We rented a nice condo just a few minutes from Disney. It had 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a full kitchen, 2 living room areas, 5 TV's, a dining area that seated 6, and a laundry room. It was SO nice to have so much space at the end of the long days! We also rented a minivan so that we could all drive together.
Waiting in line for the Dumbo ride:
Riding on the train:
"I'M LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE!!!" she said:
The teacups:
The castle was all lit up at night, which was SO gorgeous!! It was completely covered with white lights. So magical!
The second day, we went to Hollywood Studios.
Emma in the "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" playground:
I don't have any pictures of this, but we also went to the Frozen Sing-a-long, which was one of the main reasons we decided to go to Hollywood Studios. It was SO much fun. I did it with the girls at the end of the summer and we loved it, and I knew that Marian would love it too. It's so cool!
For some reason, Ellie decided to ride on the Tower of Terror again. She HATED it just as much as the first time. She started crying as soon as we buckled our seatbelts. Man I love that ride, though. It's so thrilling.
Olivia was so worn out by the end of each day. This is the only nap she took all week:
The Toy Story ride:
We also got to see the amazing Christmas lights at Hollywood Studios. Every couple of minutes, the lights would "dance" to a song, it was really cool. There was also (fake) snow falling! Magical!
On the last day, we went back to Magic Kingdom (it really takes two days to see everything in that park). Here we are on the "It's a Small World" boat ride.
Emma doing tricks on the Carousel:
Tomorrowland Speedway (again):
Teacups (again):
We watched the parade on this day, too. Olivia waved to all the princesses as they went by:
After the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride:
Street party!
Dancing with Chip (or Dale?):
Marian waving to Minnie:
Emma & Olivia on the Peoplemover:
Emma, Marian, and my mom left early on Saturday morning. Garrett had driven down on Friday night to meet up with us, so on Saturday we went to Animal Kingdom as a family. We have only gone there once before, and I felt like we needed to go at least one more time before our passes run out. It's basically a giant zoo, which really doesn't appeal to us (me) much, but they do have some fun rides and activities for the kids.
Ellie climbing up the ropes:
Safari:
The first day, we went to Magic Kingdom. I made plans for all our days ahead of time, so we had fast passes and a schedule ready to go! It made the days go really well, and we were able to do EVERYTHING that we wanted to do.
After the Buzz Lightyear ride:
Riding on the train:
"I'M LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE!!!" she said:
The teacups:
The castle was all lit up at night, which was SO gorgeous!! It was completely covered with white lights. So magical!
We did so many other things that day that I don't have pictures of yet. Space Mountain, the Monster's Inc show, Barnstormer (a little roller coaster), Winnie the Pooh ride, Mickey's Philharmagic Show.
The second day, we went to Hollywood Studios.
Emma in the "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" playground:
I don't have any pictures of this, but we also went to the Frozen Sing-a-long, which was one of the main reasons we decided to go to Hollywood Studios. It was SO much fun. I did it with the girls at the end of the summer and we loved it, and I knew that Marian would love it too. It's so cool!
For some reason, Ellie decided to ride on the Tower of Terror again. She HATED it just as much as the first time. She started crying as soon as we buckled our seatbelts. Man I love that ride, though. It's so thrilling.
Olivia was so worn out by the end of each day. This is the only nap she took all week:
We also got to see the amazing Christmas lights at Hollywood Studios. Every couple of minutes, the lights would "dance" to a song, it was really cool. There was also (fake) snow falling! Magical!
Other things I didn't get pictures of: The Little Mermaid show, the Beauty and the Beast show, Rock'n Roller Coaster (the only one that goes upside down!), Star Tours, the Disney Junior show.
On the last day, we went back to Magic Kingdom (it really takes two days to see everything in that park). Here we are on the "It's a Small World" boat ride.
Emma doing tricks on the Carousel:
Tomorrowland Speedway (again):
Teacups (again):
We watched the parade on this day, too. Olivia waved to all the princesses as they went by:
After the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride:
Street party!
Dancing with Chip (or Dale?):
Marian waving to Minnie:
Emma & Olivia on the Peoplemover:
Other things we did that I don't have pictures of: Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, Jungle Cruise, the Bear Jamboree, and a bunch of repeats that the girls wanted to do again from Wednesday.
Emma, Marian, and my mom left early on Saturday morning. Garrett had driven down on Friday night to meet up with us, so on Saturday we went to Animal Kingdom as a family. We have only gone there once before, and I felt like we needed to go at least one more time before our passes run out. It's basically a giant zoo, which really doesn't appeal to us (me) much, but they do have some fun rides and activities for the kids.
Ellie climbing up the ropes:
Safari:
Ellie waving to the people on Mount Everest. Abbie loves this ride, too.
We finished up the day by driving over to Hollywood Studios again so that Garrett could see the awesome Christmas lights. I also wanted Abbie to go on Rock'n Rollercoaster with Garrett (she didn't do it earlier in the week with us, so this was her first time). Whew! Two parks in one day... after 3 full days of parks. It was a long, tiring, awesome week! I will probably be posting more pictures soon because we also have access to all the pictures from inside the park (the professional ones). I'm excited to see how they turned out!
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