Day Six: Magic Kingdom

Another beautiful day in Orlando...high 70's and sunny. We decided that late February was a really good time to be going to the parks...not too hot, not too crowded, and the lines were manageable. Dave and I remember going to Magic Kingdom as kids and it was cool to experience it through Nolan's eyes. We quickly realized that we're in a new phase of our lives when Disney/Orlando is a vacation spot for us.

There were a lot of great toddler rides at Magic Kingdom. Here's a list of everything we went on:

- It's a Small World
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Peter Pan's Flight
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Jungle Cruise
- Walt Disney World Railroad
- Pooh's Playful Spot (playground)

We knew we wanted to go to the 7:15pm lights parade so we knew Nolan had to get a nap in if he was going to last. We grabbed lunch at the park, then made our way back to the condo. Nolan slept during the monorail and tram rides back to the parking lot, then slept during the car ride back to the condo. By the time we got back to the condo, he had been sleeping for 30 minutes...he woke up as we were getting him out of the car and decided he was reenergized! A nap at the condo failed miserably, but at least he got some down time talking and singing in his crib. We made our way back to the park after a couple hours and stood in line for about 45 minutes for the Jungle Cruise. It was cute (fake animals), but definitely nowhere close to as good as the Kilimanjaro Safari Cruise at Animal Kingdom.

The lights parade was fun for the kids. We got seats in the front row along the parade route and Nolan got a kick out of seeing "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck" who he had been talking about all week. He also was excited to see Pluto and Goofy or "the two dogs" as he calls them. The fireworks afterwards were really good...it was pretty having the Disney castle as the backdrop. We also got to see Tinkerbell fly out of the castle at the start of the fireworks.

All in all a good day...we felt like we hit everything there that a 2 year old would like. I look forward to coming back when the kids are older (and I'm not pregnant) and we can go on all the great roller coasters (Splash Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, etc).

Slideshow of all the pictures from the day: