High Five Life

Crystal Palace from a post card in my memorabilia Recently, my favorite Disney Podcast, the Dis Unplugged, did a show about their first Disney Dining experiences .  I really enjoyed hearing their stories.  As I started thinking about my own first Disney Dining experience, I was sent down memory lane and into full nostalgia mode. My grandparents moved to Sebastian, Florida in the mid 1970’s. All of my summers following their move involved a trip to visit them. Most times with my mom, but on a few occasions, I was sent on a bus or plane and spent the majority of the summer with them.   We always went to The Magic Kingdom for a day during my visits. I always looked forward to that day with great anticipation!   It took about 2 hours to get to the Magic Kingdom from their house.   We only stayed on property once and it was at the Fort Wilderness Campground. I don’t remember much about it except that I was terrified of the dark water at River Country a...

Day 6 – EPCOT, Magic Kingdom, Today was our last full day at the parks.   We decided to sleep in a little later today and then go to EPCOT and spend some time at world showcase.   Our only ADR for the day was schedule for Via Napoli in the Italian pavilion at 4:30pm.   Our fast passes were scheduled for Magic Kingdom in the evening for Space Mountain at 6:25pm, Big Thunder Mountain RR at 7:25pm and Splash Mountain at 8:25pm.    So thirsty! Daughter decided to give homage to the Villains and Disney’s dark side by wearing a black asymmetrical skirt dress, sash and tiara with the black knee high chucks.   Say it with me, adorable!   She wanted to get photos in the Little Mermaid courtyard so we spent a little bit of time taking funny photos of her. We caught the bus to EPCOT and I wanted to stop at the restroom near the entrance.   When I came out daughter was sitting on her dad "noming", as in nom nom nom, on his face.   She...