Disney in review

So we are back. Sorry I have been so late in posting (I know everyone has been waiting on the edge of their seats for my Disney review). We brought back some unwanted souveneirs.....Greyson some pneumonia and Quinn and I a very nasty cold. The Erim house is slowly recovering and getting back into a normal routine.

So how was it, you ask? How was Disney for the non-Disney family? It turns out, it was a lot of fun. I paid $20 and got this on-line Disney guide which was really helpful. It told us the best days to visit each park and what rides to go on when. We hardly had to stand in any lines the entire week. The kids loved the rides (though the themes of the ride (a la Dumbo and his feather) were sometimes lost on them). We had to explain some of the things but all in all we had a blast. For example, having never seen or read Peter Pan they really didn't get the premise of the ride but still loved flying over London in a magic ship and then seeing the pirates in the water below.

The two biggest surprises of the trip were #1 my son loving roller coasters (who would have thunk it) and #2 my kids love of the characters, even if they didn't know who they were. Which brings me to my funny story of the trip.

As we were walking around Animal Kingdon we spotted a character Meet and Greet which contained Baloo and King Louie, two characters my kids actually knew. But before you could get to them there was another Meet and Greet station before them containing the monkey from Tarzan. Now I didn't know who or what this thing was and neither did my kids but nonetheless they wanted to say hello. So as we were waiting in line I very politely asked the character assistant who exactly this was. He looked at me with this shock and a bit of disgust and told me it was Terkina from the Tarzan movie. I really wasn't impressed and we had Fast Passes to the jungle Safari that were about to expire and so I asked if we could skip Terkina and head up to Baloo and King Louie. Well, did I get a nasty look and as we walked by he shouted after me that they would only be there for 10 more minutes. I think I insulted them both.

So the bottom line is that we had a really fun time at Disney. That being said, I think we have a 'been there, done that' attitude about the Magic Kingdom and I really don't see the family heading back there anytime in the near future.

Pictures posted soon.