Dec 26

Chapter One - Janet has done a great job making all the plans for our Disney adventure. Today she had some special deal which would allow us to get into the park an hour "before anyone else", at 7:00AM! We got up early and caught the 6:30 shuttle bus. (It only takes ten minutes to get over there).  It was cold...and its still dark and we didn't get breakfast! So we and a million other people entered the park at 7:00 sharp. The benefit was that we were able to do a bunch of rides without waiting in lines. Star Tours, Astroblasters, Sub Voyage, Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain roller coaster, Carousel, Mister Toad's Wild Ride, Mad Tea Party, Its a Small World (Christmas special)........and more?

We finally got a meal of cheeseburgers, fries, pizza, etc (stuff for desert called "gray stuff" - a mousse) at a cafe called Red Rose Tavern. By the afternoon, the sun shone and it warmed up nicely.

Off to the Haunted Mansion then the parade, which was a Christmas spectacular.
Then we needed to collapse so we took the shuttle back to the hotel at about 3:00, grabbing a chorizzo along the way! We'll get the 5:00 bus back to the park and meet our dinner reservation at Carnation Cafe.

Chapter Two - After naps and some time to put our feet up we returned to the park in time for our dinner reservation. A fine meal with exceptional service this time! Then we did Pirates of the Caribbean, Autotopia, The Railroad, and more?

The evening fireworks was truly spectacular! We worked our way through massive crowds down the middle of Main Street to get a good view of the Castle.   The Castle, lit up in its Christmas splendor, is magnificent!  For the fireworks show they turn down the lights, send rockets over the Castle, project Christmas themes on the buildings and wow, the sound! They even made it snow! Amazing!!

Back to the hotel by 10:30. A very long day but we made it!! Breakfast with the Characters tomorrow!