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On the Eighth Day of Disney, Mickey gave to me…Downtown Disney and *another* Mickey’s Christmas Party!

We slept in since we’d had a late night. Decided to make this the DTD day, so we headed out. 1st stop was Once Upon a Toy for a My Little Pony box. Everyone was hungry, so we went to Earl of Sandwich for lunch. Had a B meltdown b/c she doesn’t like “roasty” sandwiches, so I ordered hers lightly done w/ cold meat and got her a small salad and a fruit cup, just to be safe. Oma was miffed that I was “catering” to her, but she did wind up eating well (we all shared the fruit). I needed to go to the World of Memories store for some things for my scrap booking business, but the Christmas store stood in our way. It was REALLY warm inside and I got to not felling well. I went to the WoM, shopped fast and went back out to cool off. Through the whole trip, the girls had been making a list of souvenirs they wanted, so we could buy them at the WoD w/ my AP discount (and make their hard-earned dollars go farther), so we went back that direction. Stopped in the under $10 for a couple of grab bags, which are always fun. Got to WoD (I’m still queasy) and we find that they don’t have most of the items the girls wanted (most notably the Stitch Santa hat). Seems they are trying to compartmentalize more (toys at the toy store, etc), but are not expanding the AP discount to cover the other shops. Sooooo, Oma and M went back to the toy and Christmas stores while I took S & B to the Lego store. DH and Dds sit and build elaborate Lego creations in the evenings, so we always “stuff a cup” for him. This trip, we stuffed a large and a small, got some road plates, plus bought a damaged advent calendar on sale, but still had enough to get a free stuff a box, so it took even longer! The girls had a great time picking out wheels and all sorts of fun things. M found us and we went to the car while she went to get Oma. I misdirected them, so they had a little extra walk and M was hacked off. Also, she and my mom had had it out over a t-shirt M wanted (“she said I was too fat for it” -- “I just asked her if it came in a larger size”…OY!!!) M wanted to go back to CBR, but we were going to GF to see the gingerbread house and for my mom to see the resort. M was royally peeved and I told her she could meet us later, but she decided to make us all miserable instead. Went to the gingerbread house and bought a shingle and some candy, took some photos, and caught the monorail to the MK. Got our MVMCP wristbands and went to CRT for dinner. We all ordered prime rib and it was SO not good (unusual in our experience) It was very overcooked (my med-rare was med-well) and had too much juice, so the potatoes were inedible. My mom refuses to say anything or let anyone else, so we choked it down (along w/ very poor service). We left and went to Frontierland/Adventureland. The girls wanted to ride PoC again, so we did that while my mom waited. Went back toward the hub and walked right up for photos. Found a spot to watch the castle Christmas show, but it was hard to see. We still enjoyed it, though. We cut thru Liberty Square to Fantasyland and did IASW, Peter Pan, and Philharmagic. The girls wanted to ride Space, so M took them while I took my mom to the Tomorrowland Terrace for cocoa/cookies. She decided she wanted to sit there to watch Wishes, so I called M and told her. They met us and we watched from the terrace. I was very bummed that they didn’t even dim the lights, so a lot of the effect was diminished. After Wishes, we went back to Liberty Square, and sent the girls to BTMRR. Went back into the Christmas Shoppe (theme!) then got our parade spot. The girls rode BTMRR twice and met us for the parade. We enjoyed it again (love that parade!) and made our way back to CBR for another late bedtime.