after attempting to take photos in front of SSE we headed to the bus stop. The kids were pretty tired and crashed as soon as we got back to our room. It was a long day but probably the best day of our vacation.
Wednesday - January 30
This will be our last park day and our plans were AK in the morning and MK at night. I think this ended up being the roughest day for me emotionally and I will get into that later.
We walked into AK about 9:30 which wasn't too bad considering it was a 9am opening and we were up really late the night before. We had a FP for the safari starting at 9:25 so we headed that first. I only took one picture:
mostly because I just wanted to enjoy it. Joseph was so thrilled to see the crocodiles.
Now there is where our day went to south...we were getting our stroller and I got a text from Southwest that our flight the next day was cancelled. I told Aaron and he started freaking out..."I should have stayed home" "I bet our pipes are frozen and the house is going to be destroyed" and so on. The temps back home were really low but we left the water running on our kitchen faucet to prevent the pipes from freezing. He just wasn't having it and was a big old grouch about it. I called Southwest and got on the next available flight which was Friday at 10:50 am so we had to find another room for Thursday night. I decided to go to the guest relations desk at AK, well they told me they don't do hotel stays and I needed to call the wdwstay number. So we found a bench and did just that. The cast member I spoke to said that there was no availability at any value or moderates and the only thing would cost $471 for the night!!! That was about 25% of the spending money I had brought, so now Aaron was really freaking out. I told him that I would get it all taken care of like I always do. Our FP time for Dinosaur was starting now so I said lets just head to dinoland and try to enjoy ourselves a little. We went to the entrance of Dinosaur and we got the riderswitch put on our magicbands so I could ride later with Joseph. They boys got in line and Sadie and I went to ride the triceratops spin ride. The wait was like 5 minutes and then it was "can we go again?" so we got back in line for ride number two!
Then I got a call from Aaron saying that they were about to board the Dinosaur car and they were told it was broken down. So he got a fastpass to return later. I told him to meet us at triceratops spin so we couldall ride together. While in line for ride number three I did mobile order for Restaurantosaurus.
I love this mobile order thing! I wish I could do this for everywhere we eat all the time forever! It was so nice not having to wait in line ever! After we ate we headed to Festival of the Lion King but both kids fell asleep during the show but us adults enjoyed it. Then we walked through Avatar to head back to Dinosaur because Joseph was not going to leave until he rode it!
on the way we stopped so Aaron and Joseph could have their picture with Launchpad McQuack who Aaron said was a favorite of his as a child. So he was pretty happy about that.
While the boys rode Dinosaur I called Pop to see if they could help me with the room problem. Pretty they told me that they could only see availability at Pop and they had nothing for Thursday night so call the wdwstay number. I called again because hey it couldn't hurt. I talked to a really nice cast member who tried really hard to help me. He used to live in the same town that we live in now so it was nice to talk to someone that had that connection to because I felt so lost and hopeless being so far from home with no where to stay the next night. He couldn't find anything either that was within our price range. He told me to keep an eye on the website because their room inventory can change at any minute. I got off the phone with him and just cried....I just couldn't believe that no one could help us! I mean sure if I wanted to spend $471 I could have a place to stay but wow that was out of my budget! The boys came back from their ride on dinosaur and we decided to leave AK. I cried the whole walk to the bus stop. Uh I can't believe I was crying at Disney World! On the way back to Pop I look for an affordable hotel outside Disney property. I ended up calling B Resort and they were about $150 (with resort fee) for the night so I called them. Joseph became friends with another little boy his age and they talked and really had a good time. I cannot express how grateful I am for that interaction he had while I was on the phone with B Resort. It was just so nice to have him occupied while I was on the phone. We got to our room and every one just kind of rested while I started packing since we had to switch hotels the next day. I don't think anyone actually slept but they were off their feet for a while. Then we headed to the dining hall to enjoy dinner before heading to MK. Aaron loved loved loved the turkey sandwich from Pop and I had the kids Salmon meal while the kids shared a side of waffle fries and munched on our plates as well.
‘D the pics of Sadie anxiously waiting for the next character to arrive ... I have so many similar photos! 
