Magic Kingdom

It was like being in a parallel universe. It truly was. It was exactly the same as Disneyland -- just...different. I told Brent I was sure that our ferry boat ride to the Magic Kingdom had somehow transferred us through a wormhole and that it was imminent that we would run into a parallel version of ourselves, the same -- just...different. By the end of the day we admitted to ourselves that we were homesick for Disneyland.

Although, Disneyland isn't just a boat ride away from the Grand Floridian, Disney's version of the Hotel Del Coronado.

Ugh. See all those people? They were everywhere. The whole day. You could not escape from them. I guess perhaps a Friday on the advent of spring break season was not the best day to attempt the Magic Kingdom.

Look at this bird just hangin' out on top of a churro stand. What a handsomely arrogant fellow. See his tail feathers swooshing in the breeze? Oh, you don't? This picture didn't capture that? Well I saw them. They were handsome tail feathers, and they were swooshing in the breeze.

We were just about to take a raft over to Tom Sawyer Island when we found out that the reason we were heading over there was nonexistant. I had read about Aunt Polly's Inn, an establishment on the island that served sandwiches and fantastic lemonade that you could sip while sitting on a rocking chair on the front porch that gazed out onto the river. But the river boat driver broke the news to us that the Inn had been closed for years. :(

Ok, I will give the Magic Kingdom this: the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse is still the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. Not the Tarzan treehouse. It even featured the pulley system that constantly brought up fresh cups of water from the creek below.

The Treehouse was tied for first as my favorite attraction of the day. The other winner was the Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club. It was a hilarious audience-interactive stand-up comedy show featuring Mike Wasowski.

And here we are with Space Mountain in the background, taken from the nearby Contemporary Resort.

Fun day, but in the end, we're happy Disneyland is our home...not the Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World.