I surprised Eric on his birthday this year with a trip to Disney I had planned back in the Spring. Little did he know (or I) wait we were in store for!! We planned our trip for the same time Sarah was on her vacation, so on Monday, we took off, headed south in g'ma's car, and waved bye to Ohio! The next morning we were in Orlando. We visited downtown Disney and checked into our hotel to get some recharging for our first day.
Day one was big, the Magic Kingdom. As soon as we got there, we headed straight for Tinkerbell. The wait was a bit, but not enough to deter the girls!! After Tink, we headed straight to Ariel's grotto, to ride her ride and ultimately meet her.
We had a learning curve in the park, lots of backtracking, but it'd been since college when I was there last and Eric was just a tiny boy when he had went, but we made the best of it!! We grabbed snacks, caught characters (who signed the girls books) and laughed a lot. Amara even got to ride Space Mountain with Eric, while Cora took a little cat nap in the stroller!
We did a lot of the 'big things,' we didn't want to miss out on, like Dumbo, the people mover, carousel, etc. But by dinner time, we had to make it back to Cinderella's castle for dinner with the princesses! Ariel, of course, was the spotlight, but all the princesses were beautiful and kind.
After dinner, we headed back to the park to take in some more attractions.
Sooner rather than later though, we all started to tucker out--seems we weren't quite ready for our big day, in a good way! But the good news was we had part of the day to visit for the Halloween Party and we were coming back Sunday too--so we didn't worry too much. We stayed as long as we could, knowing we had a good hour from the front gate back to the hotel anyway.
When we came back, we made sure we rode the train, which Cora loved so much we made a lap around the entire park on it!
Couldn't leave Disney without mouse ears right? of course they picked their own--and wore them the rest of the day there.
We saw poor Ariel I bet 6 times between the visits and she was always great with them--I think Cora would have been find just riding the Ariel ride and seeing her over and over again. On our other days, we made sure to ride Small world, meet more princesses, ride the cars, Pirates of the Caribbean, OH and the roller coaster!! I think it was Goofy's Barnbuster--no pics, but they both LOVED it! It was so fast, but they laughed SO loud the entire time, I loved it.
Whatever the cost or highs or lows, nothing will ever replace all these firsts for Eric and I--even though we know the girls may never remember...
I surprised Eric on his birthday this year with a trip to Disney I had planned back in the Spring. Little did he know (or I) wait we were in store for!! We planned our trip for the same time Sarah was on her vacation, so on Monday, we took off, headed south in g'ma's car, and waved bye to Ohio! The next morning we were in Orlando. We visited downtown Disney and checked into our hotel to get some recharging for our first day.
Day one was big, the Magic Kingdom. As soon as we got there, we headed straight for Tinkerbell. The wait was a bit, but not enough to deter the girls!! After Tink, we headed straight to Ariel's grotto, to ride her ride and ultimately meet her.
We had a learning curve in the park, lots of backtracking, but it'd been since college when I was there last and Eric was just a tiny boy when he had went, but we made the best of it!! We grabbed snacks, caught characters (who signed the girls books) and laughed a lot. Amara even got to ride Space Mountain with Eric, while Cora took a little cat nap in the stroller!
We did a lot of the 'big things,' we didn't want to miss out on, like Dumbo, the people mover, carousel, etc. But by dinner time, we had to make it back to Cinderella's castle for dinner with the princesses! Ariel, of course, was the spotlight, but all the princesses were beautiful and kind.
After dinner, we headed back to the park to take in some more attractions.
Sooner rather than later though, we all started to tucker out--seems we weren't quite ready for our big day, in a good way! But the good news was we had part of the day to visit for the Halloween Party and we were coming back Sunday too--so we didn't worry too much. We stayed as long as we could, knowing we had a good hour from the front gate back to the hotel anyway.
When we came back, we made sure we rode the train, which Cora loved so much we made a lap around the entire park on it!
Couldn't leave Disney without mouse ears right? of course they picked their own--and wore them the rest of the day there.
We saw poor Ariel I bet 6 times between the visits and she was always great with them--I think Cora would have been find just riding the Ariel ride and seeing her over and over again. On our other days, we made sure to ride Small world, meet more princesses, ride the cars, Pirates of the Caribbean, OH and the roller coaster!! I think it was Goofy's Barnbuster--no pics, but they both LOVED it! It was so fast, but they laughed SO loud the entire time, I loved it.
Whatever the cost or highs or lows, nothing will ever replace all these firsts for Eric and I--even though we know the girls may never remember...
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