I know Mickey and the Gang- but who are these other characters?

Magic Kingdom! Isn't it the ultimate Disney experience?! I think when most people think Disney, they think of the Cinderella Castle. It's iconic. And all the magic that is there. It is awesome. So, we went in with those expectations, and let me tell you, the hype is well deserved. IT IS AWESOME! Like I said on the Surprise Vacation post, we didn't plan this trip. Shay had no expectations. In fact, she has only seen one 2 Disney movies ever- the Aristocats and Bambi. We tried Finding Nemo and The Little Mermaid, but those have conflict (AKA- villians) and we just couldn't get through those. Shay knows who Cinderella, Belle, Sleeping Beauty, and Tinkerbell are, but only because of the overly marketed princess stuff you trip over in every store. However, she doesn't know anything about the characters or the stories.

Is it sad that I am the only one who looks happy to be at Magic Kingdom?

 First stop, after getting one of those cool motorized wheelchairs (best money spent- Pop Pop could keep up with us), it was off to stand in line to see Princesses.

Sleeping Beauty

Belle

Cinderella

 

 

The Castle!

We caught a quick show on the castle, with a whole bunch of characters Shay didn't know (Peter Pan characters). Then off to the only two rides Shay knew existed- the Teacups and Dumbo!

Spinning fast.

No picture of the Dumbo ride because it was too hard to fly and take a picture!

She also got to drive a race car- I let her steer (oh what was I thinking!)

Yikes!

 

 

She met quite a few characters- way too many to put pictures up with. And we watched the 3o'clock parade- held at, you guessed it, 3 o'clock. Went through It's a Small World (air conditioned!) and climbed up Swiss Family Robinson Tree house. Then, in Florida fashion, a thunderstorm rolled up and we took cover and caught a bear show. We waited 45 minutes to see Tink and some other fairy. Met up with Tami, Ed, and Peyton, ate dinner, and then headed out to watch the Electric Light Parade. If you do any parade- this is a must (photos by my sister- thanks sis)!

It was crowded, and hot, but awesome. Then we hurried off to get a good view for the fireworks over the castle.

After the fireworks, we walked by an Mickey was still taking pictures! It was after 11- poor guy works so hard!

Long day.

After seeing Mickey, who was awesome, of course, we went to get her ears. No pics with the ears yet. Shay was so tired, after the monorail ride back to the parking lot, she was sleep walking to the car. She was snoring before I finished buckling her carseat up. It was a long day! We were so tired, I missed the exit somehow and ended up in a neighborhood called Celebration. No idea how we got there, but talking to my sister when we got back to the condo, she had done the same thing when she left the park too (we left at different times!).

Tomorrow- Did someone say snorkeling?