Hey Family,This entry has been a long time in the making.
After saving for months and postponing our summer vacation we went to DISNEYWORLD!
Even when our flight out was delayed two hours , Tanner was still undeniably excited.
Hooray, so we spent 5 days in Orlando and had 4 fun-filled park days with great weather and short lines
Day 1: Magic Kingdom
On our first day in the park we were in a rush to get in, pick up our tickets and of course the gift cards. The kids have been saving up for (4) months to earn their gift cards to spend how they wanted, so picking up the cards was a fairly important step on day 1. Main Street was decorated for Fall with plenty of Fall Leaves and Mickey Mouse Pumpkins. The kids' very first stop was to the gift shop to buy their cool autograph books and official Disney pens. We saw a lot of gift shops and each day Tanner found a special and high maintenance toy. Day one - he bought a donald duck whistle.. which yes- he blew everywhere. The sound of a quacking duck made sure he never got lost.
We had a great time at the park, Our favorites were Pirates of Caribbean, Big thunder mtn, Space mtn (most scary of all award), and autographs with a couple of the princesses. WE stood in line for 2 HOURS waiting for those special princess moments. The girls were star struck but were very leary of future "character meetings". We were very impressed with how accommodating the restaurants and rides were for families. Cristine even got a real cheeseburger with a bun.
Rapunzel complimenting Brooklyn on her "satchel"
Day 2: Animal Kingdom
On our second day in the park we went on Safari ride with an authentic African tour guide and saw some cool wildlife from 6' off the ground.
Tanner all ready with his official Disney Safari Canteen. He filled and drank this full canteen about 5 different times resulting in a LOT of bathrooms trips, can you see it in his face? HAHA!
Animal identification guides Included at no extra cost.
The girls got DRENCHED on Kali River Rapids. We needed a towel afterwards to dry our soaked and freezing kiddos. Our favorite by far this day though was the "flights of wonder" show. Where they showed a fun variety of birds and how they trained them. Even a bald Eagle! Brooklyn was in bird heaven.
Day 3: Hollywood Studios
On our third day in the park we had a great time going behind the scenes to learn how movies are made.
The backstage lot tour was awesome!
STAR TOURS was Awesome! Darth Vador tried to capture our ship because he knew there was a spy on board. C3PO assured him there was not. until Darth vador showed him a picture of the spy... it was CRISTINE!!
Although we forgot to get a picture, DINOSAUR was a DO NOT MISS, very fun and scary, Tanner laughed at the giant Megaladon as it was about to eat him :)...We highly recommend it to all good parents out there.
A couple of our most favorite shows were the Stunt Driving Show and the Indiana Jones Stunt Show. It was awesome! Indiana fell down a big hole and climbed out with a vine and tanner screamed "Wow! How did he survive!?"
The Tower of Terror was....Absolutely Terrifying!!! Suzanne took Brooklyn and Tanner on the ride while Tyson and Cristine waited in line for the Beauty and The Beast Musical. Tanner was really brave until they told the twilight zone story before the ride and he was very afraid we were never coming back. Right after the ride they said they hated it because it was too scary.. now they will tell you it was their favorite ride and it was just so awesome. I guess either way it made a big impression Brooklyn and Tanner were also the brave ones to go on the Haunted Mansion ride. Cristine decided she did not like Roller Coasters or anything scary, but she was Sooo happy with Star Tours and Mission Space.
Day 4: EPCOT
On our fourth day in the park we saw the World...well... sort of...we actually saw the inside and outside of the giant silver golf ball. Very cool ride inside, but we don't want to ruin it for anyone else, so go see for yourself.
We also had fun time catching lunch in Shanghai (very allergy friendly by the way).
We also had a surprise run in with Cristine's favorite Disney Princess - "Belle" near a French Village where we sampled some authentic cuisine. Over all we had a great time seeing all the countries and characters dressed up.
Day 5: Mini-Golf Paradise Land-World
OK, so just kidding, the place was called "Pirates Cove" and it was just one of probably a dozen courses near our hotel. We had few hours to kill before our flight home, so we took a few swings (18 holes) at golf.
In the end the vacation was great, we all got along, no one got hurt or lost the whole time, we highly recommend such an adventure if you've been considering going.
Even when our flight out was delayed two hours , Tanner was still undeniably excited.
Hooray, so we spent 5 days in Orlando and had 4 fun-filled park days with great weather and short lines
Day 1: Magic Kingdom
Rapunzel complimenting Brooklyn on her "satchel"
Day 2: Animal Kingdom
Tanner all ready with his official Disney Safari Canteen. He filled and drank this full canteen about 5 different times resulting in a LOT of bathrooms trips, can you see it in his face? HAHA!
Animal identification guides Included at no extra cost.
The girls got DRENCHED on Kali River Rapids. We needed a towel afterwards to dry our soaked and freezing kiddos. Our favorite by far this day though was the "flights of wonder" show. Where they showed a fun variety of birds and how they trained them. Even a bald Eagle! Brooklyn was in bird heaven.
Day 3: Hollywood Studios
The backstage lot tour was awesome!
STAR TOURS was Awesome! Darth Vador tried to capture our ship because he knew there was a spy on board. C3PO assured him there was not. until Darth vador showed him a picture of the spy... it was CRISTINE!!
The Tower of Terror was....Absolutely Terrifying!!! Suzanne took Brooklyn and Tanner on the ride while Tyson and Cristine waited in line for the Beauty and The Beast Musical. Tanner was really brave until they told the twilight zone story before the ride and he was very afraid we were never coming back. Right after the ride they said they hated it because it was too scary.. now they will tell you it was their favorite ride and it was just so awesome. I guess either way it made a big impression Brooklyn and Tanner were also the brave ones to go on the Haunted Mansion ride. Cristine decided she did not like Roller Coasters or anything scary, but she was Sooo happy with Star Tours and Mission Space.
Day 4: EPCOT
We also had fun time catching lunch in Shanghai (very allergy friendly by the way).
We also had a surprise run in with Cristine's favorite Disney Princess - "Belle" near a French Village where we sampled some authentic cuisine. Over all we had a great time seeing all the countries and characters dressed up.
Day 5: Mini-Golf Paradise Land-World
