A visit to the place where the magic begins

Note: I should have posted this earlier this week but Dane and I got into a major fight and I didn't really have the heart to post it but since we've already talked things through and are A-okay again then I decided to post this already ;)

As you know already by the number of posts and tweets I posted, Dane went with me and my whole maternal side of the family to Enchanted Kingdom last Saturday. It is the biggest theme park in the Philippines - far from being a Disneyland but hey, I guess I would have to be content by now (but I swear I will visit Disneyland at least once before I die lol). Reason for the trip? My Tita Jean (Tita means aunt; she is my Mom's sister) and her husband Tito Rico (my uncle-in-law if there was such a term haha) is on a short visit to the Philippines from abroad. They actually work in Four Seasons Hotel in Qatar and have left their son Jerico  to my Mom's care. They visit the country at least once a year to see their son and spend time with him. Last Friday (March 5) was Jerico's birthday but most of us have work and school so the celebration was moved to Saturday. Since Dane's and my plans to go there have been cancelled, I just invited him to go with us. There were 15 of us! Along with Dane and me, my Papa, Mama, brother Ken, sister Kyla, Tita Jean, Tito Rico, Tito Karl (my Mom's brother), Tita Wheng (Tito Karl's wife), Ate Dorina (Tito Rico's sister), my Grandma, and my cousins Jerico, Loui and Migui were also part of the trip! :) We rented a van and it was a good two - three hours trip to Laguna. :)

I don't want this to be a really wordy post so I'll just let the photos and captions do the talking :)

entrance to the park :)

Enchanted Kingdom is divided into six zones: Victoria Park, Boulderville, Midway Boardwalk, Jungle Outpost, Spaceport, Brooklyn Place, and Portabello

Victoria Park

Cruz family with Dane

Dane, Krissy, Mama, Papa, Ken, Kyla

the rest of us :)

Tita Jean and Tito Rico

I wore a patchwork quilt-dress with a white shirt and couture shorts underneath

and purple ballet flats

me in front of the super scary Space Shuttle

I thought my head would go off after the very high drop and many twists and turns of this rollercoaster :D

Wheel of Fate

I am so sad that I wasn't able to ride the ferris wheel :(

Jungle Log Jam

riding this is kinda like asking for an instant shower :D

resting my feet and posing for pictures :D

Dane had to change clothes

Here is our photo with my cousin Jerico who doesn't want to have his photo taken, therefore messing every photo he's in :D

Oh here's a decent photo of Jerico with his Mom and Dad :)

I had to change clothes by this point so I just removed my dress and white shirt and slipped on a gray shirt

giant Wizard plushie!

This is bigger than Jerico :D

Dane was supposed to buy this one but it's the last remaining stock and the beard is already dirty - not a good value for its exorbitant price

as you may have read here, Dane surprised me with these Wizard plushies :)

Looking back on the photos kinda makes me want to go back again! It was truly a fun and memorable trip. Now I wish I can go to Disneyland soon! :D

PS: I did my first guest post for my blogfriend Nikolett who is such an amazing person through and through! Go here to visit her blog (if you don't know her yet), and here to check my guest post ;)