Disney

We had the BEST time! We could have stayed so much longer and still not have had our fill of the parks and the food and the fun.

We drove down on Saturday morning as soon as we could get out of the house. It was close to 11 am before we could leave though since we had to wait until relief could come in for the boys and we could make sure we passed on all pertinent information to them.

It took us close to 10 hours to get there since we stopped several times for extended potty breaks and for eating lunch. We looked around the hotel gift shop and picked up a few things there and then decided we had better eat. It took us a little while to figure out the meal plan, but once we did, it was wonderful! We all had plenty to eat and headed back to our room to make sure we were rested up for the next day. We had only grabbed a few bags when we first went to our rooms, so we decided to get a bag cart to roll back to the car to grab the rest of our things. We made the kids sit on it to get back to the room faster, and it started raining...hard! We were running back the room with the kids getting soaked. I stripped them all out of their wet things and got them ready for bed, while Adam took advantage of a lull in the rain to get the rest of our things. It rained a good bit that night, so we weren't too sure what the next day would look like.

We woke up early enough to make it to the Magic Kingdom by opening. We ate in the room, and then headed for a bus to take us there. It was a great morning. We saw Jimminy Cricket first thing. Then we walked down Main Street to see the castle. While walking around the castle we saw the step mother and ugly step sisters, but no one wanted to see them, because "they are mean". We then ran into Alice and the Mad Hatter right before we went on the tea cups. We didn't have to wait more than 5 or 10 minutes to get autographs or photos with any of them. It was great!

We did some rides there in Fantasy Land, and then we saw the sword in the stone. Adam talked Aidan into trying to pull it out and I told him to really try while I took a picture....and low and behold, it came up! There was a lady there that presented him with a special certificate and some fast passes, as well as a priority pass which was good for anything that day. He also got an honorary Prince of the day sticker to put on his shirt...several people asked him about it, so he got to share his pride at pulling the sword out of the stone. He was so happy!

We then went and did the rides that he had earned fast passes for, and then headed over to Hollywood Studios for our lunch at the 50s Prime Time Cafe.

Aidan, Adam and Alora did a few rides that Aralyn was too short for and we walked around until they were finished. We made sure to make a stop in the Tatooine gift shop. Aidan was able to design a double ended light saber and then went to check out. When he was checking out the lady asked him if he was a Sith or a Jedi...he said Sith (because he thought she was asking him if his light saber was for a Sith or a Jedi). So she gave him a Sith trading pin. He got lots of compliments on it.

We headed back to our hotel for a long nap. We had found out that morning on the bus that the Magic Kingdom would be open until 3 am, so we decided to make the most of an emptier park and head back out after a good long nap and stay up until 3, since we didn't have anything other than dinner plans the next day. We had the best time that day...it was a super long day that seemed like more than one day of fun. We rode lots of things in the dark in Tommorow Land... and that was cool, since it was more interesting in the dark. We saw some fireworks and watched the castle change colors. We headed back when the park closed...didn't get to our room until after 4 am and then slept in until 11:30 am.

More to come later...I am super tired and sick to boot! Never fun to come home from vacation sick!