| I have a new work schedule coming up which will result in me 
			working a Monday-Friday schedule now, and getting weekends off. I 
			was hoping to take Steven to Walt Disney World one last time on one 
			of my last weekdays off, but I just couldn't fit it into my 
			schedule. We settled on a weekend date, and Drew and Jayden joined 
			Steve and I. Jay had a soccer game in Lutz at 10:00am, so we 
			definitely weren't getting an early start today. We ate lunch at 
			home before heading towards Orlando, with the Magic Kingdom being 
			today's destination. Once we arrived at the Transportation and 
			Ticket Center our first decision was how to make the trip to the 
			park. The kids wanted to ride the Monorail, but we settled for the 
			Ferry to avoid the line and shorten our wait. Once we arrived at the 
			park, we had to stop to pick up Steve's wheelchair and to add Drew 
			and Jay to Steve's Disability Access Service (DAS) pass so that we 
			could make our first reservation, for the
			Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. We had some time to kill before we 
			could use our pass, so we headed to Fantasyland to take in 
			Mickey's PhilharMagic, as the kids hadn't seen the new Coco 
			scene that had been added. From there we travelled over to 
			Tomorrowland to a spin on the Tomorrowland Speedway. Drew and 
			I got our own cars, while Steve chose to ride with Jay. While taking 
			our turn around the track we also got a view of the rapidly 
			finishing Tron Lightcycle Run ride, which seems like it still 
			has forever to go until its Spring 2023 opening! 
			After our trip around the speedway, we used out DAS pass for the 
			the
			Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. Drew got the honor of riding with 
			Steve, while Jay and I got the other seat. I've said it before and I 
			will probably say it again, but although I enjoy this roller 
			coaster, it is way too short - especially factoring in the wait 
			required. 
			The next thing we needed to decide on was what to eat. We settled 
			on dinner at the Pinocchio Village Haus as they had enough variety 
			that each of us could find something that we would eat. Steve and I 
			chose the chicken strips, while Drew went for a meat flatbread pizza 
			and Jay decided on a pepperoni flatbread. The kids seemed to enjoy 
			their pizzas, though I wasn't wowed by the chicken. Once dinner was 
			complete, it was back to the park we go! 
			Our next stop was Splash Mountain, for another one of Steve's DAS 
			passes. We were just about to be seated when Jay and I caught a 
			whiff of something rancid. We finally figured out what it was... 
			someone had made a mess in their pants but failed to say a word to 
			anyone about the need to use the restroom beforehand or that the 
			"accident" had even occurred. We wound up completing our ride, but 
			had to immediately head to a family restroom to clean up afterward. 
			The cleanup process took way more time than desired, which caused 
			us to be way later than I wanted in my efforts to see the Disney 
			Enchantment firework show. We had to settle for a location along the 
			side, between Casey's Corner and The Crystal Palace. This meant that 
			although we could see the fireworks, they weren't centered on the 
			castle at all, and we could barely see any of the projections. I was 
			pretty bummed by this turn of events... 
			After the fireworks show we headed off towards our next DAS pass, 
			which was the Jungle Cruise. We had a bit of time before we 
			could get in line, so Drew and Jay took Steve on The Magic 
			Carpets of Aladdin in Adventureland. I opted out of this ride 
			with the hope of taking pictures, but it was too dark to focus on 
			them as they flew past me high in the air on the magic carpet. We 
			finally made it to the Jungle Cruise, which is a different 
			experience at night. We thought about making one more pass, as we 
			had some time left before the park closed, but we decided to call it 
			a night. We still had a long drive home tonight, and for some of us 
			it has been a long day of being away from home.  |