Leaving Epcot we had about an hour and a half until our reservation for dinner. We wanted to leave that much time since we knew we would be taking two monorails to get there. We were so lucky we did.
We rode the monorail from Epcot (had a little bit of a wait but not too bad) back over to the TTC and then got in line for the monorail that goes to the Contemporary resort.
We were about halfway up the ramp when the line stopped and we were stuck there for about 40 minutes.
Finally the line started moving.. but slowly.
Apparently a monorail had broken down on the way around.
We finally got on one and started toward the contemporary.
And then we got stuck.
After a while (15-20 minutes) it started moving again.
Everyone was so relieved.
And then we stopped again.
This time for probably about 20 minutes.
FINALLY it got going again and this time we made it all the way to the resort.
We got to Chef Mickey's with just minutes to spare before our reservation.
Doug went to check in while I took the girls to the bathroom to change their clothes.
They took our picture.
We got a nice window table.
I don't remember why Maddy was sad.
Oh- that's right. It was because she wasn't sad. She was pretending. Goof ball.
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Our waitress told us we could go get our food and the characters would be coming by soon.
It was really hard to go get food because I would leave the table to go get it and then I would see someone was coming toward our table and run back so we wouldn't have to wait for them again.
In fact, Maddy and I did miss Goofy when he first came by.
We pretty much got a little of everything that looked okay and then ate about a fourth of it.
It was okay but not great.
I don't know if it was an off day or what but the last time we were here for dinner it was much better.
Donald came by next.
Then Mickey
Pluto
The girls' favorite part of the place was the never ending soft serve bar.
Minnie was next.
And then we waited around for Goofy to come back.
Our waitress was really nice but we never saw her. We had to hunt her down to ask for our bill (it just was a statement since this was paid on the dining plan) .
The place seemed more chaotic than usual.
Someone puked in the food line right before we left.
You could say it wasn't our favorite meal experience of the trip.
I felt bad since we had changed our Epcot dining plans to this tonight because it was Doug's favorite last time and this time when we left he said he didn't care if we ever ate there again.
Plus if you are not on the dining plan- this was our most expensive meal of the trip. So, if we had been paying out of pocket we would not have been happy.
When we finally got out of there it was after 9:30 and we were all tired and ready for bed!
We did stop to look at the Gingerbread creations though.
So cute.
We went to get back on the monorail.
Luckily this time there were no issues with it and we were soon at Magic Kingdom to catch our bus to Pop.
It was, however, really crowded so it took a while to get a bus.
Once we were on one and sitting down, both girls fell asleep on us within seconds.
By the time we were back at Pop it was 11pm.
Doug took the girls back to the room to get them in bed while I went into the store to pick up some packages we had delivered.
Then when I got to the room I started packing knowing we would need to leave our luggage with the luggage service the next morning before getting over to Magic Kingdom for our last day.
I couldn't do anymore by 1am and decided to finish in the morning and I crashed.
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