The day began with a hot breakfast buffet that was great at Mandolin's. We paid for it with our hotel room and with taxes it ended up being like $99 a night. I would recommend staying here any time; they are continuing to renovate the whole hotel.
Now the magic begins…we started our 2 days of Disney World at the Magic Kingdom. There we parked and rode the shuttle to the front gate. We arrive 20 minutes prior to opening. At 8:50 am, Disney had a pre-gate opening show. There was singing and dancing while the train pulled up with the original Disney characters: Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, etc. At precisely 9 am, the gates opened and we took off to the rides. First was Space Mountain and on the fast rides until we had covered all that we wanted to by noon. We ate lunch and then progressed to some of the slower rides, catching a few favorite fast rides along the way too.
We caught the parade at 3 pm, which was kind of a let down. I had been 13 years ago and the Christmas parade was during the day. Now it costs extra and is after they close the park. It was a short parade too. I love parades and this wasn’t fun like others.
That night we left around 5 pm, and headed to the hotel to rest before eating at the Crab House. I of course ate crab legs, 1 ¼ lbs to be exact, and they were really good.
