Saturday, October 4, 2008

Wednesday, Oct. 1 - Magic Kingdom





We sleep as late as we want to, but still are at the park by 10:00. We leave the Lodge and take the boat to the Contemporary. We then ride in the front car of the monorail to Magic Kingdom. Another one of my top 10 things to do. After entering the Magic Kingdom, we hop on the street car to take us to the castle. They have a singing group as our "radio." Anna is fascinated by them, and Andrew becomes obsessed with the map and telling us where to go. I have a rule that everyday when we enter the park we will take a family photo, and yes, I did coordinate our clothes for everyday that we were there! That is a lot of work!

We do all things we didn't do on Monday and some of our favorites. One of my favorites is the people mover. We then head to lunch at the castle. Can't say I was too impressed. Felt rushed the entire time and the princesses didn't spend much time with you and weren't as personable like they did at the character spot. The food was good. I did like that better then the breakfast, but they no longer do the wishing ceremony with the Fairy Godmother which was one of my favorite things. Anna was disappointed that Cinderella didn't come upstairs. I should have prepared her for that. But Snow White was there, so that was a huge plus! We then went to Storytime with Belle. That was wonderful. Andrew go to play the part of Belle's dad. Anna has come home and played this out all day! Anna and Dan went and found characters while Andrew and I rode rides. There were so many kids there with Make-A-Wish t-shirts on. It make me so thankful for my healthy kids.

Anna and I watched the parade (another one of my top 10s) and the boys went and rode rides. We then watched the show in front of the castle. Another favs! Then we hoped on the boat and headed back to the Lodge. Anna wants a boat. We all went swimming. Ate at the Lodge hoped back on the boat to go to the MK for the night time parade and fireworks. Again two favorites. I have learned to ask Cast members what to do. So I walked up to a cast member and asked the best/fastest place to go. He said follow me and took us to the VIP spot where we watched the parade!!! Then we saw the fireworks and headed back to the hotel!

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