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Our Week In Disney World – Part III – Mickey the Chef

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After the Magic Kingdom, we headed over to the Contemporary Resort for our first Disney Dinner: Chef Mickey’s.  Since this was going to be not only an all-you-can-eat buffet, but a character dinner also, we planned ahead and bought NHL an autograph book and pen.  Once we got our table, NHL, B, and B’s parents left to get some food while I sat with JSL.  B and NHL quickly returned, however, as Donald was approaching our table.

We wondered beforehand how NHL would handle the characters.  Previously, he’s expressed fear over costumed characters, but we were hopeful that this Disney trip would cure him of that.  Unfortunately, this wasn’t to be.  At least not this first night.  NHL was willing to say hi to the characters, and have them sign his autograph book, but not to go close to them.  He always kept a wary eye down the aisle to where the characters would be coming from.

NHL, however, didn’t have the worst reaction that night.  That honor belonged to JSL.  The minute he saw Donald Duck, he freaked out.  He grabbed me and wouldn’t let go.  He didn’t care when Donald left, he still looked around for any other characters that might surface.  He refused to eat, even cheese, chicken nuggets, pizza and macaroni and cheese – four of his all-time favorite dishes.  He even refused the birthday cupcake that they brought out.  Eventually, JSL fell asleep.

The meal itself was phenomenal.  The Mickey-shaped raviolis were great as were the salmon and vegetables.  The desserts were spectacular as well.  After eating, we went window shopping in the stores there.  That’s when I found my first must-have.  A small Stitch figure dressed up like Yoda.  As a Star Wars buff as well as a Lilo & Stitch fan, I knew that I was just *going* to have to buy it.

We didn’t actually buy anything at that moment, but we got a few ideas for later.  As we were quite tired, we went back to our room.  The boys were extremely overtired and ran wild between the two rooms.  (We got connecting rooms to increase the space they could run in.)  As they ran wild, the stress of the day took its toll on us as well.  B searched for the phone charger cord and we got into an argument as to whether it was really packed or not.  Clearly, we were all in need of some sleep.  We got the boys to sleep then settled down ourselves for some much earned rest.

Disney Photo of the Day (May 24, 2009)

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While walking from the Magic Kingdom to the Contemporary resort for dinner (more on that later), we saw many of these tiles on the ground.  Most just contained the names of the people that bought the tiles.  This one (and a couple others that I found) contained a proposal.  I felt the need to take a photo of it as it seemed like a truly great idea for a proposal.  Kudos to Darren, and I hope Tanya said yes.

Our Week In Disney World – Part II – Dreams Come True

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When I left off last, we had just arrived at our hotel.  After a quick lunch, picking up our rented double-stroller (rented from Orlando Stroller Rentals, waiting for us at our hotel) and stopping by our room quickly to drop bags off, we headed to the Magic Kingdom.  We didn’t have much time, as we had dinner reservations at Chef Mickey, but we figured we could spend an hour or so walking through the park.  We split up from B’s parents and, after a quick stop to get NHL & JSL’s "1st Time" badges and JSL’s Birthday badge, we walked down Main Street.

We got our first Photo Pass photo taken of all of us (with the kids in the stroller) in front of Cinderella’s Castle.  After taking a photo of all of us, the photographer had NHL cup his hands and look surprised.  NHL complied without asking why.  As we walked away, I let him know that, when we saw the photos online later, Tinkerbell would magically appear in his hands.  This made him quite happy.

We noticed a group of people gathering in front of the castle and stopped to see what was up.  A show was about to start and, as we had some time but not enough to wait on line for rides, we decided to watch the show.  In the Dreams Come True show, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy starred.  Donald thought that no one believed in dreams anymore.  In an effort to prove him wrong, Mickey and his gang had the audience chant "Dreams Come True."  After some fireworks went off around the castle, a few of the Disney Princesses appeared.  Donald and Goofy moved offstage while the Princesses (and their Princes) as well as Mickey and Minnie danced.

Donald and Goofy came back onstage (with Mickey and Minnie leaving).  Goofy said that he always wanted to be a pirate.  On queue, Peter Pan appeared.  Donald got dressed as Captain Hook and Goofy got dressed up as Mr. Smee.  After a short dance number, the real Hook and Smee show up.  Hook attempts to fight Peter pan, but Peter’s too quick for him.  Nevertheless, Hook eventually traps Peter.  Just when things seem grim, Hook gets very nervous at a "Tick-Tock" sound.  No, the croc doesn’t make an appearance, but a clock prop does that the characters toss between themselves frightening Hook away.

Just then, though, Malificent appears.  She declares that she’s going to make nightmares come true instead of dreams.  Everyone onstage prepares to flee, but Donald stands up to her insisting that "Dreams come true!"  Mickey and Donald get the audience to chant it (which NHL dutifully shouted out) and Malificent is defeated.  There’s an ending dance, more fireworks, and kids (both actual and of the grown up variety) leave highly entertained.

When the show was done, we noticed that it was time to meet up with B’s parents and head to the contemporary resort.  Below are some photos from our brief stop in the Magic Kingdom.

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