This is Halloween

We were up by 4 a.m. this morning to catch the first flight of the day from Midway to Orlando.  The flight was sold out, but we were able to get seats together at the front of the plane.  There were a lot of screaming toddlers, but everyone calmed down once we took off.  We had to wait awhile for the ride to the Boardwalk, but we were still able to walk into EPCOT before 11 a.m.

The weather was a lot hotter than was originally forecasted which we enjoyed.  Our first ride as always was The Gran Fiesta starring Donald Duck in Mexico.  It was not crowded, but Future World definitely was.  The only other ride we were able to get on easily was Spaceship Earth.  After that Meg wanted German pretzels for lunch and Cam and I wanted to start our "Remy" scavenger hunt.  Throughout the country there were hidden statues of Remy from Ratatouille.  Each had a different ingredient with Remy and we vowed to find all of them this trip to earn a prize.  Meg had to help us with the first one as we weren't quite sure where to look or how big the Remy would be.

Once Meg got us started she split off and headed to Disney's Hollywood Studios.  Several of her friends from Bethany were in Florida for a school fall break trip and she wanted to catch up with them.  While Meg was having fun with her friends, Cam and I toured the countries of EPCOT.  We tried some awesome food and found seven of the ingredients for Remy's soup.  Cam's favorite food of the day was a lamb meatball.  I enjoyed the shrimp with berries the best.

Meg wasn't ready to head to Magic Kingdom for our first Fast Passes, so Cam and I went back to our room.  Our luggage had arrived and I spent some time getting our room organized.  Meg and I had bought a pedestal fan to bring along.  We put the pieces in several suitcases and I was happy that all arrived safely.  I was able to put it together while Cam and I rested.

Meg called to say that she wanted to meet us at the bus stop at 4:30 p.m.  The bus took awhile, but we were still able to arrive at Magic Kingdom in time to use their fast pass on Space Mountain.  After that we were happy to find out that the fast passes for Peter Pan that we missed while Meg was with her friends would still be honored by the cast member working the ride.  We had a lot of fun on the ride.  Right before we got in line for the ride we saw a couple dressed up as Tinker Bell and Smee.  As the man was very thin and had brown hair he actually looked a lot more like "Where's Waldo."  We had fun looking for Smee/Waldo throughout the Peter Pan flight.  Afterward we stopped for dinner at Meg's favorite eatery in Magic Kingdom - Cosmic Rays.  Sonny Eclipse was just as entertaining as always and we decided to take pictures before we left.  Our last fast pass before Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party started was Big Thunder Mountain.  We all enjoyed the roller coaster ride and then grabbed our bags for trick or treating.

Our first stop of the Halloween party was the Hocus Pocus show at Cinderella's castle.  Last year's performance had to be cancelled and we wanted to make sure that we saw the first showing of the night.  We all enjoyed it and were ready for several rides afterward.  Along the way we stopped at several trick or treat stations.  Our bags were quickly filled as the cast members were generous with their treats.  We arrived early for the "Boo to You" parade.  It started off with the Headless Horseman eerily trotted up the street.  The songs were great as were the characters, dancing and floats.  We stayed until after 11 p.m. enjoying several more rides including Goofy's Barnstormer and the Little Mermaid.  We were able to watch the Halloween fireworks before catching the bus back to the Boardwalk.  By the time we arrived at our room we had been up for over 20 hours.  We were all ready for bed, but thrilled with our first day in Florida.