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Day 1 Arrival Day continued... Off to the Magic Kingdom
I forgot to mention that getting character autographs was a must do for us this vacation as we have never done it before so off to everything POP and then we headed to the bus stop.
We only waited 5 minutes for a Magic Kingdom bus
I was nervous about waiting around for the buses all week but I really didn't have to we never had a problem! We board the bus and Eric starts in "my ears hurt" and I say OK give it a little time and chew on this Tootsie roll and it will feel better. He seemed to think that was an ok answer and was glad to eat the tootsie roll so off we go. We get to the MK and decide that the 2 littler boys can share a double stroller and the big boys will walk our friends DD2 has her own stroller. We rent the stroller and go in
here is a pic. of the boys in the stroller...
Now I went into this day with very low expectations of how much we were going to accomplish because it was 11:15 when we arrived...I am a rope drop girl! Our friends are more laid back and went to MGM the day prior and saw 2 shows and went to Fantasmic and they were there from 11:30-9:30 So I warned them that , that kind of touring doesn't fly with me
I subscribe to TGM and UG!
So we sent Bryan and my friend DH off to get fastpasses for Space Mountain and told them we would meet at Pirates of the Caribbean. Good plan they meet up with us and we only waited about 5 mins. The boys of course loved this ride! Then we headed to the haunted mansion, I felt so bad because all 3 of my friends kids were scared!
Here is a pic. before we go on..
Then we realize we can fast pass again so we send the guys to FP BTMRR and decide to get something to eat. We were on the DDP so we went to Cosmic Rays in Tomorrowland. I was afraid my kids would be stuck eating sugar free jello all week but the CM told me the kids could chose whatever dessert they wanted , "Are you kidding me?" COOL! She then preceeds to tell me that they can't distinguish between adult and child counter service credits only the table service credits are listed seperately!
This was a GOLDENpiece of information!
Everyone eats and then we head over to Fantasyland. We go into Mickey's Philharmagic. Now everyone knows you have to wait in the room before you can go in to the theatre well Eric is not a patient little pup and is small for his age. He screams "when are we going in I'm sick of looking at people's butts"
The place erupts in laughter and I am so red and embarrased but the little guy had a point, he really was butt level. Eric fell asleep inside so when we came out my friend stayed with me and Eric and everyone elso went over to It's a small world to ride. Eric woke up 5 minutes later screaming "MY EARS HURT" Are you kidding me? He was really crying I felt so bad. So I told my friend to tell everyone I'll meet them in Tomorrowland I'm taking Eric over to the first aid. We get to the first aid and they have no debrox,no swimmers ear drops or anything. So we give him tylenol and then I asked for some peroxide and a cotton ball. The CM was extremely nice and gave Eric a special pin and some stickers and after about 10 mins. says he is feeling better although he still has tear stains on his face
We say goodbye to the nice CM and head over to meet everyone else. We meet up and everyone goes on Buzz.. we all love this ride! here are the boys with Zurg afterwards...
And then afterwards we stumbled onto these guys and put those autograph books to use...
after that the 2 men and 2 older boys went to use the FP for Space Mountain and the rest of us went on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority. I love this ride and it was nice to sit and relax, I was getting really tired by this point. The boys met back up with us and then I went on Space mountain with Matthew and my friend!
Then we headed over to Frontierland and got Jungle Cruise FP's along the way. We used our FP's for BTMRR and all rode it except my friends DH and DD2. The boys were so excited to go on the rides with their friends! It was getting close to our ADR's at the Crystal Palace so we headed over there to check in. The amount of people waiting was insane. I was mentally freaking because I was tired and I knew the boys were starting to get tired... Well once again I worried needlessly and we were seated within 15 mins. I love this buffet, the food is always good and always hot. Here are a few pics.
This picture cracks me up because it looks like Eric is helping Tigger write
Eric was very skeptical of Tigger!
When your on vacation it is always nice to talk to others and talk about where your from, etc. well there were 2 grown women that were seated directly across from us next to the railing and then their was a little boy and his family sitting right on the other side of the railing from them. This little boy kept getting in these women's faces and singing and talking to them and they were polite and engaged in conversation with him at first but then the boy lost control he was... WARNING this is gross....picking his nose and waving it in front of them saying "you see my booger" "you see my booger" and I thought the one lady was going to hurl. The father just sat back and laughed!
This went on for 5 minutes. Those women showed amazing restraint, I was a table away and wanted to choke the dad. You can't blame the kid because obviously he was being allowed to do it! GROSS! That little episode made me feel like Mother of the Year!
We finished dinner and then went to Toontown for a little bit...
after that we headed over to the Jungle Cruise to use our FP's.
The boys always laugh at the old, silly jokes. Personally I know it's a classic but could use some updating.
After the Jungle Cruise we decided to head back to POP we were all tired.
Here is a pic. I snapped of the castle on the way out, I think it looks a little eery with the clouds hanging over it like that...
We left the MK and headed for the POP bus stop here is a pic of us waiting...
Our original plan was to stay for Wishes but there was no way! The boys are asking us the whole ride back to POP if they can swim for a little while. I'm thinking NO WAY but Bryan says yes you can swim
Oh well! We get back to POP and as were walking to our room I see literally dozens of people walking with these mugs and I'm thinking Hey, people where'd you get then they didn't give us any?
Then I found out about the refillable mug!
Bryan and I were all over that... He got the kids ready to swim and my friend and I went to the food court to purchase some mugs! I got 2 frozen cokes and we met everyone down by the pool! The kids swam for about 45 mins. Then I said let's go it's time for bed! I was so happy they didn't give me a hard time! Bryan says that he is going to go have a drink with my friends DH at Petals. I say whatever have fun but if you wake me up when you get back there will be big problems!
So off to bed we went. A great first day has come to a close!
Coming up.. Back to the Magic Kingdom and saying goodbye to our friends
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I forgot to mention that getting character autographs was a must do for us this vacation as we have never done it before so off to everything POP and then we headed to the bus stop.
We only waited 5 minutes for a Magic Kingdom bus

here is a pic. of the boys in the stroller...

Now I went into this day with very low expectations of how much we were going to accomplish because it was 11:15 when we arrived...I am a rope drop girl! Our friends are more laid back and went to MGM the day prior and saw 2 shows and went to Fantasmic and they were there from 11:30-9:30 So I warned them that , that kind of touring doesn't fly with me

So we sent Bryan and my friend DH off to get fastpasses for Space Mountain and told them we would meet at Pirates of the Caribbean. Good plan they meet up with us and we only waited about 5 mins. The boys of course loved this ride! Then we headed to the haunted mansion, I felt so bad because all 3 of my friends kids were scared!


Then we realize we can fast pass again so we send the guys to FP BTMRR and decide to get something to eat. We were on the DDP so we went to Cosmic Rays in Tomorrowland. I was afraid my kids would be stuck eating sugar free jello all week but the CM told me the kids could chose whatever dessert they wanted , "Are you kidding me?" COOL! She then preceeds to tell me that they can't distinguish between adult and child counter service credits only the table service credits are listed seperately!

Everyone eats and then we head over to Fantasyland. We go into Mickey's Philharmagic. Now everyone knows you have to wait in the room before you can go in to the theatre well Eric is not a patient little pup and is small for his age. He screams "when are we going in I'm sick of looking at people's butts"



And then afterwards we stumbled onto these guys and put those autograph books to use...


after that the 2 men and 2 older boys went to use the FP for Space Mountain and the rest of us went on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority. I love this ride and it was nice to sit and relax, I was getting really tired by this point. The boys met back up with us and then I went on Space mountain with Matthew and my friend!
Then we headed over to Frontierland and got Jungle Cruise FP's along the way. We used our FP's for BTMRR and all rode it except my friends DH and DD2. The boys were so excited to go on the rides with their friends! It was getting close to our ADR's at the Crystal Palace so we headed over there to check in. The amount of people waiting was insane. I was mentally freaking because I was tired and I knew the boys were starting to get tired... Well once again I worried needlessly and we were seated within 15 mins. I love this buffet, the food is always good and always hot. Here are a few pics.

This picture cracks me up because it looks like Eric is helping Tigger write


Eric was very skeptical of Tigger!
When your on vacation it is always nice to talk to others and talk about where your from, etc. well there were 2 grown women that were seated directly across from us next to the railing and then their was a little boy and his family sitting right on the other side of the railing from them. This little boy kept getting in these women's faces and singing and talking to them and they were polite and engaged in conversation with him at first but then the boy lost control he was... WARNING this is gross....picking his nose and waving it in front of them saying "you see my booger" "you see my booger" and I thought the one lady was going to hurl. The father just sat back and laughed!


We finished dinner and then went to Toontown for a little bit...

after that we headed over to the Jungle Cruise to use our FP's.

The boys always laugh at the old, silly jokes. Personally I know it's a classic but could use some updating.
After the Jungle Cruise we decided to head back to POP we were all tired.
Here is a pic. I snapped of the castle on the way out, I think it looks a little eery with the clouds hanging over it like that...

We left the MK and headed for the POP bus stop here is a pic of us waiting...

Our original plan was to stay for Wishes but there was no way! The boys are asking us the whole ride back to POP if they can swim for a little while. I'm thinking NO WAY but Bryan says yes you can swim




Coming up.. Back to the Magic Kingdom and saying goodbye to our friends
