Thursday 1st January 2004
We had a very lazy New Year’s Day morning! We relaxed in the pool before agreeing to go shopping (again!)! We went back to Old Navy and Gap followed by a return trip to Orlando Premium Outlets to finish what we started! Glad we did as we all found total bargains in Timberland!
We dashed home with time enough to just get changed, as we were off to the Pirates dinner show! We watched the pre-show, had a drink and then went into the main arena – very impressive! Tip-We paid for upgrades to get better seats, apparently a better chance of getting picked for taking part, and a free gift. Never saw any of it!!! Don’t fall for it!!
The set was wonderful, a huge ship was the stage, and it was surrounded by water. All of the action took place between the ship, and the ropes above us. We all really, really enjoyed ourselves, but the free beer and wine did help matters I have to say! I would definitely go again, but I would skip the tarot card reading I had done during the pre-show – what a con!
Friday 2nd January 2004
Our last full day of this trip. We all agreed that we wanted to go to the Magic kingdom as we had yet to see it in daylight! But we also had a few other things we wanted to fit in, so we made an early start.
We went first to Walmart for some tape that was apparently life or death to buy before dad got on the plane, oh dear, Walmart had sold out (what’s with this tape?!)! Then we had to stop at Mitsubishi to collect his bits he ordered. We made a fleeting visit to Gap at Belz, followed by a second stop to a different Walmart, which I’m sure you’ll all breathe a sigh of relief to know, meant that dad got his tape! Then, we finally made it to the Magic Kingdom!
It was so nice to finally see it in the daylight! The castle looked much bigger by day. We all went straight in the direction of Space Mountain which was the only main thing we had yet to do ride-wise. We got fast passes, but they were not until 5.40pm. As we made our way around the park we saw that every line was at least 50 minutes. At my absolute insistence we joined the line for Mickey’s Philharmagic. The time passed quickly as we had a family in front of us with 3 very entertaining gorgeous boys! The wait was definitely worth it! The show was a lovely concoction of Disney movies and characters cleverly interwoven. All of the other rides in the area were unfortunately 60 minute lines, so this meant no Peter Pan’s flight for me!
We moved in the direction of Pirates of the Caribbean, but that was a 50 minute line with no fast pass facility so we kept going. This is my first trip to WDW without riding pirates! We did manage to get into the Tiki room, and to climb the Robinson Family Treehouse!
It was an extremely hot day, and when the sun started going down it was lovely. We took some gorgeous photos in front of the castle before we left.
We all went home to do some packing and change our clothes ready to spend the night at Pleasure Island!
Our first stop was the Adventurers club which we all enjoyed. We saw the Mask Room presentation which was fun. We then popped in and out of all of the night clubs until midnight, when we celebrated new year again! There were fireworks and great music, but no ticker tape/confetti – I was so disappointed! I was looking forward to this the most! Had a great time though and really don’t want to leave tomorrow!
Saturday 3rd January 2004
Our flight home today…… sniff! After our seamless check-in at Downtown Disney we headed to Blizzard Beach again to finish the holiday in style! It was 80F, and we made the most of the fact that for some reason there were no lines for any of the slides! We all went down the family raft together to get in the swing of things (and to wave goodbye to the theme parks!), and then we began a bit of a tour! We used the lazy river to transport us to the downhill double dipper, where we ended up going on the downhill racers and slalom racers! I had to sit and be happy with soaking up the sun because of my ankle, it’s a hard li
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