WDW Day 5: Back to Magic Kingdom!

We were so excited to go back to Magic Kingdom for the night. I couldn't wait to see the castle all lit up! We got our picture by the Magic Kingdom Christmas tree on the way in...

 

 

And one on Main Street... 

 

 

Then we headed to our dinner reservation at Crystal Palace. Pretty soon after we were seated, the character parade started, so Charlotte went with Piglet around the restaurant... 

 

Then Tigger came by... 

 

And my favorite, Eeyore... 

 

Finally we saw Winnie the Pooh... 

 

Charlotte and I had a fastpass to meet Anna and Elsa, so we headed straight there after dinner... 

 

They were both excellent! I couldn't really here what Elsa was saying to Charlotte, but they talked for quite a while...  

 

Charlotte was thrilled to meet her favorite princess, Anna! 

The first thing Charlotte said to Anna was "Where's Kristoff?"  

She explained that he was harvesting some ice:) 

Charlotte told Anna that she was her favorite princess, and Anna gave her a big hug...

 

You exited from the princess fairytale hall into this cute little store. Look at Minnie dressed up like Elsa! 

 

We looked around for a bit, and then went out to the carousel to wait for the boys...

 

Look at the beautiful castle!! 

 

Tangled lanterns lit up!

 

I had switched James and Hunter's Pirates fastpasses from earlier in the day to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, so they rode and then we got a rider switch so Char and I could ride again... 

I spent the whole ride picturing my imminent death or my sweet daughter flying out of the seat. It's so fast and winding and she's so skinny that I don't see how that bar holds her in! Thankfully, we survived.

 

After Big Thunder, we headed to see the Celebrate the Magic castle show which was so fun. It shows different animated characters on the castle to music. Then they light the castle with these magnificent lights!

 

And pretty soon the fireworks started... 

LOVED THEM!!!

 

Afterward most of the crowd was heading out of the park, but we fought the masses (going against traffic with a double stroller!) and went to Tommorrowland. Charlotte, Grey, and I rode (you guessed it) the people mover...

 

And James and Hunter went for another round on Space Mountain...

 

Then we grabbed a spot for the electrical parade. Tink!

 

Goofy and Minnie...

 

I can hear the music now!

 

Alice...

 

Peter Pan and Captain Hook...

 

Prince Charming, Anastasia and Drizella...

 

Cinderella!

 

The Seven Dwarfs...

And Grey's favorite, "Nocchio"...

 

It was around 10:30 at this point and the park didn't close until midnight, but there was just no way we could make it any longer, so we walked toward the exit. I told James over and over that we couldn't leave without a picture in front of the castle all lit up. I was so excited to see it. This is what we got...

An overlay that covers Charlotte's face in one and closed eyes from me in another. Boo!

 

I took one last picture of Main Street before we left...

It's so beautiful at Christmas!!

 

Favorites of our full Magic Kingdom Day:

James - Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

Carole - Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (and Main Street Electrical Parade is a close second!)

Hunter - Riding Space Mountain with Jonathan in the morning

Charlotte - Hanging out with Jenna and Jonathan

Grey - Main Street Electrical Parade - He was actually tall enough to ride the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, and I'm sad I didn't plan for him to go on it. I think he would've loved it. We'll just have to go back so he can ride:)!

 

WDW Day 5: Magic Kingdom

On Sunday Magic Kingdom opened at 8 am, which meant an even earlier wake up. We were excited to meet up with James' cousin, Maggie, and her family, though, so we were up and at 'em early. We walked past the bag check at Magic Kingdom right after they had finished the opening show, and the Drobny's were there waiting for us right by the entrance to the park. Maggie and I had made a plan together ahead of time, so we knew our first stop was Peter Pan. After greetings, we headed that way...

 

Then we went to meet Ariel in her grotto (in her tail!)... 

 

Jonathan and Hunter couldn't have cared less about this, but they were good sports, and it wasn't a long wait. 

 

After meeting her, we hopped on her ride, and it was just as fun as the last time we rode it! Then we went to Dumbo... 

And then the Barnstormer again. Grey rode with me this time and held on for dear life. No crying or fussing, though, and he seemed fine when it was over. Jonathan and Hunter were old enough that they got to ride with each other on every ride, but Charlotte wasn't old enough, so if it was just a 2 seater, she had to ride with an adult. She was sad that she didn't get to ride with Jenna all the time, but there were enough rides mixed where she was able to sit with her that Char didn't get *too* upset.

 

After Dumbo the plan was for James and Hunter to ride Seven Dwarfs Mine Train with their fastpass, but it wasn't time yet. The park was so empty that morning...no lines at all! I think the early opening and the fact that rain was forecasted, held people off. Since we had extra time, we decided to head to Tomorrowland... 

 

Maggie rode Space Mountain with Hunter and Jonathan while the rest of us hopped on the people mover again. Can you tell our family loves this ride?? 

 

Then we all hopped on Buzz... 

 

Zurg! (Grey was still scared of him)... 

 

Then it was time for the Seven Dwarfs fastpass, so we all headed that way to get a rider switch. When Hunter and James got on, the rest of us headed to the teacups... 

Char wanted to spin so fast that Grey was getting a little uneasy (that picture was pre-spinning). He survived, though.

 

Here are ride photos on the Mine train... 

 

And an AWESOME video!

 

The boys were exiting Mine Train right as we were walking past, so we all decided to head to Haunted Mansion. Afterward, the girls and I had to run to the awesome Tangled bathrooms. We took the opportunity to get some fun photos... 

 

After that, we got a quick snack and then headed to Adventureland to ride Pirates of the Caribbean. I had a fastpass for this for later in the morning, so I just switched it to something else because the line was so short still... 

 

Char kept jumping on Jenna's back, but Jenna didn't seem to mind:)...

 

After Pirates, we rode the magic carpets of Aladdin... 

And the spitting camel got us wet! It hit James right on and he was kind of drenched!

 

After that, the Drobnys had to go to Epcot for a lunch reservation, so we said goodbye, and Char and I headed to use our rider switch at Seven Dwarfs Mine Train... 

 

Hunter came, too. We got front row!! Hunter's right behind Charlotte... 

 

Our video...

 

Then we went to Big Top Souvenirs to get some snacks for later and headed to our lunch reservation at Be Our Guest in Beast's Castle! 

 

It was kind of a frustrating experience, so I got a little grumpy again. Luckily, naptime was soon!

 

I had exchanged mine and Char's Pirates fastpass for the Tinkerbell meet, so Grey, Char and I went to meet her on the way out of the park...

As usual, Grey was crazy.

 

Then it was to the bus to head to the resort for nap!

 

It was so much fun meeting up with family that morning. So thankful we were able to work it out! We went back to Magic Kingdom after nap that day, so I'll save the favorites for the afternoon post:)