Tap the knob three times...then turn it once...

We woke up at 4:45 AM (and 5:30) and proceeded to have coffee, get ready, and pack the last minute things. We left the house at 6:45 AM in a loaded down car and headed to Chick-fil-a for a quick breakfast. We then headed to my (Brandon's) parents' house to drop off our dog, Ellie Mae, and for my dad to take us to the airport. After arriving at the airport early we proceeded to the bag x-rays and personal detectors. Abbie set off some kind of alarm and had to have her bag searched and some kind of wand detector run over her. That set off another alarm and she was then taken back to a private room for a full body pat down. Of all things, it was the hand soap at my parents' house that set off the alarms. Talk about a great start to the trip...but at least the pat down crew was nice.

After all of that we headed to our gate at the very end of the concourse. We still had a little less than an hour before our flight was scheduled to take off, so we relaxed a bit and did some people watching. It was fun seeing the families with kids also waiting on our flight. You could tell how excited the kids were about taking a big trip to see Mickey Mouse. Our time came around, and we walked up to board the plane. I told Abbie to pick our seat for us knowing we should have several good options on the plane. Somehow, we ended up on the back half of the plane. The row in front of ours was occupied by a lady with a small baby with a stinky diaper and the row behind ours had three young boys who used our seats for kicking practice. Even with all of the distractions, the hour and a half in the air "flew" by and we landed in Orlando. For all of you wondering, yes I did indeed listen to Disney parks attraction music the entire flight down.

We were a little worried about having to wait in line for Disney's Magical Express (DME), but thankfully we were able to just walk up, show our passes, and board our bus. The entire process took maybe 2 minutes. Right after we boarded the bus, it backed out, and headed to the most magical place on earth.

Nothing gets you ready for where you are about to be like the video on the DME bus.