Colin and Maddox's first trip to Disney World (2) - Jan 2014

Day 3 Animal Kingdom

We loved Animal Kingdom! We started our day with a character breakfast at the Tusker House. C and M loved meeting all their favorites :) Overall our day at Animal Kingdom was awesome, the kids did fabulous and were as close to angels as possible!

 

Hanging out with the gorillas and learning how to be a wilderness explorer.

 Meeting Pluto was a must according to Colin Matthew! So we went over to the bone yard to see him, and then we hung out in the Dinoland area.

 The Festival of the Lion King Show was amazing!!! C and M were eyes fixed the entire time :)

Colin, Maddox, and Mommy had to join in with the dancing in the street to the calypso band. It was so fun!!

After we go our groove on, we went on the African Safari. It was great, all the animals were awake and out. C and M got to see the lion which made their day!

We went back to the hotel for rest time, and then went to Epcot for dinner and to ride the Finding Nemo ride. Maddox fell asleep on the bus ride to Epcot, so she was grumpy and not ready for dinner. After we ate and rode finding Nemo, we walked around the world showcase area. Then it was time for 2 kiddos to be in bed to get rid of the grumps!

Colin and Maddox's first trip to Disney World- Jan 2014

Day 1 Traveling and Downtown Disney

We went to Disney World the first week of January. The kids were so excited and ready to see Mickey! They had been gearing themselves up anytime there was a commercial about Disney, someone would say anything about Disney World, or they would see Cinderella's castle at the beginning of any Disney movie . . . . They were totally pumped! (so were Sean and I, we may have been even more excited than C and M) Santa helped us out with "Mickey Bucks" for the kids to use at Disney. 

 

Day 2 Magic Kingdom

Our first full day in Disney we went to Magic Kingdom. In my head I had this day all planned out, everything was going to go perfectly and my kids were going to be angels, but that was not what happened . . . . Apparently we picked one of the busy times to go to Disney World, especially to be at Magic Kingdom. We were there along with a billion other people and their double stollers :-/ Magic Kingdom wasn't letting anyone walk up and buy tickets, you had to already have purchased to be able to get in. I say all this to say that it was a rough day, we did maybe 15-20% of what we wanted to do at Magic Kingdom, and C and M were on sensory overload. But I just kept saying we are making "magical memories" whether you like it or not!!! And so we did . . . .

C & M loved meeting Cinderella and Aurora. They we so sweet to my babies, they talked with them and got down on their level. It was the sweetest thing! My kiddos ate it up :)

 

The Buzz Lightyear ride, the longest we waited to ride something . . . 45 mins and with our kids that was too long!!! So if the wait was 20 mins or we had a fast pass we rode it, if not we didn't! (the sad thing is that most things had over an hour wait)

Colin and daddy were awesome at racking up the points! Maddox and mommy not so much ;)

We meet Mickey! Colin and Maddox were so excited. C went right up to him and hugged and talked, but M decided she needed to run in the other direction. She did good from a distance, but she didn't want him to come near her. These pics are funny to me because I had to hold Maddox under the arms to keep her from taking off ;)

 

 

 

 

 

We decided after our sensory overload, we needed a break and a rest. We went back to the hotel for a while. Then we came back to the Magic Kingdom for the light parade. It was freezing so we had to buy the kids hats, we weren't really prepared for it to be so cold and windy!!! 

I love their little hats :)

 

This is just a glimpse into the crowds we were dealing with . . .