The night before I scheduled a wake-up call from Mickey/Stitch. I had heard all the hype and since I am one for going along with peer pressure, I just had to do it.
We got the call at 6:30 on the dot. He might be an annoying little fellow, but he was definitely on time. This would be the first and last of the wakeup calls. Once was enough.
I shot up, showered, got Robby up, he showered, got the other 2 up and around. We were on our way at 8:00.
I was on a mission. I wanted to hear Mary Poppins sing "good morning, good morning". It's kind of a personal thing with the boys. When they wake up all cranky in the morning, I sing this to them to annoy them just a tad more. It's fun.
Anyhoo, it was my goal to subject them to it.
We drove to the Magic Kingdom. I didn't think I'd like the public transportation system much, I'm a bit of a control freak. Waiting isn't one of my strong suits and I hear there is a lot of waiting when it comes to Disney busses.
We got parked relatively close to the tunnel so I was pretty happy. The park wasn't full yet. A nice lady was standing at the tunnel exit to telling everyone who passed to have a Magical Day.
Thanks nice Tunnel lady, I think I will!
We got up to the monorail and no one was waiting for the front. I told the guys to follow me.
They were shocked and amazed that this was even an option, we had never done it before. Honestly before the boards, I didn't know either.
There was already a family in the one that was still parked there, but Woohoo, we were next!!!
That one pulled away and a few minutes later, ours pulled in. We were ushered in, I felt like royalty. You know, even the front of the monorail has that "smell".
We talked to our driver a bit. He said he loved his job, who wouldn't?? This has got to be one of the best jobs at Disney. Robby started talking to him about the College program, asking him if he could get a job driving a monorail. I was getting a mental picture of him doing this. VERY SCARY!!
This is very scary for all of you, not Robby.
This is our driver.
He was very friendly and you could tell he did enjoy his job.
I'm just going to throw our "up front monorail pictures" out here.
We arrived safely at our destination after a short wait. For some reason he felt it would be safer if we waited for the monorail that was at the TTC to leave before we pulled in
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We thanked Mr. Monorail, he gave us our cards and we were on our way. Bag inspection. I must look really honest because they just kind of "glanced" in my purse.
We went through the turnstiles with no problem. I get kind of worried the first time we use new tickets. I bought them from a very reputable website, but you still never know.
There weren't very many people there so finding a spot for the show was pretty easy. There were a few people sitting on the concrete so we decided to stand in front of them. Perfect spot.
Just kidding. We stood to the left of them. I wasn't sitting though, so I hope no one behind us had that plan.
What a cute show. I so wanted to be the family of the day. I had a slight touch of jealousy, but that's alright. If someone had to be FOD, it might as well be them.
I love Mary Poppins and even cried, a little.
After the show we headed into the park. Wow, I didn't see all the people behind us come in. I now know how cattle feel.
We stopped at the Mainstreet bakery for some breakfast. I had a yummy egg crossiant. Pricey, but yummy. Our bellys were full, we were energized and ready to go.
We headed straight for Adventure Land. I could feel Mr. Jack Sparrow calling me. I was so excited to see the new Pirates. We walked straight on. I just love the "waterfall" at the beginning. So Disney Cool! I absolutely love this ride.
After that we hit Thunder Mountain. That was a walk on also. I am liking this getting my butt up early thing. Then onto Haunted Mansion. Again, walk on.
I guess I wasn't paying much attention in the past because I really don't know what they changed. I still love that ride too though.
Then came the first challenge of the day. Can anyone guess? If you said it's a small world, you were right.
Nobody wanted to ride it but me. They did though. Cause I played the guilt trip card. I only use it when absolutely necessary.
Think he is yawning for just the picture???
We cut through the castle area to go to Tomorrowland. We didn't get to ride the Carousel of Progress the last 2 times we were there so I was going to make sure we did this time.
I loved it, everyone else, not so much.
We then went to ride Stitch's Great Escape. We go in, find our seats, the bars come down. I am looking around trying to figure out what the heck kind of ride is this that it requires shoulder bars. The show/ride starts, thank you EVERYONE on the disboards for making newbies aware of the Coney Dog burp! My nose was plugged WELL before it happened. I really really don't get this ride. It was quite, well, stupid??
Remember this is just MY opinion. I am sure there are people out there that absolutely love this ride. I don't.
It was nearing noon after we got done with Stitch. It was pool time! We really had a pleasant morning. The crowds were really starting to pick up as it was the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend. We got out of there about 12:30, I was in the pool by 1:00.
More later!!
Nothing that a little counseling won't help. I still pick on him a little every now and then. Cmon, it was funny!!!
