Dawson could not wait to get to Disney. He was the one counting the days, and asking how much longer it would be. He knew the fun in store at the home of the big mouse. And did that boy ever make the most of his time in Orlando!!!
Dawson has always, always enjoyed going on rides. When we went to California when he was four, he would get down right angry when he wasn't tall enough to ride on a ride. There were rides that 10 year old Brandon wouldn't get on that Dawson was determined to find a way on to. Anything that child could ride in California, he did. Well, in Disney, this brave 10 year old was tall enough to ride everything, and ride them he did. From park opening to park closing. When you stay at a Disney Resort, they have this great thing called Extra Magic Hours. This means that one park each opens 1 hour early, and 1 park stays open 3 hours later. Magic Kingdom already stays open until 11pm, so late hours for that park was 2am. And Dawson and Daddy did it. They were at Magic Kingdom from before 10am until 2am in the morning on our first day at Disney. They rode every ride that park had to offer. And some more than once. The night Epcot stayed open late, Dawson made the most of it by getting that one last ride on Test Track. While Brandon and I would sit with the girls exhausted, Dawson would drag Jeff from one ride to another making sure to get the most out of Disney.
When I asked Dawson what his favorite part was he of course said all the rides. "I loved the roller coasters, Tower of Terror, Everest, Haunted Massion, just all of them". Like I said he did it all. Dawson also enjoyed watching Gracie dance through "Its A Small World". He liked the Lego place in Downtown Disney and got him a big Lego set to bring home.
Dawson's second favorite part of being in Disney was turkey legs. That's right. My son is a turkey leg addict. Nothing like watching your kid tear into a big ole turkey leg. He even had one around midnight the night he and Jeff stayed late at Magic Kingdom. Unfortunately, I never got a photo of him munching away on the goodness that is the turkey leg. He would constantly be on the look out for the vendor that would sell him his turkey leg of the day. (By the way, turkey legs are not part of the Disney Dining Plan . . . they are $6.95 for each leg you buy!)
We call Dawson Monkey Boy. The child is always sitting like a monkey, he climbs on things like a monkey, he is just a monkey. Anytime we had the chance to take a photo of him and a monkey, we did. I think he really does look like the monkeys from barrel of monkeys.Dawson says my closing remark for him should be "I miss the turkey legs!"
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