We spent July 3rd-July 10th in DisneyWorld enjoying the holiday and some family time together. We arrived safely Friday evening and took a quick dip in the swimming pool. We woke up early Saturday morning to get ready for our big day! We had lots planned to do and see and did not want to miss a bit.
We started off in the Magic Kingdom with Breakfast with the Princesses at Cinderella's Royal Table. It was fabulous. The meal was great, plus you could get as much as you wanted AND we met ALL the princesses at our table and got a special photo with Cinderella! It was a great experience!
Meeting Snow White at our breakfast table
We headed out of the castle and made our way through the Magic Kingdom until late in the afternoon. We hit many of the rides and did not have a lot of trouble with lines until after lunchtime. We met a LOT of characters and got some great pictures. The kids really loved it.
Meeting Ariel in Ariel's grotto
After taking a break at the pool, we headed back to the Magic Kingdom and pushed our way through the crowds to get our spot for the fireworks. They have fireworks there every night, but I knew that the 4th of July fireworks would be great!
My pirate Princess
Cap'n Jack Sparrow
Cinderella's Castle on July 4th
Next day we headed to Animal Kingdom! We caught a couple of shows...the Festival of the Lion King and the Bugs Life 4D show. Joe and Whitney were actually participants in a short show with Pocahantas! It was really cute. We again saw lots of characters there.
Animal Kingdom in front of the Tree of Life
Meeting Pocahontas
Participating in the Pocahontas show
Meeting Lilo and Stitch
Meeting Minnie Mouse
On Monday we headed to Epcot and toured the Innoventions, The Land, and the Seas. We explored the Finding Nemo show, the Turtle Talk with Crush and saw a diver in their tank. They had lots of fish and underwater creatures and two very large manatees!
The Finding Nemo show
Meeting the Diver
We waited over an HOUR for one of their new rides, SOARIN'! It is a simulator of a glider...it was really cool, or AWESOME as Whitney said.
That night we toured the countries, caught a show in Morocco and ate dinner in France! It was nice. I just wish I remembered more of my high school French.
We stayed for the Illuminations fireworks and light display.
Tuesday was a day off from the parks, but we spent the time at Downtown Disney shopping and trying to stay out of the rain. We ate lunch at TREX, a dinosaur inspired restaurant. Even our dessert was over the top! We explored the toy stores, World of Disney, Goofy's Candy shop, and the kids made a Disney t-shirt at the Create your own T-shirt shop. They also BOTH made Star Wars Light Sabers at the toy store!
The dessert explosion!
At the Create your Own T-Shirt store
Wednesday we headed to Disney's Hollywood Studios. We were not as impressed with this park (not as much for little ones to do), but we did have a good time! We saw the Voyage of the Little Mermaid, saw the Playhouse Disney show (Whitney loved it) and met a June from the Little Einsteins (Whitney's favorite). We also went on Star Tours, a ride that took us on a trip in space (Blaine loved this one).
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Meeting June, Whitney's favorite Little Einstein!
Enjoying the Playhouse Disney show!
Thursday we went back to Magic Kingdom and wrapped up some of the rides we missed on Saturday, including Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the AstroOrbiter in the rain, and the Monsters Inc Laugh Floor. We even waited about an hour to see MY favorite..Tinkerbell!
Tomorrowland Speedway
My passenger....I tried to convince him to drive, but he wouldn't!
The Monsters Inc Laugh Floor...this was an interactive show...Whitney was chosen to be the character BOO! They showed her picure about 3 times!
TINK!
We had a great time and made some great memories. It was great to be able to take the kids someplace so magical!
I took a lot of pictures...they have been uploaded to Snapfish.com. If you did not get an email to view them and would like to see them, send me an email to let me know.
ALSO...DisneyWorld has started a Disney Photo Pass program. They have photographers posted in various areas and at al the character spots. They take your photos and later you can view them and print them. If you want to see those...go to www.disneyphotopass.com Enter my email address as the username : blondymommy123@aol.com
The password is Blaine
We had a great time! Hope you enjoy the pictures!
