The Ambitious Odometer: December 2023

Sunday, December 31, 2023

Walt Disney World - Day 2

This morning, we ventured into Magic Kingdom...

where I couldn't help but try and recreate this picture from our last visit...

{August 2011}

{December 2023 - with Hubby's hand (to steady Baby M) as a major player}

We got to the park a little later than we anticipated, but beelined it straight in to meet up with Uncle B, Aunt E, and crew...

Aunt E had lined up another great list of Lightning Lanes and Virtual Queues, etc., and so we took off ready to tackle them all!

*listing again by park area, and not necessarily in the order we rode/ate, because that's how my brain best works*

Here's a list of what we, or sometimes different subgroups of us, tackled...

Tomorrowland

We rode Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin...

Space Mountain...

Tomorrowland Speedway...

and the TRON Lightcycle/Run...

It was really, really cool!

We also attended (& became a participant in) the Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor...

Why, oh why, must they always find me?!?!?

Fantasyland

We rode "it's a small world"...

FUN FACT: Grams first rode this ride at the 1964 New York World's Fair in Queens and rode it again today along with Pops, both of their sons, both of their daughters-in-law, and all six of their grandchildren...

In addition, we rode Prince Charming's Regal Carrousel...

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train...

and The Barnstormer...

FUN FACT: Of my immediate family, only B & L rode this one. Though The Barnstormer is what one would call a "junior roller coaster", roller coaster it is, and this makes B & L the only ones (of our immediate 5) to ride all 9 roller coasters currently offered at Walt Disney World...

Guess we'll just have to go back!

Lastly, we also rode both The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (with an ice cream sundae snack afterwards)...