The Happiest Place on Earth

Our second day at Disney was LONG. We began with breakfast with the princesses at 8:20.

Not so early, but we had to leave our resort at 7. We stayed at the Magic Kingdom until mid-afternoon. Tim napped through lunch. We headed back to our room to rest but instead the bigger kids spent time in the pool. We had a late dinner scheduled. Late for us anyway. We figured that with the time zone difference that we could swing a 6:50 reservation. So we headed to Marrakesh at EPCOT. By the time we returned to the bus at about 8:30, the kids were falling over exhausted. We had just missed a bus and waited. We finally board our bus and it is packed - SRO. Tim is not cuddly, least of all when he's tired. So, Andy and I were quietly singing Wheels on the Bus to him, to keep the whining to a minimum. Some nearby folks overheard us - remember packed bus, maybe 18" away. I guess they couldn't take one more verse because they began boisterous Christmas carols. It took about 3 seconds before everyone on the bus was belting out some old favorites. By song 3 we were so loud that the driver was singing over the microphone. It ended up being our best transportation experience ever. Where else can 75 exhausted and sober complete strangers do this? Only at the most magical place on earth.

The next evening on our return trip some strangers were telling us about their unique bus experience the previous night. Same bus.