A Trip to Walt Disney World - Magic Kingdom
Last week, Ken and I went to Disney World. Here are my thoughts on Magic Kingdom. (Breaking it up into separate posts so as not to make these posts too long, since cutting them would mess up the format.)
After 23 hours of travel, including a trip to LAX courtesy of bruinbown, delays--our layover plane ditched us!-- and puttering, we made it to Florida a little late but well rested and ready to explore. It was my first trip to Disney World but Ken had bought me Birnbaum's Guide to Walt Disney World for Christmas, so I was ready to navigate the parks. Here are some blips and notes from our vacation on the stuff we actually saw and did.
FLORIDA IS HOT AND WET: I was NOT ready for Florida's heat. Oh my god Florida is incredibly wet and hot. I cannot believe my parents went to school here or that I spent the first year of my life here. Luckily, Disney World is a lot of fun and sunscreen is a godsend.
MISTER BIRDY-BIRD: greystrata? Florida has reaaaally weird wild huge birds that come right up to you. Ken's niece decided to make up a song about them called Mister Birdy-Bird.
BUT WHERE DID STAR TOURS GO?: It is surreal to walk around Magic Kingdom because it feels like Disneyland, but things feel like they are missing or moved around. The Haunted Mansion looks awesome, though.
ONE OF THESE THINGS DOES NOT BELONG: So um, there are some pitfalls to being the only non-white person traveling with a white family. A couple of times Disney castmembers assumed I was not with the group and tried to tell me to wait my turn when I started following them, so we had to say that I was with them. >_<
One of these things is not a blonde. (And yes, we had breakfast in the castle with Cinderella!)
NI HAO!: Some little non-Asian kids at the pool noticed I was Asian and said "ni hao!" to me. It was kind of awkward. Ken looked like he wanted to hurt them.
WISHES: Nothing is more fun than watching fireworks with a little kid sitting on your boyfriend's shoulders.
IAGO SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO OWN REAL ESTATE: What did they do to the Tiki room? The Polynesian tiki goddess with a Jamaican accent? They they replaced "Let's all sing like the birdies sing" with a hip hop remix!
REPEAL PROP 8 IN 2010 AND I'LL THINK ABOUT IT, KID: Unintentionally channeling my mother, Ken's niece asked when Uncle Ken and I were going to get married. ::awkwards::
After 23 hours of travel, including a trip to LAX courtesy of bruinbown, delays--our layover plane ditched us!-- and puttering, we made it to Florida a little late but well rested and ready to explore. It was my first trip to Disney World but Ken had bought me Birnbaum's Guide to Walt Disney World for Christmas, so I was ready to navigate the parks. Here are some blips and notes from our vacation on the stuff we actually saw and did.
FLORIDA IS HOT AND WET: I was NOT ready for Florida's heat. Oh my god Florida is incredibly wet and hot. I cannot believe my parents went to school here or that I spent the first year of my life here. Luckily, Disney World is a lot of fun and sunscreen is a godsend.
MISTER BIRDY-BIRD: greystrata? Florida has reaaaally weird wild huge birds that come right up to you. Ken's niece decided to make up a song about them called Mister Birdy-Bird.
BUT WHERE DID STAR TOURS GO?: It is surreal to walk around Magic Kingdom because it feels like Disneyland, but things feel like they are missing or moved around. The Haunted Mansion looks awesome, though.
ONE OF THESE THINGS DOES NOT BELONG: So um, there are some pitfalls to being the only non-white person traveling with a white family. A couple of times Disney castmembers assumed I was not with the group and tried to tell me to wait my turn when I started following them, so we had to say that I was with them. >_<
One of these things is not a blonde. (And yes, we had breakfast in the castle with Cinderella!)
NI HAO!: Some little non-Asian kids at the pool noticed I was Asian and said "ni hao!" to me. It was kind of awkward. Ken looked like he wanted to hurt them.
WISHES: Nothing is more fun than watching fireworks with a little kid sitting on your boyfriend's shoulders.
IAGO SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO OWN REAL ESTATE: What did they do to the Tiki room? The Polynesian tiki goddess with a Jamaican accent? They they replaced "Let's all sing like the birdies sing" with a hip hop remix!
REPEAL PROP 8 IN 2010 AND I'LL THINK ABOUT IT, KID: Unintentionally channeling my mother, Ken's niece asked when Uncle Ken and I were going to get married. ::awkwards::