The Leddy Family: And the magic begins...

Monday brought us the Magic Kingdom. After a few days in Orlando, we all were ready to see Mickey! And nobody was more excited than Morgan! We got there shortly after they opened at 9. We drove from the hotel and had to park so far away! After a tram ride and then a ferry ride we finally arrived. And it was magical. I have no other words to describe the day. Well maybe crazy fun and exhausting would work too. We started the day hoping that Morgan would make it to the fire works at 10:00pm. And she did! We didn't leave the park until close to midnight!

On the tram! Ready to feel the magic!

Waiting for the ferry

Here we go!

First group pic of the day

We had Carrie with us (aka the Disney Professional) and she promptly took us to Space Mountain. That's the way to start off the day! I need to give a little shout out to the best sport of the day- my Mom. She doesn't care for roller coasters so she would hang with Morgan while the rest of us rode the crazy rides. What a trooper!! I couldn't thank her enough. While we rode Space Mountain, Mom and Morgan went to the Monsters, Inc show. We met them and rode something more their style- the PeopleMover! Morgan loved her first official ride!

The Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover

Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin- I sucked and Dad won

Now it was time for Morgan and RoRo to have a little fun. On to the teacups! To say Morgan loved this ride is an understatement. She was positively giddy while spinning around and around and around. The only problem was when the ride ended. She didn't understand that she had to get off. We had a slight melt down. But once she figured out that you just moved on to another ride, she was good to go.

My very happy girl

We then needed lunch and knew it was time to find Mickey. Morgan was asking for him. So we booked it all the way to the front of the park to meet him. Along the way she fell asleep!

Sleepy Princess

While Morgan slept with Mom, the rest of us rode the Haunted Mansion and Big Thunder Mountain. And then she was awake and ready to go! So we rode The Magic Carpets of Aladdin and headed back to see Mickey.

Along the way we were stopped by a parade...and she was pumped! It was her first glimpse of Mickey and Minnie! She waved to everyone who went by- even if she didn't know them. It was so fun just to watch her enjoy it all.

Then the moment came to meet Mickey and Minnie. I was kinda nervous that I had built up this moment so big that it wouldn't meet my expectations. I was worried that she would be scared of him all dressed up. But it was just like in the commercials. When he turned to her, she ran full speed with open arms straight to him! She was the happiest kid in the world at that moment and I was so thankful that we were able to give that to her. I think Mom and I were both crying. They were great with her. We weren't rushed along and it was nice to watch her hug and talk to them. After MANY pictures, we headed to the gift shop where Morgan picked out a pink Minnie Mouse to take home. It was a success!

The magic in pictures

Fun in the gift shop!

After a ride on the train, we stopped to watch the show in front of the castle. Dad and I stayed with Morgan to watch the whole thing while the rest of the gang went through the Swiss Family Treehouse. We met up just in time to ride the Pirates of the Caribbean. I thought that Morgan might not like it but again, I was wrong! She waved to all the animals through the whole thing!

The show was great- even from far away!

Next up was Splash Mountain. Once again we left Mom and Morgan (to a terrible meltdown) and jumped in a quick line with our fast passes! Once we were on the ride we realized that none of us were really excited about it- we didn't want to get too wet! But it was too late and we were committed. So we put Dad in the front to ride by himself. Carrie told him to sit in the middle so he wouldn't get as wet. As we head down the big drop we were so happy! We weren't too wet! And then Dad turns around to look at us, water literally dripping from his face. He was soaked!! I think we all wet our pants we were laughing so hard!!

While we walked around to let Dad dry out, we found the Carousel. We all know how much she enjoys those so of course we hopped on! Carrie and Bobby went to grab us some more fast passes for later on. We also got on Small World which is one of Mom's favorites. She remembers riding it as a little girl, then taking us as children, and then now with Morgan! That's really cool. We then rode Winnie the Pooh (I think Morgan was the only one to really enjoy that one) and then sat down for dinner.

More rides!

Morgan was then begging to ride the teacups again so off we went! Again, a huge hit! It was getting dark so Mom and Dad went out to scout seats for the last parade while we kids waited to ride the cars on the Speedway. Since both Carrie and Bobby wanted to drive, I rode with Carrie. We had the slowest. car. ever. It just wouldn't go! Bobby left us in his dust quickly. Morgan got to drive which thrilled her to no end. She was behind me and Carrie and she kept bumping us to go faster! I could hear her giggles a mile away! She was so proud when she pulled in at the end.

My future driver- she loves going fast!

We then literally ran to meet Mom and Dad for the parade. Each turn we took was blocked and so it took us forever to get there! But we made it in the nick of time! The Electrical Parade was cool, but Morgan fell asleep sitting on Jeff's shoulders. Needless to say she didn't make it through til the end. She took another cat nap and woke up in time for the fireworks.

This is one of my few memories of my trip as a child

Carrie and Bobby ditched the fireworks to ride Space Mountain one more time. Morgan woke up and was scared! I think she was still out of it a bit.

My favorite purchase of the day- light up Mickey ears!

We were ready to call it a day. We had come and conquered the Magic Kingdom. As we waited for Carrie and Bobby to join us at the front, we noticed there was not a long wait to see Mickey and Minnie. Of course Morgan was ready to see him again so we jumped in. It took a little longer this time, and everyone complained about waiting. But it was so worth it. Morgan wanted to show real Minnie the stuffed Minnie that RoRo bought her. She gave them more big hugs and I asked her what she wanted to tell them. She said, "Thank you. I had fun today!" Melted my heart right then and there. Then we were done.