Our first full day and I mean full. Interestingly, as it turns out, granddaughter does not want to do the rides very much, but rather meet as many characters as she can. This, too involves waiting in lines; made a bit more complicated by not being sure of where characters will be at any given time. There is an “autograph book” (they purchased of course) and yesterday it was Daisy Duck, Princess Aurora and Princess Jasmin.

It was hot and crowded and granddaughter was struggling with all the walking by the time we got way around to The Living Seas. The line for the actual aquarium – at almost 6 million gallons – was also long. We did have to wait until nearly 1:00 for our table, but the kids had each had a crepe in “France” about 10:30 and granddaughter had a gelato in “Italy” which did help. Once we sat and she saw the amazing fish, sharks, rays, and turtles swimming around as we watched from our table with a clear view, she perked up; at least for that. I had mahi; son did salmon; daughter-in-law had chicken, as did granddaughter; and Hubby had shrimp and grits. All were excellent.

Hubby did stay after to go through the aquarium and a couple of other things as we came back for the pool. Also crowded, but set up well for kids. There were large sections under four feet deep so that worked well. The late night dining is a bit on the difficult side although manageable so far and we had plenty of time to kill when we went over. That allowed time to go into a cute Muppet show, then walk through one of the Star Wars areas. The main attraction still had a 2 hour wait time at 7:30 at night. Glad we weren’t planning it. Dinner at Italian place was okay for me – an average chicken parm, Hubby’s pasta was good, but chicken overcooked. Son and daughter-in-law thoroughly enjoyed their pastas. The ciabatta rolls were right out of the oven and the season olive oil for dipping was excellent.

We have an extra early start today.