The boys and I wake up early, but DH is still asleep (he is not normally an early riser as you have perhaps noticed in this trippie). The boys want to try the pool, so I say OK, but when we get in, man is it freezing! The life guard says the pool is heated, but I don't think enough. So, after 5 to 10 minutes in the pool, the boys reluctantly go back upstairs with me, and we dress up to go to the Magic Kingdom!
Our touring plan for today calls for us to go to the Magic Kingdom on a
Saturday!
The reason being is, we wanted to see the Spectromagic Parade and Wishes, and they were on only during Sat. and Mon. while we were here (
MNSSHP nights on the other nights). People on the DIS say Mondays are pretty busy at the MK, plus it was also a EMH night, so we chose Saturday instead.
DH is still sleepy after the boys and I get dressed, so he decides to just follow us on later.
When we get to the MK, it is already 9:45 am, and it is packed!
It is OK though because the weather was nice and breezy, no humidity whatsoever. I watched a Travel Channel Show that said Walt Used to live in an apartment built for him above the fire Station, so I take the boys' picture there.
Only later did I realize, it was in
Disneyland, not Disney World that the show was referring to (duh!) Information overload!
We walk further down on Main Street, and we pose at all the Photopass stations
By the time we reach the castle, we have taken 6 or so Photopass pics, and the boys are getting cranky at me!
Btw, I'll post those photos as soon as we get our CD.
A horse-drawn wagon:
Street dancers:
We finally make it to the front of the Castle....I get teary eyed because this is the boys' first time to see it!
The boys decide they want to ride Pirates of the Carribean first. On the way there, we pass by this...
I've always wanted to try a Dole Pineapple float -- everyone here on the DIS raves about it! But the boys are pulling me to POTC, so I decide to do that later.
When we get there, the standby wait time was only 5 minutes! I expected more because the park appeared packed, this was really a good start to our day!
I didn't take pictures on the ride because all of a sudden, Sam got scared of the darkness, and clung on to my arm the whole time. I dunno why, he didn't get scared the last time a few months ago at Disneyland
The kid in front of us even told him "it's OK, it's not scary." Jake teased him about being a "baby"
It seemed to me that POTC at DL is longer and has more "story" to it. Although I may have read somewhere that the POTC ride at WDW is on a longer route. Hmmm....
After we ride Pirates, we try to get on Jungle Cruise, but the wait time is 40 or so minutes, and we have a reservation at Crystal Palace in 25 Minutes! So we get fastpasses for the cruise instead.
With 25 minutes left, I decide to get one of these and
chill out while waitng for our ADR time.....
We walk over the bridge to get to Crystal Palace. I call DH on the phone to tell him to hurry up so we can get our table. We watch the Dream along with Mickey show from the steps of the Crystal Palace. Sam wants to get a closer look, but we are being called to be seated....
Check back later to see our Crystal Palace adventure 
and have fun at your party tonight too.
She beckons to Jake to come up
...We are turning in early tonight in preparation for the game tomorrow morning....But I am uploading plenty of pictures to photobucket for my next installment. 
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. They used to "live" with use here at home, but too much risk of the boys getting their hands on them caused me to move them to an air-conditioned storage space! 
(tee-hee)
May all your dreams and wishes come true....
, my Sister's Baby Shower, and one final 7th Birthday party for Jakob ("Whadda ya mean another Birthday Party?! I thought that's what we went to Disneyworld for!" -- DH)
More about it when I post the TR!
