Magic Kingdom - Day 2

Tuesday marked our final full day on our Florida vacation.  We didn't really have major plans, so we got up somewhat early, and decided to head to the breakfast buffet.  I had almost convinced Rachel to head back to Universal, but due to the cost of a Taxi split between the two of us, we decided to instead purchase another ticket to Disneyworld.  Huzzah!

Remember how I mentioned we took a bus and a monorail before?  This time we decided to take the ferry across the lake to get to the park entrance.  I love ferryboats!

Tuesday turned out to be overcast and slightly misty.  It made for perfect, muggy weather to explore the park once more.  After just one day I had already gotten my bearings, and was much better equipped to navigate.  We started our day by snagging some electronic fast passes.  We had a slightly overzealous Disney worker trying to run our computer, and I instantly started street diagnosing her periodontal disease due to her severe halitosis!  We both agreed that our favorite rides were Space Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean, so we spent some time waiting in line for them.  We also got a fast pass for Autopia, one of the rides we skipped the time before.  There were all these weird bugs hoovering around Autopia, and the track seemed shorter than Disneyland.  Therefore, I wasn't all that thrilled.

Giant turkey leg!  Honestly, I think they were lying, and this was actually ham.  And it actually wasn't that great.

We also spent a good chunk of time checking out the princesses, and those attractions geared towards a younger crowd.  I most certainly got to meet Ariel!  For those of you who are not my parents, I watched Little Mermaid every day over and over when I was a toddler.  She was the Elsa of the 1980s at our house!  We also checked out Belle's storytime, which was not what I was expecting, and was kinda dumb.  Cute for five year olds, I guess!

Beast's castle!

Rapunzel's tower!  Honestly, this show's much better than Frozen.

We finally took the plunge on Splash Mountain!  It was different that Disneyland because the logs had rows instead of single riders.  This was actually extremely beneficial because it helped prevent us from getting so waterlogged.  Because it had been rainy that morning, Rach and I had come equipped with rain gear.  I had been carrying around my umbrella, and Rach had a poncho.  She wore her poncho for the ride, and I was only slightly jealous of her huddling under the thin plastic as we splashed our way through the ride.  It did its job well, and when our ride came to a standstill right next to a particularly splashy waterfall for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to pop my umbrella.  The ride overlords disagreed, and quickly made an announcement correcting my wrongdoing!  Haha.

Rach in her poncho looking slightly skeptical!

Having a blast on Splash Mountain!

We finished our day by picking up a few last-minute souvenirs, which were really mostly treats.  Because Rach needed to be back for closing ceremonies, we took a taxi to Olive Garden for some much needed "healthier" sustenance.  We then proceeded to devour it back at the hotel!  We were pretty famished by that point.

Rach headed to her closing ceremonies, and I took the opportunity to jam out and dance around the hotel room!  I also made a brief foray down to the hotel hot tub with my book, only to have it rapidly fill up with high schoolers.  (Our hotel played host to most of the Utah DECA, as well as several other states, so there were a lot of teenagers around.)  I packed my crap, and when Rach got back we attempted to get a little sleep before getting up around 3 am so we could head downstairs and catch a shuttle to the airport.  Seeya later Florida!