Yay!! I'm finally getting around to posting about our Great Disney Vacation!! What a crew!! Yes, all 11 of us went to Disney World for a week of fun and entertainment! We had such a good time and it will only take 3 posts to get everything journaled! I have WAY too many pictures but have filtered it down to a somewhat more manageable level. Anyway, the week we went happened to be the same week as Will's 6th birthday. What a cool birthday present!! The ages for the kids were as follows: Will-6; Landon - 4; Wyatt- 2; Noah- 2; Weston- 4 months. They were amazed by the characters and all the "storybook" rides like Peter Pan and Winnie the Pooh, etc. The Haunted Mansion was the very first ride we rode and I think it scared most of the boys a little more than they expected - they didn't ask to ride that one again! We were able to ride all the rides multiple times if we wanted to because the lines were so short!! We waited about 10 minutes per ride and most of the time, that was just how long it took to walk to the front. All the kids were able to ride most of the rides as well. The ones that Wyatt and Noah were too short for, we would get a switch ticket and walk right back up to the front for a second ride. Wyatt and Noah were very good about waiting - Wyatt would say "When I get big enough, I'm going to ride that too."
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| Not quite big enough for Splash Mountain but he waited patiently for the rest of us to ride. |
We ate LOTS and LOTS of good food on our trip!!! We had a reservation each day for a big meal and the food was awesome!! We ate at Hollywood N Vine (with the Playhouse Disney characters), O'Hana's (a family style luau), Coral Reef (aquarium restaurant), Donald's Safari Breakfast (with Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy), Tusker House, and Tepon Edu (Hibachi Style). We also had some very good food at the quick service places our awesome travel agent, Bryan Harris, suggested. Bryan is an expert on Disney (as well as other places I'm sure!) and with his tips and advice, he made sure we got the most from our vacation!
The boys were amazed looking at their Playhouse Disney friends walking around the restaurant before we went in. Wyatt and Noah didn't like them coming to our table, but Will and Landon would get up to sing and play with them. Wyatt loved to hug the characters in the park, but when it came to eating, he preferred them to keep their distance!
Wyatt had no problem hugging Donald and Daisy right after we ate!
We visited all the parks more than once and really fit everything in that we possibly could! It was a week of walking alot, eating alot, and laughing alot. What could be better?!
This was pretty cool to see Lighting McQueen and TowMater...
We visited San Fransisco about a hundred times during this trip. We kept going past it as we circled the park time after time. I love this picture- you can see Weston's feet sticking out of the stroller and Wyatt is being mr. joe cool!
Of course we took a picture in front of the castle!! That is a must do!
Most of the days we would stay until closing (which during the fall is a more reasonable time, usually 8 or 9pm) so we could watch the fireworks. Magic Kingdom has a great show, Hollywood Studios is a very cool show and Epcot is great too (Animal Kingdom doesn't do fireworks for obvious reasons!). They were all very different and worth staying to see.
Will liked them, Wyatt would cover his ears and snuggle up really tight but watch, Landon and Noah didn't like them at all. It's the loud noises I think. Anyway, they all had a great time with everything else!
The resort where we stayed was AWESOME! We stayed at Pop Century and it had so many larger than life pop icons...the boys thought it was the coolest! We stayed in the section dedicated to the 1950's, in the Lady and the Tramp building.
They also had a very cool kiddie pool area with "jumping water" that the boys LOVED.
I have so many more pictures and stories to tell. Chapter 2 is dedicated to Will's birthday and Chapter 3 is dedicated to Jedi Training (yes that is a whole chapter in itself!).
I will post those over the next couple of days.
Have a Magical Day!!
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