Grace was very excited about her first trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando. We went with Uncle Jeff, Aunt Sarah and Isabella (Bella). We had a forty-five minute drive to the park and for almost the entire trip she was shouting "Mick Mouse, Mick Mouse." Needless to say, she really wanted to see Mickey Mouse.
We are still new parents and thus made a couple of mistakes in choosing Grace's first two rides. We failed to object when Uncle Jeff went to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride first. It was very dark and a little scary, but Grace seemed to do ok. She really liked the boat ride. Uncle Jeff upped the ante with ride number two, the Haunted Mansion. We were about one minute into the ride, when Grace said "Mommy All Done!!" She repeated her request several times, but finally settled down when Passy and Dolly came to her rescue. When the ride was finally over, she started asking for Mick Mouse. So far, Disney did not meet her expectations.
We hurried to Fantasy Land to settle Grace down. She enjoyed her time in the Hundred Acre Wood playground.
The next ride was the Carousel. Grace and her Daddy actually spent some time looking at the horses and Grace seemed very interested. She even said that she wanted to ride with Mommy. However, once the ride started it became the Carousel of Terror and Grace was again "all done."
All the fun and fear obviously wore Grace out, as she slept through lunch, which gave Jack and Michelle some time to ride roller coasters, including Space Mountain.
After lunch we went to Toon Town to finally meet Mick Mouse. We toured through his house and garden and after standing in line for a surprisingly long amount of time, Grace finally met him. As you can see from the picture below, Grace freaked out upon seeing him in person!
We eventually found a ride that Grace really enjoyed, It's a Small World (much to her Daddy's chagrin). She was mesmerized by the scenes and really liked the song, which for those of you who do not know, plays over and over and over again. When we were finished she waved to the boat and said "bye ride!"
After Grace's fascination with Mick Mouse ended, she developed a new obsession, balloons. She saw several kids with balloons and would point at them and say "touch boon!" When we asked her if she wanted a balloon she started to squeal and do the balloon dance (which consists of her waving her arms and spinning in a circle yelling balloon). Well, we promised a balloon a little too early because we could not find one. Jack went to a vendor in Fantasy Land, who sent him to a vendor in Toon Land, who sent him to a vendor in Fantasy Land, who finally sent him to a vendor on Main Street. Jack ran an equivalent of about 2 miles, but finally got a balloon for Grace. She was very excited.
We all attended a Monsters, Inc. comedy show, which was surprisingly a lot of fun. The show involved putting the photos of audience participants on a big screen. Jack was on the big screen and under his name it said "This guy will buy churros for everyone after the show." As you can see from the picture below, Jeff really thought it was funny.
After the park, Jack and Jeff were able to pick up their Marathon race packets. We are spending today resting and preparing for tomorrow's race. Stay tuned for exclusive coverage of the Disney Marathon
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