disney: day 6

Since Day 6 was such a long day, I didn't email home about it.  Not that I'm making it up as I go, but this post might not be as detail oriented as previous ones!

It was a lot of fun to return to Magic Kingdom for a second day.  There was still so much that we hadn't experienced!  The girls were also able to choose their favorite attractions that we could visit again.  

We started our morning visiting Rapunzel and Snow White.  The girls were amazed by the glass slipper.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meredith was up for riding the tea cups, so we packed ourselves into a single tea cup and held onto the spinner for dear life.  Thankfully, the ride didn't last too long, I was about 20 seconds away from beginning to feel a bit too sick from the circular movement (Meredith comes by it honestly).  

Appropriately, Alice was signing autographs and posting for pictures just outside of the ride, so we caught her on our way by.  

The girls wanted to ride Winnie the Pooh again, and Amelia insisted I take her photo in Eeyore's house.  On a side note, one of the girls commented that whomever designed the Pooh ride was really thinking...there are several spots to play along the wait. :)   

We rode the magic carpets again and climbed up the Swiss Family Robinson's tree house.  We had recently listened to the (13 hour!) audio book, so it was fun to see.  

We had spent virtually no time in Tomorrowland on Thursday, so we hit it hard on Friday.  Amelia, Claire, and Josh rode the Buzz Lightyear ride (which they loved), and Meredith and I ran into a talking/dancing/singing trash can.

We rode the People Mover which is kind of like an elevated train that runs through Tomorrowland.  In my guide book, the "frightening level" stated that it was NOT FRIGHTENING IN ANY RESPECT.  This is not true.  It wasn't overly frightening, but for a certain someone in our party, there was a heightened level of fright when we entered a pitch black portion of the tour.  Yeah, not so good.  Thankfully, we were all in the same "car", and Josh and I were both holding her hands. :)

We took another spin at the Speedway to lighten our moods, and I'm pretty sure that Meredith and I had the slowest car on the track.  It was borderline dud-worthy.  

 

 

We spent a ton of time at the Barnstormer!  The kids wanted to ride again and again.  This worked well because the wait was usually about 10 minutes or less.  

We did catch up with the Dumbo ride on Friday since the wait was virtually none.  They have a great new play area while you wait for the Dumbo ride.  It works kind of like waiting at a restaurant.  They give you a buzzer, and when it's your turn to ride Dumbo, your buzzer buzzes.  Pretty brilliant.  

Of course, we couldn't go to Disney without meeting Tinkerbell.  Terrance was there as well.  We ate Dole Whips while we waited in line (super YUM!!).  We did wait for a bit to see Tink and Terrance, but they did spend several minutes talking with the girls.  

 

Claire, Josh, and I took turns riding Space Mountain a couple of times.  This is an interesting ride.  Even though I knew it wouldn't happen, I couldn't get past the feeling that I was going to smack my head on something above me!  (Space Mountain is pitch black other than some stars that you can see overhead).  We caught the Merry Go Round, Peter Pan, and It's a Small World for a second time on Friday as well.  

After so many turns on the Barnstormer, we almost convinced Meredith to ride Thunder Mountain, but unfortunately, we were running out of time.  Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party was starting at 7:00, so we had to make our way out of the park.  It was fun to see all of the kids and adults dressed for the party.  There were a lot of really good costumes!

We ended our time at Magic Kingdom day with a few last trips on the Barnstormer.  During the last few rides, we all made it our goal to keep our hands in the air for the entire ride.  What fun!  The kids just had a blast with this!!  It was the perfect way to end our trip.  

A couple of different nights, we had intended on going to Downtown Disney to let the girls pick out souvenirs, but we hadn't made it.  This was the night.

If you haven't ever driven to Downtown Disney, let me give you a little piece of advice:  where you park completely matters!!  We were looking to shop, but we parked near all of the restaurants.  Thankfully, while the girls and I were shopping, Josh hiked back to our van and moved it.  

Claire chose a bracelet, earrings, and a coffee mug (for hot chocolate).  Meredith chose three pairs of earrings and a necklace.  Amelia chose a baby Mickey wrapped in a blanket.  Josh and I chose a plush Eeyore for Olivia.  We also picked up some personalized ornaments at the Disney Christmas Store.

We arrived back at the hotel around 11:00, sent the kids to bed, and packed up.  We wanted to wake up at 4:00 in the morning and be on the road by 5:00.  I'm tired just thinking about it. :)