Magic Kingdom Part 2

 The second day at the Magic Kingdom started out early as we once again got to the park before it opened. We got some pictures in front of the castle while walking towards our first ride.

Daddy's little girl.

It was upsetting that they had a huge crane in the background of the castle. It messed up all of our photos with the castle.

Everyone was in shock that Tinkerbell landed in Brinley's hand. Brinley wasn't that amused.

Heflin's at the Magic Kingdom.

This time upon entering the park we went straight to Adventureland and rode the Jungle Cruise first. There was hardly a minute or two wait before boarding. This is a water cruise where you see many animatronic animals and hear some of the silliest jokes of all time. Most of them the kids won't even get, so maybe they are for the parents. The kids liked it so much that we hopped right back on for a second tour. After the Jungle Cruise we took a ride on The Magic Carpets of Aladdin. This again is the standard kiddie ride. You fly in a circle and can move the carpet up and down in the air.

Jennifer and Landon rode in a carpet with me. 

Brinley rode with Grandma and Grandpa.

After riding on the magic carpets we waited in line to see Jasmine and Aladdin. We don't own this movie so the kids have never seen it.

The whole Heflin crew with Jasmine and Aladdin. I wish that the genie or Abu had been there.

Brinley took another ride on Pirates of the Caribbean with Grandma and I.

Next we headed over to Frontierland to ride on Splash Mountain. We all had fast passes, but the kids were not tall enough to ride. Thankfully there was a little playground near the exit to keep them entertained.

A Disney photographer stopped by the play area and snapped some pictures of the kids. Here is Brinley ready to go down the slide.

I know what you are thinking - why does this kid have a bottle. Well, he was getting sick before our trip and hadn't really been drinking well. I didn't want him to get dehydrated and he never has a problem drinking from a bottle. So, we regressed and let him drink from a bottle.

Grandma and Grandpa rode first and Grandpa ended up getting soaked. 

Jennifer said that the people behind us were probably ticked at me because I held up my hands. They really aren't able to see their face at all.

Next we hopped on the Disney World railroad and rode around to the front of the park. We got off and were thinking that there was supposed to be some kind of show. Come to find out it was at the castle. 

The grandparents taking a break with the kiddos. 

We made our way up to the castle to see the show. Brinley watched while up on my shoulders. I will never get tired of this. As long as they will let me there is always a spot on my shoulders.

Mickey and friends performing in from of the castle.

While the show at the castle was finishing up it started to sprinkle. We decided to try and do something indoors and the closest thing was the Hall of Presidents. After getting inside the majority of us fell asleep. When the show was over it had turned into a downpour outside so we did the most logical thing. Head back in for another show. And again! When the third show was over the kids were done napping and were getting restless so we decided to figure out something else.

I ran over to see if we could get in line to meet Tiana. The line was actually closing so Brinley and I just went up to say hello. I told her that New Orleans was very important to me because Jennifer and I got engaged there. I also told her how much that we love beignets.

Since it was still raining we got on the Riverboat because it was covered. Next we ran over to Fantasyland and used some fast passes to meet some of the Disney princesses.

Meeting Elsa was something that Brinley was really excited about. As you can tell, Landon did not seem to be a big fan. For some reason he preferred characters that didn't look real.

The Heflin clan with Elsa. 

Brinley's new best friend Anna.

Brinley and Anna holding hands. She told us that Olaf was out playing today with his snow flurry.

Heflin clan with Anna.

Brinley with a Minnie statue that was dressed in an Elsa outfit.

Next princess to meet was Cinderella. Not exactly sure what these two were talking about here.

Heflin clan with Cinderella.

Brinley looks mesmerized by Rapunzel. This was a picture of her signing our autograph book.

Heflin clan with Rapunzel. We thought Landon would really like Rapunzel because Tangled is one of his favorite movies, however he had no interest at all in meeting her.

After meeting all the princess Jennifer and I went to ride Seven Dwarfs Mine Train again because the line was short due to the rain. The kids went with Grandma and Grandpa to ride It's a Small World, which they actually rode twice.

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train in the rain. I somehow lost a poncho that I never even got to put on so I just embraced the rain.

While we were at trying to select another fast pass Jennifer and Grandma rode the carousel with Brinley. We discovered while talking with a few of the employees that there is actually a talking Mickey Mouse character. This sounded amazing because so far all the dressed up characters just had to use hand gestures to communicate with the kids. We headed off to grab some dinner before our fast pass time with talking Mickey.

What would a trip to the Magic Kingdom be if we didn't ride Buzz Lightyear. I told Jennifer I would ride with Landon. Too bad he didn't really want to ride. We both ended up giving up and just enjoying the ride.

The kids had been acting tired so we actually rode this slow moving ride called People Movers. The first time around Landon had fallen asleep so we just rode it again. The second time around Brinley fell asleep so we went for a third time. We needed to get to our meeting time with talking Mickey so we had to cut their naps short and headed to see Mickey.

We stopped here in the rose garden to get a picture with the castle. This was the only time that we had noticed that the crane was down.

Brinley loved talking Mickey. It was so cool to finally hear one of the characters talk. The only problem is that none of us are able to recall anything that Mickey Mouse actually said to us.

Brinley really enjoyed meeting him. 

Landon was a little scared of him.

Family picture with Mickey Mouse.

Heflin clan with talking Mickey.

Mickey Mouse was more that we could have imagined. Landon didn't want anything to do with him until we walked out of the room. Then he wanted to wave to him and blow him kisses. The last thing for the night was the Electrical Parade and then the fireworks show. The kids loved the parade and were waving at all the different characters. The fireworks left a lot to be desired because we weren't close to the castle and there was some fog/clouds that were ruining the great view.

Grandpa was so cold that he put his poncho back on for the walk and tram ride back to the car. As you can see Grandma got a pretty good laugh from him.

We didn't let the rain ruin our day at the Magic Kingdom. We had to get back and get some sleep so that we could get up in the morning and head to Hollywood Studios. Thanks for reading and God Bless!