Cayetano Reunion 2006 Day 2

Friday morning we take the monorail to the Polynesian resort for breakfast at Kona Cafe. Sheila has the Eggs Benedict served with home fried potatoes. I have the Big Kahuna - pancakes, French toast, scrambled eggs, home fried potatoes, ham, bacon, and sausage. The girls have the Mickey Cake - buttermilk pancakes shaped like Mickey with a side of bacon and fruit. After breakfast, we explore the Polynesian resort. When the girls start getting antsy, we head back to our resort for a dip in the pool. After about an hour, and both girls are now as dark as dark can be, we go back up to our room to shower and take a nap.

After our nap, we take a bus to Disney Boardwalk, stroll around, and see the sights. Disney Boardwalk is like a small version of Atlantic City’s boardwalk. Lauren gets a hair wrap while we are there. It only costs $1.50/inch so what the heck right? Well, Lauren's hair is really long (it ended up costing $21 - needless to say, she will keep that hair wrap on until we get our money's worth!). That night, we eat at a restaurant on the Boardwalk called Spoodles. Spoodles is a Mediterranean style restaurant featuring coastal cuisine favorites from such locales as Greece, Italy, Spain and North Africa. We do not have a reservation but they take us in anyway. The chef came out to let us know which foods are okay for Maddie to eat since she has food allergies to peanuts and tree nuts. Our server seems nervous because of this and keeps looking on to make sure Maddie is not eating something she is not supposed to be eating. For starters, we have the Four Cheese Flatbread with roasted garlic puree and sage. Unfortunately, Maddie is not allowed to eat this. The bread they use is from an outside company. They cannot guarantee that it will be totally peanut and nut free. It is delicious though. We try to eat it when Maddie is not looking (sorry Maddie). Sheila has the Rigatoni with mild Italian sausage, tomatoes and Portobello mushrooms and I have the Lemon Chicken with toasted couscous, baby spinach, tomatoes, and capers. Lauren has the Grilled Chicken Breast with Mashed Potatoes and vegetables and Maddie has the Mac and Cheese.

After dinner, we take the bus to the Yacht Club to try to find Beaches and Cream for some Ice Cream. After walking around in circles, we finally find it! It is a small little diner with lots of Ice Cream to choose! One of their famous items is the Kitchen Sink - scoops of vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, coffee and mint chocolate chip, smothered in every topping they have for $21.99. This thing is huge! It is literally the size of a small kitchen sink! While we are there, someone orders the Kitchen Sink and when they bring it out to the table, they have the lights flashing on and and off and a spotlight on the table. Everyone looks and gawks at it and cheers the family on as they try to eat it all. It's no wonder it is so busy here, so we decide to just get our order to go and eat outside on the patio. Seems like we end each day with an ice cream doesn't it? Another great day at Disney!