• Anyone want a 2 year old who refuses to go to sleep? It’s almost 8:30 and he’s still going strong. #
• “JSL you need to go to sleep.” “Noooo” “Yes” “Nooooo!” Aren’t overtired two year olds fun? #
• Strawberry smoothies were a success… after a few trip-ups. Too much OJ in the 1st batch. 2nd batch, the frozen berries wouldn’t blend. #
• Finally hit on the right solution. Thaw frozen berries first, then puree them, then add vanilla fat-free frozen yogurt & hit puree. #
• HIlarious “swine flu” Ink Pen comic strip today. http://www.gocomics.com/inkpen/2009/05/25/ #
• RT @TheAngelForever: Naturally hidden Mickey Mouse –> http://www.theangelforever.com/?p=1249 Do you see what we see? #
• Didn’t get to start my EA Sports Active workout this Sunday like I hoped. Back was killing me & wanted to rest it a bit more. #
• Plus, Shavuot is coming up, so I’d need to skip days during my first week. I’ll start this coming Sunday. #
• Trying to export an SSL certificate from one server to use on another. Running into problems. fun fun fun #
• Yay! The SSL Certificate works now. All I needed was an IIS restart. #
• Been feeling shaky when I eat late. Diabetes is in my family, so I’m going to go for a blood test tomorrow to check my sugar levels. #
• Just spoke with my sister. She has a tumor removed from her heal bone a week & a half ago. Just found out today that it is benign. Yay! #
• Computer slow. Was about to blame McAfee again, but *EEK!* Firefox is using 1.2GB or memory!!! Time to restart Firefox! #
• Ok, that 1.2GB seems to be “virtual size.” Actual memory taken up is 280KB. Still going to restart Firefox. #
• Today’s #TSIB: “It’s likely even Jesus would have OK’d water boarding if it would have saved his Mom.” http://bit.ly/rEP6V (RT @Shortpacked) #
• We’re got a pig & a PIT here. NHL is a pig – leaves toys everywhere & JSL is a PIT (Pig In Training) learning fine art of piggery from NHL. #
• Wanted to buy hard boiled eggs to go with my breakfast, but the cafeteria’s eggs were too greasy. How do you make hard boiled eggs greasy?!! #
• Yay. Trying to be productive and our mail server crashes… again! #
• RT @BuildingCamelot: Father, 29, in child support court says he has 21 kids http://tr.im/mzrV <= Quick!Snip him before he spawns again! #
• B to JSL (trying to get him to say “Thank you mama” for his Binky): “What do you say? Say what, JSL!” JSL to B: “What JSL!” #
• My wife said some couples have a babymoon when pregnant – one last pre-baby vacation. We never had 1 so she suggested a weaning-moon. #
• When JSL is weaned, we’d drop them off at B’s parents & we would go on a trip – just the two of us. Where to go, though? #
• Heading to sleep. Can’t eat so that I can have my sugar test tomorrow morning. #
• Ok, now I’m really heading to sleep. I swear. Here I am shutting off my computer… Ok, I’m shutting it off for real now. Goodnight all! #
• Heading to my blood sugar test now. Haven’t eaten in 12 hours. Not feeling shaky, but I usually don’t feel that way in the morning. #
• Back from my blood draw. Everything went smoothly. Now time to eat breakfast before my meeting in a half hour. #
• Black & Decker stops providing 1 part of my hedge trimmer. Guess which 1 part I need to repair my hedge trimmer? Yup, just that part! #
• So since 1 section of 1 hedge trimmer blade is bent & B&D isn’t selling replacements anymore, I need to pay $50 for a new one. Lovely! #
• Any tips on DIY fence removal? Need to remove a wooden fence (shouldn’t be too hard since it’s falling down already) & a metal one. #
• Doing EA Sports ACTIVE with @TheAngelForever. Send help! It’s kicking our rears! (On Easy no less!!!!) #
• Sounds like a hockey game over here with @TheAngelForever’s language. Thank goodness kids are asleep. #
• I thought EA Sports ACTIVE was going to be WiiFit on steroids. It’s nothing like WiiFit. MUCH better workout (& we’re not even done yet!) #
• Just finished the workout & @TheAngelForever’s legs are no rubber! #
• Is it bad that, right after workout out with EA Sports ACTIVE, I want to nosh on something? #
• Noshed on strawberries & low fat whipped cream after my workout. Still feeling hungry though. Maybe I just need to drink some more water. #

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We spent our first full day (Mother’s Day) at Disney World in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  We arrived before the park opened and waited for the gates to open.  Our plan was for everyone to walk through the gates, hand me their passes, and then I would run to Fast Pass the Toy Story Mania ride.  The plan didn’t work out quite that way, however.  As we walked through the gates, I collected the cards.  Meanwhile, B and B’s mother were handed flowers for Mother’s Day.  After I had all of the cards in hand, I wound my way through the crowds to the front of the pack.  Then I hit the rope.

Apparently, when they open the park, they don’t *really* open the park.  They just let people in so they can see the opening ceremony.  In it, a "casting agent" drove up with two audience members (possible honeymooners).  He introduced the "director" who drove up in another car.  The director, in turn, introduced us to his "stagehand" and told us that we were part of his latest film.  We were instructed to say our lines and then *WALK* down Sunset Blvd.  He couldn’t stress enough that we would all *WALK* down the street.  At his signal ("1… 2… 3…"), we all chanted "Light, camera, action!"  The two chosen audience members then shouted "Hollywood, here we come!"  The director, stagehand, casting agent, and two chosen audience members drove off and we were allowed to *WALK* into the park.  To make sure no running was involved, Disney employees walked in front of us with their arms outspread.

At one point, I thought I spotted a shortcut and made a break for it.  Unfortunately, I was told by a Disney employee not to go that route.  (Plus, I stepped on a woman’s sandal on the way, causing it to pop off.  I fought the crowds to retrieve it for her.)  After returning to the crowd, I made my way back towards the front.  I got to the Fast Pass and got our tickets just as B and everyone else caught up with me.

Since everyone else was Fast Passing Toy Story Mania, the actual line for it was quite small.  We decided to take advantage of this and go on the ride right then and there.  The entrance/line area was amazing.  Tons of giant toys were scattered everywhere.  Everything from Bucket Of Monkeys to Candy Land to drawings by "Andy."  At one spot was a giant talking Mr. Potato Head telling jokes.  ("I’m a potato.  I comment on things.  I guess you could call me a commentater.")

I got in a cart next to NHL and we went for a ride.  It was NHL’s first real Disney World ride and it was amazing.  You ride on a cart with a gun mounted in front of you and 3D goggles on your head.  By pulling the string in front of you, the gun "fires" off rings, balls, or pins (depending on the section of the ride).  The game is a series of carnival games.  In some, you are popping balloons.  In some, you are firing off rings to loop around the little three eyed aliens.  In some, you are tossing balls to hit targets.  In all, you are having a ton of fun as balloons and other objects fly past you (complete with little breezes of air).  Needless to say, everyone had a blast.  (I was very pleased to hear that they’re working on a version of the ride for the Nintendo Wii complete with 3D effects.)  It was a very nice introduction to the kinds of rides that we would experience on our Disney World trip.

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While at Hollywood Studios, B’s parents bought a snack for themselves and shared it with the boys.  Their snack was a small bag of pretzels.  Of course, this *is* Disney World, so the pretzels were shaped like Mickey’s head.  Not just simple mouse ears, though, but his entire face.  Nice touch.

After the Magic Kingdom, we headed over to the Contemporary Resort for our first Disney Dinner: Chef Mickey’s.  Since this was going to be not only an all-you-can-eat buffet, but a character dinner also, we planned ahead and bought NHL an autograph book and pen.  Once we got our table, NHL, B, and B’s parents left to get some food while I sat with JSL.  B and NHL quickly returned, however, as Donald was approaching our table.

We wondered beforehand how NHL would handle the characters.  Previously, he’s expressed fear over costumed characters, but we were hopeful that this Disney trip would cure him of that.  Unfortunately, this wasn’t to be.  At least not this first night.  NHL was willing to say hi to the characters, and have them sign his autograph book, but not to go close to them.  He always kept a wary eye down the aisle to where the characters would be coming from.

NHL, however, didn’t have the worst reaction that night.  That honor belonged to JSL.  The minute he saw Donald Duck, he freaked out.  He grabbed me and wouldn’t let go.  He didn’t care when Donald left, he still looked around for any other characters that might surface.  He refused to eat, even cheese, chicken nuggets, pizza and macaroni and cheese – four of his all-time favorite dishes.  He even refused the birthday cupcake that they brought out.  Eventually, JSL fell asleep.

The meal itself was phenomenal.  The Mickey-shaped raviolis were great as were the salmon and vegetables.  The desserts were spectacular as well.  After eating, we went window shopping in the stores there.  That’s when I found my first must-have.  A small Stitch figure dressed up like Yoda.  As a Star Wars buff as well as a Lilo & Stitch fan, I knew that I was just *going* to have to buy it.

We didn’t actually buy anything at that moment, but we got a few ideas for later.  As we were quite tired, we went back to our room.  The boys were extremely overtired and ran wild between the two rooms.  (We got connecting rooms to increase the space they could run in.)  As they ran wild, the stress of the day took its toll on us as well.  B searched for the phone charger cord and we got into an argument as to whether it was really packed or not.  Clearly, we were all in need of some sleep.  We got the boys to sleep then settled down ourselves for some much earned rest.

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Ok, technically, these are two photos, but they are from one shirt we saw at a shop in Hollywood Studios.  No, I didn’t buy it, but I was tempted to.

• My EA Sports Active shipped early for some reason & arrived while we were away at Disney World. Wasn’t supposed to ship until tomorrow. #
• Luckily, our neighbor took it in for us so I can begin working off post-Disney weight gain (6 lbs) soon. #
• RT @BadAstronomer Anyone in tweetland a mix of Caucasian and Asian? You may be able to save a man’s life! Please read/RT: http://tr.im/lFOJ #
• Offline for a week thanks to Disney World trip. Didn’t miss Internet much. Not surprising considering how much there is to do at Disney. #
• I’d go offline for another week if I could go back tomorrow. Just too bad I can’t earn a living visiting Disney World every day. #
• Of course, if Disney wants to pay me an annual salary to visit their parks/hotels/etc, ride their rides, and take photos, I’m all ears. #
• One of NHL’s fav rides at Disney World is going to become a Nintendo Wii game. http://bit.ly/27v1Kj We may just have to buy this one. #
• Toy Story 3 is on the way: “Woody, Buzz & the rest of their toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after Andy, departs for college” #
• (Plot Synopsis from IMDB) #
• This is cool. Kari Byron from #Mythbusters busts Pregnancy myths: http://www.pregnancy360.com/kari-byron #
• Great article (long, but a must read) Why Does the Vaccine/Autism Controversy Live On? http://bit.ly/N5V1c #
• Throat hurting this morning. Hoping it’s just dry or something & I’m not getting sick. #
• This is a cool recipe search engine: http://www.supercook.com/ Searching by ingredients that you have at home. #
• RT @TheAngelForever: New blog post: Up up and away…finally on our way (to Disney) –> http://www.theangelforever.com/?p=1225 #
• Too tired to do much tonight. Think I’ll turn in early. “Early” for me being before midnight. #
• Second day waking up w/ sore throat. Could still be allergies. Going to get some tea to help soothe it. #
• RT @wiifitgirl Bra increases woman’s cleavage when aroused http://bit.ly/Juw3E <= “Honey, why did your boobs grow when that guy walked by?” #
• Got EA Sports Active. Need to start working out. This week is recovery from Disney World (process photos, etc). I’ll start on Sunday. #
• RT @wired: Experiment: Let’s clock how fast a tweet can travel round the world. RT this with your time zone and #tweetspeed. [EST] #
• Ran the numbers. I took 2,600 photos while at Disney. Over 7 days, averaging 10 hrs/day, that means I took 1 photo every 1.6 minutes. #
• Lack of sleep last night + Not feeling good = low motivation for getting work done. #
• I decide to be productive & our e-mail system goes down. Again! Seriously, do I need to print out my e-mails so I can work uninterrupted? #
• Disney Photo Pass lets you upload your own photos, apply their borders, & put those on your PhotoCD…. #
• …What’s to stop someone from uploading an all-white “photo” & using the resulting image as a template in a photo editor program? #
• I wouldn’t do that, mind you, but I do wonder what protections are in place for these types of occurences. #
• Uploading two photos to Disney PhotoPass (no, not white images like my previous musings – actual photos) to see what borders are available. #
• Looks like 2 General Disney borders, 6 Character Design borders, 7 Disneyland borders, 4 Disney World borders, and 3 Mouse Ears borders. #
• Since we went to Disney World, not Disneyland, we’d only be interested in 15 of the borders. #
• Also, the Character Design 1s look cheesy & the Disney World 1s are useless (“Disney World” on a colored bg), so only 5 that interest me. #
• Subtract the Orange Mouse Ears border (we’re not orange fans) & that leaves 4. Makes me wonder whether it is worth it to upload our photos. #
• However, the Disney Stock Photos look cool. Photos of Disney World that we normally couldn’t take pics of that we can add to our PhotoCD. #
• There are at least 130 that we would want to add and another 77 that we’d include just because they’re free to add in. #
• Ate lunch, still feeling shaky. Not good. I really need to get myself tested for blood sugar levels. #
• Adding all the Disney Stock Photos to our PhotoCD, along with our 170 Photos (w/ & w/o borders), gives us 377 photos for $99 or $0.26/photo. #
• Played around with Disney’s PhotoPass a bit more. Turns out you can only order prints of the stock photos. Too bad. #
• Also you can’t add your uploaded photos to the PhotoCD order whether or not you add borders. (That answers my “White Photo” question.) #
• Def won’t bother weeding through our photos to upload to Disney’s Photo Pass now. They charge $0.19 for a 4×6 print. WinkFlash is only $0.08 #
• Checked WinkFlash to find current print price. Found out they have a Flat Rate photo book sale. 100 page photo book for $20? Cool! #
• Might order 2. One for us and one for in-laws. #
• RT @TheAngelForever: Mother’s Day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios –> http://www.theangelforever.com/?p=1232 #
• Disney’s PhotoPass turned out to be a bit deceptive. 3 ways I’d improve it: 1) Make all of the rides photo-pass enabled. #
• Way #2 I’d improve Disney’s Photo Pass: Allow stock photos on CD #
• Way #3 I’d improve Disney’s Photo Pass: allow edited uploaded photos on CD. #
• Not shaky anymore thanks to lunch & tootsie rolls. Getting shaky when eating late is prob not a good sign since Diabetes runs in my family. #
• Just told the “mustard” story to someone. It’s the only story guaranteed to make me nauseaus. Why did I leave myself open to telling it? #
• Is it 4:30 yet? *looks at clock* A whole hour to go. Come on clock. Move it! #
• Not feeling like making dinner tonight. Wonder if @TheAngelForever would feel like Chinese food. #
• Called WinkFlash. Flat rate photobook sale ends tomorrow at midnight. They run this about every 2 months. We’ll order our books next time. #
• Yay! @TheAngelForever thought Chinese food was a good idea because it’s 80 out. Veggie dumplings & eggplant w/ black bean sauce for dinner! #
• RT @Jentifa: #tds The Green Effect SunChips® Giveaway: SunChips® http://tinyurl.com/pzlz6w #
• RT @HighTechDad: 40 Ways to Download FREE Music Legally – An Ultimate Guide http://bit.ly/3Mrqnk <= Glad to see that @AmieStreet is #19 #
• Feeling downright icky. #
• This morning I heard the boys playing & NHL began singing “It’s a small world after all…” I think Disney World affected his brain! #
• Deciding which Disney photos to show my co-workers while I get work done. (Multitasking) At 281 photos so far w/ 1,145 to look through still #
• I propose a new Twitter tag (inspired by @BadAstronomy): #TSIB. Short for “The Stupid, It Burns!” Use when encountering monumental stupidity #
• e.g. Chairman of the Texas State Board of Ed, Don McLeroy, declares: “Someone has to stand up to the experts.” http://bit.ly/f8FO8 #TSIB #
• Just estimated that our desktop PC upstairs (used as a file/print server) uses about $180 per year in electricity. Looking at an alternative #
• My alternative (PogoPlug+USB HD+USB Print Server) would cost ~$250 to set up. We’d pay up front but would save about $145/yr in energy costs #

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• My EA Sports Active shipped early for some reason & arrived while we were away at Disney World. Wasn’t supposed to ship until tomorrow. #
• Luckily, our neighbor took it in for us so I can begin working off post-Disney weight gain (6 lbs) soon. #
• RT @BadAstronomer Anyone in tweetland a mix of Caucasian and Asian? You may be able to save a man’s life! Please read/RT: http://tr.im/lFOJ #
• Offline for a week thanks to Disney World trip. Didn’t miss Internet much. Not surprising considering how much there is to do at Disney. #
• I’d go offline for another week if I could go back tomorrow. Just too bad I can’t earn a living visiting Disney World every day. #
• Of course, if Disney wants to pay me an annual salary to visit their parks/hotels/etc, ride their rides, and take photos, I’m all ears. #
• One of NHL’s fav rides at Disney World is going to become a Nintendo Wii game. http://bit.ly/27v1Kj We may just have to buy this one. #
• Toy Story 3 is on the way: “Woody, Buzz & the rest of their toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after Andy, departs for college” #
• (Plot Synopsis from IMDB) #
• This is cool. Kari Byron from #Mythbusters busts Pregnancy myths: http://www.pregnancy360.com/kari-byron #
• Great article (long, but a must read) Why Does the Vaccine/Autism Controversy Live On? http://bit.ly/N5V1c #
• Throat hurting this morning. Hoping it’s just dry or something & I’m not getting sick. #
• This is a cool recipe search engine: http://www.supercook.com/ Searching by ingredients that you have at home. #
• RT @TheAngelForever: New blog post: Up up and away…finally on our way (to Disney) –> http://www.theangelforever.com/?p=1225 #
• Too tired to do much tonight. Think I’ll turn in early. “Early” for me being before midnight. #
• Second day waking up w/ sore throat. Could still be allergies. Going to get some tea to help soothe it. #
• RT @wiifitgirl Bra increases woman’s cleavage when aroused http://bit.ly/Juw3E <= “Honey, why did your boobs grow when that guy walked by?” #
• Got EA Sports Active. Need to start working out. This week is recovery from Disney World (process photos, etc). I’ll start on Sunday. #
• RT @wired: Experiment: Let’s clock how fast a tweet can travel round the world. RT this with your time zone and #tweetspeed. [EST] #
• Ran the numbers. I took 2,600 photos while at Disney. Over 7 days, averaging 10 hrs/day, that means I took 1 photo every 1.6 minutes. #
• Lack of sleep last night + Not feeling good = low motivation for getting work done. #
• I decide to be productive & our e-mail system goes down. Again! Seriously, do I need to print out my e-mails so I can work uninterrupted? #
• Disney Photo Pass lets you upload your own photos, apply their borders, & put those on your PhotoCD…. #
• …What’s to stop someone from uploading an all-white “photo” & using the resulting image as a template in a photo editor program? #
• I wouldn’t do that, mind you, but I do wonder what protections are in place for these types of occurences. #
• Uploading two photos to Disney PhotoPass (no, not white images like my previous musings – actual photos) to see what borders are available. #
• Looks like 2 General Disney borders, 6 Character Design borders, 7 Disneyland borders, 4 Disney World borders, and 3 Mouse Ears borders. #
• Since we went to Disney World, not Disneyland, we’d only be interested in 15 of the borders. #
• Also, the Character Design 1s look cheesy & the Disney World 1s are useless (“Disney World” on a colored bg), so only 5 that interest me. #
• Subtract the Orange Mouse Ears border (we’re not orange fans) & that leaves 4. Makes me wonder whether it is worth it to upload our photos. #
• However, the Disney Stock Photos look cool. Photos of Disney World that we normally couldn’t take pics of that we can add to our PhotoCD. #
• There are at least 130 that we would want to add and another 77 that we’d include just because they’re free to add in. #
• Ate lunch, still feeling shaky. Not good. I really need to get myself tested for blood sugar levels. #
• Adding all the Disney Stock Photos to our PhotoCD, along with our 170 Photos (w/ & w/o borders), gives us 377 photos for $99 or $0.26/photo. #
• Played around with Disney’s PhotoPass a bit more. Turns out you can only order prints of the stock photos. Too bad. #
• Also you can’t add your uploaded photos to the PhotoCD order whether or not you add borders. (That answers my “White Photo” question.) #
• Def won’t bother weeding through our photos to upload to Disney’s Photo Pass now. They charge $0.19 for a 4×6 print. WinkFlash is only $0.08 #
• Checked WinkFlash to find current print price. Found out they have a Flat Rate photo book sale. 100 page photo book for $20? Cool! #
• Might order 2. One for us and one for in-laws. #
• RT @TheAngelForever: Mother’s Day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios –> http://www.theangelforever.com/?p=1232 #
• Disney’s PhotoPass turned out to be a bit deceptive. 3 ways I’d improve it: 1) Make all of the rides photo-pass enabled. #
• Way #2 I’d improve Disney’s Photo Pass: Allow stock photos on CD #
• Way #3 I’d improve Disney’s Photo Pass: allow edited uploaded photos on CD. #
• Not shaky anymore thanks to lunch & tootsie rolls. Getting shaky when eating late is prob not a good sign since Diabetes runs in my family. #
• Just told the “mustard” story to someone. It’s the only story guaranteed to make me nauseaus. Why did I leave myself open to telling it? #
• Is it 4:30 yet? *looks at clock* A whole hour to go. Come on clock. Move it! #
• Not feeling like making dinner tonight. Wonder if @TheAngelForever would feel like Chinese food. #
• Called WinkFlash. Flat rate photobook sale ends tomorrow at midnight. They run this about every 2 months. We’ll order our books next time. #
• Yay! @TheAngelForever thought Chinese food was a good idea because it’s 80 out. Veggie dumplings & eggplant w/ black bean sauce for dinner! #
• RT @Jentifa: #tds The Green Effect SunChips® Giveaway: SunChips® http://tinyurl.com/pzlz6w #
• RT @HighTechDad: 40 Ways to Download FREE Music Legally – An Ultimate Guide http://bit.ly/3Mrqnk <= Glad to see that @AmieStreet is #19 #
• Feeling downright icky. #
• This morning I heard the boys playing & NHL began singing “It’s a small world after all…” I think Disney World affected his brain! #
• Deciding which Disney photos to show my co-workers while I get work done. (Multitasking) At 281 photos so far w/ 1,145 to look through still #
• I propose a new Twitter tag (inspired by @BadAstronomy): #TSIB. Short for “The Stupid, It Burns!” Use when encountering monumental stupidity #
• e.g. Chairman of the Texas State Board of Ed, Don McLeroy, declares: “Someone has to stand up to the experts.” http://bit.ly/f8FO8 #TSIB #
• Just estimated that our desktop PC upstairs (used as a file/print server) uses about $180 per year in electricity. Looking at an alternative #
• My alternative (PogoPlug+USB HD+USB Print Server) would cost ~$250 to set up. We’d pay up front but would save about $145/yr in energy costs #

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While walking from the Magic Kingdom to the Contemporary resort for dinner (more on that later), we saw many of these tiles on the ground.  Most just contained the names of the people that bought the tiles.  This one (and a couple others that I found) contained a proposal.  I felt the need to take a photo of it as it seemed like a truly great idea for a proposal.  Kudos to Darren, and I hope Tanya said yes.

When I left off last, we had just arrived at our hotel.  After a quick lunch, picking up our rented double-stroller (rented from Orlando Stroller Rentals, waiting for us at our hotel) and stopping by our room quickly to drop bags off, we headed to the Magic Kingdom.  We didn’t have much time, as we had dinner reservations at Chef Mickey, but we figured we could spend an hour or so walking through the park.  We split up from B’s parents and, after a quick stop to get NHL & JSL’s "1st Time" badges and JSL’s Birthday badge, we walked down Main Street.

We got our first Photo Pass photo taken of all of us (with the kids in the stroller) in front of Cinderella’s Castle.  After taking a photo of all of us, the photographer had NHL cup his hands and look surprised.  NHL complied without asking why.  As we walked away, I let him know that, when we saw the photos online later, Tinkerbell would magically appear in his hands.  This made him quite happy.

We noticed a group of people gathering in front of the castle and stopped to see what was up.  A show was about to start and, as we had some time but not enough to wait on line for rides, we decided to watch the show.  In the Dreams Come True show, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy starred.  Donald thought that no one believed in dreams anymore.  In an effort to prove him wrong, Mickey and his gang had the audience chant "Dreams Come True."  After some fireworks went off around the castle, a few of the Disney Princesses appeared.  Donald and Goofy moved offstage while the Princesses (and their Princes) as well as Mickey and Minnie danced.

Donald and Goofy came back onstage (with Mickey and Minnie leaving).  Goofy said that he always wanted to be a pirate.  On queue, Peter Pan appeared.  Donald got dressed as Captain Hook and Goofy got dressed up as Mr. Smee.  After a short dance number, the real Hook and Smee show up.  Hook attempts to fight Peter pan, but Peter’s too quick for him.  Nevertheless, Hook eventually traps Peter.  Just when things seem grim, Hook gets very nervous at a "Tick-Tock" sound.  No, the croc doesn’t make an appearance, but a clock prop does that the characters toss between themselves frightening Hook away.

Just then, though, Malificent appears.  She declares that she’s going to make nightmares come true instead of dreams.  Everyone onstage prepares to flee, but Donald stands up to her insisting that "Dreams come true!"  Mickey and Donald get the audience to chant it (which NHL dutifully shouted out) and Malificent is defeated.  There’s an ending dance, more fireworks, and kids (both actual and of the grown up variety) leave highly entertained.

When the show was done, we noticed that it was time to meet up with B’s parents and head to the contemporary resort.  Below are some photos from our brief stop in the Magic Kingdom.

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There were a few of these balloon vendors along Main Street in the Magic Kingdom.  She looked like adding one more balloon would cause her to float away.