Today we had to get up very early to get ready for Magic Kingdom. Drew had been turned onto the idea of the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique by a certain babysitter of ours (we've almost forgiven you for that slip Ally). I believe that the packages start at $50 for hair and make-up (which includes atrocious glitter in your hair), $55 if you include nails, and $189 for the whole shebang including fancy dress and tiara. I'm not willing to do that with my 4 year old (not to mention you would have to sit for your appointment during park hours - what kind of fun is that!) so I bought a curling iron and some gaudy blue and purple make-up and we picked out special nail polish and decided to do it ourselves and save the money and the time. That meant a 6am wakeup for Mommy so she could get ready and then spend time on Drew. Park opened at 800am this morning so we needed to leave the hotel by 700 to get to Ticket and Transportation Center to board the Monorail.
We left a little late because we had to grab breakfast to go in the lobby and when we got on the Monorail they had to take one out of service and re-route us along the hotel route. We have never been to MK on a Saturday and I was very nervous that the whole morning would be ruined. We missed the opening show at the gate and when we walked in it was like there was no one there! I've never seen the park so empty - it was eerie. We split up with Trevor and I headed to Space Mountain and Ryan and Drew to Fantasyland to ride the Dumbo Ride. Trevor and I got to ride Space Mountain twice with no wait and picked up a FastPass for later. Drew and Ryan rode Dumbo, the carousel, and Snow White and got a picture with Mary Poppins before Trevor and I rejoined. Trevor did get a pic with Stitch and autograph but it is on my phone and not the real camera.
Once in Fantasyland we hit Peter Pan's Flight and Its A Small World - both with very little wait and then Ryan and Trevor did Snow White (Drew was too scared to ride again) and then headed to use the Space Mountain Fastpass. Drew and I did the carousel, ran into her wicked stepsisters and step-mom and rode Whinnie the Pooh.
We met the guys coming off of Space Mountain and headed for Buzz Lightyear - another ride where you get to shoot at stuff while spinning around in a little car. The line doubled within 30 seconds of us getting in it - I felt like we were just ahead of the game hitting all the stuff just right. I am also proud to say that I won this time with 170,000 points to Ryan's 115,000. He is having trouble dealing with that and would have made us ride it again I think if the line hadn't been too long... After that we rode the Tomorrowland Transit Authority and then headed to the Haunted Mansion. Same thing there - line doubled in size right after us.
At this point Drew was asking to go back to the hotel and complaining of being hungry so it was time to split up again with the boys going to Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountain Railway (rollercoaster) while we went in search of princesses.
We crossed into Adventureland and saw Jasmine who was just going on break and Ariel who was just going on break and finally wandered around to the Main Princess Viewing area (moved from Fantasyland due to construction). We waited only about 20 minutes and got to see Snow White, Belle, and Cinderella. Drew entertained everyone in line with her retelling of the Cinderella story (with me cast as the Cinderella in rags and she as the Fairy Godmother). When we got to the ball she took over as Cinderella because she was wearing the pretty dress and I got to be the prince. From there we headed right back to Ariel and were second in line to see her and Prince Eric after their break.
After this it was lunchtime and the natives were starting to get a little restless. Thanks to the quiet park for the first hour that we were there, we have done a lot on our list today so we decided to hit the castle show and then head out of the park to rest and come back later. It is getting crazy crowded and kind of hot and it is not worth it.
Here is the mas of humanity behind us. Off to the hotel for some R&R and we'll return after dinner for more fun and adventure...
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