The Resort and Magic Kingdom

 This is the chair that Santa sat in to visit with the children in the lobby of the resort we stayed in.

This is a chair that families sat in and had pictures taken in under a huge Christmas Tree in the lobby.  One night we were there, children decorated full sized gingerbread houses.  Each child had an assistant to help them with the royal icing and decorating.  When a mother asked how in the world was she going to get this home on the plane, the response was that they would be mailed home.  Some of the pictures of the houses were absolutely beautiful!


Our last evening was spent in the Magic Kingdom.  First we hopped the train to Frontier Land.  Then we went to Adventure Land and got our Fast Pass to Jungle Cruise.  We couldn't get on until 6:30 so we went to the Tiki Room.  That was fun.  Then we went to Liberty Square and had some dinner and went to the Hall of Presidents.  I had seen the Hall of Presidents when it was introduced at the New York World's Fair in the mid 1960's.  This was the same time the Christus was shown before it was put on permanent display in the Visitors Center at Temple Square in Salt Lake City.  Anyway - when I saw the Hall of Presidents, it ended with Lyndon B. Johnson speaking.  It was quite interesting to see how many more presidents had been added in the ensuing years.  After that it was time for the Jungle Cruise.  Our guide was over the top and full of himself.  Of all of the rides it was my least favorite because of him.  When the Hippos 'charged' the boat - he pulled out his credit card instead of the gun and said, "That is how you stop  a charging hippo."  No one laughed - in fact most groaned.  A few people went looking for the management when we got off to complain - it was that bad.  After that we went to the Pirates of Caribbean.  There had been a 45 minute wait before this and suddenly we could walk right onto the boat.  Unfortunately we were sitting in the very back of the boat so we go wet - but it was fun.  After that we were going to leave but were trapped by the 'Main Street Electrical Parade'.  Not a bad way to be trapped.  We started walking against the parade and saw it all - just not standing still.  We did not stay for the fireworks.  We got on the monorail and headed back to the hotel.  The next day we packed and came home.  The one thing I wished the whole time I was there was that I had grandkids and or daughters and son-in-laws with us.  It was fun with Clyde but it would have been so much more fun with the rest of the family.  Hopefully there will be another time with the rest of our family.  That would be a blast!