We all met up for breakfast around 8:30 or so at Tomorrowland Terrace for French toast (which was just ok but not awful). We sat for almost an hour just because we were already tired of walking lol. The girls wanted to go meet characters that Aidan didn’t want to meet so the boys decided to take the monorail back to Downtown Disney and make Aidan’s remote control car at the custom build your own car place.
Us girls headed off to meet some girly characters but first Piper wanted her face painted. It took about 20 minutes or since there were 2 girls ahead of her but it gave her time to figure out exactly what she wanted to get (a unicorn design).
Next up was Pixie Hollow (about a 30 min wait here) to meet Periwinkle (the newest fairy) and Silvermist. After that we headed to the Brave meet and greet and met Merida (who Piper adores and was beaming at the whole time).
The boys were just getting done with making Aidan’s remote control car and headed back to meet us in Tomorrowland to do a few rides before lunchtime. First though, it was Churro time! Matt’s favorite snack is a Disneyland Churro so everyone got one (except me- I wasn’t too hungry so I just nibbled off Piper’s). Then it was off to ride Jungle Cruise (since it was awful lines the day before). Well the lines weren’t much better today and the crowds were picking up so we just decided to get in line and deal with the wait (which we never do on our Disneyland trips- we avoid lines and crowds at all cost). We waited for maybe 20 minutes or so.
After that we headed back to Tomorrowland and rode Autopia and Space Mountain using our Fast Passes from earlier.
Up next was lunch and our plan was to eat at the Earl of Sandwich in Downtown Disney so we took the monorail back without much of a wait. We placed our orders to go (very reasonable prices and very tasty sandwiches!) and headed back to our room to eat. The kids (and us grown ups) were completely exhausted - it was around 1 or so and had been on the go since 6:30. We all fell asleep right away. Me and Piper (and then Aidan) woke up around 3 and they played their DS’ while I tidied up a bit and got semi packed for tomorrow while also getting ready for our date night tonight.
Everyone else was up around 4 and we all got ready and headed out around 4:30. We popped into a cpl shops (build a bear mostly) and Piper decided that is what she wanted for a souvenir. We didn’t have time to do it then though, so we had to promise her we would come back. We checked the kiddos into Pinocchio’s workshop (the kids club at the Grand Californian hotel) and then walked Clara to the Downtown Disney entrance, explaining how to get back to the hotel lobby to wait for us. Her plan was to shop and grab a light dinner while Matt and I were out for the evening.
By now it was about 5:10 and our dinner reservations at Napa Rose was at 5:30 so we got a cocktail at the Hearthstone Lounge in the hotel and then headed over to dinner. We got seated right away and soon realized our waiter was the same one from last time. His name is Saucy and he is great- amazing service and he’s a sommelier on top if it so he’s very helpful in choosing a wine. Our dinner was great - except I had a wardrobe malfunction and my strap broke soon into dinner! We shared appetizers and got scallops in a lemon lobster vanilla sauce and also Yellow tail sashimi which was amazing. For main courses I got cod with a cranberry and walnut sauce over pesto (actually really really good) and Matt got monkfish and mussels. We each got our own desserts too- I got a dark chocolate and grand marnier mousse and Matt got hot chocolate and doughnuts. Everything was really good- we love that restaurant!
After dinner it was around 7:15 so we met up with Clara (who only had gotten one thing shopping so no big bags to lug around) and then all went to grab the kids from the clubs. We decided to head right over to California Adventure using the private hotel entrance and made our way to Carsland. We all really wanted to ride Radiator Springs racers at night but the lines for it are so long (1-2 hours) unless you do single rider (they pop you into cars wherever there is room so you know you will get split up). Kids were totally comfortable doing so though so we headed over and rode with only about a 20 minute wait. Such a great ride:)
Our plan was to leave at this point but World of Color had just started and the kids wanted to watch. We lucked out finding a circular planter bench kind of set back with no one on it and the kids were all able to stand and watch the whole thing with no waiting like we’ve had to do prior and a decent view. As soon as it was over we headed back and all fell asleep so fast!
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