Monday, January 17, 2011

T's First Magic Kingdom Trip

Saturday morning, we drove to Disney and met Brooke and Gracyn at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. We dropped off our car and our stuff and hopped on a shuttle with them to Magic Kingdom. What an experience! A LOOONG, FUN, EXHAUSTING...and magical experience. We were there from 9 am til 9 pm with a 2-year old and a 3 year old...and to brag on all of us for a bit, I have to share that we did not but a SINGLE toy or even a ballooon! The kids never asked and we did not volunteer. SO that was nice too, not to be loaded down with a bunch of junk! We saw and did pretty much everything (except the Tea Cups) despite the holiday weekend crowds. T has already asked me when we can go back to Magic Kingdom. Wait til Mommy recovers, buddy! :)






When we first arrived, the Dreams Come True show at Cindererella's Castle was about to start. Super fun show - we saw the princesses, princes, Mickey and friends and even Maleficent!
Hugs for Pinnochio!

Flying Dumbo ride!

We took a train ride around the whole kingdom...

...And the kids fell asleep so we stayed on that train for an hour, just letting them nap!

Ice cream break!

Mommy and T on Main Street...he has a mouth full of pretzels - he is not mad, like he loooks!

At 3 pm, we got to watch the Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade - T even got to shake Capt Hook's "hook" which he thought was cool!

Mommy and T on Aladdin's Magic Carpet Ride

Taylor volunteered to go on stage at a Pirate show we watched...

And I was SHOCKED that my shy child not only did it but stayed up there and loved it!

Then we went on the Jungle Cruise in Adventurland...I swear, he is not scared...just hard to catch the smile for the camera these days! :)

Afterward, T told me that the jungle cruise was his favorite ride!

He also told me, "I did not know that elephants live in rivers!"

It's a Small World ride...a classic!

Enraptured by the Small World experience...

Pluto and the kiddos!


AT 7 pm, we watched the Electrical Parade -awesome! Pirate ships, Pete's Dragon, even Cinderella's Pumpkin coach...all lit up!

The castle was so pretty, all glowing at night!

Our Magic Kingdom day ended with a fabulous fireworks show over the castle...perfect ending to a very special day!

5 comments:

daddy said...

How cool!!! I know T just loved that whole experience. I can still remember my first time at "It's a Small World" - might be a pesonal fave. I cannot beleive those chirren stayed for so long and were so well behaved - must have been MAGIC!

Alex said...

wOW. That looked awesome.

The fact the kids were able to do a marathon like that deserves a reward. Try soda and candy after 7:00 p.m. one day, OK? :)

Ami said...

Sis- looks like you all had a great and magical day! And, the kids are troopers, can't wait to visit the Magic Kingdom with y'all one day!

Ann said...

Too much fun! What a great experience for everyone!

Brenda Joy said...

That looks like so much fun! And yes, exhausting! We will have to make the trip to Florida & y'all can do it again! Miss you!