Thursday, March 22, 2012

Disney World - Part 3

Sarah, Reagan, and Jacob waiting in the Polynesian Lobby


We packed up the car and headed over to Epcot

While everyone else was riding a boat ride, Jacob found Nemo!

And the kids were eaten by a shark!

Then we were off to find characters:
Chip n Dale
 
Marie
We were so excited for Jacob to see his girlfriend, Jasmine, again this year.  But upon seeing her, he said "That's not her. She looks different."
Daisy Duck
 We saw a mommy duck and her babies wondering around the park.

And some neat garden sculptures
 
 

We headed back to the room to recharge and to let Sarah transform into a princess again. We went back to Epcot for dinner at the Akershus (aka - the Sneeze place)
Upon arrival Sarah met Belle
 Jacob did not want to take his picture by himself with the girls, so I had to join in
Aurora
Cinderella
Snow White
Ariel
The next morning we had breakfast at Hollywood & Vine at Hollywood Studios.  Jacob was so excited to finally have a character breakfast that didn't include princesses!
Handy Manny
Oso
Where is Jacob in all these non-princess pictures, you ask? He's sitting here watching....
Jake
Jacob really likes Jake, so I had to get in the picture
June
 

We found Piglet
 

Waited in line to meet Woody & Buzz
 
 
 
 
 

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids!
 
 

That night, we met up with Dana and Jason. They said they wanted to spend time with the kids, but I think they just wanted to ride the kiddie rides :-)
 
 

We took one last spin on the teacups

And Jacob and John rode Buzz Lightyear.

Then it was time to say good bye to Disney World 
 





Monday, March 19, 2012

Disney World - Part 2

The next morning we were up and at Magic Kingdom early - we had to meet Rapunzel! She is in a separate area from the rest of the princesses, and we were told the wait could be hours if you weren't there early.  We waited a little over an hour before we were let inside.  Once inside they have an area where the kids can color while waiting to meet the princess.


Then it was finally our turn!




 After meeting Rapunzel, we headed over to Hollywood Studios. We watched a some shows and met a few characters.

Jacob was excited to see Mickey Mouse
Look at those muscles on Sarah and Mr. Incredible!
After a little hula hooping

We set off to find some Cars..
Seeing Lightening McQueen and Mater was a must for Jacob!

 
 
Then we went back to the room to ice my knee and rest up for our late night reservation at Cinderella's castle.
We realized we had not had a chance to see Minnie Mouse, so since we had some time before dinner we made it happen.
 
 
 

Next we headed over to Cinderella's Castle - note to self...never schedule a dinner at the castle right after the firework show...ugh, was nearly impossible to get to the castle when everyone else is trying to leave the park!!

We met Cinderella as soon as we entered the castle
Snow White
Aurora
Ariel
Belle
After a long magical night inside the castle (topped off with cupcakes and ice cream) it was time to leave Magic Kingdom and get ready for another early morning adventure....


The next morning we went to the Grand Floridian for breakfast with Mary Poppins and her friends.  Jacob didn't want to have any part of having is picture taken with the characters - Pooh was all I could get.
Pooh
Tigger
Mary Poppins
Alice
Belle
After breakfast, we had some time to kill before the Astros game, so we headed over to Magic Kingdom.  The girls wanted to see the fairies, so the boys went off to do boy things :-)
Rosetta
Tinkerbell
 We even had time for one ride

Next, we stopped by the hotel, picked up Dana & Jason, and went to the Astros game!


Dana has all three girls on her lap!
 
After the game, we all went our separate ways.  We met up with my cousin (who I haven't seen in years) for dinner and drinks.  Jacob was so tired, he slept through the entire dinner.  He woke up as we were putting him in his car seat at the restaurant.  He was not too pleased to find out he missed dinner!