Magic Kingdom, Part 2

Yesterday was a very long day at the Magic Kingdom. We got there early for the official opening of the park at 9am, and didn't leave until a late dinner at "Chef Mickey" in the evening. I think everybody had a great time but was all very exhausted at the end of the evening.

The ceremony for opening the Magic Kingdom.

Yesterday was also our only bit of bad weather, relatively speaking. We had a two brief showers in the afternoon. One lasted for maybe a minute or so, literally. By the time we got our rain ponchos on, it was over. The second lasted a little longer, but the timing was perfect. We had just gotten on a train ride around the park when it started, and it ended just as the train ride ended, so we pretty much missed the whole thing.

John was a trooper yesterday. He was still not feeling all that well, and before we left in the morning I was pretty sure that we were not going to make it through a whole day without him crashing at some point. But he had enough energy to keep on going and seemed to actually get a little better as the day went on.

John with Cinderella's three step-sisters.

The skies got dark in the afternoon.

Chef Mickey's restaurant was fun. But it was infested by giant mice that acted as if they owned the place.

Today is our second day off for the vacation. We are scheduled to get together with some old friends who moved to Florida about eight years ago or so for brunch this morning, and then spend the afternoon with the Hanshaws at their place.

The tentative schedule for the rest of the week is: MGM (now Hollywood Studios) tomorrow, Blizzard Beach (one of the Disney water parks) on Thursday, and Friday is going to be TBD. Then we start hitting the road back to Connecticut on Saturday for the 2-day return home.

If I get an opportunity this afternoon or this evening, I'll try to upload some photos.

Bill