Friday, June 8th, 2012
Today we woke up
bright and early at 6:45am to catch the
8:15 am bus to the Magic Kingdom. We
rode the bus to the Monorail and arrived at the park in time for opening
ceremonies!! After waiting in line to
get in we were told to take the tickets to guest services to activate
them. It only took a couple extra
minutes to take care of that and we were
off to Tomorrowland. We went right for
Space Mountain before anyone could work up too much fear we got fast pass
tickets for 11:15.
Next we got in line
for Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin.
Then we took the Tomorrowland Transit Authority People Mover to take a
tour of all things you could do in Tomorrowland. Afterwards we saw the wait time for the
Tomorrowland Speedway was only 20 min so we got in line to RACE! Alan was 54” so they let him drive alone,
next was Joey and Daddy, and finally it was Eddie and Mommy (Eddie drove). Alan was having a really hard time and
stopped often. Daddy was pushing his car
from behind and one of the workers jumped in to help Alan run the gas
pedal. Because of the domino Eddie was
also having a hard time going slow enough so Mommy took over the gas pedal and
it really ticked Eddie off. He informed
Daddy of how mean Mommy was before we were even out of the car!
When the race was
finished it was time for Space Mountain.
There were definitely some butterflies and scared people in our group
(Alan and Joey). We all got on and
everyone survived. The wait for Buzz
Lightyear was short so we rode again!!
When we got off Buzz was just getting ready for a meet and greet so we
got to meet him and get our pictures
taken with him J
Daddy promised if we
hit Tomorrowland for some rides right away we could take family pictures in
front of the castle before the rain set in for the day. We made it with overcast skies and then we
were off to Adventureland. We got passes
for the Jungle Cruise then got some ice cream and rode The Pirates of the
Caribbean while we waited for our start time.
As we got off the Jungle Cruise they were closing the ride due to
inclement weather. We headed to
Fantasyland to get Fast Pass tickets to Peter Pan’s Flight. It started down pouring and Mommy accidently
got Fast Pass tickets for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh L It came with bonus Fast Pass tickets for
Mickey’s PhilharMagic 3D show. We had
gotten separated in the rain and with the “magic” of cell phones we met up in
Pinocchio Village Haus and decided to cross the street to see the Mickey’s
PhilharMagic show and get out of the rain.
After the show we got
ahold of Missy and her crew. We met her
on Main Street and wished Aiden a very Happy 9th Birthday!! We grabbed lunch at Casey’s Corner then
headed back to Pirates of the Caribbean to meet up with the rest of Missy’s
group. We made 15 total in our group and
almost filled the whole boat!! After the
boat ride we decided to ride some more roller coasters so we headed to Thunder
Mountain and they let 13 of us through with Missy’s medical pass. Then it was time for Splash Mountain so I
went to visit with Missy while they all got WET!! They would only let 6 people use the pass at
a time so we got to visit for awhile.
When Emily was in the waiting group she made friends with a live
squirrel that was enjoying our gold fish cracker crumbs. That poor girl is caught between two
brothers. Before we moved Eddie proposed
and Joey calls her his girlfriend. When
Grandma Joan asked Emily if she loved Joey yesterday she said “Yes, but I
belong to Eddie”. I noticed she was
holding Eddie’s hand most of the day.
Even though her cousin, Caitlyn, has a BIG crush on Eddie, she was
forced to hold Alan’s hand :P
Missy’s group decided
to go see the Mickey’s PhilharMagic show and the Saucer crew was going to go on
Peter Pan’s Flight, but the wait time was 60 min so we opted to go on It’s a
Small World. Both attractions ended at
the same time so we reunited and tried to use Missy’s pass, but they only let 6
on with it total so Missy’s family, Alan and Mommy went on the ride while Daddy
and the rest of the group got dinner at Pinocchio Village Haus. I hiked back to the group and we headed back
to Tomorrowland where we set up a meeting place for those who weren’t riding to
sit under a covering out of the rain.
Those that wanted to ride grouped and re-grouped to ride Space Mountain,
Buzz Lightyear and the Speedway race track.
When the riders got back they wanted rain ponchos. Once the kids were “covered” they had a blast
puddle jumping and inventing some kind of game with force fields. We decided the rain was bad enough they would
probably cancel the parade and fireworks and if not we didn’t really want to
sit around to wait and find out. We said
our good byes and headed back to our hotels for the night. We were “home” around 9 pm. The kids have showered and are writing in
their journals before bed and tomorrow Missy, Aiden, Alan and Amy will be doing
a VERY special event at Animal Kingdom that will be birthday presents for BOTH
boys!!
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