WDW: Day Three

Well, today got off to an interesting start.  We had reservations for breakfast with Pooh at the Crystal Palace 45 minutes before the Magic Kingdom opened.  I was so excited to get some great pictures with a near empty park.  I handed our camera to the photographer on Main Street and he had trouble operating it.  Yep, I left the battery in its charger in our room.  Luckily I had my small point and shoot with us, but I was still irritated to carry around a heavy camera all day and not able to take a single picture with it. Oh well, it could have been much worse.  Finley was jazzed for breakfast with Pooh.  She had her Pooh dress on, which still fits over two and a half years from its first wearing.  Finley had so much fun meeting all the characters and she loved bouncing with Tigger.  After breakfast we headed over to Fantasyland.  On the way we met Peter Pan, so we rode Peter Pan twice, the line goes so fast without any fast passers.  Then it was across the way to It's a Small World, which we also rode twice so we could request the front row for Finley.

We walked down to the new Fantasyland.  The Mine Coaster is still under construction, but the Beast's castle and the Little Mermaid ride are both open.  The castle is impossible to get reservations for and the lunch line up started at 9:30 am.  We decided it was best to pass that, but we had fast passes for Little Mermaid so that was a breeze.  It wasn't too exciting for Finley since they have the exact ride in California and you can walk right on whenever you want, no 75 minute waits there.  We headed over to Frontierland with a stop at the Haunted Mansion.  Finley had so much fun in the interactive queue.

In Frontierland we rode big Thunder Mountain Railroad four times.  Finley had so much fun.  Pooh and Tigger were over there and Finley wanted to meet them again.  In between rides we rode Pirates of the Caribbean and grabbed lunch.  The it was back over to Adventureland for the Magic Carpets, Jungle Cruise and Tiki Birds.  Finley was having a ball.  I hope you can see the pure joy in her face.  We headed to Tomorrowland to ride Finley's new favorite ride: The People Mover.  Then it was time for Astrorbitor, Buzz Lightyear (twice) and Carousel of Progress.  Finley loved the Carousel of Progress so much, she rode it twice.

We made our way over to the Circus for Dumbo and Goofy's Barnstormer, with three rides on the Teacups on the way.  The new play area in Dumbo is so amazing.  You get a pager while you are playing and when it buzzes, it is your turn to ride.  There was no line, so no buzzing pagers for us, but Finley still wanted to play.  We grabbed a quick dinner and Finley went from the happiest kid ever (she was crazy fun!) to a very tired little girl.  We were able to watch the Castle display and see the Wishes Fireworks, but I am not sure that Finley had so much fun.  She was ready to return to the Polynesian.  And so were we.  We have an early morning back in the Magic Kingdom tomorrow.