Tuesday

Magic Kingdom was the order of the day. We used our Magic Hours to head in a bit early but found most of the rides were not ready yet. But Jen Jillian, Jake and I hit the race cars for a quick spin around the track. At that point the rest of the gang was heading into the park. Jillian gave Pappa his birthday pin for wearing in the Magic Kingdom. I ran for Fast Passes for Big Thunder while the gang went on the race cars and headed into Toon Town. Fast Pass is the perfect setup when the times work out.

Waters were flowing freely again but spirits seemed pretty good. The heat can really change the trip but everyone did well. Somehow I managed to miss getting MY fast passs and missed Big Thunder but I did already do it. While we grabbed lunch at Pinnochio’s House, the gang headed back. Joe, Dorothy, and Joe ate at the Kona Café. We had hoped to take out the speed boats on the lagoon but thunderstorms were looming and shut them down.

Today is Joe’s (aka Papa) b-day so a celebration is in order. We returned to an excellent Italian restaurant at the Swan. They cornered us off in a nice family style room where we had a good time and presented a few gifts and posed for a some photos….or ran around. We boarded a boat and sailed into EPCOT. Extra magic hours were used and it was fun to move around after Illuminations. A quick tour to see FIGMENT (yes Jordan…..as in “Figment of your imagination”) and Soarin was a loooong wait time so we went into the Living Seas…..where we walked in and sat down on a Clam shell to see Nemo and the gang. After a talk with Crush we went into take ride to Mars. Jillian Piloted our craft while Jake piloted, Jordan commanded, and Jen Navigated (OMG) . After a successful landing we thought it was time to head back to the room and charge up for Animal Kingdom. As we boarded the monorail….we realized it was the limited edition TRON all blue one. Very cool!!!!

We walked back thru the path along the Seven Seas Lagoon and into our room. Ahhhhh…..Disney.