Walt Disney World - Day 1

Well, the time finally came for Mommy & Daddy to make good on the deal Katie made with us. She finally got fully potty trained and we ponied up and brought her to WALT DISNEY'S WORLD!!

We got down to Florida on Saturday evening. The ride was actually pretty good. Only 3 DVDs hit the little screens, so we didn't go totally crazy. We had a great time with all the family in Winter Haven Saturday and Sunday, but we finally headed out to Disney this morning. We arrived right around 9:30 and got checked in...the room was actually ready! And it is really nice too. Katie loves it and we have a great view of the pool. After getting our stuff in the room, it was off to the Magic Kingdom.

We decided to make the walk over to the park and headed to the train once we got in. Immediately we saw Woody & Jessie so we got off on the first stop to run over and see them. Unfortunately, the line was already closed, but we did get to wave to them. We should see them tomorrow anyway! We headed back to the train and went to Mickey's Toontown Fair. And the fun began!

We hit a little play park first and then headed to Mickey's house. Much to our surprise there was an opportunity to meet Mickey and Minnie right there. We got in line and when it was Katie's turn to "meet" them, all we could do was smile. Her jaw basically hit the floor and then that grin came across her face as she got the shake their hands and hug both of them...Mickey actually held on for quite a long time! She was walking on cloud nine when we came out of there. Next we jumped on Goofy's Barnstormer (roller coaster). I was not sure what to expect and Christine figured it wasn't going to be that bad, so she came along for the ride. Needless to say, it was a real roller coaster. While Mommy was closing her eyes and screaming, Katie was screaming and laughing! She had the best time on it.

Next came Minnie's house followed by a trip in to a store to get a Goofy doll (which she never found one to her liking). However, there was another opportunity to meet not one...not two...but 3 of Mickey's friends - Donald, Pluto and Goofy! Once again, she was speechless as she moved from character to character. Loving every minute of it! And when we got through with that, we got Mickey Mouse ears!

It was then time to move on to lunch - which we thoroughly enjoyed (especially since it was followed by ice cream!). We headed down to Cinderella's castle and after explaining that we could not actually go in to it, a show started with Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and all the princesses. So we watched that with dreamy eyes until a storm on the horizon cut it short. So that was our chance to head back to the room to get some rest before coming back that evening.

Katie loved the monorail ride back to our "house." We came back to the room and played with our Briar Rose (aka Sleeping Beauty) doll and horse before taking a great nap.

We headed back to the park with a spring in our step late this afternoon. And we headed for the race cars in Tomorrowland. Daddy and Katie were able to hold off Mommy in a tightly contested trip around the track. Katie spent most of the time (when we weren't banging in to the rail) looking back and laughing at Mommy eating our dust!

Next came Buzz Lightyear's Spin ride. We all got to ride this together and we BEAT ZURG!!! Whoo Hoo!! :) From there, Katie and Mommy rode the Teacups (Daddy wanted no part of that). They had great fun spinning round & round as daddy snapped more pics.

We then hit the Merry-go-round before eating dinner. From our dinner table we could see inside It's a Small World - so that is where we went next. So of course Katie was singing right along with them before the ride was over, and Christine & I just hope we can get the song out of our head before coming home to Atlanta!

Fireworks we next, but that was not a great hit. Katie was just sure they were bombarding Cinderella's castle, so we had to get out of there before it came crashing down! So we made a beeline to Peter Pan's ride and then to Main Street for the parade. Katie was mesmerized by the parade to say the least. We had our ice cream and watched all our "friends" go by waving at all of the good ones! When it was over, we took the monorail back to the hotel, got cleaned up and went to bed. At least they did...

I suppose that is a good enough recap for the first day. The pictures are uploading now, so they should be ready by the morning when most of you should see this. I know it is a lot, be we can only hope you enjoy the stories and pics / movies 1/2 as much as we have! More tomorrow (umm...I guess actually tonight) after our day at Epcot and Hollywood Studio!