Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope that your day is filled
with delicious eats and family or the friends that are like family, or both! I
know I’m personally looking forward to some of my uncle’s famous cold cut bread
and my sister’s apple crumb pie. In the immortal words of David John:
deeeeeelicious!
I still have a few more Disney recaps left in me! Today was
our final day at Magic
Kingdom. This is the day
we finally met Merida!
She was so so special. She asked Letty to gallop around the area with her and
they spun around and it was so fun. After the photo opportunity I asked Merida if she would mind
very much wishing Letty’s very best friend Avery a happy birthday, as she
turned seven this day. And she did. And it was magic. Who wouldn’t want a
personal birthday wish from one of your favorite princesses? I actually teared
up during her message. But I digress. While we waited in line for that Matt and
the others went on It’s a Small World and the carousel again. After lunch my
sister took Letty on the Mad Tea Party because sorry, mom isn’t a fun mom and
spinny rides make me a bit green around the gills. We got on the Barnstormer
and the Peoplemover again. While my siblings did Space
Mountain we headed over to do the Haunted Mansion. Matt and my dad took the big
kids on the Speedway
once more and then finally we used our Fastpasses for the Seven Dwarves Mine
Train. Which David rocked.
Oh! And you know what else was going on at Magic Kingdom
this day? The Christmas Day Parade. That’s right! It’s all fake! We saw behind
the curtain and we all felt slightly disappointed with the whole thing. Like we
just found out that the Santa at the mall isn’t the real Santa. Here on
Christmas Day when we watch the parade and think oh… how fun it would be to be
at Magic Kingdom today! Look at all those festive
people in their red and their Santa hats cheering and wishing us a Merry
Christmas and looking all warm! NOPE. Hard pass. They aren’t actually there.
They were there on a Friday in November. And how staged it was! They were
directing crowds to gather in one area so they would be on screen and the float
came out and just sat there silently waiting and they counted down and then
yelled action and the music started and the float moved and people started
clapping. It was all a tad rehearsed. Which I mean rationally makes sense. But
we were let down for sure. So if you watch the parade on Christmas day look to
the right of the castle, behind the crowds you may see a Letty in a purple
shirt and a David in a red one standing there eating their snacks when the
Inside Out float comes around…When in
reality they will be in chilly Pennsylvania.
Moving on.
Our dinner was at the
Crystal Palace,
which as it turns out, not only is a buffet and a character dining experience,
but it has seafood! This made some of the people in our party quite happy.
After dinner we got to see the castle all dolled up in her winter finery and I
deemed it good.
And as we left the park that night I turned around and
looked over my shoulder and said my mental goodbye to the castle, as I always
do. I’m such a sucker.
