowly made our way down Main Street, taking a few pictures and enjoying the fading light as the sun was getting ready to set.

I remembered that I had read on the DIS that there was a special pin available during MNNSHP, so we stopped into the Emporium to ask about a MVMCP pin. The CM we talked with was so helpful. She explained that all MVMCP merchandise would be brought out at 7:15pm and that only guests with a party wristband would be allowed to purchase anything. She also wanted us to know that ALL MVMCP products would be 50% off! Silly me thought there was only a pin available, but there was a lot more!

We left the Emporium and continued on. Our goal was to secure a spot in the hub for the Dream Lights show. We got there and found seats along the round flower bed right in the middle of the hub. It was an absolutely perfect view! While I sat and chatted with a family next to us, Tom walked around the hub taking pictures of the character statues.

When he was done, we were both thirsty, so he then went and got us popcorn and sodas to hold us until dinner. The castle show (not the Dream Lights) had started, so I took a few pictures while I waited for Tom to get back. He didn’t take very long at all and was able to catch the last half of it. It was a very cute show and helped to pass the time while we waited for the REAL show!

See the little girl with the ponytail standing up? She was the sweetest thing! Her parents had gone to ride some rides and she was waiting with her grandparents. She was so excited and was talking a mile a minute. Right after the show started (while Tom was still gone) she started coughing and before I knew it, she was leaning over the railing throwing up all over the poinsettias. Better that then the bench, though. I felt so bad for her. Her grandmother was scrambling trying to clean her up; thankfully it was just on her chin. I had a stack of napkins and gave them to her. Then the little girl was crying because her mouth tasted bad, so I asked the grandmother if I could offer her a piece of spearmint gum. She was very grateful. The little girl ended up throwing up two more times and finally they decided they should leave. I was so heartbroken for her.

I was really glad Tom was gone during all this. He has a very weak stomach and will start gagging if he even hears someone else throw up.

The sun was really setting now, and I took a few more pictures of the castle and of the increasing crowds.

At 5:45pm the Move It, Shake It parade started. I walked out to the edge of the hub to get some pictures. It was such an infectious parade, I couldn’t help but dance along (although I did feel a little self-conscious…).