We arrived early enough in the day to do both Big Thunder Railroad and Splash Mountain several times in a row. (Ohhh, and I should've mentioned this before, Arwen and I renamed whatever we wanted - to what we could remember it to be...including animals at Animal Kingdom...soooooo, just in case you don't recognize the names, or think they renamed it....they didn't, we did!) 
Back on the dreaded Tea Cups, this time with no Sarah - forced on...and Tonya just had to try to spin it...thanks. I really hate the Merry go Round and Tea Cups...why did I find myself on them ALL the time, right after every meal?????
We ate at the Crystal Terrace and had a meal with Winnie the Pooh and Friends. And again, poor Maiya was terrified. She ate very little and spent most of her time...under the table.
Maiya under the table...Piglet was coming around...
Swiss Family Robinson's Treehouse...
Sarah and I met up when I had the two little ones and we road on the paddle (river?) boat and explored Tom Sawyer's Island until it got too dark. Kb and Maiya had soooo much fun running around exploring the island! (Did I mention...I love Sarah, she is the best!)
Late in the day, I took my girls to go see the Princesses in Toon Town. There was a very short line and we took advantage of it. Kp got to see Cinderella and she was sooooo happy. When I exited and met up with everyone else, Kd was displeased that he didn't see the Princesses. Last year, that is all we did...wait in line after line to get a picture and autograph of the Princesses and other characters. We skipped that part this year. But he REALLY wanted to see the Princesses...so back in line I went, with my son. Luckily Maiya and Tonya joined us, so that it wasn't just Kd and I going through. He was tickled pink when meeting with the princesses! He even gained a kiss from Belle! Too cute!
One of Hubby's most favorite rides is the Jungle Cruise. He just loves the dry humor of it all. Well, the first tour guide we had was really bad. Really, really bad. This is one of the two rides Sarah usually works on, SOOOO with an itty bitty favor, we got a guest tour guide and a private tour - and she was great!!!
The little ones (Kb and Maiya) were so tired at the end of a long day, that I took them and sat between Splash and Thunder Mountain. They totally fell asleep on my lap while the others rode another round of each of the Mountain rides. Precious!
One of the several times we split up, Arwen somehow got stuck with ALL the munchkins under 44 in. A group of us were going on SpaceMountain, and she was going to take all the little ones on that one ride that you sit in and it takes you all around Future World. OK - we were also blessed (*thanks*) with 6 free drinks. Arwen went to get all the drinks then take the 4 kiddos on the ride. The six extra drinks really caused her to be short on hands and when getting ready to board the ride one went sliding under the ride. Then Kd (being his helpful self) went flying under the car to retrieve it...ride grinds to a halt. Nice. Anyway, he didn't get lost and they all enjoyed the ride. End of story.
Sleepy time on the bus...and another bus story: At the end of the day, the bus drivers take it as their life life goal to see how many people they can fit on the bus. Well our crew of 13 was at the very end of a very long line. At this point, Kb and Maiya were still sleeping (from falling asleep on my lap...yep, LONG walk out of the park). The bus driver yelled for everyone to move back to make room for us. Seriously there was room to fit two (maybe) more on the bus. All 13 of us were not going to fit. Conversations to follow:
Hubby: Sir, I don't think we are all going to fit.
Bus Driver: I have room. AND if you are carrying a child, you get a seat. (He then proceeded to make older people, and younger kids get up to make room for us to have a seat. Not to mention that the rest of our little ones would have to stand and hold on - although they loved to try this, they were far too young to make it the whole way home in such a manner. AND they are to have a 5 point harness at home, why is it legal for them to stand on a bus???? Hummm????)
Hubby: Sir, I am not going to make those people stand and I am more concerned for my children's safety then seeing how many more you can fit on, I am not riding this bus (tense moment as we all disembark the bus).
Bus Driver (yelling to the rest of the line): I have room for more. (A few more who had no problems standing to hold on entered...)
As they did another bus pulled up behind him, sooooooo all those people were crammed into that bus for NO reason! We all had seats and enjoyed our ride home!
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