Orlando: Day Four

The big day arrived. It was the day we headed to Magic Kingdom. We got there by 11am (8 Az time) so we felt like we got a good start. When we arrived we were greeted by chaos of people. I was immediately overwhelmed because I really had no idea how many people are packed into the park. Let's just say Walt packs them in. Between all the people and the heat/humidity I was worried about my sanity, but I put a smile on my face for the happiest place on earth and forged ahead. 

We first started with the photo opportunity in front of the castle with the sea of people behind us. This photo is a tourist must. 

We watched the Disney characters put on a show at the castle. 

We then stood in line in the raging heat to meet the doooooggyyyy! Even though the picture doesn't show my son's excitement, he really was very excited to meet Pluto. 

After that, we FastPassed it over to meet Mickey. He was very excited to meet Mickey, but once it was his turn he got super shy and buried his head into me. That was weird because every other character was a success. Once daddy joined us he loosened up a bit for the photos. 

Mickey must have been exhausting because somebody crawled into the stroller for a snooze. I was a little jealous of this. 

We went on all the toddler rides that time allotted for in one day. His first one was the Buzz Lightyear one and he thought this was great. He got to control the car and my laser gun. 

Another castle photo opportunity right before it down poured.

Following this it started to rain so we took cover during the downpour. When it lightened up we went back to the hotel for some quiet time for Max. As we headed there we passed the hotel playground and Max had a little fun.

Following quiet time we headed back to the park on the monorail and this was a highlight for Max. 

Once we arrived at the park we found out the rain cleared out a lot of the people. This made going on the rides a lot more bearable. First up, the tea cups. Don't let that picture fool you because this boy was super excited for this ride. I have video of him giggling uncontrollably.

We then headed to ride Dumbo and this was fun for Max since he got to control the ride.

We picked up a fun light up Mickey souvenir in preparation for the fireworks we did not get to see. 

After nine the light parade started and Max announced he was done and ready to go bu-bye. Yup, that's what my kid said. What kid does that? Say it's time to leave the park because they are tired and ready for bed? Oh, that's my kid. We actually tried to talk him into staying to watch the fireworks, but he said "no mamma, I'm done. Bu-bye!" Ok, it was time to leave the park. We were all exhausted and ready to head back for some much needed sleep. He did so well all day long until we got to the bus to shuttle us back to the hotel. 

When he's done and ready to leave he means it. It doesn't mean to go stand in line and wait for the bus to take us to the hotel. It means let's leave NOW! Notice the new clothes? It rained a little bit again and Max refused to put the poncho on that I bought him so I had to buy him dry clothes.