Kicking Off the Coolest Summer Ever at Walt Disney World Resort

photo credit: Disney

This past Friday, Jake Austin and I were invited to go with the Disney Parks Blog to kick-off the Coolest Summer Ever at Walt Disney World Resort. We're not talking about an ordinary day in Magic Kingdom, y'all. We're talking about a 24 hour {yes, 24 HOURS of Disney!} event that happens only once a year!

First things first, we left our house at midnight on May 22 to drive to Walt Disney World and check-in at 4am. We got there at about 3am, and can you believe we were one of THREE cars in the parking lot? Front row parking! It was Disney MAGIC!

After we checked in, we took the Ferryboat over to the Magic Kingdom and were whisked away to watch the Opening Festivities.

{do you see us? we're up front, to Mickey's left!}

photo credit: Disney

{the opening ceremony featured the stars of Frozen; Kristoff, Olaf, Anna and Elsa}

{is there anything better than a selfie with Mickey and Minnie Mouse?}

photo credit: Disney

Once inside the park, we watched the final few minutes of the flag raising ceremony on our way to breakfast. {did you know there was a flag raising ceremony in the morning and one again, to retire the flag for the day, in the evening? I'll write about it soon.} Disney Parks Blog hosted a super yummy breakfast for the 500 readers that were there to join them. 

{gotta love a good photo prop. It's Orange Bird!}

Another pretty cool sighting was the Jet Pack and Costume used in Disney's newest film, Tomorrowland.

After breakfast, we were treated to a special screening of Tomorrowland in Downtown Disney's AMC Theatre. 

{stay tuned, next week I have something cool to share with you that we were able to take part in after the movie!}

All of the above mentioned fun happened before noon. There was still PLENTY of hours left to enjoy the Magic Kingdom and all it has to offer. But, I'll tell you about it another day. :) 

Disclaimer: I won two passes to Disney Parks Blog's 'Tomorrowland' event to Kick-Off the Coolest Summer Ever in Magic Kingdom. I received theme park tickets, breakfast, movie passes, and a few goodies as the winnings in a sweepstakes. Disney Parks Blog did not for me to write about the event. All opinions are my own.