khertz
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- Joined
- Aug 10, 2008
Day 2: Sunday February 23rd
For our first park morning, we were up bright and early! Not only were we excited to get to the parks, but it was also the morning of the Princess Half Marathon. I had read that transportation could take a while due to the race, and we weren’t sure how much that would impact us since we were headed to Magic Kingdom. Yes, there was the boat option which would mean we wouldn’t be dealing with road traffic, but being unfamiliar with everything at this resort and race weekends, we weren’t sure if the boat would be running and we wanted to make sure we gave ourselves plenty of time in case we had to come up with an alternative plan.
We had breakfast in the room and got dressed, then headed down to the boat dock around 7:30 am. The boats were running, which was great, but I did overhear that the only reason they were running this early was because of the race. As soon as we got to the dock, we got right on to the next boat. I didn’t take long for it to fill up enough that we were on our way to MK! We didn’t need to fold up the stroller, so DD stayed in it and I sat in the front bench with her while DH and DS headed to the open back seats.
IMG_8943 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-001 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-002 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-003 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-004 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
We went through security as we exited the boat, then headed to the tapstiles. The racers were heading into MK, and we had to wait there at the gates until all of the racers had made it through. We were over on the right hand side, so we had a good view of the runners and of Princess Daisy waving to them as they ran under the train station.
Feb 2020 02-005 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
2 of my aunt’s sisters were running the half before getting on their 4 night cruise the next day. I started out looking for them, but there were just SOOOO many runners I started getting distracted.
DS was all Spider-Man’d out for the day.
Feb 2020 02-006 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
At one point though, I looked up and spotted one of her sisters and her husband running, and was able to call out her name to get her attention! She said that encouraged her to run a little faster after that since she had no idea who else might spot her. Lol
Eventually, the runners had made it through and we were cleared to enter onto Main Street. The first thing we did was stop at the Minnie & Roy Disney bench for some Photopass photos.
644876503 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
644876501 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
644876483 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Then we made our way down Main Street to Cinderella Castle!! The smile on my face was huge as the happiness sunk in. It had been WAY TOO LONG since we had made this walk!
Feb 2020 02-007 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-008 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-009 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
After DH took some photos of the kids, I spotted a mom and daughter and asked if they wanted us to take their photo and then she offered to take one of our whole family together.
Feb 2020 02-010 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-011 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-012 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DD and I ran over to use the restroom before more people started packing in for the opening castle show, and we stopped for another Photopass photographer on the way.
644877156 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
When we got back, there still weren’t a lot of people around so we were able to get a few more photos of the kids with the castle and no one around.
Feb 2020 02-015 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-016 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DD, of course, requested another back to back pose!
Feb 2020 02-018 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
We made our way over towards the left side of the castle so that we could see the opening show and then head up the ramp through the castle to get to Fantasyland once it was over. While we were standing there waiting, a CM ran over and said, “Hey, do you guys want some churros?” She handed one to each kid and hurried off before I even got a good look at her! DH and I laughed that in 2 days, 2 CMs had shoved free stuff at our kids out of nowhere!!
Feb 2020 02-019 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-020 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-021 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
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For our first park morning, we were up bright and early! Not only were we excited to get to the parks, but it was also the morning of the Princess Half Marathon. I had read that transportation could take a while due to the race, and we weren’t sure how much that would impact us since we were headed to Magic Kingdom. Yes, there was the boat option which would mean we wouldn’t be dealing with road traffic, but being unfamiliar with everything at this resort and race weekends, we weren’t sure if the boat would be running and we wanted to make sure we gave ourselves plenty of time in case we had to come up with an alternative plan.
We had breakfast in the room and got dressed, then headed down to the boat dock around 7:30 am. The boats were running, which was great, but I did overhear that the only reason they were running this early was because of the race. As soon as we got to the dock, we got right on to the next boat. I didn’t take long for it to fill up enough that we were on our way to MK! We didn’t need to fold up the stroller, so DD stayed in it and I sat in the front bench with her while DH and DS headed to the open back seats.
IMG_8943 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-001 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-002 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-003 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-004 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
We went through security as we exited the boat, then headed to the tapstiles. The racers were heading into MK, and we had to wait there at the gates until all of the racers had made it through. We were over on the right hand side, so we had a good view of the runners and of Princess Daisy waving to them as they ran under the train station.
Feb 2020 02-005 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
2 of my aunt’s sisters were running the half before getting on their 4 night cruise the next day. I started out looking for them, but there were just SOOOO many runners I started getting distracted.
DS was all Spider-Man’d out for the day.
Feb 2020 02-006 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
At one point though, I looked up and spotted one of her sisters and her husband running, and was able to call out her name to get her attention! She said that encouraged her to run a little faster after that since she had no idea who else might spot her. Lol
Eventually, the runners had made it through and we were cleared to enter onto Main Street. The first thing we did was stop at the Minnie & Roy Disney bench for some Photopass photos.
644876503 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
644876501 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
644876483 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Then we made our way down Main Street to Cinderella Castle!! The smile on my face was huge as the happiness sunk in. It had been WAY TOO LONG since we had made this walk!
Feb 2020 02-007 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-008 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-009 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
After DH took some photos of the kids, I spotted a mom and daughter and asked if they wanted us to take their photo and then she offered to take one of our whole family together.
Feb 2020 02-010 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-011 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-012 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DD and I ran over to use the restroom before more people started packing in for the opening castle show, and we stopped for another Photopass photographer on the way.
644877156 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
When we got back, there still weren’t a lot of people around so we were able to get a few more photos of the kids with the castle and no one around.
Feb 2020 02-015 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-016 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DD, of course, requested another back to back pose!
Feb 2020 02-018 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
We made our way over towards the left side of the castle so that we could see the opening show and then head up the ramp through the castle to get to Fantasyland once it was over. While we were standing there waiting, a CM ran over and said, “Hey, do you guys want some churros?” She handed one to each kid and hurried off before I even got a good look at her! DH and I laughed that in 2 days, 2 CMs had shoved free stuff at our kids out of nowhere!!
Feb 2020 02-019 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-020 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Feb 2020 02-021 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
UP NEXT: Welcome Welcome Welcome!