It's Good to Know People

Matt and I have a friend that works for Disney. One night in the hot tub he casually mentions that Disney is hosting a fireworks convention and will be dong special fireworks on the next Saturday night. Not many people know, Jason said. So, we decide we should really go check these out. It's the same night as the carnival I talked about below. The kids were tired, but we decided to hit Magic Kingdom for a few rides and then find us a spot to watch the fireworks. After our usual rides, we headed over to Disney's Polynesian Resort to find us a spot on the beach. Things started out really good. Not many people, but we are an hour early. Found a great spot. Watched the floating electrical parade out on the lake. Kids played in the sand. By the time the fireworks started (20 minutes late), there had to be over a thousand people crowding the tiny beach at the Poly. The smart Tarleton's we are though, we let the kids play in a huge area in front of us. We didn't encourage quiet or sitting still and guess what...no one sat in front of us. We had our own little section of the beach.

The fireworks were amazing. Supposedly this is the most Disney has ever spent on fireworks and it showed. There huge fireworks going off of the main island in Seven Seas Lagoon, smaller ones being launched from an island in front of the Contemporary. It was an amazing show!!! I won't bore you with all the pics I took, but there were some firework designs we had never seen before. We loved the spirals and the blue Mickey heads. We just hope next time Disney does this, maybe it will stay quiet! The place was absolutely packed!!