We napped for about two hours before turning round and heading back to Magic Kingdom.
Our first stop was The Tiki Room. We arrived just a few minutes before a show started so didn't have to wait long at all.
It was then a quick stroll down to Pirates of The Caribbean.
Next stop, to pick up maps at A Pirate's Adventure- Treasures of the Seven Seas. This is a self guided treasure hunt around Adventureland. We are just trying to collect all the maps for Kate because they are pretty cool. I think there are 6 or 8 to collect.
We were heading for Under The Sea when we stumbled upon a similar scene to that of the parade earlier in the day. It turned out we had maybe half an hour before The Electrical Lights Parade was to start. Kate once again found us a great spot- so we sat down and waited.
Our first stop was The Tiki Room. We arrived just a few minutes before a show started so didn't have to wait long at all.
It was then a quick stroll down to Pirates of The Caribbean.
Next stop, to pick up maps at A Pirate's Adventure- Treasures of the Seven Seas. This is a self guided treasure hunt around Adventureland. We are just trying to collect all the maps for Kate because they are pretty cool. I think there are 6 or 8 to collect.
We were heading for Under The Sea when we stumbled upon a similar scene to that of the parade earlier in the day. It turned out we had maybe half an hour before The Electrical Lights Parade was to start. Kate once again found us a great spot- so we sat down and waited.
Another fun parade ticked off the list. And I still can't believe we saw both of them in one day when I hadn't seen either of them yet while here!
Next stop was New Fantasyland. Back to see Ariel, via Gaston's Tavern. We looked in to see what they had on offer and then sat by Gaston's Fountain to watch the fireworks. We even saw Tink fly off the castle- another first for me!
Next stop was New Fantasyland. Back to see Ariel, via Gaston's Tavern. We looked in to see what they had on offer and then sat by Gaston's Fountain to watch the fireworks. We even saw Tink fly off the castle- another first for me!
Gaston's is right next to Under the Sea and as we walked those few steps we saw Rodney the security guard who always comes to say Hello to me. He had mentioned that he hoped to see Mum and Kate so it worked out well. I think it was Mum who suggested we get a photo with him.
As it was now the evening, all the workers at Mermaid were the ones I normally work with. I was so proud to introduce Mum and Kate to all my friends. We went around the ride once, and I then asked if we could stay on for another loop. I think they would have let us stay on all night if we wanted, but we had other things to do!
We popped back to Gaston's so Mum and Kate could get a cinamon roll to share. Then it was off to Tomorrowland to go on Space Mountain. Mum sat this one out- but Kate and I loved it.
Then to Astro-Orbiter, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, and Monster's Inc Laugh Floor.
Kate put in a request to go to Enchanted Tales with Belle. Here you help Belle re-tell the story of the night she fell in love with the Beast. We were each lucky and chosen to be various parts in the story. Kate was a guard, Mum was Chip, and I was the wardrobe- I forget her name.
Mum had the room in hysterics during the story. First of all she hopped up to Belle- it was brilliant! And then she said in a tiny high pitched voice "Hello", it was her Chip character voice. I think the Character Attendant almost peed his pants he was laughing so much! It was then time to go on the Carousel. I had saved this ride to do with Mum and Kate. We all boarded the horses and set off around the Courtyard.
There was only a short wait posted to meet the Princesses so we went in to say Hi to Snow and Aurora.
And our final stop for the night at 12.55, just before closing- was The Mad Hatter's Tea Party. This was another ride I had saved to do with Mum and Kate. There was only one other family on it so we each took our own teacup.
And then it was home time. As we walked out along Main St they were playing the closing lights on the castle which was nice to see a little of.
A pretty good first day in Magic Kingdom if you ask me.
A pretty good first day in Magic Kingdom if you ask me.
I forgot to mention in Part 1 of this post that in the morning Kate and I went around The Haunted Mansion wishing them all a Scary Easter. They didn't seem to find it amusing. That was ok though because we thought we were hilarious.