Thursday, May 9, 2013

First Day at Disney!

Our trip to Disney World was amazing!  However, I am still playing catch up and really when you go to Disney, you need a week to recover.  It is so much fun but you are constantly on the go and it wears everyone down!  We started our trip early on Friday morning and made it to St Augustine by 3:00ish.  We headed to the fort and were surprised to learn that it was some sort of special park day so we got in for free, yippee!   After hitting the fort we headed to our hotel to check in, then got spruced up and headed out for dinner at Ruby Tuesday.  The kiddos hit the indoor pool after dinner with Ceddy and Dad, and Zach headed out with me to find the one thing I somehow forgot to pack-my face wash!  I am glad he went with me b/c there was a very weird worker who tried to help me pick out face wash.  He wouldn't leave our side until I chose one-very odd guy.  Saturday morning we got up and hit the road with about a 2 hour trip to Disney!

Dad and Izzie at a rest stop between St. Augustine and Disney

Next stop-Walt Disney World!

Unkey Zach and Jackson 
We made it to Disney and headed to our resorts to check in and get our "key to the world" so we could hit the parks.  Mom and dad stayed at the Polynesian resort and the rest of us stayed at Port-Orleans Riverside. Both resorts are awesome, the Polynesian has the BIG BONUS of being on the monorail, which is very nice when you have strollers and little ones.  You do not have to collapse your strollers on the monorail but you do on the buses.  We all got our keys then headed up to meet mom and dad at their place to head over to the Magic Kingdom for a little fun! First ride was the Haunted Mansion, followed by Aladdin's Carpet Ride and Pirates of the Caribbean. After riding for a bit, we headed back to our resorts to unpack and get ready for dinner at Cinderella's Royal Table.  I would recommend this to anyone with kids, even if you have boys.  Our boys loved this as much as Izzie did, they were mesmerized by the princesses!



At the Polynesian!

Aladdin Ride

Me and my baby boy

Port Orleans-Riverside

Back in the Magic Kingdom for dinner
We had time to ride the carousel before dinner
My boys

Ceddy and his baby girl

Cinderella
With Snow White

With Sleeping Beauty (look at Gaby's smile!)

With Ariel (she is my favorite)

With Jasmine

Our waiter-he was a GIANT 
After dinner, we set out to ride a few rides:  It's A Small World (one of my top 5 rides and Izzie LOVED it too), Dumbo, Peter Pan, Pirates of the Caribbean (another one of our faves), and then we stayed to see the Electrical Parade which is so much fun!  After riding Pirates again, the kiddos hit up the pirate store to load up on swords, knives, hooks, etc.  Even Izzie had to get some weapons!

Iz loved It's A Small World
The boys used their swords they got from dinner to "fight" all the dolls!

This doll reminded me of Gaby!
Dumbo!

Dumbo!

Me and my Gaby

Grammy and Papaw on Dumbo!
Dancing to the music at Dumbo!

Captain Hook!

Waiting for the parade

The castle at night
Mom and Dad!
Jackson fell asleep on the way to the monorail-still holding his gun and knife though!
Gaby konked out on the monorail ride back to the resort!


Wow-Gaby even was worn out!

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