Birthday at Disney World

Yesterday my son turned four so we took him to Disney World because he loves Mickey Mouse so much. It was our best trip there so far. This is by far the most amount of rides we were able to go on there. We took the ferry over which is always a somber moment for myself since my grandmother and great-grandmother's ashes are both in the lake there. While we were on the ferry my son saw another kid with one of the fan/water squirter things and, even though he has one already at home, he began asking for one. So, once we got off of the ferry, that was the first thing we bought.

The first thing we did was go to Frontierland get a Fast Pass for Splash Mountain. He is finally tall enough for the 40" rides and that always has a long wait so we didn't want to miss it. While we were waiting for our return time, we saw the Country Bear Jamboree and visited the Haunted Mansion. He hadn't seen the Country Bear Jamboree before and he enjoyed it; he was clapping and singing during the show. I told my husband that the last time I saw that show, I was a kid and to me then, the auditorium seemed huge and now that I was there as an adult, it was actually pretty small. We only had to wait a minute or two to get in the Haunted Mansion. This was my son's first time in there where he was totally fearless. Not once was he upset of the dark. After both of those rides, it was time for us to return to ride Splash Mountain. I think this might have also been my first time riding it. I got a laugh out of my husband because at the beginning there is maybe a five foot dip and he was already yelling on that. The ride was a lot of fun for us. They had several dips that were smaller than the 50' drop and we kept thinking that they were going to be the big one.

From there, we grabbed a Fast Pass for Thunder Mountain Railroad and then went to the Liberty Tree to have lunch. Since it was my son's birthday they showed us a list of items we could purchase to surprise him. I chose the $10 gift pack. My son had Mac & Cheese, I had the delicious Tri-Corner Sandwich and my husband had a cheeseburger. All of the good was great. At the end of the meal, they sang to him and gave him a cupcake.

Next up was Thunder Mountain Railroad. On the way over there, we stopped and let our son take a irthday photo with Donald Duck and he even gave Donald a hug. While we were waiting in line, it began pouring rain. They didn't stop the ride, instead they said "Ladies and Gentlemen, Thunder Mountain Railroad is now a water ride!" and everyone began cheering. Every train that returned was full of soaked and cheering passengers. It was still pouring for our ride and it was a lot of fun. Once we were done we went to put our son in his stroller but that was soaked. I remembered that in the Splash Moutain gift shop they sold towels so we went there and put a towel down in his stroller and bought him a Splash Mountain t-shirt so he would be sitting in a soaked one. Once we did that, the rain had stopped.

One next stop was Fantasyland. I remembered that Peter Pan's Flight always has had a huge line, so we got a Fast Pass for that and then parked the stroller and went on It's a Small World. I took lots of photos on that ride because my son always enjoys it. We had two hours before we could ride Peter Pan's Flight, so we continued on to more rides.

Mickey's PhilharMagic was right around the corner and we hadn't watched that before. We all enjoyed the show except that a lot of the large 3d items in the middle of the screen didn't actually look 3d, instead they were showing up as two images and making us cross-eyed. Our son kept trying to reach out and grab some ofm the 3d items. At the end when Donald Duck flew out towards us, my son ducked down like he was going to get hit. Then we turned around and saw Donald Duck had crashed into a wall and his butt and legs were sticking out and we laughed. I tried to snap a picture, but he had already make his escape.

From there visited the gift shop and my son found a baby Mickey and had to have it. He's been pretending for quite some time now that he is carring around a Baby Mickey and now he really has one. He also wanted the jumbo sized Mickey Gloves and a small Mickey Mouse who is wearing a Fantasia t-shirt. In that store I bought a t-shirt for my husband that has Donald Duck on it and says "I flunked my anger management class."

When we got outside it had started to rain a bit so we went on the Snow White ride. I remember this ride being a bit more skewed towards the Evil Queen and having some dark areas but I didn't see any of that this time. We still had plenty of time before we could ride Peter Pan's Flight so we kept going and took a spin on the Tea Cups. My son's favorite color is green and he was happy that we were able to get in a green one this time. Also, all the while he's holding on to his Bay Mickey. Once we got in the Tea Cup he sat up the Baby Mickey on the seat with us.

Then we went over to Mickey Mouse's house so our son could get his birthday picture taken with Mickey and Minnie. Last time he took a photo with them he stood about three feet in front of them and wasn't too sure about letting them touch him. This time he gave each of them a big hug and then stood with them for a few photos. As we were leaving he told them he loved them too. When we got outside it was starting to rain again and my husband was getting tired and wanted to rest. I let him sit on a park bench while I took my son inside of the store that looks like a circus tent. I found a nice t-shirt for myself and my son. Each one has Mickey as the Apprentice from Fantasia on it and they both have some nice embellishments on them. I also bought him a pin of aviator winds with Mickey's face in the middle of it and a Mickey Mouse cup, Mickey Mouse egg shapers and a kitchen towel.

Finally, it was time to go on Peter Pan's Flight. On the way there we passed behind Cinderalla's Castle so I took a few photos of my son and husband. Once on the ride, it was just as I had remembered it from childhood except it seemed very quick. I couldn't imagine waiting in a huge line for a ride to go by that fast!

We still had Tommorowland and Adventureland to visit and it was up to our son's choice and he chose "pirates!" So we were on to Pirates of the Caribbean. There was no line at all so we walked straight through and got right on. This is also a ride he had gotten a little scared on before but this time he was tough and had fun on it. After that we had a snack and then walked over to Tomorrowland.

Once in Tomorrowland, we tried out a ride that we hadn't been on before, Stitches Great Escape. My son didn't care for this ride because there were several periods of time where we were sitting in total darkness and we were each in bucket seats with restraints on, so he wasn't able to cuddle into us. Instead, he held our hands, hid has face and we were consoling him while he was saying he wanted to go outside. Once that was over we went on the Buzz Lightyear ride and had fun shooting our lazer guns while our son was spinning us around.

Finally, it was 9pm and time for the fireworks show. The fireworks were awesome and I got a lot of great photos of them and Cineralla's Castle. Once those were done, we headed to the car and drove home. Our son was alseep in his chair in no time. It was an awesome birthday!