My aunt, uncle and cousin had recommended TL over Blizzard Beach for little ones.
Lilo was waiting to greet us when we walked in.
The shipwreck.
We had bought Henry these Mickey swim trunks/shirt at the Disney Store in Newark, De when we visited (remember, this was before we moved to PA). When you have a boy this fair, you gotta do long sleeved swim shirts.
They had a mini creek with some "rapids" for the kids. Here Henry is taking cover.
He was not a fan.
But he survived.
They had a water play structure that he was much more fond of (Ketchakiddie Creek).
He tired out SUPER fast. He decided to cover himself and take a nap.
We loved the Castaway Creek ride. We each got into rafts and leisurely floated around the water park. At one point Henry climbed in my raft and fell asleep (again) as we continued to float around. I think by this point in the trip he was just exhausted. Exhasution + Sun = Too Much for Henry.
We didn't stay too terribly long at TL due to the sun and heat. We were trying not to overdo it since we had a big night planned.
Due to the "incident" that happened earlier in the vacation (the complicated story that I can't tell on the Internets about my cousin's husband) we were given complimentary tickets to Mickey's Backyard BBQ at the Fort Wilderness Campground.
This turned out to be my favorite dining experience of the trip.
If you go to Disney, I would HIGHLY recommend getting tickets to this dinner show. Tickets are normally very pricey ($55 each) and very hard to get (from what I'd heard), but I think it's worth it.
EVERYTHING here is unlimited. They had a great dinner buffet with all the normal BBQ things (ribs, corn on the cob, corn bread, slaw, watermelon, chicken, mac and cheese, potatoes, salad, etc.) The food was the best I'd had out of any buffet during our visit.
Drinks were unlimited (including alcoholic beverages - several kinds of wine, beer, etc.).
Ice cream was unlimited. They had coolers FULL of the treats that they normally sell at the parks (the crazy popsicles, mickey-shaped ice cream, real-fruit strawberry popsicles, ice cream sandwiches, etc.) You could get as many as you wanted and they kept them stocked until the very end; it was great.
Before the show started (they ask you to arrive at least 30 minutes early) they have characters ready and waiting to greet the kids outside the pavilion. This was a huge perk because we were tired of waiting in lines for characters. There was a limited number of people here and they made sure everyone got through. They also had waitresses bring around cold drinks (punch and lemonade) to people as we waited.
Henry went up on stage before everyone came in... (another part of our long story is that we were the first guests allowed to enter and get our food).
Henry was not into the dance scene.
During one part of the show they had a bunch of announcements for different celebrations (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.) and they announced Dustin's recent graduation from grad school! It surprised him and a few people (probably other survivors of PhD programs) cheered especially loud.
Alyssa, Josh and Laura (my cousin). Laura is 11 days older than me.
When the characters weren't on stage performing, they were right outside the pavilion so you could have more photo ops.
It was a very patriotic, southern show. And even though it was outside with no a/c, there were ceiling fans that kept it reasonably cool.
Ohmigosh. One more day. I'm almost done.
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