The Magic Kingdom

I'm finally doing our Walt Disney World catch-up: Our first day at the Magic Kingdom was nothing short of amazing. What an awesome four year old birthday! We found it not too crowded and definitely enjoyed citing the differences between Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom. Obviously it was bigger than Disneyland but I actually expected it to be bigger. I was surprised that the layout was very similar to Disneyland but I thought there were enough differences to make it worth a return visit. Our first day favorites included the following but in no particular order:

(1) Lunch at the Beast's Castle

(2) Story time with Belle-this was a great interactive attraction

(3) Noting the differences in the Haunted Mansion-the fixtures were almost all the same but in different places toward the beginning. The queue line was cool on the outside but terribly managed the whole way.

(4) Comparing the pathetic Small World to Disneyland's awesome Small World

(5) Aladdin's flying carpets

(6) Sydney loved Pirates of the Caribbean

(7) Swiss Family Robinson tree house was cool since Sydney had just seen the movie

(8) Loved Liberty Square and the differences between at the Rivers of America

(9) It was great seeing Country Bear Jamboree again

(10) The Electrical Light Parade-well that goes without saying and will get a post of its own.

The most shocking thing to me was about how empty the park was in the evening. It was a Friday evening and the rides went from moderately busy to empty! There was no influx of Season Pass holders the place was empty-5 minute lines. Crazy!