Wednesday

We went to Downtown Disney where Erin went snap happy with her disposable camera, I’m sure they’ll be worth developing, not! Erin also relieved herself of some pocket money with a Little Mermaid jewellery box and a Goofy case jammed with sweets.

We stopped for some brunch at Earl of Sandwich, I revisted memories from six weeks ago and had the exremely large chicken caesar salad, while Alex had the daily special, a bbq beef sandwich toasted with cheese which he said was the best sandwich he’d ever had, but he says that about most foodstuffs here, so I’m not sure how much that can be believed, it did look tasty though.

After we’d seen all we wanted to see we decided to try and navigate our way to the Florida Mall, turns out it’s not far and very easy to find. New trainers for all, some bargain clothing and a few belated birthday presents and we’d managed to relieve ourselves of $400, not bad for a couple hours work. We stopped by TGI’s for sustinence and Dunkin’ Donuts for more sustinence, and then fell asleep

Thursday

Finally time to visit Magic Kingdom! We went on the teacups and then into Mickey’s Philharmagic Show, my favourite attraction in Magic Kingdom. We visited Minnie and Mickey’s house, and Erin tried her hand at sewing.

We braved Tony’s Town Square for lunch, the last time I was there with the Disney 7 we had a few issues with cold food, no cold food this time although it’s still not really my taste but if you like BIG food you should go for it. The pistachio creme brullee was the best desert I’ve had for a very long time

After lunch we did the country bear jamboree and it’s a small world and then it was back to the hotel for a swim.

That night we headed out for chinese, there was a tv in the restaurant with the breaking news that Michael Jackson had died, very odd, I’m no great Micheal Jackson fan but it did feel like a ‘where were you’ moment, and therefore a bit strange to be in a random chinese joint in Florida.

The final video for the weekend, this time a short clip of Goofy in the SpectroMagic Parade. Enjoy! (I’m off to pack now, the excitement is beyond fever pitch)

This is a short clip of Mickey Mouse at the SpectroMagic Parade in Magic Kingdom, we had VIP seats for this one so the view is much better. The lady at the end of our row (clapping and waving) was disabled but at one point (not caught on film, unfortunately) actually leapt up in sheer excitement, very funny!

The first of three videos I have for you this weekend, yes, I am like the person that invites you to watch their holiday slideshow Don’t be falling asleep now….or sneaking away. In this clip you see Tinkerbell flying through the air and a short bit of the firework display, unfortunately the Cinderella Castle is obscured by some trees.

The first time I went to Disney World I was seventeen, back in the year 2000! The ‘magic’ of the Magic Kingdom passed me by somewhat, maybe you need to be a parent or a young child…because this time it really hit me, and I absolutely cannot wait to experience it all with Erin.

The Buzz Lightyear attraction was our first stop which was very similar to the Toy Story ride in Hollywood Studios, but not as good.

On our way towards some other attractions we ran into the Move It, Shake It, Celebrate It parade. This a thrice daily event that is new this year and part of the ‘what will you celebrate’ campaign that is big in America. I loved this parade, it wasn’t overly busy meaning plenty of space to dance! It’s a real vibrant party atmosphere featuring characters from The Incredibles and Jungle Book, amongst others.

I took this little video, although nothing’s like seeing it live.

Afterwards we headed for Peter Pan’s Flight, which I think would be very good for the under fives and then to It’s A Small World which was a bit dated, but you can forgive it that seeing as it was the attraction that started it all.

We then headed for Minnie’s house which I thought was v.cool, I think I could see myself living somewhere like that

Feeding time again, this time we headed to the Italian made famous in Lady and the Tramp – Tony’s Town Square. The meal was a little underwhelming as my mash was cold (twice) our waiter (Casey) worked hard though and gave us free tinkerbells, all is forgiven. I also checked out a kids menu, it was a set price for three courses with the offerings including pizza, pasta and a healthy/balanced meal, no complaints there.

After our meal we enjoyed the Nightime Wishes Spectacular and Spectromagic Parade – videos to come.