Orlando Trip Day One Recap

For whatever reason, I am having the hardest time uploading photos from here. I don't know if the Internet connection is too slow or not, but I will try get some on at least when we get home.

Anyway, I thought Madeline was doing a great job on the plane ride....key word *was*! She ended up having a mini-tantrum about who-knows-what about an hour into the flight. After that, she was walking the fine line between angelic princess and being set-off into tantrum land....I tread lightly for an uneventful second half of the trip. Madeline's in-flight report card, a 7 out of 10.

Once we got settled into our hotel it was time to figure out dinner. Since before we left on this trip, Madeline was talking about Cinderella and her castle. We tried to go to a Cinderella character dinner but they were booked so we opted to stay at our hotel for their character dinner. Madeline got to meet Goofy and Pluto. She was completely intrigued by these gigantic canines. From our table she kept waving to them and calling out their names......*but* she lost her courage as they came to see her. She practically crawled out of her seat to get away from them. But things were much better when Mama or Papa were holding her through the interaction. Overall Madeline fared well in this. It didn't scar her for life and I think the overall experience was well worth it!

After dinner we strolled along the Disney Boardwalk area and took their little ferry shuttle back to our hotel. While on the boat back we could clearly see the fireworks from Epcot. Great timing (luck) on our part and a nice start to our visit to Orlando