Disney World: Day Three

Despite being exhausted from an incredibly full day, we got an early start to the day with a trip to Magic Kingdom after spending some time checking out the animals. Once again, wait times were non-existent and we got everything done we wanted to and more.

Not one, but two giraffes right outside our window!

We took the Walt Disney World Railroad from the main entrance to Toontown where we made quick stops at Mickey and Minnie's Country Homes.

The train arrives.

Mickey has his stockings hung.

Halley in Minnie's house.

While Tomorrowland was not our favorite at Disneyland, it was pretty amazing here. We got in line for Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor first as it was sure to be packed. Wrong again. We were inside in minutes. This show was incredible. How far technology has come completely blows my mind. Before you enter the theater, you are able to text jokes to Mike and if you're lucky, they're read during the show. We entered the theater and were greeted by an array of Monsters, Inc. characters on screen. Each took a turn at some stand-up and there were several shots of audience members. We thought they were audience clips filmed at some other point until this woman behind us was on screen. The cartoons and the audience were actually interacting and it was just mind-boggling. For Halley at least. She can't speak for Sarah. But this means that every show you go to is completely unique. How cool?!

Not a surprise, Mike Wazowski was voted funniest several months out of the year.

After Halley collected her jaw off the floor, we made our way to the Tomorrowland Transit Authority People Mover. Just our kind of ride.

Realizing that Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin was not an indoor scrambler and instead a ride similar to the Toy Story one we were on our first night, we decided to brave the line. Which meant we walked right on. Not as cool as Toy Story but still really fun.

Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!

We were ahead of schedule so figured a trip on Walt Disney's Carousal of Progress could be fun. And boy was it ever. It's a moving theater that talks about progress through a family in four different decards. "There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day. There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, just a dream away!"

It was time for another trip on It's a Small World to take pictures for Sarah's mom. She loves that ride. A lot.

So there are 65 pictures of this ride because Sarah kept saying, "Get That! Get That! And That! And That And That And That!"

At about 10 o'clock, you'll see that there are no passengers in that seat. Awk-ward.

Across the way was Peter Pan's Flight which we tried thanks to Rachel's suggestion. You fly. It's pretty sweet. We had great time and caught Mickey's PhilharMagic show just as the next one was starting. Pretty sweet. Onward to the Jungle Cruise, one of our favorites. Our tour guide had an incredibly dry sense of humor and we were cracking up the whole time on jokes such as, "I like to point our this sandstone over here as most people take it for granite."

Of course we made a stop at the Country Bear Jamboree.

The animatronics definitely seemed cooler at age seven...

And then one last ride on the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (again). Did we mention that you're in a honeypot and get to bounce with Tigger? Yeah. Awesome.

There were these screens with "honey" on them and you could move it. It wasn't until a little kid was playing with the screens that we realized that there was a picture hidden underneath. Oops...

At this point the park was closed and you could only stay if you had a blue bracelet on for the holiday show thingy. As this was extra dollars, we decided not to purchase although we're sure it would have been fun. Since a large amount of people were exiting, things got a little on the anxious side for both of us but in the midst of the mania we had an amazing picture taken of us! A special thank you to the man crouching in the bushes.

We then got to ride the MONORAIL to Epcot. This was one of our favorite methods of transportation, second only the tram from the parking lot we got to use the next day. We were pretty exhausted and were very thankful that we were able to secure seats on the second train we needed to take.

Sarah was pretty excited for the Monorail to arrive. There are actually several photos in this series thanks to the "sports" setting.

Our journey took us to Epcot for dinner at Tutto Italia Ristorante in Italy. This was pretty much one of the best meals we've had during the trip. You could tell the ingredients were very fresh and the portions were not huge, meaning we did not walk away with the fullest of bellies, always a good thing.

Sarah's dessert!

We caught the end of the fireworks show before heading back to check on the animals and pass out.