Our second day had us journeying to Disney World to spend the day at Magic Kingdom. A month before I woke up early to schedule our Fast Passes being able to find slots for two ride on our to-do-list; Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountain. At some point in the day, Thunder Mountain broke down making us have to give up those Fast Passes for another ride. Embracing technology allowed us to monitor on the ride app if and when the ride became up and running. Shortly after lunch it was so off to stand in line I went while John rode the carousel with the kids. By the time they arrived the wait had gone from 35 minutes to 105 minutes! While doing this, my good friend and her family were waiting in line for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, a total of 3.5 hours before they got on! At the end of the day we did everything we came to do plus some. Of course there were some rides we didn't even talk about doing and so a return trip is likely in our future but not for several years.
An oldie but goodie... The Jungle Cruise.
Taking a break from walking had us stop and enjoy The Tiki Room. Victoria likes the female birds while Micah enjoyed the chanting totem poles.
The Haunted Mansion was the first ride for which we had to stand in line. Regardless we arrived during a fluke as the wait for us was the same as the Fast Pass holders... 10 minutes. John had to keep repeating to Micah that the ghosts were nothing more than projectors. That made two of them scared with one (Victoria) loving our hitch-hiker ghost at the end.
Another set of twins!
For lunch we dined at Cinderell's castle. Seeing all the princesses great the tables was a delight for Victoria. Izzy, who at times tries to seem older and not interested, just couldn't hold back either by the time the princesses arrived to our table. Micah tolerated them better than I thought and didn't mind being in the pictures as long as he could wear his hat.
Dessert for the kids was design your own cupcakes. Great idea for entertainment.
John was not entirely expecting the level of food for adults making for everyone giving this experience two thumbs up. John's selection - beef tenderloin and buttered shrimp. We both enjoyed our lunch and dessert selections.
My dessert selection.... Jaq & Gus - amaretto cheesecake with almond crust and macerated peaches. So delectable....
One of our tradition is to bring home a set of Mickey's ears with their names embroidered on the back. We were displeased with the choices of ears this time around. It was hard for me to know if that was due to the fact that the demand for ears has declined or we were there at the wrong time. After talking to a shop worker were learned that the ears change depending on the season or events. We were in-between the choices. Thus we opted for something a bit out of the box. John pointed out that this made our trip here unique for our ear collection despite note getting our name embroidered on them. Each demonstrated everyone's personality to a T. Micah received more comments from Disney staff and was called "dapper" on more than one occasion. This may be a look for him.
Splash Mountain was where we learned of Micah's new dislike of flume rides after his experience from Sea World. As he didn't get too wet on this ride, he's rethinking his dislike.
We are done! Before heading back to the hotel for a much needed nap, Mickey treats were in order.
That evening we ate at Chef Mickey's to meet a few characters before heading back to Magic Kingdom for night rides. We wanted to see the Main Street Electrical Parade but this was disbanded recently. Instead Disney has an Electric Water Pageant. This plus utter exhaustion for the twins prompted them to head back to the hotel for a much needed good nights sleep. Izzy and I met up with my good friend, Jess, and her daughter, Quinn, for a bit of fun before the park closed.
Quinn and Izzy were like long lost twins in so many areas. I know Izzy was so looking forward to hanging out with Quinn. We had one hour before the park closed and were able to pack in 3 rides; Pirates of the Caribbean, Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain. Hard to believe we got through those lines in one hour. I guess putting rides that have longer lines during the day to right before the park closes is one way to do it.
The following day the kids hung out by the pool before heading off to our next adventure. They are definitely my kids as all they wanted to do is swim. Oma & Opa, does that sound familiar.... I don't care where we stay as long as it has a pool!
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