Chef Mickey and Magic Kingdom

I absolutely love Chef Mickey's at The Contemporary.  So when we were booking the vacation, I asked if everyone would be interested in doing this. All said yes!  Based on the size of our party (13) and how crowded the park is this week I was only able to get a Wednesday reservation at 10:40.  We made the executive decision to leave the house at 9 am and head straight there.  Besides the confirmation suggests you give your party 1 1/2 hours travel time for your reservation.  We made it to the restaurant 45 minutes prior to our seating.  Needless to say we had some very hungry people by the time we were seated.  Besides the yummy food we get to see Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto, and Goofy!  I think these are the best characters, also another reason to book this place.  We had some miscommunication with the staff but it all worked itself out and everyone was satisfied with their experience (or so they said).

Josh got this hat at Downtown Disney.  Very cool.

On Monorail to Contemporary

The girls.

Waiting for our table.  We were 45 minutes early.  

More of the group waiting.  Thankfully they have TV.

Just some of the yummy food!!!

Okay not sure what is happening here.  Probable leave me alone so I can eat!

Rose is putting on a good face but inwardly she is freaked out over characters. (Sorry Rose but we still love you!)

Julia was not up for this breakfast.

Stephen with Rebecca!!  Too cute!!!

Of to the park.  It was much easier to separate here as we have such varying heights, ages, and desires.   Bill, kids, and I were able to get some fun things in when we get a call from his sister that his mom is sick and needs to get back to house.  Bill volunteers to do this.  (Isn't he great?!?!)  The kids and I were able to meet up with Mike and Rose, so we did some rides together.  Bill made it back for some rides and food.  On our way out we got caught in some rain, so we decided to do 2 more rides in order to not get drenched.

The Castle!!!

Waiting in Pirates of the Caribbean.  

More waiting.  Actually there was not a lot of waiting.  The wait was less than 10 mins.

The People Mover.  Always fun!

Look out evil Emporer Zurg!!

People Mover a second time.  

Dinner.  This is Abs just hours before getting sick.  You would never know it was coming.

Mike and Rose infront of the Castle at night!!!

As a result of Bill leaving the park we are without pictures from the day.  But in all honesty a lot of it was spent waiting around.  We did get on a few more rides after dinner but the rain came so we had to leave.  Which was good as Abs lost it on the way out!!  Poor Main Street!!!