February 12th - Magic Kingdom

This morning, the Magic Kingdom opened up at 8am for resort guests (an hour early). We made it in the gate, just as they were opening and saw a bit of the opening ceremony where Mickey and friends appear above us to wave us in and start the day.

The first thing on our agenda was to hit Buzz Lightyear. They were having technical difficulties, so we got Fast Passes and went on to the Indy Speedway to drive racecars. Jack was so excited that Daddy let him drive the car. (Ronny had control of the accelerator/brake pedal.)

Our next ride was Peter Pan, which was just like the story book we have at home. On the way to our next new attraction, we hit Small World again since it is a cute little boat ride with NO LINE! Then it was on to see Mickey’s Philharmagic, which is a 3-D movie. It was really cute and had us laughing.

After the show we rode on Cinderella’s Carousel. Then we toured through Mickey’s house and let the kids play on a little playground for a bit. Then it was back to Tomorrowland for Buzz Lightyear. Jack was really excited about the Buzz Lightyear ride. He said, “We shot those bad guys!” “We shot those aliens and made them go away!” “We shot them with our laser beams!”

After Buzz, we had lunch and then stopped to get a picture with Donald Duck dressed in his frontier gear. We walked by the Jungle Cruise, but the line was 35 minutes long, so we decided that it was time to throw in the towel. We walked to the Frontierland train depot and took the train around Disney World back to the front gate.

Back near the front gate, Ronny decided to hit the restrooms with Jack while I went into a nearby shop and looked around with Charlie. When they joined us, we went outside and were unable to cross the street because they were starting a Block Party parade. It was a short parade, but the kids could barely watch they were so tired.

In the evening, we went to the Ft. Wilderness Meadow for the campfire sing-a-long. We made it there just as the sing-a-long was starting. Ronny wrangled the boys while I roasted marshmallows for smores. The sing-a-long was fun and was led by Cowboy Anthony, who eventually introduced some other guests – Chip N’ Dale. Chip N’ Dale made their way through the crowd and stopped at each bench for greetings and pictures. After the campfire a movie started, which tonight was the new version of the Parent Trap. We stayed for a little while, but the boys were getting the comatose look on their faces so it was time to head back and put them to bed.