Disneyworld!

For Joslyn's birthday, I took her with me to my conference in Orlando and left the kids behind. Thanks again to all the aunts, uncles and grandparents who made it possible for us leave our kids behind with peace of mind. 

We went a couple days early so that we could go to the parks. I was amazed at the research that Joslyn put into the trip. She read the unofficial guide to Disneyworld, learned all the traffic patterns, and had the perfect plan for Disney world. First ones on Buzz Lightyear's ride. We totally took it to Zurg!

Then we raced over to space mountain and got on with no wait. Somewhere in space mountain, we turned into kids again and the rest of the day was magical!

We hopped from ride to ride in a seemingly illogical manner, but we always went in with a short or no line and came out to see the line building. It felt like we just ahead of an approaching tornado.

Kids again.

"Don't put me in that brier patch!" Cool poncho.

Taking the plunge on splash mountain... the guy in front finally put his camcorder away.

Dopey waiting for a ride on the seven dwarves' mine train. 

That was the only ride that we had to wait for because it needed some repair when Disneyworld opened so we couldn't do it first thing. But the queue was pretty cool with great theming and fun activities.

Out in front of the Dwarves' cottage.   

She's no King Aurther, but I'd still have her any day

Thanks to Joslyn's great planning, we had hit every ride that we wanted by noon. So, we went to the hotel for lunch and nap.

We came back in the evening for some extra fun. The park was extra magical at twilight

We took a riverboat cruise that reminded us of the riverfront in downtown Wilmington. The boat had plenty of places to do cool tricks.

We went on a treasure hunt to help Capt. Jack Sparrow find his booty.

We rode splash mountain again and got front seat.

This time we were ready for the picture.

Because we had already rode everything that we wanted, we took it easy in the evening and enjoyed the magic.

The last thing we did was storytime with Belle. It was pretty cool and I definitely want our kids to experience it. I got to be a knight and was gunning for an Oscar. I was marching with high knees and let out a shriek so terrifying that startled everyone in the audience.

Disney certainly is magical. I don't know how they do it, but they made me believe. We really felt like kids again. It was double bonus and ironic not having any kids and sharing the magic with Joslyn.