We finally made it to the Magic Kingdom and it truly is where Dreams Come True! We had a wonderful and night at the Magic Kingdom filled with fun, laughter, magic and surprise. We all agreed after spending such a fun day there, we should have really skipped the Animal Kingdom and spent 2 days here. Because we knew we wanted to stay for the fireworks and light show, we headed to the park after lunch instead of 1st thing in the morning. Arabella couldn't wait to see Cinderella's castle. This was our first glimpse of it from the monorail...she was so excited.
Our timing was perfect. Just as we entered the park, the Parade down Main Street USA was beginning. We were able to grab a perfect spot to view the parade as it went past. It was fun to see all the characters and to see the magic again. We were making memories from the start. We all loved it, but poor Max slept through the whole thing!
After the parade we were off and running. First stop, the castle! You can't get very close to it, but still it is picture worthy.
Just a reminder that it all started with a mouse...
Uncle Mike and his favorite...Donald Duck!
Arabella & Uncle Mike in front of the castle!
Next up...Tommorrowland...this was pretty fun. Arabella enjoyed the rides and dancing with Pluto and Stitch. Us adults, rode on Space Mountain...we all had so much fun. Uncle Mike redeemed himself for chickening out when we were here in 1988 and finally rode it.
Soon we were on to Fantasyland. Our first ride was...
Jay sat this one out with Max, but Grammie, Uncle Mike, Uncle Jeff, Arabella and I had a blast. We laughed and spun our way dizzy!
We then paid a visit to Dumbo...
The off to Ariel's grotto. On the way we saw a castle...not sure whose...
Even Max liked this ride.
Next we went to Gaston's Tavern from Beauty & the Beast...
The off to ride Prince Charming's Carousel...
And who can pass up "It's A Small World"?? It hasn't changed since the last time I visited in 1988...it even has that "old smell" to it!
We passed Rapunzel's tower along the way...
We then rode Splash Mountain (and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad).
And before we went to grab our spot for the fireworks and light show, we rode Aladdin's Magic Carpets.
And as we arrived, the evening parade was finishing up. But that was OK with us, we really were waiting for the grand finale to our day...but that is a whole separate post.
As if you couldn't tell from the pictures, we had an amazing day. It was perfect! Max just went along for the ride and Arabella couldn't get enough of everything going on around her. If we thought Disney was magical during the day, we were totally in for true magic once the stars came out.
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