Our next stop was Peter Pan's Flight. I have such great memories of riding this ride as a kid, and enjoyed it every bit as much the second time. The 6 year old was ENTHRALLED with this ride as well. We stopped by It's a small World. I LOVE it, but it drives JK crazy. haha! I don't care. There is so much to look at as you ride through, how can you pass it up?
After this, we made our way to the Haunted Mansion. For whatever reason, I remember this as a lot funnier than it actually was. In reality, it was pretty scary for the kids. Oops!
After this, we headed to Fronteirland. We all LOVED ThunderMountain Railroad and Splash Mountain. We did not have to wait long at all for Thunder Mountain, but there was quite a wait for Splash Mountain so we got a Fast Pass. Really wonderful decision! We got soo many jealous looks as we passed the line, but hey it's free they could have done it too! The 6 year old was obsessed with the "train ride" and the "boat ride". I think we could have camped out there the rest of the day! We also met Woody in Fronteir Land, and ate at Pecos Bill's?? (I think).
On to Adventure Land! Of course, we rode Pirates of the Carribean (walked right on) and the Jungle Cruise. Of course, Pirates of the Caribbean was awesome. I had read this in the guide book, but the Jungle Cruise que IS very deceiving! I felt like that que never ended! Jungle Cruise is such a classic piece of Disney, and how can you not love the tour guides corny jokes!! The six year old wanted to ride Aladdin's Magic Carpets, but we skipped out. Really, it is just Dumbo over again (with a water feature), so to me, not worth it. But, of course, if you had a kid, it would be a different story. :-) We HAD to climb the treehouse. I love it! I still secretly want to live in a treehouse, so it is fun to see the "life" the Swiss Family Robinsons lived.
At this point, Magic Kingdom had gotten pretty crowded and it had gotten pretty warm. We were all wearing thin, so we decided to take a break and head to Downtown Disney. We caught a bus and spent about 2 hours roaming around. This was a nice change of pace! JK and I bought our annual Christmas Ornament in one of the shops, and we enjoyed looking around at the Lego Shop (very cool).
We ate dinner at the Tomorrowland Terrace, which has more variety than some of the quick service plances. Then we went back to do some of the rides in Tomorrowland that we skipped over in our first run through the park. Here is my assessment of those:
Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor- FABULOUS. I have no idea HOW they animations interact to what the audience says, but it is genius. We had so much fun here!
Stitch's Great Escape- As bad as everyone says it is. Don't waste your time.
Tomorrowland Speedway- Too slow of a pace even for the 6 year old. JK and I didn't ride it because we knew what it was like, but some other people just had to ride it. They acknowledged it was a mistake haha! Of couse, if you bring littles it is a great ride.
Carousel of Progress- I really wanted to ride this because I have heard others talk about it, and it is a classic Disney ride, but we were so disappointed. First of all, the attraction has an old moldy smell and THEN the ride broke down. It made us almost late for the Main Street Electrical Parade, so it isn't on my good list. ha!
So after we FINALLY made if off the Carousel of Progress, we RAN to our spot for the Main Street Electrical parade. We stood on the stockade in the Liberty Square area. It was a good spot! I loved the Electrical parade. It was so fun!
After the parade, the kids went back to Thundermountain to enjoy a few late night rides. We found out that they speeed up the ride at night! It is a totally different experience at nighttime, so it is fun to do both a day run and an evening run. Then we found a spot to watch the fireworks. Unfortunately, we were not able to get back to the castle, so we did not experience the full effect of the show. We watched it from the deck in between Liberty Square and Fronteirland. While we could see the fireworks, they did not look like they were actually above the castle. We realized later that we were seeing the back of the show! Oh well, we will know for next time. The six year old was the funniest at this point. He was intensely concerned that Cinderella was asleep in the castle and the fireworks would scare her. I assured him that she was probably used to the fireworks. Then he decided that he SAW Cinderella in the window of the Castle and that she was setting of the fireworks. He told me that that was dangerous and then stated very matter of factly "We oughtta call the law on her!" HAHAHA! Those are the things that make it fun to take a kid to Disney!
It was a long, but very fun day. The only things that we didn't get to do were the Tikki Room (it was closed for renovations) and the Hall of Presidents (ran out of time). Those will be on my list for next time! Tune in soon for Day 3: Epcot!
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