Whew...I think we are on Day 4. The plan was to spend a half day at Hollywood Studios and then go home to take a nap! The plan was also to sign Matt up for the Jedi Training Academy. We were so lucky that he was able to do it, but the show wasn't until 4:40 so we spent the entire day at the park!! We saw everything there was to see! Matt and Dad went on the Rock Your World Roller Coaster several more times. Marlie and I watched Beauty and the Beast again too (we are still singing the songs). Doug took the kids on the Tower of Terror against the wishes of a woman in line near them who thought he was insane for taking Marlie. She even offered to watch Marlie while he and Matt rode. HA! We did Star Tours a few times and of course the Toy Story ride again where we got to take a picture with these guys.
This was Matt and Doug's favorite park for sure. We promised the kids they could have their faces painted so we did that too! They LOVED it!
But the coolest part of the day was Jedi Training. Matt loved it! He got to fight the "real" Darth Vader. Marlie didn't want to do it but still talks about it today!
From here we went straight to Whispering Canyon cafe and had another great and fun meal. At one point it looked like Marlie was about to fall asleep sitting straight up in her chair. Poor thing, Doug and I laughed so hard! We watched the fireworks at Magic Kingdom from the top of our hotel. It was pretty awesome.
Day 5 - back to Magic Kingdom to conquer the other side of the park. We got smart and got a stroller for the kids which was so helpful! We all were excited about Pirates of the Caribbean and Capt Jack Sparrow!! We had fun in the gift shop too!! We had lunch with the characters from Winnie the Pooh.
The boys went to ride more rides and Marlie and I went to see Tinkerbell and her "boyfriend". What a super cute setup they had for Tink. Marlie was so shy and excited.
We met up with the boys again, climbed the treehouse and then went on the Peter Pan ride one last time.
Great time for a nap huh? Nope...off to Epcot! Seriously? Yes...which worked out nice because we rode on all the cool rides a few times. We loved Test Track and Soarin and loved, loved Turtle Talk with Crush!
Day 6 - I think we actually slept in a bit and then headed back to Epcot. We ran into a few characters on the way in.
The boys got to ride Mission Space and then we had a wonderful lunch at the Biergarten!! German food just like my Grandmother used to make. It was wonderful and the kids danced to a polka band! We wandered in the countries, had a crepe in France (of course) and then headed home. The kids loved the giant bath tub in our room and had fun taking a bubble bath! We got into our pjs and headed to the top floor again to watch the fireworks.
Departure Day - We had breakfast with Mickey and friends before we departed for the airport. We ate so much on this trip!
It was a wonderful trip! It will take me a few years to get my energy back to do it again but we will sometime in the future! Doug ended up having a great time and I did too. It was definitely nice to all be together for a week. Now I'm ready for a real vacation where I can sit and do nothing!!!! There are some other cute pics in the slideshow!
1 comment:
too bad we couldn't have squeezed in a trip to see you, but it looks like you had an absolutely fabulous time - and at such a crowded time of the year! The girls aren't tall enough for The Rockin Coaster yet - the only thing they haven't ridden. Animal Kingdom is my favorite park - I love every single thing there - except not the best food. Epcot has the best food - but is the worst place for the kiddos. It was good to see everything again thru someone else's eyes. Hope you are all well.
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