Part 1 of Magic Kingdom!!!!

It had been five years since our last trip to Disney! To say that we were a bit excited is an understatement. LOL The plan was to hit Adventureland, Tommorwland and see Mickey (especially since we had not been able to get reservations for Chef Mickey"s), Minnie and the princesses before heading out of the park that afternoon when the sun was shining down to bright. I had hoped to come back after dinner at Ohana's but we all know how plans change! We had several snacks and some water in Marc's backpack (some things never change). A few breakfast items in the room so we were set until at least 1 or 2 p.m.

We drove into the gates straight for the parking lot and on to the trams! That's when you really know your at Disney if you ask me. LOL The weather was great but just a tad hot! WIthin minutes we were headed for the monorails ......until one of the CM's said they were not available. Wha????? So off to the boats we go. Thankfully we did not have to wait long. The one thing I love about the ferry ride is that you get to see the monorail hotels and knowing that we would be eating at the Poly that evening just got me even more excited.

As soon as we got off of the ferry we made our way to the "security" section, which if you were standing behind my husband in line I apologize in advance. He is the water carrier, snack host, baby wipe toter...you name it he has it in his backpack. But for us it helps keep us sane during the long days in the park and in bot of our cases for health reasons its important to have the water and snacks available...especially in the heat!

My plan from the start was to grab a fastpass for the Princess and go immediately to the line for Mickey. We had been unable to get ADR's for Chef Mickeys and frankly how could I come to Disney without seeing Mickey!

Mission Accomplished! Granted it took us a miunute to figure out where the fastpass area was. And thankfully the wait for Mickey was only 8 minutes. I have to say I love this system. Way easier then the lines outside for some of the other characters which we never got a chance to do because it was either to hot, or raining. In one case we got in line to see Pooh who my daughter loves and the line was cut off. I think every character should have his own spot inside to meet and greet! LOL And we never did find Tiana.....is she like in the witness protection program or something (granted we got a glimpse of her in the parade later but its not quite the same)?

After meeting and greeting Mickey we headed to Adventureland, along the way my daughter Nicki posed with a few hats and my daughter Quisha stopped to mail a card to a friend (how cool would it be to receive a card from WDW).  Of course who can travel down Main Street without taking a picture in front of the castle!  Then after a quick left through the crowds we were in Adventureland!

Our first stop was Pirates of the Caribbean! Which by the way is even better with the new add-ons. Best part of the ride...no wait! After we finished the ride the family just had to clown around in the shops.

Once the rowdy crowd finished horsing around we headed towards the Jungle Cruise because I knew that later that day it would be near to impossible to get on the ride without waiting in a long ride. As we got in line which was already starting to get long my oldest daughter said that her stomach hurt so we told her we would meet her after the ride at the Enchanted Tiki Room. The CM on this ride was great and her timing on the jokes were spot on. I'm not sure how long it had been since we last road it but my youngest daughter said this was the first time she actually paid attention to the jokes!!! After we got off I texted my daughter to see if she was back from the restroom. She had misunderstood and thought we were in the show and had tried to get in. Of course the cm's had told her that was impossible so she was a bit upset until she realized we were on our way over. Thankfully we only had to wait a few minutes! The show had only been open a few days before we arrived do to refurbishments being done after the fire. The birds are cute and its a great place to refresh yourself on a hot park day.

After coming out of the show we grabbed a quick snack and some water out of the backpack before heading back towards Mainstreet to use our fastpass to see the princess. We made it to mainstreet just in time to catch the Move It Shake It parade (a first for us).

As soon as the parade ended we hightailed it over to meet the princess..finally! LOL

Its always fun to have a conversation....one Cyndi to another! Overall the experience was fun but I noticed that the photographers although willing to take a picture with your camera are not as careful as they are when taking a picture with their own cameras. Which I understand but at times it was a bit annoying especially since we tried to not hold up the line with a ton of photo request. I know I should probably go and look at the pics on-line but I'm not sure that they will be so great that I will want to purchase them. At one point I considered buying the photopass package before leaving for Disney but by the end of the week I was kind of glad we hadn't because we didn't actually take that many pictures with the professionals.  Next up Tomorrowland!