Disneyworld 2009 - Day 1

Day 1
Magic Kingdom

The day began at 31 degrees F, and was the start of a somewhat difficult day. This was the first trip to the World for the Sartins, and we were all very excited. We stayed at http://www.dreamsvillas.com/ , which was very reasonable and very nice. We all shared a 4 bedroom, 3 bath condo in a gated community about 5 miles from the parks. Everyone was freezing, the boys had their toboggans, but no gloves. So Davis began crying around the time we left the car and did not let up for most of the day.

We began our Disneyworld tour with Pirates of the Caribbean, great ride for adults, but as I was soon to learn, not a great ride to begin Mr. Davis on. The initial plunge, quickly followed by cannon fire that just so happened to splash water into me and Davis’ eyes was a little too much for him.

We continued through the Tiki Room and the Country Bear show. We decided this route to get to more indoor rides and shows during our 55 degree High weather with a 10 mph wind. Sam was excited about the “fast choo-choo” (Thunder Mountain), so we froze ourselves riding this thrill ride. Sam then added that he wanted to ride with MaMa, so off they went to ride again. Then a trip through the Haunted Mansion that “freaked out” sylus, and scared the rest of the kids to death. Finishing our morning with a ride on Peter Pan’s Flight and It’s a small world (good chance for me to take a nap).

Lunch carried us to the Crystal Palace where we ate at Magan’s favorite place while being visited by Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, and Piglet. They were very nice and even brought Davis a cupcake for his upcoming birthday. In an effort to calm Davis down, he can handle being stuck at a table for only so long, I took him off to Tommorrowland to visit the Carousel of Progress (Sure to put him to sleep, while I enjoy this as one of my favorites).

Davis cuddled up to my shoulder as we entered the quiet Carousel and were welcomed to one of Disney’s personal ideas that was first introduced at the World’s Fair in the early 1900s. As our theater slowly rotated to the first scene, and Davis already slowly closing his eyes, he saw it. The DOG…then he heard the dog barking. “Dog, Dad, Dog”…”Look Dad, Dog”…and wide awake. Then the short 5 minute presentation of that time period began and slowly Davis neared sleep…then the theater rotated with a new dog and more barks, waking Davis up again to tell me that he did see the Dog and wanted to make sure I saw it as well. This process was repeated twice more, and we left the theater with no sleep for Davis.

I exited and found everyone else in line to visit some characters…What did everyone want to do next? Of course…Carousel of Progress. Well this time Davis did fall asleep, I guess the Dog was no longer appealing. So because he was asleep, everyone left the theater after the show, but I remained for one more 20 minute presentation. Three times was enough for me, so even though he remained asleep I then left the theater and found the others once more.

While the parents took turns riding space mountain, Magan and I took the babies on the People Mover, which again scared Davis to death. I then took Davis on the Buzz Lightyear ride, and again he was terrified. Magan had a blast with Addy and Sam on the People Mover, they laughed the whole time, Sam loved the space mountain portion which was dark and he got to see the moon and stars.

Well, we were pooped, so we fought thru the lines to exit as the Spectromagic parade was beginning…Leaving our first day to go and eat at Arby’s.