Disney 2008: Day Three {Pirate & Princess Party}

I think possibly our favorite day on our trip. We had breakfast at the POP food court (yummy Mickey waffles and omlets) and spent a good deal of the morning at the "bowling pin pool". So cute, the whole thing looks like a bowling alley, complete with "lanes" on the sides of the pool. In the early afternoon we took the bus over to the Magic Kingdom- no rush today since we had tickets to the pirate and princess party that night- where the park would be open until 12am. On the bus, we met three super sweet Japanese girls who we ran into in the park later in the day a few times. Even got our picture with them (on their camera). There was an obvious language barrier, but we made ourselves understood- especially discussing sushi. Met a few characters on Main Street and ran into Jacque who was one of our dream team members from last year (I think this was actually the 3rd time we ran into her on the trip so far!). She was as sweet as ever. The boys and I rode Big Thunder a bunch of times. We were squished in the same row so these were the best pictures I could get. But I really love them- they just show the whole spirit of that ride!

We spent some time hitting a few rides, the boys took some pictures of me, dodged the water spitting tiki heads, had some more laughs on the teacups (the big boys used to call them the "teapups" so that’s what they still are in our family) and went to Cinderella’s Royal Table for dinner. Before going in, Patrick and Timmy got pirated-up. Timmy LOVED his mustache and beard! And you gotta admit he was the cutest pirate ever. Jack didn’t want to participate. He scammed Patrick’s eyepatch later in the night though once he found his "inner pirate". The wait was looooong to both see Cinderella and to get seated. None of us were particularly pleased with that- especially since it made us miss the Pirate/Princess parade. We met the "new Nelson"- the chef from the restaurant who holds a strong resembelance to our chef. Even got him to pose for a quick picture with John (who is smiling because he had recently taken a Percoset).

There were virtually no lines for any of the rides and we rode everything all night long- including Big Thunder 4 times in a row while John took Timmy on Buzz 8 times in a row. Of course, we did Pirates of the Carribean a bunch of times too along with Peter Pan. We were even lucky enough to see Peter and Wendy for pictures. We caught some singing cowboys on the way back from Big Thunder and they were really good! The boys loved their songs.

The original plan was to have John take Timmy back to the hotel after the Pirate fireworks (which are the BEST fireworks show ever)at around 10pm, but we were all having soooo much fun, that we just kept going. We hit the last showing of Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Tutorial- that was so funny and cute. Patrick got picked as a pirate and got a certificate and everything.  All the boys were huge troopers and we were out in the park until closing at midnight. By the time we caught a bus and made it back to the hotel it was close to 1am. Timmy only just fell asleep on the bus 5 minutes away from the hotel. Maybe he really is a pirate at heart!