The First Of Many

The baby girl has completed her first Disney trip, and while she may no longer be a rookie sensation, she isn’t quite a wily crafty veteran, but she does have unlimited upside. I love sports clichés, but I think I’ll stop. LMJ was an absolute dream the entire trip. She didn’t throw a single tantrum, and she only got upset when that retard Goofy tried to steal her waffle. I was so worried that she was going to be afraid of everything: the dark, the speed, the lack of control, the mobs of people. But the only things she really had any kind of problem with were the glorified clowns and an insane 3-D movie. I think the clowns were just too big and the movie was too jarring. She loved the Lion King show. She loved all three of the flying rides we took her on: the Tricera Top Spin, Dumbo, and Aladdin’s Magic Carpet ride. She loved the Winnie the Pooh ride. She even enjoyed the Peter Pan ride, although she thought the pirates were a little bit scary. Her favorite ride was It’s a Small World. She liked that it’s a boat ride. She liked the bright colors. And she liked dancing dolls and music. The first time we went on it, it was my favorite ride too because it was about 107 degrees outside and the ride is air conditioned and not very popular, so there was almost no line. I have no idea what we’ve done to deserve such a well behaved little girl. She didn’t fuss to stay when we wanted to go, and she didn’t fuss to go when we wanted to stay. She was patient while standing for forty-five minutes in the blistering sun waiting to get on Dumbo. The only time she wasn’t with the program was after we got off the Tricera Top Spin, which was her very first real ride, and couldn’t immediately get back on. She figured we should just change dinosaurs and go again. But that’s how we all feel, and once it was explained to her that other people got a turn she was completely cool with it. Most of all I don’t know how we’ve managed to get a toddler that doesn’t want everything she sees, especially if she can touch it. She touched everything that Disney put at her eye level – just like Disney wants – but she didn’t beg for anything and put everything down when we asked her to – not at all like Disney wants. She was excited the whole time, and woke up this morning talking about the dolls on It’s a Small World. This trip was like no other Disney trip we’ve ever taken. We skipped a whole bunch of our favorites. But seeing the baby girl as happy as she was made this a great Disney vacation. The fact that this will probably wind up being one of her least memorable trips makes it even better. I can’t wait until we go again.