On Monday, we awoke to heavy rain and wind as the northern bands of Tropical Storm Isaac hit us here in Orlando. Still, in the afternoon, we headed out to Magic Kingdom...
What a great decision! The rain had all but stopped by the time we arrived - and it stayed overcast, (relatively) cool, but very humid for the rest of the day... However, the park had very light crowds - apparently the rain overnight and into the mid morning kept people away. We arrived at around 1:00 and we were on Main Street heading out at ten as the fireworks were going off - having done everything we wanted to!
We started by riding the train. Then we got off at Fantasyland and rode the Dumbos twice. Next we headed to Tomorrowland where we road Buzz Lightyear and the People Mover. Then Geoff, Kate, and I rode Buzz two or three more times while Graham, Grant, Mom, and Bobby did Stitch's Great Escape. THen Graham, Grant, and I rode Space Mountain twice (walk on - no fast pass or child swap) whole Grandma, Grandpa, Geoff, and Kate rode the People Mover and the rockets (because Geoffrey spotted the elevator!) THen we all saw Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor.
We headed over to Liberty Square and had lunch at Harbor House, followed by a trip on the Haunted Mansion. I love the hitchhiking ghosts here - they do different tricks - like taking pictures of our faces and then "switching our heads...' Fun! They are digital projections and it is much cooler then home - good update!
Then we did Fantasyland - we rode Small World, which Kately LOVES - such a visual ride - used our group fast pass (Graham's pass needed to be activated so we got a "sorry for the delay" fast pass for our whole party) on Peter Pan, then saw Mickey's Philharmagic and road the carousel. We used fast passes to ride WInnie the Pooh and then headed over to the train in Fantasy Land. Just before getting on the train, they took Geoff on Goofy's Barnstormer. He didn't like it much - but he tried!
We rode the Train to Frontierland and took turns riding Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain. We finished the evening in Adventureland by riding Pirates of the Caribbean, The Magic Carpets of Aladdin - three times without getting off! - and The Jungle Cruise.
Bck on Main Street, Graham did some shopping and we watched the fireworks. Poor Geoffrey was so tired he fell asleep before they ended! We took the monorail back to the Polynesian and visited Captain Cooke's - where they have dole whip on tap! Yes! What a perfect treat to end the day!
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