LAH LAH
1244.22 Miles from the Magic
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Why do all good trips have to come to an end? Final days are wonderful and a ticking time bomb at the same time. You know it is your last chance to cram in as much magic as possible. And so cram we did! 
Bright and early we got our wake-up call. I think we were all secretly hoping for the opening ceremony magic to strike again. I think I was hoping the most.
We rushed to get ready and we were making good time! The bus was waiting...could we be any luckier?
We arrived at 8:10. Park doesn't open until 9...do we have a chance? Could they still be looking for the family to open the park? Will they pick us to ride the train and throw the opening pixie dust?
No one was walking up to me so I mosey on over to a cast member...
I make small talk and inquire about whether or not the opening family has been chosen. He informed me that they picked the opening family at 7:30. 
Do you know how early we would have to wake up to make it to even have a chance to be picked? I guess the three of us will have to be happy to watch that train pull up...and I'm ok with that.
We had plenty of time to kill. The kids played with the hula hoops and I took picture after picture of families ready to start their day at MK. I hate seeing families pose for family pictures only to have dad or mom behind the camera. Family pictures should be with everyone...so I offer as often as I can. And this morning was a steady stream of pictures. I didn't mind. I would hand a camera back and immediately someone would hand me another camera. This went on for over a half hour. Thankfully I got a picture of my kids:
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
And then it starts...right at 9! The Mayor came out to kick things off:
Here comes the train!!!!
Mickey!
Mary Poppins...my favorite!
The music ends and away we go. Our mission was to speed walk to the Tinkerbelle shop in hopes to wake up Tinkerbelle. The first one who asks gets to wake her up...and then you get one of those certificates that Elsa loves so much. I'd only read about this so we weren't sure what to expect. We walked into the store and another family had just beat us to it. Elsa was a little bummed, but we got to see her "fly" around the store.
We walked out of the shop and ran into The Fairy Godmother!
This is always a must...who will pull the sword out? This time they tried together:
I think deep down Michael thinks he will pull it out. Elsa plays along, but Michael is disappointed every time.
Here we are in Fantasy Land and only a few are milling around!
What will we ride? We looked at Snow White and the line is empty...so we decide to help the lines fulfill their destiny. We went to board and the cast member let us know we were the first riders of the day. He asked Elsa to open the ride by warning Snow White not to eat the apple. So she happily did. Ok, so we weren't the opening ceremony family and we didn't get to wake up Tinkerbelle...but we opened Snow White!
We rode everything in this section in record time! We saw Ariel out and decided to get it line.
I don't know why the next picture cracks me up...but it does. The kids are usually super talkative with the characters...but not with her. I think it might be because it was a face to face encounter. Apparently my kids like chatting with mute over grown stuffed animals more.
We decided to take some time for Elsa and have her meet the Princesses. We didn't have to wait too long and she LOVED it!
Next Up: How long can I stretch out this last day?
Bright and early we got our wake-up call. I think we were all secretly hoping for the opening ceremony magic to strike again. I think I was hoping the most.
We rushed to get ready and we were making good time! The bus was waiting...could we be any luckier? We arrived at 8:10. Park doesn't open until 9...do we have a chance? Could they still be looking for the family to open the park? Will they pick us to ride the train and throw the opening pixie dust?
No one was walking up to me so I mosey on over to a cast member... I make small talk and inquire about whether or not the opening family has been chosen. He informed me that they picked the opening family at 7:30. Do you know how early we would have to wake up to make it to even have a chance to be picked? I guess the three of us will have to be happy to watch that train pull up...and I'm ok with that.We had plenty of time to kill. The kids played with the hula hoops and I took picture after picture of families ready to start their day at MK. I hate seeing families pose for family pictures only to have dad or mom behind the camera. Family pictures should be with everyone...so I offer as often as I can. And this morning was a steady stream of pictures. I didn't mind. I would hand a camera back and immediately someone would hand me another camera. This went on for over a half hour. Thankfully I got a picture of my kids:
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
And then it starts...right at 9! The Mayor came out to kick things off:
Here comes the train!!!!
Mickey!
Mary Poppins...my favorite!
The music ends and away we go. Our mission was to speed walk to the Tinkerbelle shop in hopes to wake up Tinkerbelle. The first one who asks gets to wake her up...and then you get one of those certificates that Elsa loves so much. I'd only read about this so we weren't sure what to expect. We walked into the store and another family had just beat us to it. Elsa was a little bummed, but we got to see her "fly" around the store.
We walked out of the shop and ran into The Fairy Godmother!
This is always a must...who will pull the sword out? This time they tried together:
I think deep down Michael thinks he will pull it out. Elsa plays along, but Michael is disappointed every time.
Here we are in Fantasy Land and only a few are milling around!
What will we ride? We looked at Snow White and the line is empty...so we decide to help the lines fulfill their destiny. We went to board and the cast member let us know we were the first riders of the day. He asked Elsa to open the ride by warning Snow White not to eat the apple. So she happily did. Ok, so we weren't the opening ceremony family and we didn't get to wake up Tinkerbelle...but we opened Snow White!
We rode everything in this section in record time! We saw Ariel out and decided to get it line.
I don't know why the next picture cracks me up...but it does. The kids are usually super talkative with the characters...but not with her. I think it might be because it was a face to face encounter. Apparently my kids like chatting with mute over grown stuffed animals more.
We decided to take some time for Elsa and have her meet the Princesses. We didn't have to wait too long and she LOVED it!
Next Up: How long can I stretch out this last day?
I know...it should never end. I consider moving to FL so we don't have to go. 
How exciting!
