Disney Part 2-Magic Kingdom!

WARNING:  This post is pretty long and the pictures are somewhat out of order.  I included all the pictures of all the days and time we spent at Magic Kingdom.

Our first day at the Magic Kingdom was nothing short of magical! We went right away and saw two very popular girls....Anna and Elsa!  We got their autographs too!

 

 

We had fun getting our pictures taken but the street photographers in front of the castle.

 

We rode the carousel a couple of times.

Evie was super excited to be meeting some of her favorites. 

 

We stumbled upon Anastasia and Drizella, the ugly stepsisters.  They were hilarious!

 

We also got in a line that was not that long to meet Cinderella!

 

We rode Dumbo, the flying elephant!  

 

This was by far the kids most favorite park.  I mean how could it not be with a view like this?

 

 

It was seriously the most magical place on earth.  I wanted to cry just watching my kids faces here.  

 

One of the first rides we rode was The Little Mermaid.  Evie LOVED this ride and was all she wanted to go on all the time.

 

But we rode Dumbo a couple of times.

 

We love this castle!

 

We met Mary Poppins!

 

We watched a Festival of Fantasy Parade.  It was darling.

 

I tried my very first Dole Whip and it was yummy!

 

So we stayed 2 nights late at Magic Kingdom hoping to watch the Electrical Parade.  The first night it ended up being canceled because of lightning.  So we went back on our last night there and did see it.  It was well worth the hassle to be able to see it! 

 

The castle at night is a sight to see!

One of our days there, we met Buzz Lightyear!  Presley was pretty excited since a lot of the characters we met were girls.

 

We waited a while too to see Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen. 

 

We waited for fireworks.

 

This is the sight that greets you at Magic Kingdom.  It's the train station!

 

Walking down Main Street USA just makes you feel so happy!

 

Gracie sported her "1st visit" pin and her "happy birthday" pin!

 

In fact, all of them got "1st visit" pins.

 

We tried to get the sword out of the stone.

 

We were inside the Princess Hall waiting to meet Cinderella and Rapunzel.  They have beautiful paintings of all the princesses in there.  Here is Gracie with one of her favs....Jasmine!

 

Look...it's Cinderella's glass slipper!

First we met Anna and Elsa.  The kids asked them where Olaf was.

 

They signed our autograph books.

 

We saw this fancy Minnie.

Then we met Rapunzel.  Evie asked her where Pascal was.

 

Grandma and Amy wanted to meet Rapunzel too!

 

Here is the Beasts castle for the restaurant "Be Our Guest."  We did not eat there though.

 

Here is outside Evie's favorite ride....Ariel!

 

I think we rode the Ariel ride more than any other ride. One day we went on it twice in a row because the wait time was only 10 minutes!

 

Peter Pan was one of Bub's favorites. We only got on it once though.  This ride always has a really long line.

 

But we didn't wait long for "It's a Small World." 

 

I love this ride.  It makes you feel happy and wish for world peace. 

 

With these new magic bands, some things are read electronically and your name appears on things.

 

We found this splash park with Casey Junior, the train from Dumbo.  It was a fun way to cool off a bit.

 

More Dumbo! 

 

We went into a shop and Miss Pouty Pants here, well, I don't even know what she was mad about. 

 

 

So we all started trying on hats and ears. 

 

After all the hats, we decided to ride the train.

 

 

Then we went and waited in line for Buzz Lightyear. 

 

The kids loved this ride because it it's kind of like a video game where you shoot things and get points.  At the end we ended up defeating Zurg!

 

Then we chilled out and rode the People Mover.  It goes all around Tomorrowland!

This was one of Gracie's favorites.....the Haunted Mansion!  

We had fun on the Pirates of the Caribbean.  We tricked Grandpa and told him that the pirates were real.

 

All that fun wore Bub out!

I love Main Street!

 

And this castle!

 

And here we are back at Ariel!

Gracie and I rode this roller coaster.

 

Then we rode Dumbo again.

 

And played on the splash park again too.

We almost met Gaston too.  

 

 

But he was leaving as we walked up.

 

So we went and waited in line for Winnie the Pooh.

They had a lot of fun things to do while the kids waited in line.

 

I love how everything in every Disney movie is incorporated somehow into one of the parks.  This whole restroom area is all from Rapunzel.  There is so much attention to detail.  I just love it!

 

There's Rapunzel's Tower.

 

Then we went to something I never did before...Tom Sawyer's Island!

 

It is so cool.  You take a raft boat over to an island and then explore it.  There's little buildings and fun bridges and even a fort!

 

Presley really liked this place.  He had fun showing Grandpa all around the forts.

 

We got a Fast pass for the Jungle Cruise.  But Amy took the pictures and I filmed it.

 

The kids thought the Swiss Family Treehouse was pretty neat. 

 

After the tree house we had fun watching this camel spit at us!

 

Here is more of Mary Poppins!

 

We had fun listening to these guys singing.

 We claimed out a great spot like 3 hours before the electrical parade.  

 

 

Spots fill up fast as you can tell.

 

So while Grandma and Grandpa held our spots, we went in search of more rides.

We went in the Enchanted Tiki Room.

 

And rode the flying carpets!

 

There's the city of Agrabah!

 

We went in the Hall of Presidents.  

 

And saw the Liberty Bell.

 

We also went to the Country Bear Jamboree.

 

And then headed back to our spot to watch the parade.

I brought glow sticks for the kids.

 

Evie discovered that she could make a Mickey out of hers!

Gracie spent some of her money on Duffy Bear.  It's like a Build-a-Bear but all the outfits are Disney ones.  It's cute.

 

Then Evie had fun taking all of our pictures.

 

We went on Buzz Lightyear again too.

 

We saw Mr. and Mrs. Incredible and had a dance party with them.

 

Then we rode the People Mover again.

 

And met Buzz again. 

 

This is where we ate a couple of times.  Casey's Corner.  They had really good hot dogs.

 

Bub thought the baseball guys were cool.

 

More pics from Tiana and Naveen.

 

After the parade, we waited for fireworks.

But shortly after that, the kids were out. They were troopers.

 

Oh, and on our first day, we waited an hour for the Haunted Mansion but the kids did well. 

 

The Magic Kingdom was definitely the most magical place on earth!