We have visited Disney three times now and hands down the Magic Kingdom is our favorite place to go. There's just something so magical (cheese huh) about it. This time was no different and we actually ended up spending two days there (and skipped Animal Kingdom). The first day we went to see Mickey first thing because we had heard the line could get long. Addie and Carter were super excited to meet him and felt very special going "behind the scenes at his movie theatre).
After Mickey came the princesses (again). Addie asked Henry who his favorite princess was and he told her Belle so she brought her Belle dress to the park since "Daddy likes her best." She changed into it and got in line. What's funny is that Addie was awestruck when she saw them and Carter just sat there and chatted with them. He told them all about Buzz and Woody and made mention that he liked Cars too. The girls ate it up!
Now that we had knocked out the big meet and greet (or so we thought) we headed into the park to have fun. We rode the Buzz Lightyear ride (super fun), the Race cars (Carter's favorite), Snow White, Winnie the Pooh, the Carousal and then called it a day. We took the kids back, gave them naps, and then returned for nighttime fun. I have to say this was the best idea. They were both so tired and would have melted down by 5 if we hadn't taken a break. It also gave Henry and I time to get things packed up for the trip home without staying up until midnight (which we did anyway because we were having so much fun at the park).
We call this Carter's thinking face. He made it over and over whenever he was really concentrating on something and it was so funny!
After we got back we headed to Pirates of the Caribbean, met pirate Goofy, rode the ride, and then went to dinner.
Post dinner we hopped into a short Haunted Mansion line (the ride stopped halfway though so we were stuck listening to the ghosts howl for a bit. The kids loved it though. Not once were they scared) and then went to Tomorrowland to ride the people mover. Sounds boring huh? Actually it was pretty cool. It takes you inside Space Mountain and all over Tomorrowland. Addie in fact said to was one of her favorite "rides." We came back, Jungle Cruised, and then staked out a place for the parade with our delish Dole Whip.
After the parade Addie decided that she was ready to ride a roller coaster. I told Henry to jump on her decision and go before she could chicken out. So our Addie girl rode her first big girl roller coaster, Big Thunder Railroad, at 10:00pm! She said it was a bit scary but not too bad. :) We stayed for another 45 minutes and then high tailed it to the parking lot.
The next day we gave them the choice of Animal Kingdom or Magic Kingdom and they both chose Magic Kingdom. Addie had wanted to see Rapunzel the day before but the line was out of control (4+ hours) so we said no. Today we made a beeline for the Rapunzel line thinking for sure we would be one of the first ones there. Nope, the people staying in the Disney hotels got an extra hour and were in line before us. Henry was a great sport and waited in line while we rode rides. See
this post for the details about seeing her. It was worth the wait.
Post Rapunzel we rode the people mover again, got lunch, took pictures, Carter took a nap, and watched a parade. Again, once the parade was over Addie decided she HAD to ride the roller coaster again so off she and Henry went with their fast passes. Carter and I watched and took pictures and the poor guy cried the whole time because all he wanted to do was ride the choo choo too. Next time buddy for sure!
After a brief visit with Woody and Jesse we hit the road. Goodbye Disney for now... we will for sure be back soon.
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