We had a wonderful time on our Disney vacation last week:) We kept it a surprise for the kids until the day we left! Athena and I had just made a summer activity bucket that we filled with ideas of fun things to do over summer break. The night before we left, after the kids went to bed, I replaced all of the slips with ones that said "Go to Disney World". The next morning she was excited to reach in and pick out our activity for the day and she of course pulled out one of the Disney slips. She was a little shocked at first and I don't think she thought it was for real, but after a few minutes the excitement sunk in and a couple hours later we were headed off to the airport!
Since Athena is at the age where she is very into princesses we spent a good amount of time doing princess activities. We met and got pictures of her with most of the princesses and went to a magical dinner at Cinderella's Castle. Alton really enjoyed seeing Mickey Mouse all over the park and the highlight of the trip for him was getting to pick out a Mickey Mouse stuffed animal that hasn't left his side since he got it:) Well actually, I think the highlight of the trip for Alton was riding the shuttle buses from the resort to the parks! This boy loves busses:)
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| Alton spent a good amount of time parked on John's shoulders throughout the trip. Here we are waiting for the nighttime show to start. First an electric parade, then a lights show on the castle followed by fireworks. |
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| Family picture with Micky and Minnie. |
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| Ena met Tinkerbelle in the fairy grotto. This was really cool! The grotto was adorable with everything being so cute and 'fairy sized' down to the smallest details. Check out the thimble table behind Ena with all of the tinker tools set out on it. |
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| Ena meeting Ariel during our meal at Cinderella's Royal Table. Ena was dressed as Jasmine when she met many of the princesses. |
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| Ena and Repunzel. Love this picture:) |
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| Ena meeting Cinderella. |
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| Ena and Snow White. |
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| The chitlins strolling around Down Town Disney:) They're both happy as clams clutching their treasures we bought them. |
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| Monkey See, Monkey Do!! Little cuties! |
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| I think Alton had a little crush on Belle:) |
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| A piece of advice I would give to anyone going to Disney is to get up and going early in the morning and get to the parks when they open. We got to ride so many of the rides, including this magic carpet ride, without waiting at all. We actually went on this one twice in a row back to back since there was no wait. Later in the day when we came around this way again the line was huge. Same with most of the others also. |
We had a wonderful time and hope to go back again in a few years when Alton is a bit older and can enjoy it as much as Athena did this time. We spent 3days at Magic Kingdom, then one day each at Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom. The time at Magic Kingdom was well spent with the ages our kids are:) We loved most everything we did at that park. Lots of little kid rides and attractions. Can't wait to check out more stuff and spend more time at Animal Kingdom and Epcot next time we go back. From the time that we spent at Hollywood Studios, I could take or leave that one next time.
On the last day of our trip I asked Athena if her Disney trip was everything she hoped it would be. I was surpised when she said "no" since she had had such a great time and we did all of the princess stuff she wanted to do. I think she saw the surprise on my face because she then explained that it wasn't everything she dreamed because she wished we could "stay for another 30 days and not have to go home" :)
