Last night was the first time in three weeks that I slept at least seven hours without the assistance of drugs; Aaron says I was thrashing around all night, but thrashing is way better than lying in bed awake. We got up at 7:30 this morning and headed off to the Magic Kingdom. Typically on these trips I handle logistics, so having booked all arrangements and picked Aaron up at the airport my only remaining job was to get him to the park entrance with his park pass. Despite repeated reminders, I failed in this respect and we stared blankly at each other after the bus ride over upon realizing he didn’t have his entry ticket. Luckily customer service was able to look him up and put matters straight, and a short time later we were in the park.
Neither of us is huge Disney fanatics, but since we were in Orlando anyhow it made sense to pay a visit. Lines were short early in the day, and we managed to get soaked on Splash Mountain and make a visit to Thunder Mountain and the Haunted House in a short time. We later caught the Tower of Terror and a few other rides before enduring a fifty minute wait for the Aerosmith roller coaster. Surprisingly, this one turned out to be worth the wait, and after getting rocketed up the first hill and through several dark corkscrews Aarron actually asked “are we upside down right now”; I honestly couldn’t answer him.
Tomorrow it’s off to see several family members we haven’t seen in years. Additionally, the good state of Florida saw fit to install automated toll booths that accept only quarters. Since I had no change I now have the fun task of dealing with beauracracy to try to avoid two $100 fines; that one should be really fun.