Wonderful World of Disney

After our amazing Disney cruise experience, we decided to do a day at DIsney World. That's right, just one day. We wanted to make the most of it, so we decided to buy a park hopper ticket--which we did on ebay before leaving for the cruise. Sadly, we arrived in Florida, only to remember that we had forgotten our tickets at home. LUckily, our friend Chris was able to break into our house (okay, we gave him the garage code.) and then overnight them to us.

This was my first trip to Disney World, and I wanted to experience it all. At first, Michael was a little wary, but after looking at maps, we decided we could do all four parks in one day. His siblings were initially really surprised and skeptical of our plan, but one by one, they all joined in and we ended up doing all four parks together. It was awesome.

No, we didn't get to do the shows and some of the rides we normally would have done had we had a few days, but it was incredible, and I'm glad we did it the way we wanted to. It definitely made for a busy day though.

We arrived at Animal Kingdom a little before it opened at 9AM and headed straight to Expedition Everest. Amazing. Fun. Scary. Exciting. Amazing. We ended up riding it twice because the line was so short, then we booked it over to the Safari--which was like jungle cruise, but with real animals and not as many corny jokes. We then went back to Expedition Everest, where we used our fast passes to ride it a deserved third time, and ended our Animal Kingdom adventure riding the Kawali River Rapids, on which we all got soaking wet.

11:20 AM. Hollywood Studios (formally known as MGM). We went straight to Star Tours, which they recently renovated to include about 54 new adventures and destinations. We rode it twice in a row (worth it), then Michael, the Herds and I went on the Disney backlot tour while the rest of the family went to the Muppets 3D movie. We then met up again and went to the Lights, Cameras, Action! A really cool car stunt show. We ate lunch while watching the show and I really enjoyed the cool stunts and amazing driving.
We then went and got in a short line for Tower of Terror, before going over and using fast passes for Rockin' Roller Coaster--which can only be described as amazing. It was like a mix between California Screamin', Space Mountain and any other amazing roller coaster you can think of.

Tower of Terror

At this point, some of the family went to Epcot, while Michael and I went over to ride Star Tours again with Gavin, quickly meeting up with the Herds again to ride Tower of Terror one last time before heading over ourselves.

5:30PM Epcot. We immediately went to get fast passes for Mission Space and then went to Innoventions for a while. We rode segways, went to a sort of lame weather simulator and played video games. We then met the family for dinner and then Michael, Kacy and I went to Mexico (¡Olé!) and Norway (Sejt), before heading over to Mission Space. Very, very cool. The last thing we snuck in before the park closed (seriously, we got in line at 8:55 and the park closed at 9) was test track. We went in the single rider line so we wouldn't have to wait so long, and I ended up sitting next to the cutest little girl who got so scared she kept grabbing my leg.

Epcot

 Segways

Splash Moutnain

After Splash Moutain

9:40PM Magic Kingdom. It was like coming home. The entrance was exactly like Disneyland, and even though it changed around after that, I still loved it. We were together with all Michael's siblings (minus Madeline) and rushed over to Splash Mountain, where there was practically no line, so we were able to stay on and ride it twice. We then went over to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, again finding almost no line. (Of all the rides that are at both Disneyland and Disney World, this was the only one that I think might have a leg up.) We then went and rode Pirates of the Caribbean (definitely better at DL) and then Jungle Cruise (twice). We then went over to try and do Space Mountain, but it was closed, so we went to Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin. We were just about out of time at this point, but rushed over to fantasy land and ended the night on Peter Pan.

Truly a magical (and exhausting) day.