Disney Magic

We arrived at Disney around 9 AM heavily armed. We had water bottles, the double stroller, three bottles of sunblock, snacks and the credit card. We were set.

Usually when we go to a theme park, we are only slightly armed. We have passes to the other Orlando area attractions so there is no reason for us to spend an exorbitant amount of time at any of them. Whatever we don’t get on that day, we will save for next time. But with one day passes, you go first thing in the morning and try to cram in everything possible until your feet and the kids fall apart.

As we pulled up to park the car, Josh got out of the car and started unloading. I stayed in the car to enjoy the last bit of air conditioning and finish the song on the radio that we were listening to. Then I got out of the car to give Josh a hand. We decided to not load up the stroller because we were only going a few feet to the tram stop. Abby was so excited to see the tram and the fact that it was going to be a neat ride. Little did she know what she was in for. Once we took the tram, we went to the monorail and crammed in it as much as possible. There is no way you wait the 5 minutes for another tram! As we unloaded the tram, we set up the stroller and we were on our way. The first challenge was the gate. I was still nervous about the passes not working for some reason and me being forced to resort to tears. Thankfully, we got in and headed for a first stop…the bathrooms. Yes, I know that was anticlimactic. Sorry. You will get over it. The first real thing we did was to head to the back of the park so we could work our way forward. The line for Daisy Duck at the front of Main Street was 20 deep as it was. We headed for Fantasy Land for our first ride, which ended up being Mickey’s Philharmagic. This is a 3-D movie with the music of Disney. I had to feed Madeline anyways and where better than somewhere air conditioned. We sat down and at the first loud noise, Abigail started crying. We just told her to put her hands over her ears and Josh and I started singing. Because she likes the music, it was a very short fuss. Not to mention, Abby had never been to a 3-D movie before. This in itself was a new experience. After a short show, we headed to our first real ride. Peter Pan! I love this ride. Josh stayed out with Maddy in the Bjorn and I took Abby on the ride. I honestly don’t know who was more excited. After the ride we both had huge smiles on our faces. What more, Josh had a huge smile on his face because he found out that Madeline can pretty much ride everything from the Bjorn. We headed for the carousel, Small World, Winnie the Pooh and more. This was just going to be a day of awesome rides and smiles all around.

We finished with Fantasy Land and headed for Mickey’s Toon Town. There isn’t that much to do there from a ride perspective but we did see a kiddie coaster. Works for me! I would hold Madeline and Josh could take Abby on a coaster. First the height check and they were off! They even got to ride in the front seat which makes the coaster better, so I am told. I DO NOT do coasters. Next we walked by the Disney Race Track. Abby wanted to go ride the car. I was not a fan of this because she wouldn’t get to drive the car (The car is on a track if you didn’t know) and what fun would that be. But I decided it would be perfect timing because Madeline needed to eat some real food. I fed Maddy in her stroller and waited for Josh and Abby to come around the bend. After Maddy was done, we started looking for Josh and Abby. To my surprise, I see a little girl in the driver’s seat with a huge smile on her face. I was so happy that they let her drive. She came off of the ride dancing and we headed to lunch. Lunch was the usual theme park fare of hamburgers and chicken fingers. We were pushing her to eat quickly because we had so much time and so little to do. Wait, strike that, reverse it. Quick, name that movie!

We finished up the rides in Fantasy Land and headed for Liberty Square and Frontier Land. The only thing that we wanted to do there was the Haunted Mansion. This was really going to be a test of Abigail because while it isn’t scary, it can be for a 3 year old. However, with me on one side and Josh on the other, she did so well. Of course she later said she didn’t like the ghosts but I am sure we could get her on there again. We are so mean. The next rides were much more tame. We did Aladdin’s Magic Carpet and the Jungle Cruise seeing all of the animal animatronics. Animal-tronics? I just made up another word! The last stop was Pirates of the Caribbean. Now, Abby LOVES pirates. Her favorite thing at Sea World is the show Clyde and Seamore Take Pirate Island. We figured this would be another scary ride for her but with pirates, we may be able to pull this off. Sure enough, she was a trooper! She had a great time.

After that ride, we looked at the Magic Kingdom map. We did everything there! I was shocked and even Josh didn’t believe me. But it was only 4 PM and we still had time to play. What next? EPCOT!!!!