Day 3, 1st Park Day: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5. 4. 3. 2. 1 Woo Hoo!
It probably seemed like forever since wed left home. But the alarm went off at 7:15 and when I turned it off, ds was already up. He was still laying right next to me and playing on my Kindle Fire. Wed done baths the night before so I got dressed and put sunscreen on the children. Then I made the first of 3 attempts to wake dd. Doesnt seem to matter how much sleep that child gets, she is never ready to get up. Finally I got wise and asked her if she remembered where she was. She sat straight up. As soon as ds was dressed, he hopped into his stroller. I double checked the bag and off we went. We got to Magic Kingdom in plenty of time for a great view of the opening show.
Once we were inside I talked about heading back to the new portion of Fantasy Land before it got too crowded. But my child is a creature of habit. Our favorite two things in Magic Kingdom were calling her and no way was she walking by them no matter how much she was looking forward to going Under the Sea with Ariel. So, we saw Philharmagic, then did our first ride of the day.
After that we did start to make our way back to the new Fantasy Land. But who could pass by the Tea Cups with just a small line. We hopped in the line for our 2nd ride of the trip. Dd took a seat on the little wall and her shadow followed.
This line never takes long through. I love getting their smiles on the ride.
After that we picked up fast passes for the Under the Sea ride, we headed over to go and meet Ariel. This was her first time meeting Ariel in fins. All the way down the queue, ds talked about seeing the mermaid. When the time came though, he decided against it. Dd enjoyed it. Ill post the photopass shots because they are better than mine.
Once we got out of the meet and greet it was time to use something wed picked up outside of the Philharmagic Theater. Its important to note where that machine is as I saw people near the ride looking for it and it is quite a walk between the two.
There was basically no wait going through the fast pass entrance. Im not sure the regular line was long at this point of the day, but I wanted those fast passes just in case knowing we had plans to leave around noon for a break.
We really enjoyed the ride. I liked the imagery, and how the projections made you feel you were under water. Dd wanted to ride it again later in the week. After we left there, we took some time to get hydrated and I reapplied sunscreen. Refueled we headed into the Story book Circus area.
There was just a couple of things I wanted to do here since we dont do roller coasters and when shown the pictures online, the children didnt want to meet the circus versions of Minnie, Donald, Daisy and Goofy. We headed straight to Dumbo. I didnt want to try the play area (and risk not being able to get out) because the line was not long. So we opted to just continue to move through. The ride was pretty much walk-on. I snapped a quick picture of the children before I hopped in with them.
We went over to the Casey Jr. Water Play area. The children love the splash area at Epcot and I was excited for them to see this. And it was plenty hot even though it was cloudy. Dd was all in.
Ds, to my surprise, decided against it.
After dd got pretty much soaked, we started heading back towards the front. It was getting close to the time I wanted to head back to the resort for a break. We redid our favorite two things on the way out. Just cant seem to pass by Small World and Philharmagic. We should probably be in a 12 step program. The children love those and for me, those are my Im really here, attractions. We made our way to the bus stop. We were all alone. I look at this and realize how much my daughter is growing up. I cant believe sometimes the length of her legs. Ds decided the busses were a bit loud, so whenever we were at the stop, he covered his ears.
Once we got back I kept my promise for some pool time. I told dd we could only stay in the pool for an hour. She was shocked, but I had good reason. We were returning to Magic Kingdom later, but she already knew that. Once we got changed to head down to the pool I told her I did have good reason for limiting pool time today. Id tell her, but first I needed something from the red bag. You might remember the red bag was holding some surprises and that I found some money for a few extras on this trip. I will say I was grateful dd was just as excited not knowing there would be any.
Heres what shes reading.
She has lots of thick hair and Id need plenty of time to get it dry before we went back to Magic Kingdom. Pool time was great and I started about 10 minutes before that hour was up letting her know wed need to head back to the room soon. She needs extra time to wrap her head around transitions all of the time due to ADHD, but when shes really having fun, its tougher, even if shes going to something else she loves.
Once we got back and I got her hair dry, she made the decision to dress in the room instead of waiting until we got to BBB. That turned out to be a good decision.
fellow North Carolinian
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