disney... the park

Okay, here are our pictures of our time at Magic Kingdom. Maddie sort of liked it. She was in a daze most of the day. I think it was just a LOT to take in.

Maddie and Mommy at the hotel

Maddie holding on tight on the bus to MK

We got to the park at 8:45am, 15 minutes before it opened. I had never been there before the park opened before and got to see the cute little show they do right outside the front gates. Mickey comes in on his train with ALL of the characters to blow pixie dust on the crowd and open the park. Maddie spotted Mickey right away. She said "Mickey, Mickey, Mickey" over and over throughout the day as you can imagine.

Showing Daddy Mickey

All the characters

The money shot

When we got into the park we took a left to go to the Baby Comfort Station to change Maddie's diaper (which by the way is a very nice place to change a babies diaper FYI) and walked thru Frontierland. There were literally NO LINES at the Jungle Cruise and Pirates of the Caribbean... so we thought well, we should take advantage of no lines and at least go on Pirates (since its a classic and you can't NOT go on it). We walked up to the Disney lady and asked if we could do the parent switch off thing and she said... "why? She (meaning Maddie) can go on the ride." So... we said, I guess we can try it! So Maddie's first ride ever was Pirates of the Caribbean. Not Small World, or Dumbo... Pirates of the Caribbean. She did great. I hadnt noticed before but there are lots of animals on that ride (goats, chickens and of course... the infamous dog) so we just pointed those out as we rode along. We decided to keep going and went on the Jungle Cruise and she did great as well. Just rode on my lap and looked at the animals we rode by. After that we did the nice tame rides like the carousel, Small World, etc... but we were impressed our baby started off strong.

Capt Maddie Sparrow... argh

In line at Small World

Being a big girl and walking herself on our second time thru

Lots to look at!

Walking into Mickey's House

I have lots more pictures of Maddie waiting in lines for various lines, but you get the point. They all pretty much look the same. We did well at not buying any Disney junk while we were there. It helps that she's not old enough to actually ask for anything... but I couldnt resist when we came out of the Winnie the Pooh ride and were walking thru the conveniently placed gift shop, Maddie reached out for a little Mickey doll, said "Mickey," and gave him a kiss and a hug.. I had to buy it. She held him for the rest of the night. It was so cute. Turns out he was on sale - so that made him even cuter.

Mickey Love

Maddie slept well that night (she slept great the entire weekend actually). Disney definitely suits her. ;) I cant wait to go back.