Sunday, September 2, 2012

Walt Disney World - Day 1, 1st half

As I sit and type my photos are uploading and my three men are snoozing.  They are resting up for a long night at the Magic Kingdom.

Today we are celebrating my 35th birthday at the most magical place on earth!

We rose early to head to the Crystal Palace to celebrate with Pooh and friends at 8 a.m., before the park even opened!  There were people already lined up to go in an hour early.  Lucky for us we had a secret entrance (not really but hey its a fantasy land).  Have I mentioned it's muggy in WDW! The people were scarce in the park, it was nice to see the stillness.  Anyway, Crystal Palace was a basic character breakfast and Will enjoyed starting the morning with friends.  He hugged and danced his way through breakfast with Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger and Pooh.

The park is looking rather fall.  It is quite pretty.  I have never been to Disney in the fall so it was a treat to see the decorations.

Off we were to Adventureland!  Where our first stop is Peter Pan.  He was great with Will, chatted with him and giggled!  

The Dole stand was not opened yet or we probably would have had a Dole Whip for dessert, we will return for lunch.

Moving on over to Frontierland, which is not an area we have even visited with the boys being that they are one and four.  Will stated he wanted to ride the water slide so off to Splash Mountain for his first ever experience with Chris.  To my surprise, he loved it.  Here they are, second row!

All the while, Hunter dozed off in the stroller we rented from www.kingdomstrollers.com.  What a great and easy experience that was!  We ordered and paid online and picked it up at the hotel.  It was awesome.  

Next up we figure if Will is going to ride he might as well take on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.  Chris quickly realized he is not ready for the fast moving roller coasters.  He did well but won't be going back this visit.

Off to Fantasyland we go!  First stop the Carosel, quick easy ride up and down and up and down.  As we exited, Chris hurried us off to a secret door, this time it was for real!  I was so confused.  

Much to my surprise we were going to get to see Maurice's Cottage!! Yep that's right, we got to go behind the big wall!  It looks so fun and I have watched it come to life on the Disney blog.  However, about 30 minutes into the line the boys got restless and we had to exit.  I did not actually get to go in but it was great to get to be one of the first people behind the door and I so want to come back later this year to dine at Be Our Guest.  

Next up was our Dole Whip!  We dream of the Dole Whip for months leading up to our trip and we will probably stop by more than once.

Well now it's getting hot and we are headed out of the park to run by Target, get some lunch and snag some nap time.  Until next time . . . 

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