Make Sure LJ Is Fed

Today was too long. We did the day trip to Disney, and there isn’t enough time in the day to do it the way we like to do it. The trip down is fine. That’s part of it every time we go, but the looming trip back kind of put a damper on everything for me. I started to get time conscious at about noon, thinking about the hour that it takes to get out of whichever park we happen to be in before we can even start the three hours on the road home – two and a half if I’m driving. That’s not the Disney attitude that I want to have. We’ll probably try it again, if for no other reason, this was our first try and everything should be tried at least twice. We made some rookie mistakes: we went on a Saturday, we got out of the house a little bit later than we should have, but the most glaring error we made was switching parks. Switching parks is great if we’re staying the night and time isn’t a big factor, but it took more than an hour from the time we decided to leave the Magic Kingdom and the time we slid through the turnstiles at Epcot. The monorail is not a ride. Epcot was a poor choice as well. There really isn’t anything interesting for an under six year old in the park. Chicken nuggets don’t count. Ice cream sandwiches don’t count. At about 2:30 or 3:00 I was hungry and cranky and started pitching a bit of a fit. I did not want to get home at 11:00, and I knew there was still a trip to IKEA. IKEA is another place that it’s impossible to walk in and walk out in less than an hour. However, as low as this trip ranks on the trips to Disney list, it was still a trip to Disney and was infinitely more fun than anything that Jacksonville has to offer. We’ll tweek the logistics and may try again in two weeks.