Disney World - Animal & Magic Kingdom

Monday (11/20) we had reservations for a character breakfast at the Animal Kingdom. We ate the Tusker House where they do Donald's Safari breakfast with Donald and Daisy Duck, Mickey and Goofy. I wanted to do a character breakfast for two reasons 1) Our friend Aaron brought his 12-year-old daughter, whom I thought should experience one and 2) I thought I should experience one too. I thought it was awesome! You just have to let yourself get excited for these things. Unfortunately, I think Alyssa was trying to hold in her excitement a little too much. It was fun to actually have interaction with the characters without having to wait in line, they came directly to your table.
Also, the food was really good. They had these really cute Mickey Mouse head waffles, along with all sorts of pastries, eggs, bacon, ham, cheese blintz, and other awesome things. I think it was totally worth the money, it was tons of fun and enough food to last most of the day!
After breakfast we went on Expedition Everest which is totally wicked, I highly recommend it.


I even found the "hidden Mickey" in the assortment of "artifacts" from Everest expeditions. It was a totally awesome find.















Aaron was really excited to get to the Magic Kingdom, he hadn't been there for something like 30 years, so it was about time we get there. We took a bus to the Transportation Center, and then got on an awesome ferry over to the Magic Kingdom.






















Last time Joe and I were at the Magic Kingdom it didn't go very well; it was cold and Joe made me go on Splash Mountain...after that all the magic was gone. This time it was tons better.














I'm not sure if it was all of the Halloween decorations or the weather, but it was so much fun. Aaron's enthusiasm definitely elevated ours and we were all practically bouncing around the park.


















We didn't plan on staying for the parade, but we ended up waiting around for it. They do the Spectro Magic parade now, which is of course crazy and bizarre but totally awesome at the same time, you just can't help but get excited about it.
Seeing people and floats covered in millions of lights spin around and dash about, it just makes you smile. After the parade there is the nightly fireworks display which is fantastic. They do it over Cinderella's Castle and have a little story that goes along with it about all your dreams coming true; which you'd have to say they almost always do while you are in Disney World.