Magic Kingdom - Where DREAMS come true..

Really, what dreams would that include? A zillion people, long lines and HOT!

Anyhow, we survived. It was a great day. At the end of it Marc and I both felt like we would need a vacation after we got home from vacation....

We spent about 13 hours in the park that day. This time we took the bus from the hotel, much easier than driving and parking. Once we were in the park, we noticed that most people were headed to the right and you know us, we refuse to conform, giggle. We headed left! We thought about riding Splash Mountain first then changed our minds when the current wait time was 70 minutes. We headed for Pirates of the Carribean ride.

I took this pic while waiting in line..

Then we rode the Jungle Safari, followed by the Aladdin Magic Carpet ride. While Marc and I were eating lunch (we fed the boys first). Josh tried to tackle Bulls Eye during the Toy Story parade...

I really thought Bulls Eye was going down.


We headed back to Splash Mountain and guess what - the wait now was 110 minutes. Wow - we should have ridden it first! We waited in that line, Josh took at nap. We were soaking wet coming out of it! I was not pleased. But I did eventually get dry.

After that we headed over to the kids area, where Mark E. from Upward joined us for the rest of the day. We are truly blessed to know him and have him join us for the remainder of the day.

We drove Race cars, rode It's a Small World, and Peter Pan. Then we cruised back to ride Buzz Lightyear - we would ride it multiple times. It was such a blast.
The ride was so fun, you sat in that car, the car spun around and you shot at Zurg and all the LGMs It actually kept score for each of you.

The boys captured with Zurg!!! AHHH

Marc, Mark and Trey headed off to ride Space Mountain, while Josh and I cruised off to buy gifts and get a good spot for the 9pm parade. Josh and I shared this while waiting..

Yep, it's a MICKEY shaped Rice Krispie treat. It was ymmy.

The 9pm parade was incredible. They turn out all the lights and everything in the parade is lit up. We were immersed in the parade when this headed straight for us...

She scared the daylights (or the nightlights) out of the little girl sitting next to Josh. I'm thinking it was the wicked stepmother from Cinderella, but I've been wrong before.


I wish I could post all 20 pics I took at the parade, it was really cool.

These only cost $15 each..
The light up Mickey ears - not the kids. Hey - it's getting late....

These pics are on the bus heading back to the hotel - remember it was 13 hours of excitement filled FUN!

Friday the boys and I met Zetta and kids at Blizzard Beach Water Park. It was so fun, we rode the lazy river, the family raft ride and the 4 kids played in the slides, iceburg walk, and the Tbar zip line - T had to be saved by the lifeguard the 1 time he rode the T bar - the thing flipped you out into the water. I'm glad that I wasn't there to witness it. Josh took a 2 hour nap in the middle of the water park - Zetta made sure that we had a spot in the shade, it was a nice restful time for me too.

T was so tired, we had to force him to get into this picture - he refused to eat lunch because he didn't want to sit out for an hour (we were there 6 hours) .

Vacation is over and we are back home preparing to sell our 5th house in 8 years. We aren't sure where we are headed, but we do know WHO knows and that's all We need to know. Please continue to pray for us and that God's Will, will be abundantly clear to us and quickly, or you know, in HIS time.

Ok, it's really late, I hope you enjoyed the vacation posts. Luv to all, Jen and the Backes Boys.