Another less-than-awesome start to the day. Maeve had been quite feverish in the night and was still running a temp when we woke up. Dosed her with some paracetamol in the night and in the morning and we managed to get moving. She was keen, bless her, even though her body just had to stop for rests from time to time.We arrived at the park earlier than we had at Disneyland the day before. The plan had been for Morgan to run to the Mysterious Island area and grab us fastpass tickets to Journey to the Centre of the Earth, while we walked fast to the same area and queued for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. But, as it turned out, there was no real queue for either ride that early in the day. Which was good, because there was no getting Maeve to walk fast. We grabbed the fast pass tickets to Journey and then went on the ride on standby (normal tickets).It was a fun ride. The “set” (for want of a better word) was wonderful. Mysterious Island is very steampunk. The inside of the mountain is beautifully done. That is true of every area (or ‘land’) at Disney Sea. Disneyland is cleverly and creatively presented too, of course, but Disney Sea seems (to me, at least) to be a step up.Anyway, the ride was great but, as mentioned, Maeve was ill and was not her usual adventurous self. There was a point where the ride dipped quite steeply and suddenly, and she was not a fan.We did 20,000 Leagues next. Not quite as effective. A slower ride – a ‘submarine’ moving slowly through the depths – which means the special effects and set are more easily scrutinised and there isn’t the same thrill aspect you get with something like Journey (which is effectively a roller coaster). But a nice calming down for Maeve.Our fastpasses for Journey were quite early, so we did that again next. Maeve did it again, slightly under protest, but did enjoy it.Took a break at this point to let her have a lie down on a bench (and me) and rest. Morgan went for Tower of Terror fastpasses. We tried curry popcorn. Was surprisingly good.After that we strolled through Arabian Coast (above) and couldn’t say no to Maeve when she asked to go on Jasmine’s Flying Carpet Ride. Pretty tame – round and round, up and down, with someone in your “carpet” controlling the up and down. Maeve loved it.Then we did the Sinbad’s Storybook Voyage – very reminiscent of It’s a Small World: boat, slow, puppets on all sides. Story and singing was all in Japanese but we got the gist. Enjoyable. Relaxing for Maeve.We hadn’t managed to get her to eat any breakfast so I was happy to get her an icecream. The kids both ate icecreams in the sun while Morgan sought a photo with Jafar:It was a really warm day – not too humid but very warm in the sun. Maeve and I found a shady spot for her to lie down while the boys went and rode the Tower of Terror on our fastpasses. They really loved it and came out singing its praises. Somehow, they convinced Maeve so she and I rode it together on the two remaining fastpasses. She really enjoyed it – thank goodness – so the boys weren’t in trouble.Took the Electric Railroad back to the other side of the park because it was very difficult to convince Maeve to walk anywhere – she was just too tired and sore. Saw a couple of rides while on that which we wanted to come back to later.We ate lunch at the restaurant in Mysterious Island. They had a lovely allergen-free option but she couldn’t be convinced to eat anything other than plain rice. Said everything tasted horrible. 😦Bit of a rest there and then on to the Lost River Delta to use our latest fastpasses on Raging Spirits. We were a bit disappointed that we hadn’t headed straight for that area first thing in the morning, as the Indiana Jones ride had been going in the morning but from mid-morning was “temporarily closed” for the rest of the day. Bummer.Raging Spirits is a pretty vanilla roller coaster, but does have a (very small) 360 degree loop. Maeve saw that on the sign and wasn’t having a bar of it. This despite having ridden The Flying Dinosaur (with a huge 360) at Universal Studios 4 times. So Corwin and I rode that one, and enjoyed it.Maeve had been dying to see Mermaid Lagoon, so we headed there next. Found the caramel popcorn and that was that – I can’t imagine eating any other flavour now.Rode the Flounder Fish Coaster (kids roller coaster – ride possibly less than 1 minute in duration). Made Maeve happy. Wasn’t awful.Went on to Port Discovery to try a couple of rides we’d spotted from the Electric Railway. First was Aquatopia. Neat ride – looks very simple but was neat fun. We all loved it. Rode it again straight away.The boys went off to ride Raging Spirits, which Morgan had missed out on earlier. Maeve and I cashed in fastpasses to ride Nemo and Friends – Searider. A good one for Maeve – a simulator ride. In Japanese but easy to follow. Cute. She wanted to take Morgan on it with the two remaining fastpasses so Corwin and I sat it out. I got more caramel popcorn and he got a Nemo churro.When Maeve got upset at the end of the Nemo ride (because the ‘story’ was different for the one she and Morgan went on, and she wanted him to see the one we’d seen – clearly it rotates through a few story options) we decided to call it a day. She’d done so well to make it to 5pm.

We took her back to the hotel and put her to bed.Tomorrow we think we will come back to Disney Sea. Our passes allow us to choose for the next two days – we can even split the day between parks if we want. We had hoped to do a late night in each park, seeing the night parades, and intended to spread them. Either Mon/Weds or Tues/Thurs, so we didn’t get too tired. But with Maeve being crook that hasn’t been possible. Looks like we’ll do Weds/Thurs.

We didn’t do the most popular ride at Disney Sea yet – the Toy Story one. Wasn’t a big priority for me, as it’s another one of those ‘ride around in a cart shooting at things’ rides – like Buzz Lightyear and Monsters, Inc. were at Disneyland – and I’m not fussed on them. But Corwin is keen.

And we’d like to try and get Maeve on the ride she skipped today too, as it’s well within her normal tolerance and she has this tendency to get all regretful later… “Oh, I wish I’d done that roller coaster with the loop at Disney Sea in Japan. Now I’ll never get to do it…”

But all will depend on how she sleeps tonight and how she feels in the morning. Fingers crossed.