We had a 7:30 wake up from Stitch this morning, luckily Bell services were collecting the luggage from the room so it was good we didn't have to drag our cases right through the parking lot to get to reception. We took the bus to AK and walked straight through to Dinoland for our 8:30 Donalds Breakfastosaurus. Now, we did Chef Mickeys last year and loved it but fancied a change this year, I really wished we hadn't, this was probably the worst meal we've ever had on Disney property, runny scrambled egg, really hard bacon, fruit that was on the turn. The characters came over for about 3 seconds each whilst they'd spent ages with us at Chef Mickeys. The doughnuts were quite nice though but all in all, not a great meal.
Expedition Everest loomed and I've been trying to persuade Callum to try this all year, he was still undecided so I told him to get a fastpass and decide later. We did this witha return time of 11:30. We rode Dinosaur (another one my son refused to do lats year - he has very strange ideas of what's going to be too scary) needless to say he loved it. we then did the Kali river rapids and I was lucky(?) enough to get the seat that goes down backwards, hence a thorough soaking, honestly, I had wet knickers all day!, we caught flights of wonder which is one of the under rated shows at AK, its a wonderful bird show, and very funny. Then it was Everest return time... would he do it? we had our fastpasses and walked straight through. Mum was in the very front carriage - not a great place for a rookie, and Cal and I were right behind. Yeek! what a fabulous ride, we screamed like girlies all the way round, I was terrified, it was so funny! the backwards bit is the worst bit, the rest is like a bigger BTMRR. well, we survived, I looked at Callums little ashen stricken face and he says 'Mum, can we ride it again?'.
We all had the jelly legs for a bit so headed for Pocahontas, again another show we've never caught and although it was aimed at the tinies it was lovely and I want a possum!!
We saw the festival of the lion king for the umpteenth time but I never get bored with this, its so uplifting.
A late lunch at Pizzafari then back to Dinoland as Callum wanted to play in the boneyard. We were once again feeling the strain of the heat but my knickers still hadn't dried properly!
It was a nice feeling though to leave AK to catch the bus to POFQ. especially as the bus stop was nearer.
We checked into POFQ at around 5 o'clock, the check in was quick and smooth and they transferred the remainder of our ultimate ticket to our new room key, we had a ground floor apartment in block 7, so once again was as far from the food court as possible, although with the resort being much smaller thsi wasn't a problem. The luggage arrived within minutes and we actually made the effort to unpack here. The room was a lot bigger and it was nice having the privacy curtain cordoning off the sink area, especially as we were on the ground floor. It was nice, too having 2 sinks and extra seating area.
Callum dashed off for a swim as he was dying to try out the serpant slide and later on we caught the little boat to Downtown Disney.
A lovely evening meal at Earl of Sandwich and a bit of shopping and we retired back to POFQ. Mum has cheered up amazingly, she has spent the last week trudging along and I could see she really wasn't enjoying herself but the atmosphere at POFQ made an immediate change in her (and me too to tell the truth).
Back at POFQ I found myself reacquainted with an old travelling companion of mine, Mr Baileys Irish-Cream, now, he's been a reliable and trusted friend over the years and it was lovely to see him again. We spent a few hours confiding our woes to each other then had a lovely nights sleep!
The more I hear, the more I'm getting v interested in the idea of trying TCD next time around. Love the sound of that icewine Martini... 
