Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Disney World: Day 2:Thanksgiving

Thursday was Thanksgiving, and the day we did it all! We woke up early to be at Magic Kingdom by park opening.  By far THE MOST IMPORTANT tip you call follow if you go to Disney is to be there at park opening.  There were no waits for any of the rides!! We whipped through a whole handful that usually have at least a 40 minute wait.  We were able to rearrange our fastpasses to be used later in the day for other rides that would have a longer wait at that time.  Thank goodness for smart phones!

Nana's favorite and our first ride was It's a Small World! Followed by Peter Pan's Flight


We wanted to make sure Regan was included so we took another shot :)



Next up was Aladdin's Magic Carpet ride


It was a chilly morning, so we warmed up by going on the Pirate's of the Caribbean, which was inside and warm.

Because we're from MN and used to the cold we braved the Jungle Cruise





We headed to Gaston's Tavern to get the biggest and most delicious cinnamon roll!


Next up was our Fast Pass for story time with Belle! One of my favorites!! They try to incorporate any and all volunteers who want to be a part of the story.  I didn't know this.  I volunteered Reid as a guard...he's a trooper, and Sally got to be Chip {the little tea cup}, Cannon got to be the horse!





So magical!



We split up as part of the group was going to meet Mickey and our group was going to meet some princesses.  On the way, there was a short line to meet Cinderella's Fairy Godmother!


Prior to this trip neither of the girls knew what an Autograph was, funny how quickly that changed!

"Libby, can you  believe it? This is Cinderella's Godmother!"


Next was a meet and greet with Rapunzel and Snow White.  I think of all the characters the girls met, Rapunzel was the nicest.  She asked about their favorite colors, painting their fingernails, having a sleep over and making cupcakes and on the way back they skipped together.

Skipping


Showing her, her fingernails

Of course Sally had to touch her hair

Libby was very excited to meet Snow White :)


Next we headed to Casey's Corner for some amazing Chili Cheese Dogs and Pulled Pork Dogs! They are so very generous with their food portions.  We weren't in a rush to get somewhere on time so we took some pictures.  The sun was right in our eyes, eventually we remembered to put on the sun glasses :)



We headed back to our hotel for Nap time.  Mommy enjoyed a nice break by the pool and had a drink with Grandpa!

Sally was treated to some cotton candy for crushing her nap :)


We caught the bus and headed to Downtown Disney to have our Thanksgiving Dinner at Wolfgang Puck's Restaurant


Happy Thanksgiving!!

Blessed!
 We caught the bus to go back to Magic Kingdom to catch the Tomorrowland's Christmas Show

Right by Sally's head you can see Buzz on Stage

We had a Fast Pass for the Buzz Ride, very similar to the Toy Story ride at Hollywood Studios, except Mommy got the high score this time :)

There wasn't a line for the People Mover Ride, so we jumped on that!



This view never gets old!

We headed back to the hotel to put the kiddies down and then Daddy and I headed back to Magic Kingdom to tackle two more rides :)

Waiting for the bus
 Silly times with Nana while waiting for the bus!
Mommy wanted to be in a picture
 Thank you to Nana for hanging in our room so we could go on Space Mountain and Thunder Mountain


Oooofta I'm tired just thinking about all that we accomplished that day!!

Stay tuned for tomorrow's busy day 3 :)

Happy Snowy day!!

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Disney World Day One

We got to wake the girls up a little early, to head to the airport!

Sally got to pull her own bag

Greeting the planes!
The girls did great on the flight!  Sally colored and we watched Brave.  Libby played with Daddy and Nana and Grandpa!  You would have thought they've done this many times before!  Sally loved to see the cars below and we decided they looked like little bugs and the roads made it look like it was one giant puzzle!






After we landed we took a shuttle to our hotel, Art of Animation--the Finding Nemo section!! We attempted some naps before heading to Hollywood studios, but it was all too new and they were too excited, so we jumped on the bus to head to Hollywood Studios!


Our first ride was Toy Story Mania! It was so much fun, Daddy got a high score for our group!!  Fast Passes, are AMAZING!! It would have otherwise been an almost 2 hour wait!!




Next up was Disney Junior Live on Stage.  It was a birthday party for Minnie, that included Mickey Mouse Club House Characters as well as Doc McStuffins, Sofia the First and Jake and the Neverland Pirates!








Getting her telescope out like the pirates asked

Next up was Dinner at Pizza Planet (Toy Story)



It was a little cooler than we had expected, but we toughed it out and finished out our day at Fantasmic!!


Nice Photobomb, Marc :)




The girls had no problem falling asleep that night, neither did Mommy or Daddy :)

More magical memories to come tomorrow where Daddy and Sally got to be a part of Belle's Story!

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Monday, December 2, 2013

It was Magical!

Wow, what a whirlwind.  Our trip was absolutely fabulous! It went very very well, better than I thought it would.  It is all still sinking in, as we look back at pictures and videos!

I have to sort through too many photos and a handful of videos, but I quickly picked out a few of my favorite pictures.

Reid got to play a guard during the story time with Belle.  Sally was Chip!
I cried...she got to meet her favorite Princess!

She loves her too!

Thank you for all of your  help Nana!!

Thanksgiving Dinner at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant  

Thanksgiving night, the first time seeing Cinderella's Castle all lit up.  Breathtaking!!
Probably the biggest highlight for Reid and I {especially Sally!!!} was watching Sally get so excited to meet Ariel, mostly because she had her tail on!!  When Sally was done meeting her and we were heading out to pick up our stroller a crew member that was sweeping up garbage even got tears in his eyes, witnessing her innocent excitement and he was probably middle 20s!!

Lunch Break!

This is what no nap looks like :) Waiting in line to meet Merida {Brave}

This is also what no nap looks like! Watching the Festival of the Lion King really wore her out!!

Craigmile Crew's Magical Vacation!!


They were pretty awesome girls the entire trip!!!

Getting ready for our breakfast with the princesses!! Thank you Lucy for letting Sally borrow your dress! Thank you Nana and Grandpa for one of Libby's early Birthday presents, Snow White Dress!

Watching the Fireworks over Cinderella's Castle!

Welcoming our plane to head home!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to Nana and Grandpa for allowing us to go on this truly magical trip!! Your generosity and selflessness are truly amazing, we appreciate you and all that you did to help this be so very memorable!! We will never ever forget it!! Thank you for the memories!!


Now it's time to go tackle some more laundry, and get ready for Libby's Birthday and Christmas!!!

I'll be back, here and there with more details and updates from our trip!

If you're bored you can certainly check out the many videos I took!!

Happy December, Happy Advent!!

It's currently snowing and it is beautiful!!!