Disney Day 4 - Animal Kingdom

We loved visiting Animal Kingdom for the day.  This park was beautiful with lots of trees and shade.  Our favorite ride was the Kilimanjaro Safari which made us feel like we really were in Africa!

Lunch was at the Tusker House with our Safari pals Daisy Duck, Donald Duck, Goofy and Mickey Mouse.  Ladybug even went up and line danced around the restaurant with Mickey.  They even gave all the kids shaker instruments while they danced.  So fun!

So, we had been looking for Chip and Dale ever since our arrival and we finally found them!  Ladybug made quick friends during our wait in line and learned how to tell them apart.

First thing Buggy wanted to do with the chipmunks was dance so they danced around to Ring around the Rosey.  And yes, they did all fall down!

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The Grands were getting used to the walking by this day but still took advantage of a nice shaded bench whenever possible.  Aren't they cute?

Disney Day 3 - Magic Kingdom

My itinerary for day 3 said to wear the new red monogrammed shirt and look your best!  We were going to attempt to get an awesome family photo for Mom's Christmas card.  I won't tell if you we succeeded or not, you'll just have to wait to find out.  I will say that it was a lot easier to keep track of everyone with the same shirts!

Ladybug got to meet Snow White and Rapunzel.  She wanted to dance with Rapunzel and they twirled and twirled with each other.

T was annoyed with this balloon for most of the day today, but it sure did make it a lot easier for us to find our stroller every time we parked it.  The balloon also lasted the entire trip.  We ended up giving it to a random little girl on our way to catch the bus that last day.

Ladybug was in the zone when it came to autographs!  After the first day, she knew to grab it right away and have it ready for her new friends to sign.

Disney Day 2 - Hollywood Studios

We started our second day with breakfast at Hollywood and Vine at Hollywood Studios.  Our reservation was before the park was even open so we were able to catch this fun picture in the middle of the street.  Hollywood Studios was definitely one of my favorite parks and this breakfast is a must do if you have a young one that loves to sing and dance.  The characters were Jake the pirate, Oso, June from Little Einsteins and Handy Manny.

I love this show on Disney Jr called Sofia the First but Ladybug doesn't want to watch it too often.  She's not really into the whole princess thing...at least not yet.

The best ride was Buzz Light Year where you got to shoot things and try to beat your partner!

I heard about yelling, "There comes Andy!" a little too late for this trip.  Evidently, when you do that they both drop down to the floor.  Too funny and I would have loved to have seen that.

Checking the map, where to next?

There are some yummy treats at Disney World.  I actually think EVERYTHING tastes better at Disney.

We're off on our Disney Adventure

We stayed at the Pop Century resort and it's definitely a value resort.  If I could have a do-over, this would be the only thing that I would change about the entire trip.  The rooms were fine, they reminded me of a Motel 6.  (More like 10 Motel 6's near each other, this resort was huge.) But the service was horrible, they didn't take care of any of my requests which were for all of us to have adjoining rooms and small fridges.  Quite frankly, they weren't interested in helping us to get these things fixed until the next day and after we had kept on and on about the situation.

We were able to participate in the test for the Disney Magic Bands!  We all wore these bracelets the entire trip and used them for our tickets to the parks, to enter our hotel room, and to even buy food and merchandise.  Loved this and the ability to load fast passes for the rides onto them too!  I definitely recommend to take advantage of this option.

Our first night after arriving we headed straight to Epcot.  Our plan was to not spend a full day there so we knocked it out on arrival day and had a table dinner at Chefs de France.  It was probably the best table dinner that we had the entire trip.  The chef even came out and talked to me about my low sodium options and cooked me a special dinner to fit that need.  I was extremely pleased!

While walking around Epcot, we met a few friends.  As you can see the little girl that used to cry when she saw the Chic-fil-a cow was not scared of these characters at all!  The best part of our trip was meeting the characters and watching her face just light up and get so excited.  Our luggage was not at the hotel yet, so we didn't have the autograph book for Epcot, so sad.  I can't wait to show you our awesome autograph book.

Mickey gets a kiss on the nose!

  

We took advantage of every photo pass photographer and photo op that we saw!  So much fun!

Leaving Today for Disney!

We've waited a long time for this Disney vacation and we're going all out.  We are headed out today on a plane for our week long adventure.  We told Ladybug just two days ago that we were going to Disney and she was super excited to be going to see Mickey Mouse.  I am too!

Disney Prep

The countdown begins - just one week to go!

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