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On Wednesday I picked up sister at about 5:45pm and we headed to Nashville to stay with my friend. We didn't stay up long after we got there because we had an early morning. I took a shower and went to sleep pretty quickly! At 3:30am I awoke to my alarm and quickly sprang into action. It's not hard to get up when you know you're going to Disney World!
At about 4 we left for the airport. My friend was so sweet to get up so early and drive us so I didn't have to pay for parking. Love her!!! She had to work that day, so I hope she got some more sleep when she got home. She took this picture of us before we headed into the airport
Eep!!!
There was almost no one at security. The TSA agents were a lot friendlier than usual. Maybe because of our matching shirts and sister's Mickey ears? I ordered the shirts on Etsy (
MouseApparel). I had to get them custom made since Lilo and Nani aren't really a common sister duo that people think of. I didn't want to do Anna and Elsa since sister doesn't like that movie. The small ended up being too big for sister, but we made due. I should have done a crew neck style for her, but I wasn't thinking
. The ears are from Etsy too! Got them a while back though.
We were at our gate by 4:40 and our flight was at 6:10am. Sister drew a little bit and I read. She drew this really cute Stitch!
She also started a Belle drawing that was looking good. I didn't know how good of a little artist she was! I only see her for a few hours each weekend, so we usually just end up playing a game or something.
Pretty soon we boarded the plane! I checked us in the day before right at 6:10am (woke up early for it...) and still got B group. UGH. Luckily there were some seats together in the back, and it was fine.
We got to watch the sunrise from the sky. It was beautiful!
We made it to the fonorail. I tried to explain to her why I called it that (
@Doc Disney didn't you coin that term?). She was confused, but it was early.
We made it to the line for Magical Express at about 9:15. It was around 20 minutes before we boarded the bus and 10 or 15 more until it left. They kept waiting for more people to get on, which was annoying me. I get it though...I mean it seems wasteful to take a bus with 5 people on it. By the time we pulled out of there the bus had probably close to 40 people on it.
Ahhh!!! The people next to us totally scoffed at me taking a picture, and I almost gave them the stink eye.
The bus stopped at Caribbean Beach first, and I think we were next? We arrived at 10:45 at the Boardwalk. I sent sister off to change into her shorts in the bathroom and I snapped a few pictures.
When sister got back, we left our bags with bell services and headed to our first park!
There was already a bus there waiting to take us to....
Animal Kingdom! I don't remember why I chose this for the first day. Probably because it was arrival day and I figured we'd have less time that day. Anyway, we were there and we were excited!
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