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I'm going to give the trip report a go here and see how frustrated I get with photobucket! Warning: all pics will be huge because I don't have the patience to resize them.
Day 1: Saturday, June 18, 2011
Our three car caravan arrived at Cypress Pointe (where my family has a condo; literally a half mile from entrance to Disney property) around 2:30 p.m. after traveling from Pennsylvania. We checked into the condo, unloaded our car, and then DH (DF at the time) and I took our nephew, who is 9, to Magic Kingdom for some special time while the rest of the family unpacked and grocery shopped.
DH and I exchanged our annual pass vouchers and used the AP to buy a Tables in Wonderland card, which I highly recommend for anyone not on the
DDP. We got our "Happily Ever After" buttons.
DH's button
We did Splash Mountain first. When we go to parks, I use my wheelchair because it's just too much walking. Our nephew loves when we get to skip part of the line! We waited only a little over half the posted wait time to get on since we separated from the regular line at the steps.
Then we did Haunted Mansion which we all thought was lame yet kind of cool in an old-school way. DNe (dear nephew) really enjoyed playing with things in line, though.
Then the three of us headed over to Space Mountain. In the past with the wheelchair, we have been able to just hop right in the fast pass entrance, but the cast member there gave us a ticket to come back for the wait time. So, what any logical person will do before s/he gets on a roller coaster, we decided to go eat
We scarfed down some chicken nuggets and fries in Tomorrowland and then headed back over to ride. DNe is a total daredevil when it comes to rides, but he wanted to be in the middle on this one, not in the front.
After that, we met up with the rest of the family on Main Street to catch the Magical Electrical Parade. DNi (dear niece) and DNe got to play while we waited.
She has a freakish talent for hula hooping! She could have done this all night.
Me (in chair), DNi, my mom, DH, and my BIL, who became ordained online to be our officiant. He later got made fun of at Laugh Floor for his hat.
After the parade, we did Laugh Floor.
My dad took this pic of the fireworks that were going on as we exited.
Then, we headed over to do the Carousel of Progress, a family tradition. Then we danced with Pluto!
DNi is in the purple dress
My sister and I got into the action, too! She's to the right of me in the black flowered dress
We got back to the condo well after midnight! It was a great first day!
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