A picture with Mickey...

It is the long awaited day, we are visiting Magic Kingdom today. My parents have been telling a lot about this place. Here is where the beautiful princesses live. They have beautiful castle, they ride on a pretty horse carriage. We are going to see the princesses, dance and dine with them... it is going to be a magical day. And I am going to see Mickey. He lives here with his girl friend Minnie. He is my favorite. I eat only Mickey mouse dosa.

Goofy and Donald are putting up a dance show by the castle. People are greatly amused by this show. I wonder why... it is so hot, the sun is melting us off. I see so many fun rides on the other side, I think we should just move on.

We headed to the Fantasy Land - most kiddie rides are here. We went to some rides - Dumbo the Elephant, Cinderella's carousel, Mad tea party... I want to go again and again but Dad says no more. Each ride is about an hour wait in the hot sun. And we cannot take the stroller in the lines. So no place to even sit down and rest. Mom and dad can carry me intermittently but it is not so comfortable in their arms. They keep switching positions and besides you can never rely on them. They can refuse to carry at times. These are the exact same rides that we go on the beach board walk - no wait time, we can go any number of times. I wonder why we came all the way here.

Next we go to a show - Mickey's Philhar Magic. Lucky, only about 10 minutes wait here. The cool A/C is a big relief from the heat. I wish we can just stay here all day. But what is this? All the lights went out. We are shut in a dark room. Donald duck and few other characters come in with a loud music (noise?). Even the big boys can't handle this. It is horrible - the room is all smoky now, I can hardly see anything. Oh! from within the smoke, a ghost or some sort of a monster comes out. It gets closer and closer. The noises get louder. I am scared. Suddenly someone splashes water all over me. I scream at the top of my voice. My baby bro is also crying, mom is trying to close his eyes so he wouldn't be terrified by the monster. Alright now the noises stop and the lights are on finally. Thank god, we are all still alive. Let's get out of here now and never ever turn back here again.

We are now going into Mickey's toontown. Here is where my favorite Mickey and Minnie live. We have to see him. That's why we are here in the first place. Oh, wait... let us just see this one thing before that. It is a giant boat with sprinklers & water leaks. I would love to get soaked now and cool off the heat a bit. Adi & I love playing in water.

It started to rain so heavily. We run into the Toontown Hall of Fame for shelter. Mom said, here is where the fairies and princess live. I always wanted to see the beautiful princesses but now is not the time for it. We have to go back to the water play area. So Adi and I throw tantrums but they wouldn't let us, the rides are all closed due to rain.

When the rains stopped we went to visit Mickey in his country house. Popcorn was popping in Mickey's kitchen. Oh, that reminds me, popcorn, I want to eat popcorn - right now. Mommy... right, I should have guessed... 'No, not now!'. We then visit Minnie's house and enter into the Judge's tent. Here we can meet Mickey and Minnie. Mommy says it is a long wait. But I really want to see Mickey. I love Mickey. This why I came here for... oh! come on Mom let's go. Alright, alright I will be a good boy. I won't ask you to carry me. So after the drama, we enter into the longest slowest moving queue.

I am standing here for about an hour now, my legs are hurting. I've promised to not bother mommy. So I am just going to sit down on the floor. Oh.. this is nice but it will be more comfortable to lie down. I am so sleepy, let me just put my head down for a while... oh, the line is moving - should I get up? No need, line moves very slowly it is not worth getting up to walk just 2 steps. Let me just roll-over. Mom warns me - it is dirty on the floor. Oh.. I know that... but what can I do? I am so tired. Still no signs of Mickey. Adi was so cranky - wailing, hitting and pulling mommy's hair. Mom asks me frequently "can we just leave?". She is going to pull me out of this anytime. This Adi is always a trouble-maker. He is going to ruin all my plans today. Oh good! finally he is going to sleep on mommy's shoulder. He looks so comfortable. Why can't I do that? Where is daddy? Oh, I know - he went to get fast pass for another ride and perhaps he got stuck outside the queue. Mommy can you carry me? I know she'll say no - but after a scene of crankiness, I was on mommy's other shoulder. This was comfortable for a while but soon I realized that if I push Adi off, I'll have more space to sleep. Let me try that.... mommy yells at me and throws me off. She said no more Mickey, let's all go out. No, no, no... I want to see Mickey. That's why I am putting up with all this. So I convinced mommy and our journey see Mickey continues.

It is about two hours since we entered here. Really, I have no energy. I can barely walk or talk. I am so thirsty, I want water. We are stuck in this infintely long queue, no water, no restrooms else we lose our spot in the queue. Finally I give up. I say 'Mom, let's go out. I don't want to see Mickey mouse. Let's just go'. Mom is so mad at me now. Only two more people ahead of us, you better wait now. They finally call us in. Mom & me can barely stand up on our knees.

I can't beleive what I am seeing... Mickey and Minnie are here. It is like magic, my aches and pains are gone. I feel so fresh and lively now. I give them a huge hug. I want to give them a gift. Ah... I should have thought about this before. What can I give... am looking around, can't find any thing interesting. Ah! there in mommy's hand - the camera. That's a great gift for Mickey. Mom gives me "the look". Okay, okay!

Hey! At last we saw Mickey. Great!


I went to school after vacation and here's what I told my class:
"I went to Florida for vacation. I went with my mom, my dad and my brother. We all went to Florida Ms.Vanessa. I fly on the airplane. It was so hot there, very hot. I walk a lot and the sun was so hot. I want to go again, we went to Disney Land."