My girls were beyond thrilled with their Christmas gift this year. The most exciting part was the instant gratification; we were leaving in two short days! The video of them "opening" their gift is precious, but we've been celebrating Christmas, taking down our tree, packing and driving for the last 72 hours, so I haven't had time to even think about uploading images and video yet. I have plans to fill your January full of Christmas cheer and our Disney Experience, so bear with us just a few more days. We are currently soaking up the Happiest Place on Earth with our favorite two people in the world! ...
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Grand Finale
Alrighty, the masses have spoken. Well, four of you, but who's counting? Prepare yourself for a long post, because this one is chock-full of Disney goodness and a few never-before-seen photos. The one above is probably my favorite from the entire trip, despite the fact that it doesn't include any of us. I took this while waiting to ride Dumbo for the last time and was remarkably impressed with the fact that it is in focus and not totally blown out. These are Ella's three favorite things in Magic Kingdom. Cinderella's Castle. The Carousel. Dumbo. Above are Ella and SD on the tram from the car to the transportation & ticket center. The few below are of dinner at Casey's Corner. If you're looking for a good hotdog in the MK it is the place to be. Good stadium style dogs with a bar of ...
Minnie’s Sunroom
Although we took some great photos today, I haven't had any time to upload them. Instead, we've been soaking up our last day in Disney World. We spent a few hours in Epcot this morning and rounded out our vacation with yet another evening in the Magic Kingdom. Just to tide you over, I wanted to leave you with a picture from yesterday. This is Ella sitting in Minnie's sunroom. She was tickled that Minnie's cute little house had a sunroom and garden just like Garan. Hopefully, tomorrow afternoon we'll be in Garan's sunroom and garden. We're getting up really early for the drive home. ...
Why the long face?
In case you're wondering why she looked like this when we got to Magic Kingdom this morning, I have no idea. She woke up happy, only got one spanking before we got to WDW and was so excited to be back at Cinderella's castle. My only guess is that she wasn't thrilled with the crazy cast member taking our photograph! She cheered right on up once we were riding rides. Today we spent the morning in Tomorrowland, riding some things we hadn't seen yet. Then we headed off to Mickey's Toontown Fair to see none other than Mickey Mouse himself! While there, we had our picture taken with Minnie & Mickey, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Ella is getting braver with each character and did remarkably well with each of these. We also rode the WDW Railroad around the entire park before leaving ...
She’s an animal!
Today we spent the day in Animal Kingdom. I don't really have the strength it would take to put together a coherent post. We're all exhausted. It was our longest day in the parks so far. We did manage to sneak a little nap in this afternoon and then we headed out for pasta. Now we're on the downside, ready for bed. We had a great day. Saw lots of animals, rode some rides, saw some shows. Ate A LOT. Watched the parade. Had a few meltdowns (mommies & daddies included). I took 204 photographs. Instead of words, here are my favorite pics of the day. See you tomorrow. ...
We all scream for ICE CREAM!
After a long nap, we did this. And this. And it was fun. ...
Hello, Hollywood!
Today we went back to Disney's Hollywood Studios to watch some live entertainment and eat a good meal! All of the food at WDW is fabulous, but at some point hamburgers and chicken nuggets gets a little old. Yes, I know we've been here 2 days... we're trying to keep things interesting. We started off at the live Playhouse Disney show and got a chance to see Mickey's Clubhouse; Handy Manny; Little Einsteins and My Friends Tigger & Pooh. It was interactive and a lot of fun. We sat on the floor for a puppet show and Ella got really excited when the songs from Mickey's Clubhouse came on. All of the kids in the theater knew the words and they were all so cute singing and dancing along. We headed over to The Voyage of the Little Mermaid were we watched a black-light puppet show where ...
Fantasmic!
Well, forgetting my camera at MK this morning served exactly one purpose: I will NOT forget it again. Luckily, we plan on hitting up MK several more times, so we probably didn't miss much, but mommy was a little sad. When we got home this afternoon we all crashed and didn't wake up until almost 5 o'clock. Those hotel blackout shades are the ticket! Tonight we headed to Disney's Hollywood Studios for the light and water show, Fantasmic. I wasn't sure what Ella would think, but she did pretty good. We had dinner at Rosie's Diner and walked around the park to see what all we might want to do tomorrow. We also ordered some Minnie Mouse ears with our name on them since our headband went missing this morning. The show was a lot of fun, but very difficult to photograph. There was a lot to ...