Rise and shine, today’s it is the day we meet up with the Family Grebner and friends! 

Emily had a good night of sleep and so had we. At 8:15 the Rotmensen family was ready to leave the villa to get some extra Magic in the Magic Kingdom. 

We parked at the Ticket & Transportation and much to our surprise we could take the black monorail (they have different striping) directly to the gates. At 9:00 sharp we walked through the tunnels under the railroad track. We were just in time to queue up for a picture with the one and only Minnie Mouse with a beautiful Christmas tree as backdrop.

Today was a so-called green day (low crowds) and so we jumped into it’s a small world right after. What a difference with last time, Emily was able to sit through the ride on her own! She didn’t know where to look she kept on pointing at everything she saw… 

Afterwards we went to Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid, again Emily enjoyed every second of it. We exited took two lefts and we were in line for a picture with Ariel herself…Emily could stop touching her tail and her long red hair. 

A wee bit later Jens, Aušra, Julius and their friends Sandra and Emilius (from Lithuania) joined us for a flight with Dumbo! Needless to say the combination of names was just too funny! 

After being meters high up in the sky we went towards Goofy and Donald for more character pictures. 

And soon it was time for one of the bigger highlights of the day…

There’s a great big beautiful tomorrow,

Shining at the end of every day.

There’s a great big beautiful tomorrow,

And tomorrow’s just a dream away.

(Sorry, I should have warned the Walt Disney World visitors before putting this lyrics in, I hope it’s not stuck in your head for the remainder of the day!)

Emily fell a sleep on her mama’s lap during the first sequence and she still slept while the show was over! Mama stayed with the little princess while the rest of the group helped Buzz Lightyear defeating Captain Zurg! Ãusra saved us with a tremendous score of 400’000 points! 

While we regrouped the bunch went towards Mickey the Magician! The three of us had a FastPass+, the others went through the regular line. In the end both were equally fast or slow! 

After we said see you tomorrow to Mickey Mouse we queued up to squeeze Pluto his nose. 

The others had a FastPass+ planned for Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid. We added one to our plans but before we wanted to dive into the deep blue we needed our stomachs to be full! 

We ended up eating at the Pinocchio Village Haus! Emily and Mama had chicken breast and I went for a delicious flatbread. 

Just in time for our dive into the ocean we entered the ride, and while coming up to the surface we were able to be at the castle to enjoy the parade. At least some of us while Emily had different plans and want to wander around and collect leafs… 

Right after we left the Magic Kingdom, on the way to our car we had a short stop at the Polynesian Resort for a Dole Whip float. In February Emily loved it but this time she was disgusted at the first bite! How convenient we don’t have to share it anymore! 

On the way back to the villa we wanted to stop at the Target for grocery shopping together. Before we left the parking lot we already knew that it would be Mama by herself as Emily fell a sleep. 

After shopping we went back to the villa and tried the BBQ, works well! As soon as we had Emily in bed we started to prep for another day of fun tomorrow!