So sorry it is taking me so long to write this!!
Before I move on I just wanted to say that we have seen Fantasmic! Before. It is one of my husband's favorite shows so that is why it was important to see it, but sometimes sleep is MORE important. He was ok missing the show this time and so were the kids. There is always next time!
Ok Day 2. We were up early and ready to go the Magic Kingdom! We arrived in time for the opening ceremony. We kept our traditions going and started our morning with a snack at the Main Street Bakery. Yum! We asked my son about getting his haircut but he said that if he had known that he really would have to do it he would have never said it! So no haircut today....I wasn't going to push the issue because I just wanted to get on with the trip. Now I have to say the Magic Kingdom did not look great. There was scaffolding all over Main Street. A giant crane was behind Cinderella castle and we all know what a mess Fantasyland is. Well I still shed a few tears to be on my beloved Main Street even though half of it was covered.
We made our way over to Adventureland where my husband was already on the lookout for Jasmine. She was not there yet. We rode the Magic Carpets and saw the Tiki Room. We rode the first of 3 very disappointing Jungle Cruises. They all seemed very rushed and the script seems to have been cut. At first I thought maybe it was just that we had a bad skipper but every time we rode it all week they left out the same jokes and just stuck to a few. It also felt like we just flew through the ride. I don't understand what the rush was, the ride was not even that busy. Oh well, next on to Pirates! I just love Pirates, don't you? Next we were off to Frontierland. We all love Splash Mountain and Big Thunder so we rode those next. My daughter screams so much on Thunder, it is so cute. (It is her favorite ride by the way) After that we rode the train to Toontown to take pictures. I got a few of Mickey's house but Minnie's house was so crowded that we skipped it for today. The kids and I rode the Barnstormer and then it was time to head to Cosmic Rays for some lunch. We enjoyed Sonny Eclipse and discussed Space Mountain. My daughter was nervous but ready to give it a try. My son was not going to let her get the best of him this time and decided he would try it also. But first hubby and son took a little trip on the race cars. My daughter and I just don't care for those cars. On our way to Space Mountain the kids found Push. My son Loves Push. I was going to take pictures but I realized that unless you take video, you just have a picture of a trash can and you look like a crazy person.
Space Mountain. I love Space Mountain and I was very excited that the kids were going to try it. My son had second thoughts before getting on but he did get on. Now if you picture the Space Mountain rockets...two cars, three seats each. My husband was in the front seat of the first car. My son was behind him and my daughter was next. I was in the first seat of the next car. About 5 seconds into the ride my daughter stopped screaming and I started panicking!!
She always screams on roller coasters so the silence was horrible! I could not see her of course and I could not touch her. It was the most agonizing ride ever. After what seemed like forever she screamed again and now I could breath. After the ride ended she said that she did kind of like it but she didn't want to ride it again for now. My son LOVED it and rode it 3 more times during the week. My husband told me that he was nervous too when our baby stopped screaming. He was too far ahead of her to reach her either. I wish I had snapped a pic of the ride photo of my poor little girl. She looked terrified. But at least she tried it. And she was fine minutes after it was over. After that it was time for a nice relaxing trip on the Peoplemover. Then we toured Fantasyland. We rode Dumbo and surveyed the construction. We tried to ride Peter Pan but the line was too long and Fast Passes were gone. This was another day that it was more crowded than I was expecting. Hubby went to wander by himself for a while with his video camera. (DS suspects that he was looking for Jasmine) And the kids and I decided to ride Pirates one more time before going to grab a spot for the MSEP and Wishes. But first I introduced my children to the infamous Dole Whip! My daughter loved it but my son was not impressed. Silly boy. We saved a little for my husband to try when we caught up with him. We parked ourselves on the upper level of the train station and people watched until the parade started. My kids explored the empty train station while we waited and really enjoyed the little movie thingys that are up there. I enjoyed the Electrical Parade but I missed Spectromagic. I guess sometimes you just love what you are used to. I like the music to Spectromagic more. Then we watched Wishes which was wonderful as usual. I liked being on the train station but it was a little bit too bright up there. It seems like you should really be in darkness when you watch fireworks. After the shows we went off to the buses. It took us two hours to get back to the resort!!! Did I mention that it was more crowded than I was expecting?! All in all it was a great day. We were of course exhausted by the time we got home.
The next day we were up early again. Some of our friends were flying in that day and we were going to meet up with them when they arrived. It seems that all of the information I had sent them all summer long had made them a little nervous and they were almost afraid to leave their resort without me! We decided to go to Downtown and wait for them to call. They called around lunchtime to say the were on the Magical Express so we grabbed a quick bite to eat at Earl of Sandwich and hopped on a bus to their resort. They were staying at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and I have been wanting my husband to see it so we were very excited to go meet them. My family was in awe of the Lodge. I have never stayed there but I have spent a few hours in the lobby and hanging around the savannas. I love giraffes! We found our friends and checked out their room. Their son (7) was not impressed with the resort and I suddenly realized this was going to be tougher than I thought. We decided to take them to the Magic Kingdom first. It was going to be closing early that night so it was a good choice for exhausted travelers.
We went straight to Adventureland and rode the Jungle Cruise and Pirates. My friend's son got to drive the boat on the cruise and later was recruited to be a Pirate. He enjoyed these things but he wanted roller coasters. He kept asking me where all the roller coasters were. Before moving on, we saw Jasmine, but only my daughter and her friend got in line. I sent hubby away to get Big Thunder Fast Passes.
We went on to Frontierland and rode Big Thunder and Splash. This satisfied the boy for about 10 minutes but then he wanted more roller coasters. We went to Fantasyland and saw Mickey's Philharmagic which everyone loved! I couldn't stop laughing when we first came into the theater and my friends husband kept asking why his seat was wet. We rode Dumbo and Peter Pan. My friend's daughter (5) is not the daredevil her brother is so these rides were much better for her than roller coasters. Although she was still very scared before riding ANYTHING. We rode the Prince Charming's Carousel but my friends son was still complaining about the lack of roller coasters. He thought there would be more “fun” rides. My son looked at me and said “Mom, he just doesn't get it!” That's my boy!!
Well we decided we had better make our way over to Space Mountain and show this kid a roller coaster. He loved it. For the next few days he just kept asking to ride Space Mountain. After that we slowly made our way out of the park. My friends needed some sleep and we were going to hit the pool! The rest of our group, including my mom, would be arriving the next day. I was starting to get nervous about keeping all these people happy. I guess I never really appreciated how easy my kids are to please when we are at Disney. These two kids were not so easy and the next day there would be two more little girls coming. What had I gotten myself into??
I will try to get the next couple of days done SOON I promise.
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) Looking forward to the rest of the story!!! 
Oh well, you will just have to go back to see it another time.
