The One Where They Go To DISNEY WORLD- MAGIC KINDGOM- Day 1

For months we'd been planning a fun surprise for our kids!  We finally revealed it on Christmas morning and the countdown was on.  

On Sunday, January 19th we packed the car and headed out at 5:00am.  We decided to drive it straight through this time instead of staying the night somewhere halfway.  The kids were so sweet and watched movies on the ipad until the sun came up, they then entertained themselves most of the trip.  We only had to stop 3 times on the way down and they slept some of the trip too.  We couldn't have asked for a better ride down.  

We were so excited to get checked in and settled.  We were in the 70's section and this giant Big Wheel was right outside our room!

The weather was perfect that night.  We were in short sleeves and it was so nice.  We grabbed burgers at D-LUXE burgers and they did not disappoint.  I took full advantage of the alcohol on the dinning plan and had a smoked bourbon gelato shake.  It was delicious.

We called it an early night so we could head to the Magic Kingdom bright and early for rope drop.  We woke up and quickly realized the warm weather was gone and we needed to bundle up.

We walked in and when I turned the corner on Main Street and saw the castle I was positively giddy!  I felt like a little kid!

We grabbed a quick picture with the photopass photographer and I loved how it turned out so much!

We rode Peter Pan's flight first, we'd never done the standby queue and it was so cute with tink!  Then we headed over to It's a Small World.  It was closed the last time we were there so we wanted to make sure we got to it this trip.

From there we headed to Big Thunder Mountain to use our first fast pass.  Patrick didn't want to ride, so I rode it with John. 

It was my first time on this ride too.  We laughed because it seemed like the ride stopped a couple of times in places it shouldn't have but nothing major.  Well, while Jeremy and Jessica were riding it I was looking at the app and it said the ride was closed so I was afraid they were stuck on it, thankfully they weren't.  

We used our fast pass for Buzz Lightyear, this is one of the boys favorite rides, I'm not sure what the final count for the number of times they rode it.

After the ride we decided to divide a bit, Patrick and Barrett stayed with the Moores to meet Buzz and AveryAnn and I went with the Maxwells to see Ariel.  

It was so cold she was wearing a sweater.

The park was pretty crowded this day because it was MLK day, I don't feel like we had a very solid plan so we spent more time waiting than I would have liked but it all worked out. AveryAnn was so excited about Dumbo.  It was so sweet!

After Dumbo it was time for our reservation at Cinderella's Royal Table.  I was so excited about this meal.  It's in the castle with all the princesses.  AveryAnn was in heaven and Barrett was a pretty good sport about it all.

First we met Cinderella!

AveryAnn was speechless.  She just stared at her.

Then we went up to the dining room and met Snow White!

Auora

Ariel

And Jasmine!  

I loved this meal but I don't think it's something I will have to do every trip!  

After lunch we used our fast pass for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.  I begged Barrett to ride with me. 

He didn't love it! Haha!

But I was so proud of him for riding it!

We did a few more rides, I can't remember which ones though.  I know we did People Mover, but not sure what else.  (I shouldn't have waited a month to do these recaps). 

We called it a day around 6:00 that day I think.  The kids were done!

I love these pictures of us in front of the castle!  It was so special to get to go with my little brother and his family!  I hope my niece remembers this vacation forever.

We had pizza from the food court at the resort and called it a night.  

Disney World- Magic Kingdom again

I was looking forward to day 4 the most.  This was the day that I scored reservations at Be Our Guest.  Beauty and the Beast is my all time favorite Disney movie so getting to eat in the beast's castle had me absolutely giddy.  (Spoiler alert: it did not disappoint!)

AveryAnn did not sleep good Wednesday night.  I don't really know what was going on but she woke up several times and I ended up putting her in the bed with me and then I didn't sleep because I worried about her being in the bed with me (and Barrett).

We were trying to make rope drop but we were all riding the struggle bus.  These two did not want to get up.  I was dragging I was still so tired.  We got there just a little after rope drop but the line for the 7 dwarfs mine train was already more than we wanted to wait.  I can't for the life of me remember what we did first. 

Our first fast pass was for Buzz lightyear.  Jeremy and I rode Space mountain before and it was only ok.  After Expedition Everest, all the other roller coasters were only ok.

Barrett looks terrified in this picture. Patrick looks so intense.

AveryAnn and me.  I didn't do great on this one.  I'm blaming it on the baby being in the way.

I love this picture of Patrick and Barrett.

We also rode the Astro Orbitor.  I thought it was like Dumbo, and it is except its really high and a lot faster.  Barrett wasn't a fan.  He rode with their rocket all the way at the bottom the whole time.  I think we rode Dumbo and Haunted Mansion.  Patrick, Barrett and AveryAnn did not ride Haunted Mansion.  We ate lunch at Pinocchio Village Haus.  It was good.  We rode Prince Charming's Regal Carousel.   The wait for Winnie the Pooh was short so we hopped in that line and it seemed like it was forever.  We had a fast pass to Meet Mickey around 1:15 so we did that next.

This Mickey talked and Barrett was not as excited about him. 

After we met Mickey The Horton's headed back to the room for naps, while the Moore's stayed in the park since Jackson would nap in the stroller.  We had late reservations and I did not want Barrett's exhaustion ruin it. He ending up falling asleep on the bus and then wouldn't nap when we got into the room.  But it was better than nothing. 

I changed them into these cute outfits.  I ordered AveryAnn's outfit before she quit gaining weight so it's a little big on her. 

I got them these monogrammed ears before we left the park earlier in the day.  Barrett was so excited.

When I put this shirt on him he goes "Hey, who's this guy?"  So I told him he's the beast and we're going to eat dinner in his castle.  I was definitely more excited than he was.

We headed back to the park around 6:00.  We rode the tea cups, probably Buzz Lightyear again.  (we rode it so many times I lost count)  We were doing whatever we could to pass the time before our dinner reservation. 

Then it was finally time for our reservation.  This restaurant is absolutely beautiful. 

It really feels like you're walking right into the beast's castle. 

We ate in the ballroom.  It was perfect.  It looks like it's snowing outside the windows.  Barrett looked up and Patrick and was so excited and said "daddy it's snowing!" then he said "Santa Claus is coming!" ha!  The Beast walked in and everyone claps. 

I had the shrimp and scallop pasta and it was so good. 

For dessert I'd read that the grey stuff was delicious, but that the brownie it is served on was only ok so I knew I wanted to try it but because I love food, I knew I wanted to actually eat the strawberry cupcake. So I convinced Patrick to get the grey stuff and I got the strawberry cupcake.  So everyone was happy.

After dinner the Beast was receiving guests in his office so AveryAnn and I went to meet him.  (Barrett was scared and Patrick did not care)  I love this picture of me because I was so ridiculously excited to meet him.  I was a little star struck.

He is huge!!!

AveryAnn couldn't have cared less about him.  But it was one of the top moments of the trip for me.

After dinner the wait for the 7 dwarfs Mine Train was 10 or 15 minutes so we decided to try to ride it really quick.  Jackson was just barely too short and he was so upset.   But the cast member gave him a little card to go to the front of the line when he comes back and is tall enough.  It was so sweet, I cant wait for him to cash it in!  It was fun but not exactly a thrill ride to me. 

We were able to watch some of the electrical parade as we were walking out.  I'm a little sad we didn't see all of the electrical parade since it's leaving but we were able to ride so many things during the parade and still see parts of it.  I was sad as we were leaving because it was our last day in Magic Kingdom and we only had one day left of vacation.  I also knew it would be a few years before we were back and I wish I could bottle Barrett's enthusiasm for the magic at this age because I know it will probably be long gone by the next time we visit.