Yeah!! Finally on the ride..
After Dumbo, we were told to head to It's a Small World..they said there is never a line.. there wasn't. We walked right on. It was so nice and cool in there. We were tempted to ride that ride all day. Justin and Kate in It's a Small World...
Here is Kate and Justin getting on the Peter Pan ride. We walked right on... I LOVE the Fast Pass!
After Peter Pan we decided to take a break, get something to drink and rest for a minute until our Fast Pass for Winnie the Pooh was good. Here is Justin and Kate on the Winnie the Pooh Ride.
We walked outside after our ride to see the real Winnie the Pooh. Kate's first character experience. We had no idea how she would react. She did ok with the first picture.
After we left Winnie the Pooh, we headed to Toon Town. Minnie's house was Kate's favorite. I loved to watch her and her curiosity. Here she is in front of Minnie's house.
On Minnie's sewing table.. she is going to be like her great-grandma.
Minnie's fridge.. Kate is checking out what she has.
This was Kate's favorite place in the house.. the green room. It was not easy getting her out of this little space.
After Toon Town.. it was lunch time. We seriously got a lot done in the first few hours. Justin went to the Jungle Cruise and got a Fast Pass for us while we were finishing up eating.
After lunch we went to Pirates of the Caribbean. This was the longest line we waited in. I think we waited about 15-20 min. I had not been on it since they added Johnny Depp's character. We enjoyed it. It was amazing how much the mechanical character looked like Johnny Depp.
Next stop.. the Jungle Cruise. Of course, we had Fast Passes, so there was no wait...
After the Jungle Cruise, we went to the Tiki room to hear the Tiki birds. I used to love the Tiki room, but they redid it... and it was not so enjoyable for me anymore. Kate did manage to fall asleep. She was so tired and our poor little girl did not get her morning nap in.
We heard that the Baby Center in the Magic Kingdom was really nice. After the Tiki room, Justin took Kate to the baby center while my dad and I stopped by the Dole ice cream stand. This was definitely a highlight. They have this pineapple and vanilla ice cream and floats. I had a pineapple float.. it was amazing! A definite must- if you ever go. We got one for Justin and met him at the Baby Center. I was amazed at how clean and nice it was. Of course, Kate woke up as soon as Justin got to the Baby center, but we did take a little rest there.
As we got later in the day my picture taking seriously dropped off... Here is Justin and Kate outside of the Baby center. This is one of my favorite pictures.
Next we headed to the Country Bear Jamboree. I think by this point.. anything in air conditioning sounded good to us. That was not as good I remember it either. Dear Disney people - PLEASE UPDATE the Country Bear Jamboree. Kate was the most difficult at the Jamboree. All she wanted to do was run up and down the isle.. probably a main reason I didn't enjoy it.. Oh, and we were all getting tired.
After the Jamboree, we got a great spot for the Parade. Kate sat in her stroller for the entire parade. I did not think it would keep her attention, but it did.
We were all so tired.. it was about 3:30.. and time for a nap. We headed back to the hotel to lay down. We slept until dinner.
We went to dinner at a The Wave.. it is in the Contemporary Hotel. The restaurant had a cool atmosphere and was so relaxing and quiet.
Then.. back to the Magic Kingdom for fireworks and to see Mickey...
No, I did not take those photos.. but they do a great job of describing the firework show. I was afraid that they would scare Kate, but she did fine. It was a great show!
I really wanted Kate to take a picture with Mickey Mouse. The wait earlier in the day was 45 minutes.. and I didn't want to wait that long. We decided to go after the fireworks, thinking that all the people with kids would have gone home.. we were wrong! We waited about 30 minutes to take this picture... poor Kate.. I hope she likes me when she grows up.. I am sure I am going to drive her crazy!
After we left picture taking.. we walked outside to a monsoon. It was POURING!! At that point, I about lost it.. Justin ran to the nearest gift shop and bought an umbrella and poncho. As soon as he got back to us.. it started drizzling. Justin is sure that Disney turned on some faucet.. to increase poncho and umbrella sales... He was not happy, but now we have a cute Mickey umbrella and poncho.
Just for an FYI.. I highly recommend Tina and Mike's Disney plan. It worked out great for us. I couldn't believe how much Kate could do. It is truly a wonderful place.
What makes Disney so magical? The people, the atmosphere and most of all... this mouse. I can't wait to go back!
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HA! Not morning people!! We're usually in the park before it opens because we make reservations at the Crystal Palace - which you have to do next time. (But most of the time, we're driving that morning from St Pete) :-)
We're going to be going this Sunday. Really wish you guys were here so we could go together!
not to brag, but we went to the opening celebration once and maxx and millie were chosen to wave the magic wands to open the park and then got to ride on dumbo... maxx with mickey mouse and millie with minnie mouse.
and then later that day, they were chosen to decorate a cake with all the pooh characters at the crystal palace (we LOVE to eat a nice quiet lunch there).
i took SO many photos and a lady approached me in the bathroom at the crystal palace and asked if maxx was in the "make a wish program" since we were getting so much special attention. she also asked me if i scrapbooked, since i had such GREAT memories from that day... and you know the answer to that question!!!
okay, so that was totally to brag...
Hi! Thanks for your article. We're taking my 15-month old next week and it's good to know that it can be done! I've gone to Disney since I was a preschooler but I'm a bit apprehensive taking my son for the first time. Thanks for the advice!
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