Oct 2007 Disney Camping, Day 3

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We woke up to a colder morning than we are used to. The plan was to go to Typhoon Lagoon, but with the cool breeze, we figured the girls (especially Izzy) would freeze to death. So, we went ahead and bit the bullet and bought Seasonal Passes to Disney World. The difference between Seasonal and Annual passes is that the former has blackout dates a week at Christmas, a week in the Spring, and a couple of months in the Summer. A pretty good deal if you don’t intend to go at any of those times.

We decided to make our first park choice one we hadn’t go to yet: Disney-MGM Studios. The biggest rides we rode were Star Tours, a Star Wars themed ride film; Muppets 3D, a 3D film featuring the Muppets; and the Indiana Jones Stunt Show, a live action show recreating some of the stunt scenes from Raiders of the Lost Arc.

We had a full day and Isabelle fell asleep on the way home. We had dinner at camp and then rounded out the evening at the campfire sing-a-long roasting marshmallows and making smores.

Oct 2007 Disney Camping, Day 2

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Izzy got up twice during the night, the second time being 5:00 a.m. So, I collected her and brought her to our bed where she fell back to sleep. Once we were up and moving, we rode our bikes up to Trails End for some breakfast. Afterwards we headed back to camp for a little more set up. It was too dark last night so we couldn’t get everything out like the awning.

For lunch we just picked up some snacks and headed over to one of the playgrounds in the campground. We played and ate and then Emily and Isabelle rode some ponies at the Tri-Circle D Ranch.

We tried to go back to the camp for a nap, but Izzy refused and thrashed around for an hour before finally passing out.

We ate dinner early and then the girls put on their costumes as we headed out to the Magic Kingdom for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. This was the second time we’ve been to Not-So-Scary and the first time for Isabelle. This year Abby was an Indian, Emily was a witch, and Izzy was a baker with name “Cutie Pie” on her hat. We got a ton of comments on how cute “Cutie Pie” was. Every line we got into there would be people pointing at Isabelle say “Oh, how cute.”

We ended up riding several rides we hadn’t ridden before like Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, The Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain, and the new Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor. Just over the height requirement of 44″ Emily rode Space Mountain with me. I didn’t realize until we got there that the ride was one person per seat, but Emily said it was okay and she sat in the seat in front of me and we held hands over the top of the seat. It was a pretty cool ride like a roller coaster through space and we both thought it was fun.

Believe it or not but the girls stayed awake the whole time and we didn’t get back to the camp until 1:00 a.m. All of us went straight to bed. There wasn’t any bed girl giggling this night.