The Happiest-Most-Crowded-Busiest-Place-On-Earth-at-Christmastime

When you live in Florida there are a couple of simple "rules" that you learn to follow.

1. Form obsessive love of college football team closest to where you live. (I formed that love for the Gators, which is where I went to college and met my "twuu wuv" Modern Daddy.) This may be more a rule of living in the South than just Florida, as several LSU and Georgia Bulldog fans I know can attest.
2. Only bring out the above obsession on Game Day. Otherwise you'd be restricted to a 10 mile radius of your house for a friend base.
3. Complain about how cold it is outside when the mercury hits 69 degrees. Search for ski jackets in January and loudly complain that "It gets cold in Florida too! Why doesn't anyone carry jackets here?!"
4. When the week of cold weather passes, search for new shorts in January. Loudly complain, "It's FLORIDA people! Why can't I find any shorts? We're in the freakin' TROPICS."
5. And, most importantly, don't go to Disney World on the last Saturday before Christmas.

I was doing really well until we hit that last one. ;) So we took the kids to the Magic Kingdom on Saturday and we had a really great time. The only real drawback was the INSANE amount of people packed into every available space. Thankfully we've already had Glitter Fairy Princess to Disney 3 other times, so we didn't feel the need to ride EVERY ride in existence. Usually we go with Modern Daddy's family but this time my side of the family came along, so it was fun to see them with the kids too. (Plus, they watched the kids while we all went on Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, and Big Thunder Mountain.) (Score!)

A few notes about Disney on the busiest day on earth (apparently):

1. If you see a mom with a stroller, don't assume that we're soft because we have kids. We have experienced the miracle of freakin' childbirth and we will not hesitate to run your ass over with said stroller if you STOP RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
2. We all love a parade. We don't love the shoving, pushing, and manhandling that occurs to see a parade. Save yourself the hassle and use the time when everyone else is watching the parade to ride Splash Mountain.
3. When purchasing a hat for Glitter Fairy Princess, the fairy wand is not optional. Just ask my father.
4. Snow White is apparently a non-entity at Disney. We have been here 4 times and have not been able to meet her ONCE. I've decided this is a conspiracy focused against my daughter, since Snow White is her MOST FAVORITE.
5. And, most importantly, stay until it's dark. We may not have snow and ice in Florida, but they sure know how to make Cinderella's Castle sparkle:
   

Note the insane amount of people in the above photo. Seriously, I felt like I was trapped on a train in India.

Isn't he cute with his Pirates of the Caribbean Mickey? I love that you can bring babies on most of the rides here. He was a trooper.

And, no matter how busy and stressful a trip to a theme park may be, it's worth it for that smile.