Thanks again to all that are reading.
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This morning I woke up and realized that our time at Disney World was almost up. It wasnt a good feeling. I moped out on the balcony for a while. Goofy came out and we talked.
We woke everyone up early so we could be at the Magic Kingdom for opening. The whole ride over, I kept thinking about how our vacation was ending. Minnie was thinking it too. Mom, our vacation is almost over, she said looking at me with her serious little eyes.
We made it through the turnstiles without any problems and crowded with everyone else to wait for the park to open. Tink had woken up very cranky this morning. She complained the entire time. Im hot, Im sweaty, and Im tired. Why are all these people here? This didnt mix well with my grumpy, my vacation is almost over funk. I was too busy feeling sorry for myself to deal with Tinks grouchiness so DH took over and gave her a little whispered pep talk. Im not sure what he said, but it seemed to work, for the moment.
We watched the opening show and then made our way to Space Mountain. This was the furthest to the front we had ever been at opening, so I was able to witness a lot of things. I saw a man dash by holding a little girl in a Tinkerbelle costume like a football. I watched parents scream at their children to hurry up. At the Space Mountain rope, I watched people climb under it, because the CM couldnt get it unlatched. There was some definite madness in the air. The craziness made me wonder if it was worth it for my family. Did I need to have my kids sit through two rope drops at Magic Kingdom in a week?
Finally we made our way to Space Mountain and DH rode with Minnie and Goofy while Tink and I waited. We talked and both got rid of our morning grumpiness. When they got off the ride, DH and I traded places so I could ride with Minnie and Goofy.
Minnie was having a great time riding and decided that she wanted to ride up in the front seat this time. So Goofy and I let her. It was great to listen to her laugh and scream while riding. I was happy that I had a roller-coaster loving daughter.
After we were finished, we decided to make our way over to Haunted Mansion. On our way we ran into Alice.
We got in line for the Haunted Mansion without any wait. Goofy was asked to carry the time badge in line with him. The kids loved this ride. They were all excited about the hitchhiking ghost that now had hanging out with them.
I had read on TGM that it was very likely that Pirates of the Caribbean would be open today, so we hustled our way over there. And it was! Hooray! Tink put on her pirate princess Mickey ears. They looked really cute. She crooked her index finger into a hook to scare away the bad pirates during the ride.
To be honest, two years ago, I wasnt all that impressed with this ride. So, I dont remember a lot of it. I cant tell you how different it is. But I can tell you that the Jack animatronics are great! They are very lifelike, which is great if you love Mr. Depp
. Also, the addition at the beginning is also very cool. It was kind of hard to hear the audio in some places, but overall a pretty cool ride.
The kids loved it. We bought a couple of things in the gift shop and asked Tink what she wanted to ride next. Splash Mountain! she yelled. So we walked down and got FP to Splash. Then we realized that we were all hungry. So we decided to go to Pinocchio Haus for lunch.
The entire place was dead. It was the quietest CS restaurant that we had eaten at all week. DH, Goofy and Tink had pizza. Minnie had a PB&J. I ate a turkey panini. It was really good! We were all a little tired so we ate fairly quietly.
Goofy was very happy to get pizza, even if the pic looks like hes miserable.
It was time for our FPs, so we went to ride Splash. Tink declared that she was going to ride the entire ride with her hands in the air.
Goofy and Minnie were up to that challenge also.
See, Goofy does smile, rarely.
It was fun as usual. Minnie was the only one of the kids to keep her hands up the entire time. She is quite the little daredevil.
The park was beginning to feel really crowded, so we decided to head back to the hotel to swim and rest and come back in the late afternoon before our dinner.
Next up: Goofys date with Lazy Susan
