Wednesday, we were up super early for breakfast at 'Ohana at the Polynesian Resort. Our reservation was at 7:50 which meant we had to be downstairs and ready to go before 7:30!! And I had to check in for my meeting before hand too! The Polynesian hotel was very nice. Felt like I'd walked into Hawaii.
Waiting in line to check in.
Pre-breakfast family photo.
Ryleigh can see the characters coming. Breakfast was neat here. It's served family style. So a plate of fruit was already on the table along with juice. A skillet with eggs, biscuits, potatoes, bacon and sausage was brought out. You could have as much or as little of something. If you needed more, you just had to ask. Every 10-15 min or so they'd come around with fresh Mickey shaped waffles in a basket. Again, all you had to do was catch them as they came around. We thought it was a cool way to serve food. Made for a very quick breakfast.
And because our reservation was so early, there weren't very many people there. Notice all the empty seats! We got to see all the characters really quickly too.
Here's Lilo making fun of me for not having my camera in the right mode :)
Ryleigh liked Stitch.
And of course Mickey!
And Pluto! I think this is the only place we saw him.
Once again - front of the line for the dance to "Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride". This has been one my favorite "Hawaiian" songs since freshman year of college. One of those quirky happy songs. I was singing along when they were dancing :)
After Breakfast, we wandered around the Polynesian Resort for a while and did some shopping. Ryleigh got a new dress and a little Stitch. When we got back to our hotel, Ryleigh and Chris relaxed and got ready to hit the pool while I went down to my conference. This day we did our demonstration of our new simulator that we use to perform scenarios for our students. The demo went well. I had to play surgeon and got to work with a girl who is an instructor at Rush University who played the perfusionist. Our second year students (who did not work with this simulator) were blown away by it. So many of them ran up to me saying "why didn't we get that?!" Neat to hear that they think it would have been a useful tool for them.
Chris and Ryleigh hit up the pool - Finally! Ryleigh was DYING to go in the pool. I think she's officially found her inner fish. Which means swim lessons are a must this year. I met Chris and Ry down by the pool for lunch at the poolside restaurant. Then had to go back to my meeting for a while. After my meeting we'd intended to go back to a park, but we were tired! So we all lounged around, and took naps.
Here's Ryleigh playing on her iPod Touch. Chris pointed out that her headphones weren't plugged in, but she thought they were serving a purpose. Notice her little Stitch. He's so cute!
But Stitch did get in some trouble. He decided he needed to watch a show too!
By 9pm we decided we needed food, but we didn't want to get dressed up to get any. So we ordered room service - Grilled Cheese, Chicken Fingers, and Cake. Not the healtiest, but it's vacation. Ryleigh decided she JUST wanted Carrot Cake for dinner. It was good!
We all caught up on some sleep and rested up for the rest of our Disney Adventures.
