Day Three - 9/19/2015...Magic Kingdom Part 1
Two things...
1. At this point in the trip I can no longer lie to myself. I was sick. Yes, I was full of adrenaline but no, it did not matter. My throat felt like death. My head felt worse than death. I was so congested that I felt like I was high even before medicating myself. My husband was sicker. Robin was coughing like she was a 98 year old that had smoked 4 packs a day for most of her life and Willow sounded like she had pneumonia. We were a mess and we were passing the Delsym like it was beer bong at a frat party.
2. And this is important...leave now if any of the following applies to you...
You hate children, you have only well behaved children, you have very young children that have not yet blessed you with tantrums from the realm of hell, (can I say that on here?), you have children who have had tantrums and so you think you know but you really don't know. I tell you this because the night did not end well. I tell you this because I know my children are not perfect but I also don't want to read nasty comments. I tell you this because I get it, I judge people all the time...I am the Patron Saint of Judgy B!7@#$ and you can judge me all you want but please not for how this night ended. I tell you because at one point in my life all of the above applied to me...I hated kids, I had no kids, I had well behaved kids, I had kids that threw "tantrums" so I thought I knew but I did not
really know but NOW I know...you know what I'm saying? So at this point in my life I actually rarely judge when I see kids throwing absolute fits. Because you just never know what is going on at the one moment. So go on...come back at day 4 if you need to. Just please don't read this and then be a jerk, okay?
So here it goes...I really wanted to make it to MK for rope drop and the welcome show. We left the resort at like 8:10 and I really thought that would be enough time but it wasn't. Fail. That's okay though - we were at MK and I was not going to let that make me sad. We did end up seeing the Trolley Show and that made me happy! We had FPs for Space Mountain, 7DMT, and Peter Pan. I was a little nervous as to how and where to start for 2 reasons...1, I was worried that Shade would be leery about riding the rides. We have never taken him to an amusement park before and he is nervous when it comes to the unknown. So I didn't want to start out with something that would ruin him for the rest of the trip and make him not want to try anything. 2, I wanted to make sure we were not bouncing back and forth between Tomorrwland and Fantasyland because of the FPs. I wanted it to just flow smoothly. We started out with the PeopleMover and then the Astro Orbiter and so on. Once we did Stitch and he survived I figured we could finally move on to our FP for Space Mtn. I was so happy when he made it out without crying and a smile on his face! We were able to finish Tomorrowland and part of Fantasyland before we headed back to the hub so I could see the Festival of Fantasy parade. This parade was AWESOME. I loved it! I had to rearrange our FPs shortly after the 60 day window opened because I really wanted to see this parade and I am glad I did that! I will post pics after I write this up just because of the tedious nature of posting from home. After the parade we went back to Fantasyland for a bit before having to head back to the Crystal Palace for a dinner ADR. It was pretty decent...the characters came over fairly quickly which made me happy because when we were seated we were told it could take up to 90 minutes for them to come. When I first heard that I was like "uh, no...we will be stuffed and done within like 45 minutes...this could suck if we have to wait that long" but we didn't so no harm, no foul. After dinner we went back to try to finish up Fantasyland before the castle show and Wishes started. We were pretty successful...the only thing we didn't end up doing was the Journey of the Little Mermaid because it was almost time for the Electric Light Parade, castle show and then Wishes.
Okay so here's your last chance to bail and come back for day 4 because things are about to get ugly.
Still here? Okay....
Shade is a good kid. Honest - I mean he's boy so he's a little more naughty than the girls ever were but he is far from being a major jerk. I can honestly say in his 6 years on this planet he has had MAYBE 3 major meltdowns and EVERY time it was because he was over tired. When he gets like that there is no bribing him, no threatening him, no sweet talking him, no mean talking him, no counting to 5, no anything at all. Nothing. Sleep...that's all that will help. And I'm telling you three times has he ever been this bad and yes, I know it has been my fault each and every time for letting him get to that point. I knew this going into the trip. All day I watched him and monitored him and made sure I was reading him and his reactions, his mood, the fact that he gets a lazy eye when he gets tired...all of it, AND HE WAS FINE!!!! Even the lazy eye never made an appearance. So what the heck happened?!?! How did he go from fine to not even remotely fine in like 5 minutes flat? I'll never know...but it happened. After Wishes I knew we should wrap things up. I asked my husband if he minded taking Shade and heading towards the ferry and then the car while I took the girls into the shops along Main St for a bit. We like to shop and we hadn't done that yet at all that day. My husband said he didn't mind at all. At that point I told Shade that he was going to go with daddy and that he could even have my phone for a little bit so he could play a game or watch something once they got to the car. He was totally fine with it, I gave them both a kiss and we parted ways. Do any of the rest of you get TERRIBLE phone reception while at WDW? We do. The girls and I were in the store for about 20 minutes before both of their phones started blowing up with text messages from my husband because we finally got a spurt of reception. He was freaking out! Apparently once they got near the Main St .train station Shade decided he wanted mommy. My husband did not want to go back into the stores to look for me because he was afraid we would cross paths without knowing and I would end up at the car with the girls and my mom, (forgot about her, didn't ya?
) and he would still be wandering around trying to find us and since there was awful reception we wouldn't be able to call each other. He tried to explain this to Shade but he kept insisting and insisting that he wanted me. At that point it escalated into a full blown tantrum with my son saying over and over again "I want my mommy, I want my mommy". Needless to say Shade was approached by 2 different women who started asking him questions regarding his mommy and her whereabouts. My husband said neither would even acknowledge the answers he was trying to provide them and shortly after the second one left security came and starting to question my husband and his relationship to our son. Ugh. I cannot even. First...I am thankful for the women and security - props to them! Second...how humiliating is that? My husband was furious and I really don't blame him at all. I don't even blame any witnesses for thinking my child was awful and my husband sucked at parenting. Neither are true but I get it...you see one moment and think you know the whole situation. Still...it was awful. By the time I was finally getting the messages I dropped everything we were going to buy and just booked it to the front of the park. I got there and Shade was done with the outburst...like it never happened. Once we were in the car Shade said about 3 words and was out. Lesson learned...even when he seems fine, he can't go all day. I should have known better. We all took our shots of Delsym when we got back to the room and for about 10 minutes I wished I had something harder after what happened lol. You know for the first few days after we got home I kept checking that thread that was started recently - "what was the worst meltdown you've seen at the parks" because I was SO afraid I would see someone talking about this night. Why would I do that to myself? Glutton for punishment I guess.
Stay tuned for pics and Day 4 and thanks for not judging us too hard!!
