Yahweh
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Magic Kingdom In Two Hours or Less! Day 2, Part 1.
6am and both girls are wide-awake! It seemed like sleep was going to be our biggest enemy this week. We were hoping they'd sleep at least until 8am, they certainly needed it. Oh well, it was EMH at Magic Kingdom today, so now we didn't have to rush to get there for the opening.
Our plan was to spend a few hours at MK before it got busy, and then hop over to Epcot mid-morning. We grabbed a quick breakfast at Captain Cooks, which was Ok. Coffee
and a Danish for me, which I know is a terribly unhealthy breakfast, but it was quick, easy and, well, yummy! The girls got their Mickey waffles. The poor mouse
didnt stand a chance. We loaded up the stroller with our mugs full of ice water and a dab of that blue stuff that comes out of the pop machine, and headed for the monorail. (FYI, blue water always tastes better than clear water to a three year old.)
Anytime I Arrive at MK in the morning, even on a slow day, I always get a momentary sense of dread when I see how many people are all waiting to get into the park. There is just so many of them. Who are all these people, and why are they not at Animal Kingdom?!? But Disney is a machine, and very shortly we were waiting for the opening production.
By the way, it was cold! See your breath cold. I know, I know, I was told Disney could be cold in January/February. I should have listened, but darn it, Im a Canadian. What some people consider cold, we call summer. I, of course, was wrong, and or, a very poor Canadian. And so, I had to suffer the morning shivering because I didnt pack for cold weather.
The Mandatory Pose in Front of the Castle and Crane
Not a lot to say about our few hours in Magic Kingdom. It wasnt very busy. So we tried to hit all the rides that would tend to fill up later on in the day. The Goofy Roller Coaster was closed yesterday, so we did that first. Salem had a bit of a panic attack as it went down the first hill, but recovered quickly and then the ride was over. Man was it short! This was Emily's (who is 3) first time on a roller coaster of any sort and she took it all in stride, nothing scares that child!
The girls wanted to do the Carousel again. Which wasnt in the program, but gave me a chance to sneak off and do Space Mountain. This was my first time on Space Mountain, and likely the last. I love roller coasters and Im a huge Cedar Point fan, but found SM neither scary nor fun. It was just rough and loud.
But to each their own!Emily on the Carousel
We did Peter Pans Flight (which I love), Dumbo (I had to do it as well, since both Salem and Emily wanted to control the up/down lever), Winnie the Pooh
, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jungle Cruise, and the girls did the Magic Carpets. The Honey Wall at Pooh's
By that time it was not yet 10 am. So in less than two hours we accomplished getting on all rides that typically require a long waits.
We were planning to return to Magic Kingdom tomorrow, and then we could do a much more relaxing visit without feeling the need to go commando with the whole ride thing. While thousands upon thousands of people were beginning to enter MK, we were on our way out.
We grabbed a few oranges from the fruit lady, and headed for the Monorail. On our way to the Monorail, we noticed the Ferry 
was docked. To switch things up, we ran like crazy to try and catch the ferry, which would take us directly to the TTC instead of using the monorail. Apparently, we didn't run fast enough!.
The woman working at the ferry dock, when seeing our mad rush towards the dock, assured us that another one would arrive shortly.
Now I know that it would have been much faster for us to walk back to the monorail than to wait for the next ferry. But we kind of didn't want to seem like those people
who rush madly from one thing to another just to save a bit of time...EVEN THOUGH WE SO ARE! 
We decided, for once in our lives, to appear civilized and waited with baited breath for the slow moving ferry that would eventually arrive. Watching a ferry arrive is a bit like watching a kettle boil. You know it's coming because you can clearly see it the whole way, but, well...you know how it is.
Eventually the ferry arrived, and the 500, or so, passengers disembarked, making plenty of room for all 7 of us who were getting on.
It must have been around 11:00 am by the time we got to the TTC and boarded the monorail to Epcot, And it was likely 11:30am by the time we arrived at Epcot. I was a bit surprised as how long the monorail ride is from the TTC to Epcot. But it gave the girls plenty of time to study the park maps.
As you can probably tell so far, we loved the Polynesian! 
Have been in the process of planning a return trip to Disney World this Sept. We are looking at a Beach Club (5 nights)/Contemporary (3 nights) split stay. 
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The restaurant was full, but we were able to grab a seat at the Kona Island Bar, where we were able to order food off of the Kona Café menu. It was bit disconcerting at first to watch twenty-something white girls make Sushi.
Nevertheless they did a very nice job, the sushi was good, and we enjoyed the experience.
getting on the ride, but the anticlimactic nature of the Barnstormer made it a perfect beginner roller coaster for Emily and Salem.
The short answer is I like to shop
OK! And Heather could spend her whole vacation at the pool and be perfectly content. Me, on the other hands, found sitting poolside very painful,
especially when there is so many other things to do at Disney World. One thing I do have to say is that Disney does really good job at entertaining the children during afternoon pool time. Salem love the games!
