Disney world Day 3!

We took it easy the morning of day 3.  I was able to get a breakfast reservation at Chef Mickey’s at 11.  We had planned on swimming at the hotel that morning before our breakfast, but the pool didn’t open until 10.  We got to Chef Mickey’s a little early, only to be told that they were running about 15 minutes behind.  We explored the Contemporary for a little while and then wandered into one of the gift shops.  They had a set of little Lion King figurines. Hudson is a little obsessed with LK right now and asked for the set.  The only other thing he asked for during our trip was this:

 

:)  So, we happily obliged.  The Lion King set turned out to be a great purchase. It kept Hud very entertained at our non-character meals. :)

We went back over to the little waiting area and our buzzer went off at exactly 11! We were so excited and went over to the hostess – only to find out we had been buzzed by mistake.  But, they went ahead and seated us anyway (and I am really hoping they found a way to seat the family they were supposed to buzz!).

 

The first character we spotted was Chef Goofy!  Goofy is a personal favorite of mine because Hudson can do a perfect imitation of Goofy’s voice and I love it!

I loved watching how excited Hud was to see each character everywhere we went.  He was really anxious to show the “fab five” his Lion King figures on this day.

Chef Donald was next:

Here came Minnie:

And of course, the star of the show!

 

This story is terribly blurry, but it sort of captures how Hud would jump up and down and the characters would imitate him:

Finally, Pluto!  Hud loves him some Pluto. :)

and a family shot with Pluto:

After breakfast, we took the monorail to EPCOT. Not going to lie, Epcot is not a favorite of ours. Which is why we decided to do it on the day when we didn’t have much time. Plus, we didn’t think there would be all that much for us to do there.  Aaaaanway, obligatory shot of Spaceship Earth (which we didn’t ride because last time, Trent and I both fell asleep on it.  Actually, there are a couple of rides in Epcot I have fallen asleep on…):

I wanted a picture of Hud and all the Nemo characters, but he wasn’t having it.  He LOVED Turtle Talk with Crush and the Nemo ride.

And that is it for Epcot pictures.  Hud did love Soarin’ and Test Track.

After Epcot, we decided to head to Downtown Disney for dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express.  We asked a couple of bus drivers for their advice on the best way to get there (you can’t take a bus straight there from Epcot). They suggested Pop Century to DD. We thanked them and then went to the Pop Century line.  A few minutes later, the two men came and found us.  They told us that they were training and that they would drive us directly to DD.  It was SO nice!  They took us right then and dropped us off right in the front. Such a blessing!

Trying to get a picture with Buzz:

A little holiday display near Wolfgang:

 

After finishing the BEST quick service meal ever (seriously it was SO good and FREE!), we headed back to wait for the bus (we forgot that we could take a boat straight back to our resort).  Right by the buses, there was a little area of water sprinklers. Hudson had a blast playing in them (even though as soon as he was done he wanted to “get dry!”):

We accidentally got on the wrong bus (we were staying at Port Orleans French Quarter and got on the bus for Port Orleans Riverside), but we ended up being able to take a beautiful walk back to our resort:

After, a busy day we were all ready to crash and get ready for a day at Hollywood Studios!

One story I want to remember – Hudson really loves our house and especially his bed. :) I thought he would do okay at the resort since we were all in the same room and he could sleep with one of us.  After some initial sadness on the 1st night, he was okay after that (especially once he realized we were all together).  However, the second morning we were there he told me the following:
”Mommy, that bed is NOT pertect (his word for perfect). It is too big. I need to go to Hudson’s house and sleep in my pertect red bed, okay?”

Love my sweet boy. :)