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Our first stop in MK after making our way through the turnstiles was the stroller rental where I showed my multi day pass and the CM quickly gave me a stroller. We made our way down Main Street USA and it didn’t take long for Peter Pan and I to realize how quiet the MK was. The street was almost empty and I asked Peter Pan if he was up for the “Big” mountains. We knew we couldn’t do Space as Kiara did not meet the height requirement and Peter Pan was not up for going alone, but Splash and Big Thunder were fair game. So we headed to Frontierland. We did have to be careful of our route, so as not to walk by the Magic Carpets, and cut through Liberty Square to make our way to Frontierland. We made our way to Splash Mountain and the wait was posted at 25 minutes. But there was no one in the line. We decided to do the wait and were very surprised to find ourselves walking all the way to our boat. It was obvious the posted wait was off by about twenty-three minutes because we were on within two. Have I said yet how much I love going to WDW in January? We all enjoyed the ride and I found a hidden Mickey formed by bobbers in the fishing display before the big drop. All the way through I couldn’t resist messing with Peter Pan at all the small drops and screaming “This is the big one!!!” By the time we got to the really big drop and I warned him, I don’t think he believed me. We all squealed and laughed as we made the big plunge and were able to avoid most of the water our boat kicked up on the descend. Peter Pan took in most of the water but he was wearing nylon sweat pants so he dried off quickly.

After Splash we headed to BTM which had a five minute wait posted. As we got in line a CM handed me a red card on a lanyard and asked me to give it to a CM before we boarded. As we stood in line we realized the wait time was wrong and five minutes turned to ten, then fifteen. It was at this point Kiara looked at me and said her famous word. “Pee?” Great. No Grumpy with us to wait and ride with Peter Pan or hand Kiara off too. As I assessed the situation I realized we were in a part of the queue where the ride was visible. It dawned on me that the past few days Kiara had been using this little trick to get out of the lines of the rides she was unsure of. I also realized she had on a dress and a raincoat, so if it wasn’t a false alarm (which I was sure it was) the damage would not be to bad.

Okay, side note here. I would NEVER push my child on a ride I didn’t think she would love. I refuse to be one of the parents we all read horror stories about where rides have to be stopped to get a screaming child off . I know how much Kiara loves the Barnstormer and BTM is just a step up and a little longer. There are things we wouldn’t even try at WDW with her. ToT for one. While I think she would love the drop, the dark would scare her to death. Dinosaur is another one. I just think it would be to intense for her even though Grumpy wanted to take her on it as she does love dinosaurs. And “It’s a Bug’s Life” is out of the question since Grumpy had to take her out forty-five seconds into it in 2001. To this day she still refuses to do that one, but more on that later. If I didn’t think she would love the ride, I would never get in line with her let alone force her to stay in it.

Anyhow, I pushed Kiara on. Our wait was about twenty minutes and when we got to our car I had to break it to Peter Pan he would have to ride alone as there was not room for three in one car. I gave him the choice of riding in front or in back of us and he elected to ride in front. He was a bit apprehensive about riding alone, but I assured him this was like the Runaway Mine Train in Six Flags that he loved riding the past summer. And I was right about both kids. They both loved it. Gone were my fears of one kid throwing up on me and the other one wetting their pants. We embarked from the ride as two kids who loved it and one happy adult who didn’t have to deal with the ejection/projection of bodily fluids. It was a good thing.

We decided to make our way through Adventureland and when I saw there was no wait for POC I asked Kiara and Peter Pan if they wanted to ride. Peter Pan was up for it but Kiara responded with a very forceful “No, pirates scare me” OK, lets move on. We found our way to the Magic Carpets and Kiara went wild. It was obvious we had to ride this one, so we all go in line. This was the longest line of any ride in MK. I think the overflow of Dumbo down for rehab helped make this one so popular. After a twenty minute wait we were on. And it dawned on me that Kiara had not asked to got to the bathroom since we had been on BMT. Hmmmmmm. I was on to her now!!!!!

After our ride on Magic Carpets we decided it was time to make our way to FW. The sun was beginning to set and I was not looking forward to taking the bus back to our cabin. We boarded a launch to FW and the three of us were surprised to see that darkness had suddenly fallen around us. As we made our way down the dock on our way to the bus stop the lights on a parked golf cart started to flash. It was Grumpy!!! He had been waiting for us so we didn’t have to take the bus back to the cabin. What a sweetie! On the way back to the cabin he did confess that he had been waiting for awhile and this was the last boat he was going to wait for. I am sure glad we were on it as our trusty little golf cart had us at our cabin in nothing flat.

Once back at the cabin we cooked burgers on the grill, forced Peter Pan to do some homework and all settled in for a quiet evening. Our plan for the next day was to go back to EPCOT and Peter Pan confessed he was very much looking forward to seeing it again.


We got the kids off to bed and let them fall asleep to the Disney bedtime stories. We were loving the addition of a TV in the bedroom of our cabin! After the kids were in bed, Grumpy pulled the Murphy bed down, did the nightly check for Larry the lizard, and the two of us relaxed after a long but wonderful day. Grumpy realized he was fading fast and handed me the remote. I was quick to find the American Idol try outs and stopped to watch. Grumpy and I watched them last year at WDW so it only seemed fitting that we, or at least I as he was falling asleep, watch them again this year. As Grumpy began to snore, I was taken back to memories of our trip the year before where we sat in our cabin and laugh ourselves silly at a kid named William Hung doing “She Bangs”. This year I didn’t laugh at anyone but instead found a singer that totally wowed me. A rocker named Constantine that I really hoped made it to the finals. (So now I have to wonder, is he really that good, or do I just love him so much because I first saw him when I was in my happy place?). After AI, Grumpy began to snore louder and sleep was getting the better of me so I too headed off to bed. I knew we had a big day planned at EPCOT and I needed my rest.


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