jaycns
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Day 5...The Magic Kingdom
"Mom....mom...mom..." I hear my name being whispered very softly and upon opening my eyes, I find myself looking into Stitch's big brown eyes. Instantly, I pop up thinking he must be sick. Thankfully, I see that he is fully dressed and his hair is brushed...I realize he is not sick, he is just excited. And perched on the edge of my bed with his face a few inches from my own. So, I relax and roll out of bed with a smile on my face. There may not be a better way to wake up...a full day of fun at the Magic Kingdom to look forward to and your son's sweet smile.
Stitch enjoyed part of a giant cinnamon roll while I got ready to face the day and before my hair was even dry, we were on our way out the door and headed for El Centro to catch a cab to the Magic Kingdom. We were using a cab because Stitch was VERY anxious to get there and I didn't want him to have to wait for a bus (part of the fun of having only one other person to worry about is being able to just go with the flow and jump in a cab if they ask). Here is a picture of a very eager-to-get-to-the-Magic- Kingdom Stitch. We were taking the elevator down to the ground floor of our casita. You can see the anticipation in his eyes.
We never grew tired of stopping to say 'hello' to our fowl friends.
Within a half an hour of saying goodbye to topiary Donald and his amigos, we were looking at this.
Oh happy day! We chose to take the boat over to the Magic Kingdom! Our first 'ride' of the day.
Very shortly we were finally at the heart of it all...Stitch and I were walking down Main Street hand in hand. And all was right with the world...
Our first photopass pictures of the day.
After our many pictures on Main Street we headed through Fantasyland stopping to enjoy Peter Pan, Snow White and the Tea Cups along the way. Secretly, I was hoping he would want to ride Winnie the Pooh and IaSW as well...but instead of riding, walked past them and headed toward Frontierland (by way of Liberty Square). We were walking through Liberty Square when a couple on their honeymoon (they were wearing the bride and groom Mickey ears) dashed past us (I guess in a rush to get to the rides)and as they did, Stitch was pushed into a food cart's sign. Although he wasn't really hurt, he was surprised and I am sure it didn't feel good to use his head as a bumper. The groom (to his credit) turned around and waved while yelling "sorry squirt", the bride just yanked on the groom's hand and told him to hurry up.
I waved to the groom, rolled my eyes at the bride and led Stitch over to a close bench and cuddled him while he rubbed his head. After he calmed down and we were both sure that he was no worse for the wear, we went to get up and move along our way. As we did, the CM who had been stationed at the cart Stitch literally 'ran into' handed him a Mickey bottle topper straw and asked me if he could have a drink. Upon my approval, he got to pick out a drink (he chose water) and we continued on our way. Once again, a CM showed us a small gesture of kindness that was not required or even extravagant, but is one that is very appreciated and will not be forgotten.
As Stitch was inserting his straw Mickey head on to his water bottle, a photopass CM asked if we would like a picture taken. Stitch still wasn't in the mood for a picture, so I posed for one by myself. I love the background on this picture!
After Stitch drank his water (he downed it like a thirsty camel in the middle of a desert) and I was done saying, "cheese", we continued on to our intended destination, Frontierland. Here I grabbed a fast pass for Splash Mountain and then we walked right on to the same ride. Both of us LOVE SM. It's one of my favorite rides, second only to Expedition Everest, and I was just as excited as he was to hop on a log and take a ride into the brier patch. After our ride through the brier patch, we headed over to BTMRR and took a wild train ride.
By the time we rode BTMRR (TWICE!!) we got to craving a little pirate infested water action...so we took a quick detour to Adventureland (Argh, we needed to ride Pirates). By the time we returned to Frontierland, our fast pass window was open and we could claim our second set (we grabbed one for BTMRR). Being as the stand by wait was still only ten minutes on Splash Mountain, we saved our fast passes and hopped in the very short line. After we got off, the line had grown in length so on our third Splash ride of the morning we used our FPs and then picked up yet another set of them as we got off. Now we were the holders of a set of Fast Passes for both Splash and BTMRR.
And while we wanted to ride (yet again!) our next fast pass window was not open yet (for either ride). So we made our way over to Tom Sawyer Island and did a little bit of exploring. On our way over, we were passed by the riverboat. Talk about riding in someone's wake. Ha ha.
"Mom....mom...mom..." I hear my name being whispered very softly and upon opening my eyes, I find myself looking into Stitch's big brown eyes. Instantly, I pop up thinking he must be sick. Thankfully, I see that he is fully dressed and his hair is brushed...I realize he is not sick, he is just excited. And perched on the edge of my bed with his face a few inches from my own. So, I relax and roll out of bed with a smile on my face. There may not be a better way to wake up...a full day of fun at the Magic Kingdom to look forward to and your son's sweet smile.
Stitch enjoyed part of a giant cinnamon roll while I got ready to face the day and before my hair was even dry, we were on our way out the door and headed for El Centro to catch a cab to the Magic Kingdom. We were using a cab because Stitch was VERY anxious to get there and I didn't want him to have to wait for a bus (part of the fun of having only one other person to worry about is being able to just go with the flow and jump in a cab if they ask). Here is a picture of a very eager-to-get-to-the-Magic- Kingdom Stitch. We were taking the elevator down to the ground floor of our casita. You can see the anticipation in his eyes.
We never grew tired of stopping to say 'hello' to our fowl friends.
Within a half an hour of saying goodbye to topiary Donald and his amigos, we were looking at this.
Oh happy day! We chose to take the boat over to the Magic Kingdom! Our first 'ride' of the day.
Very shortly we were finally at the heart of it all...Stitch and I were walking down Main Street hand in hand. And all was right with the world...
Our first photopass pictures of the day.
After our many pictures on Main Street we headed through Fantasyland stopping to enjoy Peter Pan, Snow White and the Tea Cups along the way. Secretly, I was hoping he would want to ride Winnie the Pooh and IaSW as well...but instead of riding, walked past them and headed toward Frontierland (by way of Liberty Square). We were walking through Liberty Square when a couple on their honeymoon (they were wearing the bride and groom Mickey ears) dashed past us (I guess in a rush to get to the rides)and as they did, Stitch was pushed into a food cart's sign. Although he wasn't really hurt, he was surprised and I am sure it didn't feel good to use his head as a bumper. The groom (to his credit) turned around and waved while yelling "sorry squirt", the bride just yanked on the groom's hand and told him to hurry up.
I waved to the groom, rolled my eyes at the bride and led Stitch over to a close bench and cuddled him while he rubbed his head. After he calmed down and we were both sure that he was no worse for the wear, we went to get up and move along our way. As we did, the CM who had been stationed at the cart Stitch literally 'ran into' handed him a Mickey bottle topper straw and asked me if he could have a drink. Upon my approval, he got to pick out a drink (he chose water) and we continued on our way. Once again, a CM showed us a small gesture of kindness that was not required or even extravagant, but is one that is very appreciated and will not be forgotten.
As Stitch was inserting his straw Mickey head on to his water bottle, a photopass CM asked if we would like a picture taken. Stitch still wasn't in the mood for a picture, so I posed for one by myself. I love the background on this picture!
After Stitch drank his water (he downed it like a thirsty camel in the middle of a desert) and I was done saying, "cheese", we continued on to our intended destination, Frontierland. Here I grabbed a fast pass for Splash Mountain and then we walked right on to the same ride. Both of us LOVE SM. It's one of my favorite rides, second only to Expedition Everest, and I was just as excited as he was to hop on a log and take a ride into the brier patch. After our ride through the brier patch, we headed over to BTMRR and took a wild train ride.
By the time we rode BTMRR (TWICE!!) we got to craving a little pirate infested water action...so we took a quick detour to Adventureland (Argh, we needed to ride Pirates). By the time we returned to Frontierland, our fast pass window was open and we could claim our second set (we grabbed one for BTMRR). Being as the stand by wait was still only ten minutes on Splash Mountain, we saved our fast passes and hopped in the very short line. After we got off, the line had grown in length so on our third Splash ride of the morning we used our FPs and then picked up yet another set of them as we got off. Now we were the holders of a set of Fast Passes for both Splash and BTMRR.
And while we wanted to ride (yet again!) our next fast pass window was not open yet (for either ride). So we made our way over to Tom Sawyer Island and did a little bit of exploring. On our way over, we were passed by the riverboat. Talk about riding in someone's wake. Ha ha.
You poor dear. 
oooh I'd have had to go off on them for that! how inconsiderate! That ride will still be there in 15 seconds it would have taken you to stop by and say sorry for runnign a kid over! 
. Looks like you had a great day at MK. the pics are really nice too. You got to so much done. I love the Anchors away sandwich from CHH, also they have good iced there too. We ate there last week 
