[fa:p:a=72157600097777196,id=465891128,j=l,s=s,l=i]I was anxious to get to the Magic Kingdom since it’s the Florida replica of the Disneyland we have here in southern California, so we made it our second stop. I had a lot of fun just riding the classic Disney rides. The park is very similar, although all the rides seemed to be at about 2/3 scale. Splash Mountain was almost disappointing. Perhaps I’m just a little bit more grown up, but it hasn’t been very long since I was at a Disney park, and Keith felt the same way [there’s no doubt Splash Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean were much smaller than their Disneyland counterparts - Keith].
A few rides of note: “Stitch’s Great Escape†was much unexpected. I was kind of thinking it would be a simple kid’s ride, but it turned out to be something you just sit in and was really creepy. Part of the ride takes place in the dark, and there are hidden speakers in the seat that you are in that make it seem like Stitch is right behind you. They even went as far as to put in a hot, humid and stinky breath on the back of your neck. The Magic Kingdom still has the Swiss Family Robinson tree house, as the Disneyland Park has botched that treasure by making it a Tarzan tree. The Enchanted Tiki Room has some new guests (Iago and Zazu) and a whole new soundtrack [and the Tiki Room song is gone…wtf? – Keith & Meghann].
For the first time since I’ve been to a Disney park (and have been tall enough) I went on Space Mountain. Usually it has been broken down or under repair/upgrade every time I go. Ironically, it broke down while we were on it so we were able to get a view of the lit up insides of space mountain, but weren’t able to do the whole ride.
We were able to stick around long enough to see the fireworks show at Disneyland, which was an awesome spectacle of music and timed fireworks.