Babymoon part 2 of 6. The first park we visited was Magic Kingdom, and we were pleasantly surprised to find the holiday decorations were still in place. Holiday hours were also still in effect, and with the drop in attendance that comes after the new year, we had an easy time navigating the mild crowds. One cool thing that is probably really hard to find anywhere else is the mutoscope — and the Main Street Station has several. Here’s a video of one called “Rodeo Time” in action:
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- Moseying around Frontierland, we stopped to play checkers. We had to figure out how again.
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- The five-minute line at Pirates of the Caribbean.
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- The two-hour line at Journey of the Little Mermaid. We're never doing that again.
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- Eating a turkey leg while riding the Liberty Belle steamboat.
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- A nostalgic favorite!
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- Main Street train station
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- Inside the train station are old-fashioned mutoscopes!
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- If not for this picture, I would not otherwise know that these are called mutoscopes.
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- The mutoscope has a series of prints on a rolodex-like device that turns as you crank the handle, and you see the animation as if it were a flip book.
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- Country Bear Jamboree
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- Tom Sawyer Island. This attraction is the type that I would never have spent time on before, but since I was pregnant and not waiting in line for roller coasters, we had time.
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- Is this a real top-quality cast-iron skillet? Does it pass Butz requirements?
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- He decided to bounce on this while I crossed.
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- Inside Harper's Mill
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- Treasure in Injun Joe's cave!
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- The raft used to transport to and from Tom Sawyer Island
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- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, my favorite ride as a kid
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- Captain Jack Sparrow demonstrates
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- Watching Lady and the Tramp at Tony's
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- Inside Tony's, Lady and Tramp have on their santa hats!
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- Dinner time
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- My first manicotti
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- Main Street, looking toward Cinderella Castle
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- The chess game in Pirates of the Caribbean is rumored to be in stalemate, as if the pirates died playing the game because neither side could move.
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- Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin -- I win!
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- One of us schooled the other.
