Our favorite Disney park is Magic Kingdom. Every time we go that is what we love the most. It is the classic Disney place and has the most little rides for the kids. And it has that magical feel with the castle and all. We have been to Disney when the lines were SO long and it was SO hot, this felt just right. Short lines and fantastic weather.
We often talk about our favorite rides and the Mickey's Phil
Harmagic comes up a lot. Such a fun little show, and you have to love the 3-D glasses.
We hopped on the train as soon as we got in the park and hit frontier land so we could ride Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road first before the lines got busy...we were on and off a few times before the crowds showed up. Then off to
fantasy land to get our fast passes for Pooh' s honey pot ride (The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh). When we were kids, that ride was where Mister Toad's Wild Ride used to be but Pooh Bear took over that spot in 1998.
We are all too big to fit in one tea cup now...our legs are too long.
Tissy often likes to ride with me, I tend not to spin the cup.
One of the reasons of this trip was for
Tristen's birthday. Could she be any more cute? Yep...that is our 9 year old.
We have this tradition of eating at the place next to Small World (I think that started with you
Shaleen). We try and get a place by the window and the girls wave to all the boats going past. I have also learned at Disney to just eat "clean up" on the food. The kids never finish and it is less expensive to eat their left overs and munch off of Chuck's meal. We always have a backpack full of granola bars and crackers and snacks for the rest of the day.
We also love
Goofy's Barn Stormers
roller coaster. It is such a short ride, but a good beginning for introducing
roller coasters to kids. Here Chuck and
Tissy are at the top just getting ready to go down.
We don't tend to wait in line to see the characters. Mickey is the only one that we wait for.
Tissy and I
usually do this while Chuck and Tally are on Space Mountain. We have learned the fastest way to see Mickey is to go through Mickey's house and wait in the judges tent (where you get to watch cartoons in the shade) to see him. This time Minnie was with him.
Here we are waiting in line for Cinderella's
carousel, another mellow ride. Waiting in line is a great place for people watching.
Back over to frontier land and we spent some time on Tom Sawyer Island. It is a fun place to explore around. The river boat is right behind us
Here we are trying really hard to get us all in. I think we all look happy here. =)
Enjoying the tree house. As much as we enjoy Disney, the girls aren't really familiar with a lot of the stories and movies. But we enjoy it anyway.
This was
Tristen's first time on Splash Mountain. She tends to be pretty scared of the unknown, but she LOVED this ride. And we all got soaked. Good thing it was the end of the day and we were almost done.
Walking out at the end...if you look closely you can see how wet we are.
Our only mistake of the day...not taking a picture in front of the
castle when we looked good...by the end we were pretty wet and
haggard. But we had a great day.
Needless to say...we all loved this old car. This is Chuck's dad's toy. We were all able to fit in the back seat. The girls loved that it didn't have seat belts and that they could hang out the window. Good thing we weren't going far. Thanks Grandpa for the ride.
I had every intention of getting this post done last Thursday and then...life happens. Somehow it is always like that. I got distracted by friends and projects and "to do" lists and having people over for dinner and schooling and appointments...life just gets in the way of my agenda. In fact that is a whole different post, trying to have a good attitude of taking care of everyone elses agenda and letting my agenda slip quietly by unnoticed.
While they were doing that Tissy and I visited some characters and took some really cute pictures.
Here we are on the Primevil Whirl. This was the only ride that was longer than the sign said. It said the wait was for 10 min. but we waited about 20. Once was all I needed on this one, kind of jerky and old fashion.
This park has some great shows. The Nemo show and the Lion King show are both great. Of course the highlight of the park is the safari. It is neat how they change the natural landscape of Florida to look like Africa. It sure makes me want to visit the real thing.
Here are Chuck and Tissy on the safari ride. Again...does this girl take a bad picture?
Kind of an odd picture for the blog...I know...but Tally is such a lover of animals and creation and nature...she loved this sign. We took a bird field guide and tried to identify some birds out at Rafiki's Planet Watch. While we were out there we learned about the Kids Discovery Club at Animal Kingdom. If you are there...watch out for those places on the map (marked with a red K) where your kids can do a hands on activity. While at the stations, they can get a book and fill it with stamps at the special stations. If they complete the book, they can turn it in for a little prize. This turned out to be a highlight for our girls. It was kind of like a treasure hunt (almost like letterboxing with getting the stamps in the book). I thought it was worth finding the stations and doing the activities (they were all nature related - almost like a nature center).
The animals really were amazing and in such beautiful habitats. Not sad and sorry looking concrete cages like old zoos, but seemed to be nature inspired.
We hopped on the train as soon as we got in the park and hit frontier land so we could ride Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road first before the lines got busy...we were on and off a few times before the crowds showed up. Then off to fantasy land to get our fast passes for Pooh' s honey pot ride (The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh). When we were kids, that ride was where Mister Toad's Wild Ride used to be but Pooh Bear took over that spot in 1998.
We are all too big to fit in one tea cup now...our legs are too long. Tissy often likes to ride with me, I tend not to spin the cup.
We have this tradition of eating at the place next to Small World (I think that started with you Shaleen). We try and get a place by the window and the girls wave to all the boats going past. I have also learned at Disney to just eat "clean up" on the food. The kids never finish and it is less expensive to eat their left overs and munch off of Chuck's meal. We always have a backpack full of granola bars and crackers and snacks for the rest of the day.
We also love Goofy's Barn Stormers roller coaster. It is such a short ride, but a good beginning for introducing roller coasters to kids. Here Chuck and Tissy are at the top just getting ready to go down.
We don't tend to wait in line to see the characters. Mickey is the only one that we wait for. Tissy and I usually do this while Chuck and Tally are on Space Mountain. We have learned the fastest way to see Mickey is to go through Mickey's house and wait in the judges tent (where you get to watch cartoons in the shade) to see him. This time Minnie was with him.
Here we are waiting in line for Cinderella's carousel, another mellow ride. Waiting in line is a great place for people watching.
Back over to frontier land and we spent some time on Tom Sawyer Island. It is a fun place to explore around. The river boat is right behind us
Here we are trying really hard to get us all in. I think we all look happy here. =)
Enjoying the tree house. As much as we enjoy Disney, the girls aren't really familiar with a lot of the stories and movies. But we enjoy it anyway.
This was Tristen's first time on Splash Mountain. She tends to be pretty scared of the unknown, but she LOVED this ride. And we all got soaked. Good thing it was the end of the day and we were almost done.
Walking out at the end...if you look closely you can see how wet we are.
Our only mistake of the day...not taking a picture in front of the castle when we looked good...by the end we were pretty wet and haggard. But we had a great day.
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