Kelli and Mike's Disneymoon

Monday, July 30

We woke up early and headed for breakfast. A very tame Northern Cardinal, Fish Crow and Eastern Towhee greeted us as we walked to the food court from our room. It was about a five minute walk crossing two bridges on and off Ol’ Man Island where the main pool was.

Breakfast consisted of pancakes with sausage, bacon and fruit; french toast with sausage, bacon and fruit, coffee, 2 milks, and OJ. The dinning plan is feeding us well.

We ate in the turning shadows of the paddle wheel from the morning sun. Our plan was to enjoy Disney in a more relaxing pace and to try new things.

Our first stop, wearing our ears, was Magic Kingdom (MK), by bus. Security had everyone applaud the newlyweds (us) at the check site. Then we received our "Just Married" buttons from City Hall on Main Street.(These free buttons are also available for "First Visit", "Anniversary" and "Birthday."

We caught the “Dream-Along with Mickey” show in front of the Magic Castle- a nice way to start our Disney experience.

Our first Disney ride as a married couple was “It’s a Small World”. It was a walk on. They gave us our own boat. We noticed that the park was empty for first hour and a half.

We had a 5 minute wait for Peter Pan’s Flight, and then did Mickey's PhilharMagic; Tomorrowland® Transit Authority; Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress and then Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin (we had lousy scores with Mike 59,400, Kelli 54,800)

We left the park at 12:45 to avoid the heat and crowds for quick rest.

We left for the Contemporary Hotel at 3:45 for our Advanced Dining Reservation (ADR) at Chef Mickey’s at 5. We first took bus to MK then the monorail to the Contemporary. The monorail stops inside the hotel and it only took us only 30 minutes so we shopped in their gift shop.

Chef Mickey’s is Character Dinner Buffet for $69.70/for two. Chef Mickey, Goofy, Minnie, Donald Duck, and Pluto visited us at our table.

Great buffet food. The Tamarind Glazed Salmon, Mandarin Orange Glazed Baby Carrots, Parmesan Mashed Potatoes were awesome. Desserts were varied and good.

During the meal waiters brought out decorated cupcakes to tables celebrating events like our honeymoon and after making everyone wave their napkins with music playing -Chef Mickey personally came by to each table with the cupcake to mark the event. The characters were great and helped us pose for some great pictures.

After dinner we took the monorail all the way around back to the MK and did the new Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor, both us enjoyed this new attraction. After that it was The Enchanted Tiki Room; Pirates of the Caribbean -all with short waits.

We saw Wishes Nighttime Spectacular fireworks from the bridge from Tomorrow Land to the Castle with Tinkerbelle flying right over us. This positioned us to jump on Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin before the lines formed again. We had almost no wait (we did better with Mike 125,100, Kelli 149,800, yes she beat me!)

We headed back. The bus dropped a tired Kelli off at the main building where she went shopping while I went back to the room by bus to get our mugs (unlimited drinks) and “New Yorked it” (fast walked) back to Kelli for a late night snack – Apple Pie and two scoops of ice cream.

Hanging out with Goofy