Danows in Disney

And so, we finally admitted we were exhausted and left to grab some lunch on the way back to the hotel.

Now, our decent little hotel? I want to go back already. The beds were decent, the room was really pretty big compared to some we've stayed at in the area, and we had a neat little table with a couple of chairs where we ate our lunch (and late dinners the rest of the week). And it had the coolest name ever: Knights Inn. Yep...felt like the perfect fit! :)

After a sizeable afternoon nap, we headed back to the Magic Kingdom for a bit, but all in all, we realized that we were still pretty beat. We managed a couple of rides, bought this really nifty Haunted Mansion t-shirt for Mikey and me to share, and found out that the evenings would be really chilly before heading back to crash.

And so, we set off for the Magic Kingdom from the Ticket and Transportation Center, embarking on the short ferry-ride, during which we caught our first sight of Cinderella's castle.

He really is pointing at the castle, guys. I promise.

And this is where I must confess that the majority of my pictures will probably be Caedyn-oriented. His reactions were the bestest, and he hams it up for the camera something awful. :P

We spent the morning in Tomorrowland, riding Buzz Lightyear, the Tomorrowland Transit Authority (formerly known as the People Mover), finding Push the talking trash can (Caedyn's obsessed with him cuz robots R cool), and generally milling around to get the "We're in Disney World!" feel. And I took all of one picture during this time, because I was tired!  I'd been up all night, folks. Cut me some slack! :P

I did, however, catch this little gem before the guys went racing the little vroom vroom MAPO cars around the Tomorrowland Speedway...

Told ya he hams it up for the camera, didn't I?

Not only that, but when they drove by, I didn't take the traditional pic, because I was in complete disbelief. Instead of sitting on Mike's lap to steer or driving himself, Caedyn sat back as passenger this year. "Yeah Dad. You drive. I'm lazy and want to be chauffered around. *bored yawn*"

After much frustration with work schedules, time-tables, and the traditional tearing-up-the-apartment-while-packing, we were on our way on Sunday night...

Somewhere around 2 in the morning...

Cuz I'm nuts. :P

We arrived in Kissimee-St. Cloud about 6 in the morning and planted ourselves at Denny's for about an hour to revive with breakfast and cruddy coffee. We found a decent (read affordable) hotel after a little hunting, thanked God for our good fortune, and parked our stuff.

Then, we decided we could spend a few hours at the Magic Kingdom before the exhaustion caught up with us, because the excitement at this point was too much to bear. We couldn't be so close and not set foot in Disney World rightawayOMGwe'rehere!

We just spent five days in the land of Mickey, and I've got so much to share that I thought a separate blog would be helpful in keeping the confusion to a minimum on my main blog at http://lelaspace.blogspot.com/

Over the next couple of days as time allows, I'll be posting pics and telling you about our trip. Thanks for visiting us!