Disney POD 3 - Tomorrowland
Our first stop in the Magic Kingdom was one of my favorite places, Tomorrowland. Isaac tells me nowadays that he wants to be an astronaut, so it's no surprise he was off his rocker as we walked into this space-port-looking venue.
He, like his mother, was particularly fascinated with the moving planet sculpture occupying a central place in Tomorrowland. You can see it here, past Dadaw, this goofy bag lady, and the Dada's dark t-shirt. It's the thing on top of a building with the metal-encased spheres. They move around, as though in orbit.
The biggest toddler-friendly attraction there was Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, where you ride around a winding track in a car with an ion blaster and try your best to shoot Zurg and his evil minions. Here we are, waiting in a 10-minute-long line, at our first ride at Disney World.
Have you ever seen my husband smile like that? We've both been to Disney World before -- I'd been three times and he'd been about a bazillion -- but there is really something (dare I say it) magical about taking your kid there. Especially when your kid is three and his eyes would literally pop out of their sockets everytime we'd turn a corner. Everything we did, Dada and I were constantly looking at Isaac to see what his reaction would be. Every time, it would make our day.
Jacob definitely had a good time, but he is a bit too young to fully enjoy an experience on this kind of scale. The first day just wore him out. This is what he did throughout the Buzz Lightyear ride, which was as loud as a Metallica concert:
We poked at him and pulled on his eyelids when we ran across Buzz giving us instructions in line. Look, Jakey, BUZZ!
He blinked for a few seconds to acknowledge Buzz's presence and then fell right back asleep on Dadaw's other shoulder.
Remember the orbiting planet sculpture? Turns out it's a ride, one of six or seven Dumbo-esque rides scattered throughout Disney World. You know, the kind where you get in a car and zoom around in a circle and you can raise and lower your car with a lever. We rode it with the kids, and it was easily my favorite ride in the whole park. It starts one floor above ground, which means you're soaring quite high. The views are spectacular -- Cinderella's Castle and Space Mountain seem to appear from almost out of nowhere since you couldn't see them on the ground. Because Disney loves me and wants me to be happy, this ride was also on the zippy side. Jacob was not a fan, but he tolerated it like a good little caged monkey. Isaac, on the other hand, couldn't get enough. He rode with Dada in the car behind Jake and I, and screamed almost the whole time, "Look at ME, MOMMY! WHEEEEEEE!" And so my roller-coaster-riding buddy is born.
He, like his mother, was particularly fascinated with the moving planet sculpture occupying a central place in Tomorrowland. You can see it here, past Dadaw, this goofy bag lady, and the Dada's dark t-shirt. It's the thing on top of a building with the metal-encased spheres. They move around, as though in orbit.
The biggest toddler-friendly attraction there was Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, where you ride around a winding track in a car with an ion blaster and try your best to shoot Zurg and his evil minions. Here we are, waiting in a 10-minute-long line, at our first ride at Disney World.
Have you ever seen my husband smile like that? We've both been to Disney World before -- I'd been three times and he'd been about a bazillion -- but there is really something (dare I say it) magical about taking your kid there. Especially when your kid is three and his eyes would literally pop out of their sockets everytime we'd turn a corner. Everything we did, Dada and I were constantly looking at Isaac to see what his reaction would be. Every time, it would make our day.
Jacob definitely had a good time, but he is a bit too young to fully enjoy an experience on this kind of scale. The first day just wore him out. This is what he did throughout the Buzz Lightyear ride, which was as loud as a Metallica concert:
We poked at him and pulled on his eyelids when we ran across Buzz giving us instructions in line. Look, Jakey, BUZZ!
He blinked for a few seconds to acknowledge Buzz's presence and then fell right back asleep on Dadaw's other shoulder.
Remember the orbiting planet sculpture? Turns out it's a ride, one of six or seven Dumbo-esque rides scattered throughout Disney World. You know, the kind where you get in a car and zoom around in a circle and you can raise and lower your car with a lever. We rode it with the kids, and it was easily my favorite ride in the whole park. It starts one floor above ground, which means you're soaring quite high. The views are spectacular -- Cinderella's Castle and Space Mountain seem to appear from almost out of nowhere since you couldn't see them on the ground. Because Disney loves me and wants me to be happy, this ride was also on the zippy side. Jacob was not a fan, but he tolerated it like a good little caged monkey. Isaac, on the other hand, couldn't get enough. He rode with Dada in the car behind Jake and I, and screamed almost the whole time, "Look at ME, MOMMY! WHEEEEEEE!" And so my roller-coaster-riding buddy is born.
Labels: disney, photo-a-day
posted by Claire at 3:09 PM
3 Comments:
that's awesome. i went to disney quite frequently as a kid and haven't been there for sooo long. reading this, even without kids, makes me think i would love to venture back there sometime. of course, seeing a young child (or children) experience it for the first time has got to make it even more 'magical'.
I am loving your writeups... they are hysterical. ;)
Buzz is Ben's favorite ride, I think... :) It kind of sucks because now I can't take control of the little laser thing and get a high score. bleh.
I was so pleased with my score -- it was, like 20,000 or something. Until I saw my husband's score. He was sitting right next to me and got over 70,000. HOW that happened is beyond me.
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