After our long day of travel the day before we were a bit groggy when we got up at 7:30a local time. Our first day was going to be at the Magic Kingdom. There are hotels in some of the parks but ultimately to see all the parks you need to have a car or take advantage of the bus system. There are shuttles leaving every 5 to 20 minutes from each hotel going to each park. Our buses leave from the main lobby and we only had to wait a few minutes for the bus to arrive. Unfortunately there were a few scooters that had to be loaded and the bus had a bit of difficulty closing the ramp.
We eventually got going and after a 20 minute ride arrived at or destination. We had continued our 'farthest' theme and were headed to the farthest park from our farthest hotel. The nice thing about this strategy is that everything will be shorter for the rest of our trip. The Magic Kingdom is much like Disneyland. Many of the same areas and many of the same rides. It was a little disconcerting as everything was the same except it was different.
Our first ride was 'The Magic Carpets of Aladdin'. A nice easy one for everyone to get their feet wet. It's much like the Dumbo ride where it goes in circles and you can control the height. Carter didn't want to go very high so of course Callie immediately took us to the top. He was okay with it because you could see much of the park. After that we headed to the Swiss Family Robinson tree house. Similar to the one in Disneyland except they kept it as Swiss Family Robinson instead of changing it to Tarzans tree house. I think I want to see one of the Swiss Family movies again.
Our first Fast Pass was for 'Big Thunder Mountain'. Kerry was both excited and irritated that she could book our Fast Passes months in advance. Although she was excited that she could plan everything in advance it meant she had to figure out where we were going each day without even knowing what the parks were like. So far it's worked out okay but we can't change them now so we're kind of set on where we go each day.
We attempted to get Callie to go on 'Big Thunder Mountain' however she was having none of that. We got up to the train and her and Kerry had to go out the other side. Carter and I went on and Kerry and Carter went immediately after that. He loved it. I didn't mind it but it was definitely more extreme than the one at Disneyland. There was an extra spiral in the middle that left your stomach in your throat for a few seconds.
Our next ride was the 'Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. This was a relatively new ride and been hyped up quite a bit over the past couple years. It was okay but it was much like 'Big Thunder'.
By now we were pretty hungry so we went our separate ways for food. There are only a couple items at each restaurant so we had to go to three different ones to all get what we wanted. Callie and I met up with Kerry and Carter at 'Splash Mountain'. We know Callie would love this but unfortunately couldn't convince her. Maybe later this week.
Even though it's about a 20 minute ride back to our hotel we figured we were too tired to keep going and it would be better if we headed back to the pool for a dip and a nap. Callie wanted to hit all three pools including the Cars pool where they got a 'Cozy Cone Cabana'. I took a nap and met up with them just as they were heading to the second pool. In hindsight perhaps it was a bad idea to be out in the sun for so long but I'll talk about that tomorrow.
We headed back to the park around 6:00p and went straight to the Teacups. Definitely not my favourite ride. Too much spinning. I held the centre wheel the whole time for the least amount of spinning. This one is covered since they get more rain here than at Disneyland. It was definitely a different experience. After that we headed over to Dumbo. There is a lot more space at Disney World so they have two of them. There was still a bit of a wait and when we got on we went about 10 times around before we were stuck at the top for about a minute. They had to get us all off the ride to reset it.
We had a quick dinner of chicken nuggets and waffle fries before going into the 'Tiki Room'. We knew Callie would love this one and we were right. We'll be hearing "In the Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki room...." for weeks. We also tried out Pirates of the Caribbean. The inside was similar but the line up was very different with it being inside the whole way. Our final destination was going to the the 'People Movers' but we got stuck by the 'Electrical Parade' and decided we would head out before the fireworks were over. Our first day felt very long and we were ready for bed.
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