Our first full day at Dis.ney Wor.ld, we spend the majority of the day at the Mag.ic King.dom. At the suggestion of my SIL, we had booked a breakfast at Cinder.ella's Castle before the park opened. {aside: This was an AWESOME suggestion. We had pre-park opening breakfasts on three mornings in three different parks. I absolutely loved being in the parks when it was quiet AND you have the added benefit of being able to be first in line for the rides once the breakfast is over and the park is open!}
We headed into the park around 7:50, stopping to take some castle pics on the way to breakfast.
and one with the family!
Callen and Carter were excited to see Cinderella. This isn't our "official" Cinderella picture, but those weren't digital. Even when our turn visiting was over, Callen kept turning around and walking back towards Cinderella. She was totally enamored. Little did she know that we'd have a visit from all the princesses at our table at breakfast!
The next several are just pics of all the princesses with our prince and princess. I just love Callen's face in them. She was thrilled!
And, as we were leaving breakfast, we saw Cinderella's fairy godmother and had to snag a picture with her, too!
Since we were already on the back side of the castle, we decided to spend some time in Fantasy.land in the morning. So we started with Peter Pan, where we walked right up and got on! Score! Then we headed across the way to It's a Small World. Carter and Callen really liked this one...we rode it several times over the week!
We hit the Pooh ride and then on to the tea cups! Nick got us started spinning and then asked the children if they wanted to spin the teacup. Carter said no, but Callen was up for it! She was having a ball!
We rounded out Fantasy.land with Dumbo and Goofy's Barn.stormer and then headed over to Tomorrow.land. We started off riding the cars at the speedway and when we finished, the line for the Buzz ride was short, so we jumped in line to battle with Zurg!
We stopped for a late lunch at Cry.stal Pal.ace hoping to meet our Pooh friends. We did get to meet Eeyore, Tigger and Piglet, but since we met Pooh the day before at Holly.wood Stud.ios, we didn't wait around for him.
{aside: This was my most disappointing character meal. Food wasn't that good, and it seemed disorganized. I wouldn't do it again.}
After lunch, we had a fast pass for the Jungle Cruise, so we headed over to Adventure.land and jumped on board the boat. After that, we walked right up to ride the Pirates of the Carib.bean ride {which Callen loved! it was the ride she kept asking to ride!}
Then, we made our way over to Frontier.land. Nick talked Carter into riding Splash Moun.tain, so Callen and I stood in line for a pic with Pooh and Tigger. Carter and Dad came back from the ride just in time for Carter to jump in the pic. Then, with a little prodding, Carter went back with me to ride again!
By that point, it was getting close to parade time, so we found a prime shaded spot in Frontierland and parked for a little rest to wait on the parade! Carter and Callen had gotten new sleep friends and spent some time getting them comfortable for the parade too!
Then, it was parade time! They loved the music and seeing all the characters, princesses, and dancers.
After the parade, we decided to go back to the hotel and swim a little bit and relax. We had a low key evening and revamped our plan a little because we had already done and seen more than we had planned. We went to bed anticipating another fun breakfast at the Animal King.dom the next day!
