Easter at Disney - Magic Kingdom

We started our day with the beautiful walk over to Magic Kingdom.   They did a different rope drop process than we had seen most recently, so we were surprised to find people still out in front of the train station when we arrived versus already on Main Street.   Because of that, I didn't know (once we got inside) if they were still going to hold us at the ropes to the lands (they did) so was a little concerned on timing because John had not arrived yet.  William and I watched the castle show and then beelined to Space Mountain for our first ride.   We couldn't get ahold of John so we rode by ourselves once then met up with him for a second ride before working our way through Tomorrowland.  William loves all the rides there because he can ride them himself and no strangers are added to his car.   John and I like riding in the car/spaceship behind him and laughing at how seriously he takes it.  

Next up Frontierland!   We had some time to kill before our Splash Mountain FastPass nad enjoyed exploring a store we never noticed before.   Eeyore and Pooh were for pictures only; I didn't have to buy another plane seat to get them home!  William beat John in a game of checkers, and then we were on our way to Splash!  Afterwards we had our very first stop EVER at the Country Bear Jamboree.  It was actually pretty cute.  Reminded me of ShowBiz but more country.

We enjoyed strolling around the park a few more hours having snacks and checking stuff out before we returned to the hotel to hang out and get cleaned up for an early dinner at Be Our Guest (i.e. Beast's Castle).   We had been for lunch before but not dinner.  The lighting was not great for photos but the food was pretty good.  Not worth the prix fixe cost to us (and especially not worth the two credits on the dining plan), and the least luxurious of any signature restaurant we've been to.  But now we know!  My favorite picture here is William eating his food totally oblivious to the fact the Beast is walking right behind him!

 After dinner we stumbled upon what was probably William's favorite part of the trip:  the Frontierland Shooting Gallery.  For $1 and what was apparently a broken system, he spent 30+ minutes shooting at digital targets.  Then came one of my favorites:  we got primo seating at a table inside the courtyard of the Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe to watch the fireworks.  It was heavenly to see and hear the show with basically no one around us!