Disney World day 13: Date night

On Abi's birthday night they were having the extra magic hours at night in the Magic Kingdom. That meant the park was open until around 1am I think.

Our 7th anniversary was just days away (we would be home by then) so Doug and I decided that we should take advantage of having my parents with us and have a date night.

After returning to our rooms after dinner we got the girls ready for bed, got Maddy to sleep, and then my mom came over to our room to hang out.

She and Abi read books and had fun hanging together and then she got Abi to bed and was able to read the rest of the night.

It was so weird to get on the buses by ourselves and go into the park.

There was only one other person on the bus with us and the park was so empty.

After the crowded day I was a little surprised but it was freezing cold and I think that scared a lot of people away!

The park is just so beautiful at night, especially with all of the Christmas lights....

We had promised Abi we would find Lucifer after Lady Tremaine had told her about his statue. I thought she meant by the statue of Cinderella by the little fountain but he wasn't there so finally we asked someone. They sent us down a little path next to the castle that I didn't even know existed. There along the path was the wishing well... and Lucifer.

the near empty park...

Doug and I wanted to ride as many rides as possible and also be able to ride a few that we had skipped (like Space Mountain) because they were scarier.

We were only there for about 2 hours but we were able to ride (with NO lines):

Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (which is awesome at night!), Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan's Flight, Dumbo, Snow White's Scary Adventure (I had heard this was scary for kids so we had skipped it. It is not terrifying but the witch is all over the place and pops out at you so I'm pretty sure Abi would have hated it.), Mickey's Philharmagic, the Carousel of Progress (this one we had forgotten about during the day which was unfortunate because I think my parents would have really liked it), and Astro Orbiter which was miserable because it was up so high and it was so cold.

After that we called it a night. On our way out of the park we caught some late fireworks, the castles 'kiss' goodnight, and got a photopass picture of just the two of us.

It was such a fun night. We felt like a bunch of teenagers running around without having to worry about strollers and diaper bags and height limits. Plus the last time we had gone on a date was last summer when we were in Utah so it was good to be able to do that. Thanks Mom!

Next up: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter