Disney Day 2- The Magic Kingdom Part I

Sorry there has been a bit of a break between day 1 and 2. Lets just say that laundry and life have taken front seat this week (as it should). Well, I finally found a quite moment to write about our second day at Disney.

We woke up that morning to beautiful clear skies and the high temp for the day was 79. Absolutely beautiful weather!!!! As we arrived at the Magic Kingdom, we realized that everyone must have had the same idea we did and come to see Cinderella's castle that day. Though it looked like it might be crowded, once you got inside the park, it really wasn't too bad.

After stopping at the castle for a few pictures it was off to Tomorrowland and Buzz Lightyear's Space Spin! We got our Fast Passes and had some time to spare, so we went into Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor. This show was probably one of my favorites. So funny and entertaining. I find it amazing as to how the characters on screen actually interact with the audience. The kids and Chris loved the show as well. The timing was perfect because by the time we got out of the show, it was time for our FP.

Chris and I had tried to prep the kids for the rides at Disney. We didn't do so on our first trip when Luke was 3, and he freaked out on some of the rides not knowing where reality stopped and fantasy began. I let the kids watch youtube videos of most of the rides so they would know what to expect. We also did a lot of talking about how everything in the ride was machine. Luke literally tried to climb out of the Buzz ride when he was three, so we were hoping for a much better reaction this time. It was a huge SUCCESS. Both kids loved it and defeated more aliens than I did. They wanted to run to the next ride they were both so excited.

We headed over to Winnie the Pooh ride and to see Mickey's Phillharmonic. Tried to ride the Barnstormer (Goofy's Rollercoaster), but it wasn't up and running that day. We knew were coming back on Friday, so we figured we would just try it then. After lunch and some playtime in Pooh's Playful Spot, we headed to Adventureland to ride the Magic Carpets of Aladin. We also caught the Country Bear Jamboree and the afternoon parade. Wow, it was a full day.

Here is where the funny, not so funny at the time, story takes place (about 4:00pm). Chris and I decided to split up. Luke really wanted to ride Splash Mountain and Hayley is not big enough to ride it. We decided to meet back at Peter Pan's Flight about 5:15ish because we had a fast pass for the ride and the line for Splash Mountain was about a 45 minute wait. So the boys went off to get in line and Hayley and I headed back to Fantasyland to ride Cinderella's carousel. We rode the carousel, had some ice cream, and did a little shopping with the time we had to burn. At 5:15, Hayley and I camped out in front of PP Flight waiting on the boys. 5:30 came, no boys. 5:45 came, no boys. 6:00 came and so did 6:20. NO BOYS! I was starting to get worried and thought maybe we should head over to Splash Mountain to see if we might cross paths. Once we got to the ride, a huge crowd was standing, watching and whispering!!! What was going on? I asked someone what happened and she told me that the ride was stuck. It had only been stuck for about 10 minutes but it had happened earlier and had been stuck for a while. Well.....mystery solved but where were they?!?!? We headed back to Fantasyland and finally found the boys. Yes, they had been on the ride when it was stuck for 30 minutes!!!!! They had just gone down the big hill and got stuck just before the spot where you get out. Once they got the ride up and running again, the boat went straight through the exit and went again. Luke was not too thrilled at first because he was still deciding if he liked it or hated it the first time he went through! Chris said he calmed down and enjoyed the second time around. What an adventure!!!

We missed our FP to Peter Pan, so we decided to wait and try again on Friday. Needless to say, it was time to head back to the hotel and rest up for day 3 at Hollywood Studios........