timandlesley
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O.K., here is day 3 of our DisneyWorld vacation.. . . .
Today is Magic Kingdom Day. . . . Monday, can't wait to see that castle all decked out for the 50th celebration. We awaken early and catch breakfast at Roaring Forks, then we catch a bus to Magic Kingdom, very crowded bus and we stop at the Grand Floridian to fill the bus entirely. We make it to the front gate of the MK just in time for the grand opening- we have never seen this before and it truly was magical. All of the characters arrived by train and they sang and danced and opened the park by having a family throw some pixie dust it gave me that "magical feeling". Then we waited in line to put our tickets into the turnstyles for about 20 minutes, seemed like forever, it was SO CROWDED. We made it to Main Street - my favorite place on earth. I held my camera up high to catch a shot of the castle, it is so beautiful, but we could barely move on Main Street because it was literally wall to wall people, CRAZY. Here is a pic of the crowds that morning:
We make our way to Fantasy Land. I dashed into Peter Pans treasures to see if Tink had been woken up yet and there was a little girl in there waking her at that very moment, oh well, maybe next trip. . . .we went to Philarmagic. While we were waiting for the show to start my hubby grabbed Fast Passes for Peter Pan. We did Philarmagic (WHAT A GREAT SHOW, JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT) first with no problem, theatre only half full, then after that walked right onto Small World (a classic), then we only waited 5 minutes for the Pooh's honey pots. Here is luke on the honeypots:
My son wanted to ride the carosel, as we were sitting there on the ride I looked all around me, saw the castle, the beautiful scenery all around, that's when it hit me. WOW, I'm really here, isn't it magical, I just want to soak in every minute of it, I've waited so long to be here, I wish I could just make the moment freeze in time. After I was awoken from this daydream as the ride came to an end we used our Fast pass for Peter Pan's magical flight. We then made our way to Adventure land. My son REALLY wanted a Mickey ice cream bar and it was HOT, so we took an ice cream break and then we took the ride all around the park on the Magic Kingdom Express Train. My son is a HUGE train fan. The CM gave him an honorary "conductor for a day" card, he was thrilled. We enjoyed the 20 minute ride all around the park, one of our favorite things to do to see the entire park. We then got off and did parent swap for Thunder Mountain Railroad with the fast pass we had aquired. It was my son's first time riding, he LOVED it and thought it was really cool he got to ride twice, once with my husband and once with me.
LUNCHTIME- OH MY GOSH, I couldn't believe the crowds. We tried to go to the Fast Food place in Liberty Square (the name escapes me now) because we love the fish and chips (well at least I do). We get in line and the lady tells us their fryers are broken and they have no fish, no fries, no chicken, only pb&j. Oh no, we make our way to Pinnochios Village Haus and it is PACKED OUT! My husband circled with my daughter (who was now sound asleep in the stroller) trying to find a table while my son and I waited in line for an hour for food, CRAZY! We had to fight the crowds while I balanced my tray full of food trying to locate my husband in the busy restaraunt. 10 minutes of searching for him and almost spilling my food went by and we found him in a corner. After lunch we took the boat back to WL, it was so nice being able to roll the stroller onto the boat while our daughter slept. INCREDIBLE.
We get back and I put the kids down for naps and I call to the front desk to see if the UPS package had arrived. They said it was out with the bellman for delivery. YES!!! It arrived and I have never been so happy to touch tank tops and underwear before in my life, now I could continue to enjoy the vacation.
Back to the Magic Kingdom for a 6:45 dinner at Cinderella's Royal table. I had been told over and over again by the CM's not to expect any characters for dinner so I had ruled that out. . . .well when we walked in there sat Cinderella and Mary Poppins on the throne, my kids were thrilled! There was only like 4 other families waiting for dinner and they had already had pictures taken with her so we walked right up to them. UNBELIEVABLE! Now that was some pixie dust. We enjoyed a great meal, I had never been inside of the castle before, I enjoyed every minute of it. My daughter had lost it by the end of the meal and I ended up holding her. My husband wanted to go back to the hotel with her since she had "lost it", but I had my heart set on seeing Spectromagic. So. . .we compromised, he took her back to the WL by boat and Luke (my son and I) stayed for Spectromagic. Well, we had incredible front row seats, we managed to get in a gated area before the finished gating it in and we were in the front with no crowds to fight. Of COURSE right as the lights went down he HAD TO PEE!!! It was an emergency. I scanned around me and saw nothing but crowds and gated off streets, and I also had the best seats of my life, WHAT TO DO?? I did what any good mother would do : ) I told him to hold it : ) About half way into the INCREDIBLE show he couldn't hold it any longer. So. . .I gave up my spot and tried to fight the crowds (with double stroller in tow, not fun) to the front gate, by the time I made it to the locker area under the train station the parade had ended and the SEA of people were there surrounding us storming the gate. I asked the CM where the nearest restrooms were, they pointed in the direction of the park (the opposite way I could feasibly go at this point) and I was in a state of panic, what to do. . what to do. I rushed to the bus stop hoping the bus would be there (the line for the boat to WL was enormouse at this point). Of COURSE the bus took 20 minutes to get there this particular night but my son was a trooper. There was a great guy in line with us trying to distract Luke by asking him all kinds of Thomas the Tank Engine questions which kept his mind off of it (a bit). We made it to the Lodge and he pee'd his little heart out. Watched WISHES from the deck and ended a magical day. Tomorrow is Tuesday, MGM day, we have a FAntasmic package scheduled at night, it thunderstormed last year and we weren't able to see the show, here's hoping for good weather.
Lesley
Today is Magic Kingdom Day. . . . Monday, can't wait to see that castle all decked out for the 50th celebration. We awaken early and catch breakfast at Roaring Forks, then we catch a bus to Magic Kingdom, very crowded bus and we stop at the Grand Floridian to fill the bus entirely. We make it to the front gate of the MK just in time for the grand opening- we have never seen this before and it truly was magical. All of the characters arrived by train and they sang and danced and opened the park by having a family throw some pixie dust it gave me that "magical feeling". Then we waited in line to put our tickets into the turnstyles for about 20 minutes, seemed like forever, it was SO CROWDED. We made it to Main Street - my favorite place on earth. I held my camera up high to catch a shot of the castle, it is so beautiful, but we could barely move on Main Street because it was literally wall to wall people, CRAZY. Here is a pic of the crowds that morning:
We make our way to Fantasy Land. I dashed into Peter Pans treasures to see if Tink had been woken up yet and there was a little girl in there waking her at that very moment, oh well, maybe next trip. . . .we went to Philarmagic. While we were waiting for the show to start my hubby grabbed Fast Passes for Peter Pan. We did Philarmagic (WHAT A GREAT SHOW, JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT) first with no problem, theatre only half full, then after that walked right onto Small World (a classic), then we only waited 5 minutes for the Pooh's honey pots. Here is luke on the honeypots:
My son wanted to ride the carosel, as we were sitting there on the ride I looked all around me, saw the castle, the beautiful scenery all around, that's when it hit me. WOW, I'm really here, isn't it magical, I just want to soak in every minute of it, I've waited so long to be here, I wish I could just make the moment freeze in time. After I was awoken from this daydream as the ride came to an end we used our Fast pass for Peter Pan's magical flight. We then made our way to Adventure land. My son REALLY wanted a Mickey ice cream bar and it was HOT, so we took an ice cream break and then we took the ride all around the park on the Magic Kingdom Express Train. My son is a HUGE train fan. The CM gave him an honorary "conductor for a day" card, he was thrilled. We enjoyed the 20 minute ride all around the park, one of our favorite things to do to see the entire park. We then got off and did parent swap for Thunder Mountain Railroad with the fast pass we had aquired. It was my son's first time riding, he LOVED it and thought it was really cool he got to ride twice, once with my husband and once with me.
LUNCHTIME- OH MY GOSH, I couldn't believe the crowds. We tried to go to the Fast Food place in Liberty Square (the name escapes me now) because we love the fish and chips (well at least I do). We get in line and the lady tells us their fryers are broken and they have no fish, no fries, no chicken, only pb&j. Oh no, we make our way to Pinnochios Village Haus and it is PACKED OUT! My husband circled with my daughter (who was now sound asleep in the stroller) trying to find a table while my son and I waited in line for an hour for food, CRAZY! We had to fight the crowds while I balanced my tray full of food trying to locate my husband in the busy restaraunt. 10 minutes of searching for him and almost spilling my food went by and we found him in a corner. After lunch we took the boat back to WL, it was so nice being able to roll the stroller onto the boat while our daughter slept. INCREDIBLE.
We get back and I put the kids down for naps and I call to the front desk to see if the UPS package had arrived. They said it was out with the bellman for delivery. YES!!! It arrived and I have never been so happy to touch tank tops and underwear before in my life, now I could continue to enjoy the vacation.
Back to the Magic Kingdom for a 6:45 dinner at Cinderella's Royal table. I had been told over and over again by the CM's not to expect any characters for dinner so I had ruled that out. . . .well when we walked in there sat Cinderella and Mary Poppins on the throne, my kids were thrilled! There was only like 4 other families waiting for dinner and they had already had pictures taken with her so we walked right up to them. UNBELIEVABLE! Now that was some pixie dust. We enjoyed a great meal, I had never been inside of the castle before, I enjoyed every minute of it. My daughter had lost it by the end of the meal and I ended up holding her. My husband wanted to go back to the hotel with her since she had "lost it", but I had my heart set on seeing Spectromagic. So. . .we compromised, he took her back to the WL by boat and Luke (my son and I) stayed for Spectromagic. Well, we had incredible front row seats, we managed to get in a gated area before the finished gating it in and we were in the front with no crowds to fight. Of COURSE right as the lights went down he HAD TO PEE!!! It was an emergency. I scanned around me and saw nothing but crowds and gated off streets, and I also had the best seats of my life, WHAT TO DO?? I did what any good mother would do : ) I told him to hold it : ) About half way into the INCREDIBLE show he couldn't hold it any longer. So. . .I gave up my spot and tried to fight the crowds (with double stroller in tow, not fun) to the front gate, by the time I made it to the locker area under the train station the parade had ended and the SEA of people were there surrounding us storming the gate. I asked the CM where the nearest restrooms were, they pointed in the direction of the park (the opposite way I could feasibly go at this point) and I was in a state of panic, what to do. . what to do. I rushed to the bus stop hoping the bus would be there (the line for the boat to WL was enormouse at this point). Of COURSE the bus took 20 minutes to get there this particular night but my son was a trooper. There was a great guy in line with us trying to distract Luke by asking him all kinds of Thomas the Tank Engine questions which kept his mind off of it (a bit). We made it to the Lodge and he pee'd his little heart out. Watched WISHES from the deck and ended a magical day. Tomorrow is Tuesday, MGM day, we have a FAntasmic package scheduled at night, it thunderstormed last year and we weren't able to see the show, here's hoping for good weather.
Lesley
That sure was nice of that man to help you out trying to keep his mind off of it.
) and avoid stressing your son.
(not forgetting to "reload" potty for next time 
)
As to usin it with people around, I suppose it depends on age of child - elder DS (11) would certainly rather find a restroom, but younger DS will still use TP if he needs to go (as long as we stand around him) 
