Walt Disney World Day 2

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Day 2 of Walt Disney World provided us with many great memories and ended up being one of, if not, my favorite days. We knew that it was Magic Kingdom day. Bayleigh wanted to ride the Dumbo ride and the Peter Pan ride. Max was excited to ride the Haunted Mansion. As soon as we got there Pinocchio was right inside after you pass the train station. I stood in line with the kids while Rachel went to a store across the way to find Max his Mickey ears. After that we decided that we needed to eat. I learned quickly that Eric and Rachel NEED food in the morning. :) So off we went to find a place to eat....

Below is a picture of Bayleigh and Max on the bus ride to Magic Kingdom. Included as well is a picture of BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN!!!! Bayleigh's first BIG roller coaster EVER! The min. height was 40 inches and she measured EXACTLY 40 inches! Rachel wanted to take Max and I wanted Larry to take Bayleigh on her first roller coaster ride and I also didn't want to ride alone so I skipped out and waited with Eric and Tony. She was SO excited when she ran up to me at the end of the ride. She absolutely LOVED it! (I knew she would).

The breakfast we sought out ended up being at the Crystal Palace. I was surprised that we even got in, but it really was getting late and lunch was almost starting. Rachel went up and put our name in. I think the wait was around 40 mins. or so so we waited. I am SO glad we did too. The Crystal Palace is character dining! Sweet! Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, and Piglet were walking around signing autographs and taking pictures while we had probably our best breakfast down there. It was a buffet and was OH SO GOOD! :) Bayleigh thought the Mickey Mouse waffles were pretty cool. The characters lead a parade throughout the restaurant and Max and Bayleigh participated in that and had a good time too. :) Rachel's favorite characters are Eeyore and Pooh so I am sure this was the start to a great day for her. :)

After we ate we hit the rides and the characters with autograph books in hand this time. :) This was the day of the PRETTY Princesses as well as Mickey and Minnie. I had to take Bayleigh's picture in front of the Goofey Cactus because she kept telling everyone before we went about it. It is located between Mickey's house and the judges tent where he signs autographs. We were surprised to go in and find Minnie with him. :)

After a VERY long, hot, and tiring day we decided to head back to the resort for dinner at Olivia's. Olivia's is good food, but the service is TERRIBLE. If you have a party of 6 or more an 18% gratuity is included (we had 7). It's almost like our servers knew that they were going to get their money so we just hardly ever seen them. We went to some really awesome places to eat so to pay Olivia's servers the same gratuity as those just sucked.

All in all this day was great. We had so much fun! Up next: Day 3! Stay tuned. :)

Love,
Jenn