Disney World Trip - Day 1

We had a wonderful trip... even after our rocky start. It seems that several of our great trips have started with Jeff and I not speaking to each other at O'Hare Airport (the most noteable of these was our honeymoon).

We spent Wednesday night at the Hilton at the airport so we would be able to make our early flight (7:55 am). We got up, got around, no problem... we got to the airport at exactly 6:55 am. We went up to the agent to check in and were informed that we had just missed our flight.... how could that be? Our flight wasn't for an hour! Well... that's what I get for not asking to see the tickets. Jeff had gotten the time wrong and hadn't double checked the tickets.. our flight was at 6:55 am!!! We even had first class tickets!!! The next flight we could get out on wasn't until about 5:00 that evening. Thank goodness the kids didn't know where we were going! Jeff nearly threw up on the counter and he confessed to the agent that he was messing up his son's big surprise birthday trip. So with that (and Jeff's status on American) a few phone calls were made and we were booked the last four first class tickets (on a full flight) leaving at around 11:30am. So we hung out in the Admiral's Club with the kids still in the dark about where we were going. The finally figured it out on the plane when the flight attendent asked if they were on their way to see Mickey Mouse. Prior to that, their top three guesses were:

1. New York City (we told them we were going on a business trip w/Jeff)
2. Disney World
3. Indiana (no clue where this one came from)

So we made it to the hotel around 4:00, ate dinner and headed to the Magic Kingdom until it closed at midnight. It was more crowded than I had expected this time of year but somehow we timed everything right and didn't wait in line for more than 5 minutes for anything we rode and we did at least 6 attractions that night. We also waited for the late parade, so there was no one lined up along the route to watch so I got a clear view for taking pictures. I started with the Mickey one in my last post... so here are some more from SpectroMagic!