Posts Tagged ‘Magic Kingdom’

Day 44 of Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: At last back home in Miami!

Posted by PapiBlogger on Thursday August 18th, 2011 at 10:04 PM

We walked on glaciers, hung out with bears, planked with Elvis and even got the rare opportunity to open the Magic Kingdom with Mickey Mouse but on the 44th day of our family road trip all that we could think about was getting back home.

Latina blogger Stephanie Ruiz of Midtown Chica came to welcome us, one of numerous bloggers we hung out with throughout our trip.

Six hours after departing from Madison, Florida for the final leg of our epic drive aboard the PapiMobile (a 2011 Buick Enclave), we arrived at the Miami Williamson Buick GMC dealership where our family, friends and media awaited us (more…)

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Day 3 of Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: A True Magic Kingdom Visit for the Ages

Posted by PapiBlogger on Monday July 11th, 2011 at 09:31 AM

We couldn't believe the incredible blessing we had to be THE family chosen to open the Magic Kingdom! This photo was taken from the Main Street U.S.A. train station platform. Below us thousands of people.

The experience was so powerful I couldn't put my little camera down.

This was only part of our family's view from above the Main Street U.S.A. train station.

Surreal.  Unbelievable.  Magical.

When my wife and I thought about a cool way to launch this summer’s epic family road trip from Miami to Alaska we didn’t dream of what Disney randomly selected us to do Friday: be THE official family guests opening the entire Magic Kingdom!

In the annals of our family’s legendary traveling history – and we’ve logged more than 14,000 miles in four years of combined trips – we’ve had some really cool experiences but nothing so far compares to opening the Magic Kingdom, a Disney tradition that one lucky family gets daily.

Our family aboard the famous antique Disney fire truck.

The park opening experience included: (more…)

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Miami to Alaska Road Trip: Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios

Posted by PapiBlogger on Friday July 8th, 2011 at 07:23 AM

To learn how you can take this photo scroll to the bottom of this story. Hint: You'll need a tripod. (Photo copyright, PapiBlogger 2011).

My wife and I are notorious for always working so when it comes time to take vacations with our children, we don’t mess around.  Our definition of vacation starts and ends with adventure and imagination so when you combine those two words in one sentence there’s no better place to start a creative, 36-day family road trip vacation than the best spot on the planet to create memories: Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando.

No, we did not Photoshop this photo. (Photo copyright PapiBlogger, 2011).

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The Little First-Timer

Posted by PapiBlogger on Friday March 4th, 2011 at 08:16 PM

At the tender age of two years, six months and four days, my daughter Briani recently joined a long family tradition: she became an official first time visitor to Disney’s Magic Kingdom theme park in Orlando.

Normally this isn’t a big deal for most people who like me, grew up in Miami.  I’ve been to Disney more than 40 times personally and if you think that’s much my 70-something year-old aunts Millin and Mercedez have easily been there more than 150 times EACH.  The Magic Kingdom is a major but common family destination for us South Floridians.

The reason Briani’s visit was so special was not only because it was the first time all three of my kids, wife and I visited the Magic Kingdom together but also because this theme park in particular has been the only place in the world where I’ve made memories with nearly every generation of my family and friends.

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