As has become the norm over the past few days, we left the condo just before 10am. We arrived at Magic Kingdom parking (close to the front... yay, AAA Diamond parking!) and started walking in. I was slightly dismayed to discover we were actually parked at the Transportation & Ticket Center, meaning we had to take either a water taxi or the monorail across the lagoon to the park. Not a problem this morning, but I was thinking about tonight. Keeper Boy wanted to ride the monorail, so we hopped the express and were in the park about 10 minutes later.
We took the requisite picture on Main Street with the castle in the background. We proceeded directly to Tomorrowland, thinking we might do Space Mountain first to beat long lines later. J-Mav caught on that we were going on a roller coaster and started whining and crying that he didn't want to go on. I told him I'd sit with him and hug him the whole time. Slight problem. When we got up there, we discovered the cars you ride in have been replaced since the last time I rode... each person has his or her own seat. So I strapped him into the seat in front of me (behind Hubby) and off we went with J-Mav crying. Yep... still parents of the year! We all survived. Keeper Boy thought it was cool. J-Mav did not. At least, not until later, when he admitted that it was kinda fun (but not fun enough to go back on). Oh, and we only waited, like, 20 minutes. From there we explored the rest of Tomorrowland. There were some new shows (a funny, interactive show based on Monsters, Inc. and Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin) and the old standbys that haven't changed much since the first time I was there in 1983 (Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress, Tomorrowland Transit Authority, and Tomorrowland Indy Speedway). Then on to Mickey's Toontown Fair.
Not much in that land to see as it's geared toward the younger set, and the character tent was full of princesses today. We did tour Mickey's house and Minnie's house. Then we hopped on the train and rode it back up to the front of the park. We headed back down Main Street, grabbed some ice cream (by this time it was warm enough that we'd shed our sweatshirts), and mosied into Adventureland.
We climbed around in the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse. Since both boys have read the book (or had the book read to them), they thought this was cool. We flew on magic carpets, took a cheesy jungle cruise, and sang with the pirates on Pirates of the Caribbean (reburbished post-movies to include Captain Jack Sparrow). We spent some time in the store afterward trying on hats and J-Mav got a pirate bandana. He'd been eyeing it at Downtown Disney on Monday and I had told him we'd get it after we rode Pirates of the Caribbean. He remembered.
After that purchase, it was on to Frontierland. There are only two rides in the land: Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountain. Keeper Boy must've been feeling brave because he wanted to go on Thunder Mountain. Guess who didn't? So we split up. Hubby and Keeper Boy went on the coaster. I took J-Mav over to Tom Sawyer Island, where we explored caves, crossed bridges, and walked on trails. We met up again about 40 minutes later and headed to the next land: Liberty Square.
The Hall of Presidents is currently closed for reburbishment, so there's just one attraction here: the Haunted Mansion. I braced myself for some crying and just walked into the line without mentioning what it was. No wait! Hubby held J-Mav during the initial part, where you're in the little round room, and then put him down and he walked. He was actually okay, though he didn't like the part that went backwards. He is now saying that it was his favorite ride at Magic Kingdom. Go figure. We did have quite a delay while we were within sight of the exit platform. The cars had stopped to load some wheelchair guests and some dumbass got out of his car in the middle of the mansion somewhere. We probably sat there for a good 10 minutes. Maybe longer. Anyway, after we finally go off the ride, we grabbed dinner and then headed into the last land: Fantasyland.
There's a lot of stuff aimed at the younger set here, too. We walked right on to It's a Small World, which the boys loved, then got in line for Peter Pan's Flight. I don't remember that being there before, but it was actually quite cool. We waited in line for about 30 minutes for it and talked to a nice woman from Philadelphia and her daughter the whole time. From there, we went to Dumbo. Had to do Dumbo. Then the Mad Tea Party. The boys wanted to spin really fast. I think I'm still dizzy.
After the tea cups, we had 25 minutes until the park closed. Keeper Boy wanted to ride Space Mountain again, so he and Hubby ran over there. J-Mav wanted to ride the tea cups again. Lord help me. I took him on the tea cups and then staggered over to the Speedway, which is where we were supposed to meet Hubby and Keeper Boy. They showed up about five minutes later. Apparently the line was too long for Space Mountain, so they went on the Speedway again.
We stayed in Tomorrowland and watched the fireworks finale to the day, and then headed out of the park with all the other cattle... er, guests. We took the ferry across to the Transportation & Ticket Center and walked to the car. It wasn't as bad as I was thinking it'd be this morning. I think we were back at the condo a little after 9, and the boys were both asleep by 9:30. Another good day. We did everything we wanted to do in the park, so our amount of time there was just about perfect.
We don't have a solid plan for tomorrow. We have one day left on our tickets. I know we will go to Epcot. We want to spend more time in the World Showcase. Keeper Boy would like to go on Space Mountain again. And we have Fast Passes for one attraction in Animal Kingdom if there's anything there that anyone wants to do again. I would imagine the parks will be more crowded tomorrow since it's Saturday, but who knows. We've been surprised all week by the lack of lines and waiting. It's been awesome. Anyway, we also want to go to Downtown Disney. So we'll see how it all fits together. And tomorrow is supposed to be in the mid-70s! Woo hoo!
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