So those of you who know me (and assuming you read this blog, should be everyone!), know I do Disney "commando style": there is no sleeping late, and we will get our money's worth! But with that being said, I knew that going in July and for an entire week, we may have to make some adjustments to the normal plan. Katie is just like me in that she could go early every day in Disney (so proud of my little trooper), but Mark and Emma do not always share that sentiment. So after 2 early mornings, we decided to sleep a little later the 3rd morning. We took our time and then ventured around the hotel some more, and the Polynesian resort before heading to Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom.
Mark ready to go after a nice sleep in:
Some amazing views from our hotel:
We stopped in at the Polynesian resort to do some sight seeing and shopping. Its one of the prettiest hotels on property.
I made a late lunch reservation for us at Animal Kingdom, so we headed in around 1 pm.
We ate at the Yak and Yeti for lunch, and it was delicious. The desserts were the best part:
As we were walking out of lunch, we caught a little bit of the afternoon parade. Short and sweet!
After a few more shows and rides at AK, we went back to the hotel to rest for a little bit before heading to the Magic Kingdom for the first time on the trip. We ended up doing the Magic Kingdom in 2 evenings instead of heading there in the morning. Not my original plan, but we actually got almost everything done with very few waits. We did Adventureland and Frontierland this evening, and went back a few evenings later to do New Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. The only thing I am sorry we missed was meeting Merida from Brave. We just never got there in time to see her.
Riding the Magic Carpets:
One of my favorite things in MK is the nighttime light parade. As brave as Emma has been, she still does not care for Fireworks, so we didn't get to do Fantasmic with her yet (next trip), and she wasn't crazy about the fireworks in Magic Kingdom. So we took advantage of this, and watched the night parade (with little or no crowd) and took advantage of riding rides during the Fireworks show. The park was open until 11 pm that night, so we stayed late and practically walked right on Big Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain. (Yeah! Love when these things happen in my happy place)
So we closed the park down at 11 pm after riding a few more rides and headed back to the hotel. Have I mentioned how AWESOME it is to stay on the monorail - no huge lines to get on the bus. We may never go back again! I knew we were eating a late-ish breakfast the next day at Chef Mickey's so it was a good night to stay up and party Disney style!
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