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January 13, 2008
The Magic Kingdom
The boys and I checked out of the Radisson this morning and had breakfast at the IHOP with the World's Best Brother-in-Law. We then picked up our Disney tickets and shot off the The Magic Kingdom to meet up with the rest of the group; there will be between 17 and 25 of us depending on the day of the week.
At the park, we took the Monorail from the parking lot to the Magic Kingdom. The sky was overcast and a raindrop fell here and there but the temperature and humidity were pretty much perfect.
The first thing we did as a group, to get our initial taste of Disney Magic, was to step into some sort of Lilo and Stitch attraction where we pretended we were space cadet trainees at a detention center who encounter Stitch as a new detainee.
And magic it was. We exited the attraction to find it raining impossibly hard considering we'd had no indication whatsoever it was raining at all when we were detaining Stitch. My first thought was that the storm was part of the attraction and I had just an instant of wonder about how it continued the storyline.
That instant was followed by a longer period of wonder about what I was going to do to keep three boys entertained during a typhoon.
Rain does not do much to stop the Disney Magic — mostly all it does is make you aware of the low spots and the spots that don't drain well — and we were able to find plenty to keep us occupied dispite the fact the rain came and went the rest of the day.
While this blurry photo shows Jack and Tony, The World's Best Brother-In-Law, this ride was, in fact, Sam's favorite ride and we returned to it several times over the course of the day.
This is Samson in the Tea Cup ride. I am not the best Tea Cup rider as spinning around will make me sick faster than almost anything else. This is a condition that seems to affect many dads as when we were getting in line we were passed by a dad on his way out who said, "I can't get on that. I'll be sick all day." Samson was kind enough to keep the spinning to a minimum and I was smart enough to keep my eyes focused opposite me and on him rather than trying to look around.
Windsor Castle in England is based Cinderella's Castle (shown here). Cinderella was in this day, her flag is flying, and she was easy enough to spot rumbling around the Magic Kingdom and hitting on hot dads.
Posted by delmer at January 13, 2008 11:08 PM
Comments
I used to love those spinny sort of rides when I was Sam's age too. Now just thinking about it is making my stomach flip over.
Glad you're all having a blast, despite the rain :o)
Posted by: Pen at January 16, 2008 11:27 AM
Oh yeah, Cindy hit on my husband when we were there. I encouraged it in hopes she'd introduce me to Prince Charming *wink*
Posted by: Nancy at January 16, 2008 2:33 PM
Oooh I think I'd have to pass on the spinney teacup thing! That yellow car looks like a blast though! Glad you guys are having a good time!
Posted by: Jill/Twipply Skwood at January 16, 2008 2:48 PM
i could just gobble your kids up- they are too cute!
...that's totally non-threatening, i rarely have the taste for human flesh.
Posted by: dyna at January 17, 2008 3:46 PM