Magic Kingdom: The Rides

We spent two FULL days at Magic Kingdom!  There is so much to do and see that we could not tackle everything in one day.  And our goal was to do everything!  With the girls having different interests and the park being crowded, we knew that these days would be loooonnnngggg.....

On the first day Kelly and I split: he took Ava to ride space mountain and I took Claire and Julianna to ride Dumbo.  On our way to Dumbo we walked through Cinderella's castle.  This was very exciting for Julianna!  She was in awe at how big and beautiful the castle was!  After riding Dumbo, we met back up with the group and headed out to ride more rides.

We (except Julianna) rode all of the coasters.  However, Julianna was able to ride Splash Mountain.  Fortunately Disney has a "rider swap" system which allows an adult to stay back with a younger child and then swap out without having to wait again.  This gives everyone the chance to ride.  We used the rider swap when we rode Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.  Kelly stayed back with Julianna but then was also able to take another person with him on the ride.  Guess who eagerly volunteered?  Ava!

Up next was Splash Mountain.  Julianna was tall enough to ride this ride and I felt comfortable with her riding this as there is only one big drop.  She absolutely loved it!  You can not see her in the picture because of Brian's arm, but she is between me and Kelly.

Thunder Mountain was our last coaster ride.  Gigi and Papa took Julianna to a nearby play area while we rode this.



And of course we rode all of the classic rides:  It's a Small World, Peter Pan, Tea Cups, Tomorrowland Speedway, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Jungle Cruise, Country Bear Jamboree, etc.  Even though the park was crowded, we never had to wait very long for any ride thanks to the fastpass system!