Day 3

An early start today, as we decided that the time had come for a trip to the Magic Kingdom. We were up at 6am, and out the door a little before 7am. We parked only a couple of rows back from the front of the MK parking lot and so didn't need to use the tram, and walked over to the monorail, where we had a compartment to ourselves on the resort monorail (the express monorail hadn't started operating).

We did a good number of rides (Space Ranger Spin, Carousel, Peter Pan, Small World, Haunted Mansion, Thunder Mountain, Pirates, Under the Sea, and the TTA) but by the time we'd got through all of these it was getting on for 11am and the crowds were starting to get alarmingly large.

We were impressed by the progress with New Fantasyland. We had a pastry at Gaston's Tavern soon after arriving (Nicky and Jake both had the largest cinnamon rolls in the world) and we picked up fast passes for a later ride on Under the Sea (clamshells similar to Nemo at the Living Seas). Looking forward to when the Seven Dwarfs mine train opens, but that won't be until 2014.

We came back home to OKW, which is where we've been for the rest of the day, alternating between relaxing and taking on the various sporting opportunities around the Community Hall (pool, table tennis, shuffleboard and basketball).

We've been getting into the Christmas spirit - not just watching various Santa Claus movies (the Tim Allen ones) on the TV, but enjoying Christmas cookies in the hotel lobby as well as having our photo taken with the man himself.

Merry Christmas everyone!!