We started today at oh dark thirty as my dad would say. I took these pictures of our hotel while it was still dark this morning before we headed to catch the 6:30am shuttle to the park.
Unfortunately the next time I got my camera out it wouldn’t work and hasn’t worked all morning L
We got to the park just minutes after the gates open and headed to Tomorrowland to catch the Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin. There was no wait so we rode it 2 times in a row!!! Then we headed over to Space Mountain to do our Parent Swap trick so Eddie and Daniel could ride without waiting. The thing is that you can’t use those fast tickets before 9am so they had to go in the stand by line anyway. The good news is that it was a short line so Alan, Joey and I only had time to walk back to Buzz Lightyear and ride 2 more times and they were getting off the Mountain. I kept fussing with my camera all morning and it is really heartbreaking to be in one of your favorite places on earth and not have a working camera. The lens is doing something very similar to problems my Dad and Kristine have both had with their Sony cameras. I tried very hard not to get overly frustrated and to have a great time without pictures. At least I do have a camera on my cell phone, but it doesn’t do the pictures justice so I didn’t take very many with it.
Eddie absolutely LOVED Space Mountain and we still have the Parent Swap no wait ticket to use this afternoon with him!!
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We decided to head to Adventureland and check out the wait time for the Pirates of the Carribean. On the way we encountered a trick trash can that spit bubbles out at the people walking by. The boys were mesmerized by it. There was no line for the Magic Carpets of Aladdin ride on the way so we jumped on and took it for a spin.
Then it was off to voyage with Captain Jack Sparrow on the Pirages of the Caribbean!!
We had noticed that there was no waiting at the Jungle Cruise so we back tracked and hopped right on the boat they were already loading to take our tour through the jungle!!
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Then it was off to Fantasyland and the Peter Pan’s Flight ride. Daniel parked the stroller and I went to get the Fast Pass tickets. Our luck was changing and we not only got Fast Pass Tickets for Peter Pan’s Flight but for the Mickey’s PhilharMagic 3D show!! We had some time before the tickets were good so we went on It’s a Small World and then hit the show. After the show we had a few minutes before we could use our FP tickets on Peter Pan and there was no waiting on Cinderella’s Golden Carrousel so we took the boys on that. Alan didn’t get the biggest horse that he wanted and he was extremely upset about it so we took advantage of no wait time and rode a second time. Then it was off to Never Never Land and Peter Pan’s Flight!! We were starting to get cranky and grumpy already and it was still very early in the day. We decided to to to Liberty Square and check out the updated Hall of Presidents. On the way we noticed there was a very short wait for the Haunted Mansion and since we’d never gone we got in line there. When they closed us in the Foyer of the mansion Eddie and Alan decided to get scared so we barely made it through the closing doors to the exit. Then we all had a melt down including Mommy!! There was only a 7 min wait for the Hall of Presidents so we decided to take an air conditioned break for the show (now includes Barack Obama) and then head back to the hotel for PBJ lunches and much neaded NAPS!!! When we got to the hotel I ran down to the van to get out my old digital camera, battery and charger. We had lunch got the battery charging for the Cannon and the boys are now just waking up from their naps so we will be headed back to the Magic Kingdom and hopefully we can handle staying until the fireworks J
Daniel was feeling bad for me and the camera situation so it wasn’t as difficult to talk him into a family pic on Main Street in front of Cinderella’s Castle.
Then it was off to our favorite part of the Magic Kingdom, Tommorrow Land. We headed to Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin to get Fast Pass tickets. Then we headed to the Tomorrow Land Speedway for a 30 min wait to drive the race cars.
Then we decided to go investigate Frontier Land. Daniel ran to get Fast Pass tickets for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and then we met up and headed on the ferry to Tom Sawyer’s Island to explore. The boys were very excited for a Tom Sawyer adventure without even knowing who Tom Sawyer was. They went right for the map to make a plan with Daddy.
In fact they were upset when we said it was time to catch the ferry back to Frontier Land. We decided it was time to eat so we went to Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Café for dinner. The boys had a great time playing with giant plastic horse shoes while Daddy went to order our food!!
Mommy and Eddie left dinner early to go ride Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster.
On the way to meet Daddy, Alan and Joey we stopped by the Hall of Presidents to take a picture from the show ealier in the day when Mommy’s camera wasn’t working.
The closer we got to Main Street the more crowed it got so I threw Eddie on my shoulders to navigate our way through the crowd. There was a summer party parade going on making it difficult to get through. We found Daddy, Alan, and Joey and it was time for our Fast Pass tickets to Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin.
Then Eddie, Mommy, and Alan took off to Space Mountain to use our Parent Swap ticket from earlier in the day.
When we got off the ride we found Daddy and Joey at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café with a huge Turkey Leg and slushies!
We all agreed Joey had spent way too much time waiting for his taller brothers to go on all the exciting rides so we headed to Mickey’s Toon Fair where there were rides that he was tall enough to ride.
Then we headed to the Judge’s Tent to meet Mickey and Minnie. It was a long wait, but well worth it as the boys were all very excited to meet “Mouse”!!
Mommy ran to check out the wait time to meet the other classic charaters like Donald, Daisy, Goofy and Pluto. She discovered they had replaced that character meet and greet location with fairies!! So you could go meet the Princesses and Fairies there. Like the girls need one more meet and greet. I swear they are overloaded with girl activities for the little people age group!!
Anyway we decided it was off to the Barnstormer at Goofy’s Wiseacre Farm so Joey could ride a roller coaster too.
We had time to hit Buzz Lightyear one more time before the fireworks.
Then we found a spot for the Fireworks Show in a Tomorrow Land café. Daniel took some pics of the boys with me and the illuminated castle in the background. Then he and Alan left in search of popcorn. When they returned I asked someone to take a family picture. Joey sure didn’t want to cooperate. Then the fireworks started, turns out the seats weren’t so great cuz the fireworks were so high you couldn’t see them because of the awning. So we packed up the stroller and headed outside to get a better view.
Joey fell asleep half way throught the show so when the fireworks were finished Daniel took him back to the room. Mommy, Alan, and Eddie had to hit Buzz just one last time. Then Alan wanted to go on Tomorrow Land Transit Authority. On our way out of the park we got to see the night time SpectroMagic parade!!
Then we made the long walk back to the bus stop to catch the shuttle bus back to the hotel. I taught the boys about the old saying “my dogs are barking” meaning my feet hurt while we waited for the bus. Alan was pretty excited when the clock changed to midnight and I told him it was now tomorrow!!
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