Magic Kingdom

Day 2 in the parks and today was Magic Kingdom!!  It was cool in the morning but high humidity - we tied our jackets around our waist once again as we knew we'd be watching another evening show!

We had breakfast all figured out so got our food and remembered to fill our water bottles with lots of ice and water from the pop dispensary - SO MUCH BETTER than the drinking fountains in the park!  The line was much longer for Magic Kingdom but it was the closest park to our hotel so didn't take long to get there!

The guys decided they were going to ride Space Mountain first (there is always a line there) and Jill and I and the kids were headed for the 7 Dwarfs Mine Train ride!  The best thing to do is to race towards your first ride (a very popular one!) and try to get it done before the lines get really bad!!  And then you don't have to use a Fast Pass on it!  Apparently everyone else had the exact ride in mind as us - by the time we got there, there was already a 75 min wait and it wasn't open due to mechanical problems!

So we did the next best thing - skipped that long line and the kids got to ride 4 rides within the next 1/2 hour!!  PERFECT!!  We headed over to the Little Mermaid Voyage (hardly any people in sight over that way) but walked into Ariel's Grotto instead by mistake and were thoroughly confused until we realized we had went into a meet and greet with Ariel!!!  So the kids got to sit with her and we took pictures and it was just great!!

The kids loved the tea cups ride - I just have to look away as I almost get motion sick just watching them go round and round!!

Our first fast pass was "Peter Pan" - the line for this cute ride is always over an hour - no exception today - we basically walked on through the fast pass line and the kids loved it!!  It's a fun ride as you fly through the sky but I would NEVER stand in line over an hour to ride it!!

Splash Mountain was our next fast pass - I chose not to ride this one as the fast, long dip into the water doesn't do wonders for my stomach!!  But it was fun standing on the bridge and watching the others ride it!  I tried to video it but it's so fast that I missed it by the time I hit the button!

OF COURSE you have to ride "It's A Small World" even though the song stays in your head ALL DAY LONG!!  Aleah loved it as I knew she would!!  By this time Aleah is wearing her princess ears and Parker is donning his sorcerers hat!!

One of my all time favorite rides is "Pirates of the Caribbean"  We had a fast pass for that one too and I enjoyed it once again!!  Once you have used your last fast pass for the day, you can get another one so we got one for Buzz Lightyear for later in the day!

I think by noon we had ridden over 8 rides!!!  WOW - that's amazing!!

Here's a cute picture of Jill with Aleah's ears on!

We enjoyed lunch at Pecos Bill and soon it was time to grab a spot for the parade - I can't believe how early people do this!!  One side of the street was facing the sun so we opted for the other side, even though the sun was beating down on our necks!!  Since the Dole Pineapple place was just behind a little ways, we all got our ice cream and juice and enjoyed it till the parade started!!  Gosh, that ice cream is good!!

The parade was awesome!!  We all enjoyed it and it's amazing how much detail they put into those floats!!  Everyone was hot and a little tired after the parade so we walked back over to Tomorrowland and rode the People Mover - just a train like ride that takes you above Tomorrowland and a look around that particular area.  It was nice and relaxing!  And I remembered that when we had went there with Jaime's, that Rayna didn't get in the car they told her to and after a short ways, the cars split off and she went one way and the rest of us went the other way!!  But she was cool about it and did fine till we met up with her at the end.

We did our Buzz Lightyear ride and all loved that!!  And it's always nice to sit down in an air conditioned theater which was what we did when we saw Mickey's Philharmagic!!  Such a cute show where you wear the 3D glasses.

Robby decided he wanted to take Jill on Space Mountain (even though she wasn't too keen on that) so they walked back over there and Papa and I took the kids back to Buzz Lightyear to ride it again.  Aren't we cute??

Here's one of the adorable decorations around the park - they had so many Halloween/Fall things to look at!

After dinner, we were tired - imagine that???  I had a list of the best places to see the fireworks and we found a spot on the bridge rather early and there was cement seating there - awesome!!  Glenn and I stayed there and relaxed while Jill and Aleah went back to a store to buy Aleah's charm bracelet and charms - Robby and Parker went to ride something which I can't even remember now but we were all there for the wonderful fireworks!!  Disney does such a great job with this!!

The castle had a few switches of different looks - I remember it as turning blue and pink and other colors but because of Halloween, the looks were totally different!!

We had hoped to race back over and ride the 7 Dwarfs Mine Train (the only ride we hadn't done that we wanted to) but after checking the wait time (yes, we had apps that tell you the wait time on EVERY ride) it was still almost an hour so we opted to head out!!  We stopped at a candy store on Main Street where everyone picked out something and then headed to the bus stop.  There was quite a wait this time but eventually we made it back to our hotel for a good nights' sleep!