Saturday, March 17, 2012

Day 4: Magic Kingdom..... At the Gates


We were early risers on this vacation. Who can really sleep in when it feels like Christmas morning first thing for the length of the stay. There's just too much to see and do to snooze the morning away.  Although, we really could have used the extra zzz's. Disney is exhaustively fun.

We heard that the key to success in the Magic Kingdom was to be among the first at the gate each morning.  Let's just say that my crew was patient with me for getting all confused about the magic hours. We had plenty of time on our last morning to grab some precious pictures at the front gate with Miller mousketeer sporting his classic Mickey T. And, what's a Disney trip without sporting those classic black ears?  It is here that our family  ...."Let the Memories Begin". Told ya it was early. Look at those early morning sunrise rays peeking over his Mickey ears.

It's Meeksa Mooska Mickey Mouse time! On this morning, he knew exactly what to expect when the turn styles opened.  More rides!  Although we still had one last birthday surprise up our sleeves. His early morning excitement was contagious. Landon and I had just as much fun watching his reaction to things as we did enjoying the park.

A family picture by the front gate. We wanted to snap a quick picture before the wall to wall people  started crowding the entrance. Miller loves to be silly. He is always moving!
Lots of moving & shaking at the Happiest Place on Earth. It's a walk down memory lane to hear all the Disney favorites playing over the sound system in the park.

 
Grandmama & Poppy purchased the cutest polka dotted hat for our little Minnie Mouse missing us at home. The girl ears with bows are irresistible. We're packing those girly ears away for safe keeping. It won't be long until the princess joins us in the future. I took the opportunity to try her ears on for size. And, we talked Poppy into a Mouse ear fashion show too. We had a few minutes to entertain ourselves for laughs as you can see. That Poppy is a good sport.


 I must say that these two take an entertaining picture.

Finally, the emcee greeted the waiting Disney goers with a morning wake up show.  Mickey and friends ride on a train car to greet the fans. All the waiting is worth it to get serenaded with the happiest of  tunes "Good Morning, Good Morning" .


And, then the highly anticipated "New Years like" countdown puts admission into the park over the top.

1 comment:

The Morrows said...

WOW looks like you had a FABulous time! Such great pics, just got through them all. You will be so glad you took the time to document it all. Can't wait for our trip one day and being able to use you as our travel guide!