Disney Character Breakfast

Despite going to bed at midnight we had to be up at 8am to get the shuttle bus into the Disney Village for our Character Breakfast. It was a really grey day so somehow it didn't click in our heads how cold it would be outside so we didn't put on our extra layers before we left the hotel!! So silly of us and we'd packed our warm layers as well so spent a lot of the day being cold. Poor mum kept shivering so much I was really worried about her. She just didn't seem to be able to keep warm at all so if any of us were on a ride then we tried to get her into a shop so she could warm up.

We got to the Disney cafe at the end of the first sitting so saw the Chipmunks, Goofy, King John and, of course, Mickey Mouse (why are they so obsessed with Mickey Mouse!)??? We got our photos taken with them and collected their autographs. Then we could start eating and for me to start drinking fruit juice and tea. The breakfast food seemed better than 3 years ago and Woody and AJ really enjoyed the sausages and bacon and I had some scrambled eggs. It was the usual croissants, pain au chocolats, bread rolls, yogurts, ham, cheese, cereal and my favourite - creme caramels!!! Laura and AJ were happy with their hot chocolate and Woody drank his apple juice. I kept making the children eat as much as possible so that we wouldn't need to eat lunch as it is so expensive now due to 1 Euro = £1. We also saw some strange raggedy cat creature which the children thought was something to do with the Aristocats but who knows.!!! (Pictures are on Facebook - I can't seem to operate the photo function here!!!!)

When we left, we passed the RainForest Cafe so booked a table so that we wouldn't need to queue at the end of the day.

We got into the Park about 1030am and equipped ourselves with maps and timetables of shows and appearances of different characters.

We got onto the train without queueing at all and planned what we were going to do and which chracters we wanted to 'meet and greet'. I drove the rest of our party mad as all I wanted to do was to meet and greet Winnie The Pooh and get our photos done with them!! Firstly, we stopped off at Mickey's Winter Show which we all enjoyed as it was quite fun and they were iceskating which we all enjoy watching.

We got into the queue to see Winnie the Pooh about 15 mins before the end of his meet and greet times. This time, there was Winnie the Pooh, eeyore and Tigger so was pleased about that but would have been good to see Piglet too!! It was so dooly organised as every 10 minutes or so the characters would go off the stage and up to the behind scenes doors and then reappear again and we had no idea if they were coming back or not. Eventually, one of the helpers roped us in the queue in so that no-one else could join. They did photos with each adult and children and signed autographs so it was very ling winded and we must have spent about 40 minutes waiting for our turn to have our photos done and things signed. Anyway, I bought 2 official photos as they were quite good but it was only after I bought it that I realised the prints were 6 x 8 and not 4 x6!! The frames Disney sold were all 4 x 6 or 10 x 8 as well but the photos were the other size so very strange!! The photo that is on my digi camera loks OK so hopefully can get that printed intioa 4 x 6 format so that it will fit into my lovely Winnie tthe Pooh frame that I bought in the Disney Store here.
AJ and Laura went on the Indiana Jones ride and when they came off, they were so excited as they done a full 360 degree loop. I hadn't realised that when they went off to do it but they were so pleased with themselves. they also did the runaway tarin thing which is what I wanted to do but Laura wouldn't let me as she said it was too bumpy and fast for my back. I did do the Buzz Lightyear ride which is where you sit i a carraige and fire a laser gun at Zs and score points which was great fun. Laura and AJ also did the Space Mission 2 ride which is very fast.
All mum and I managed was the rides in Fantasy land for toddlers. we did the Little World boat ride with the very annoying song and did the cup and saucer ride.
We ate a crepe for lunch but it was outside so we were so cold still but there was nowhere up that side where you could sit for just a drink inside. Lots of birds came round us for crumbs which excited Laura a lot and then a man came and swept up all the crumbs that another family had left behind for the birds which was a shame.
After that we saw the parade which was good but it was a shame there were no parades in the dark as they look so spectacular.
It was so much quieter than last time that it was lovely to go round and not be pushed around by other people or queue.
We went off to eat at the rainforest cafe and did the meal deals to keep the cost down. AJ was upset we didn't get a table by the gorillas but apart from that it all went well and we went back to the hotel and the children went off swimming again till 10pm. We all slept well that night and had rearranged our breakfast time so we could get a lie in or at least that was the idea.