Disney day 1 and 2

Disney=fun. An eight hour drive with three children=not what we were looking forward to. I have to say, they all did fabulous! We left Auburn around 4:30 Sunday morning in hopes that we could squeeze a few hours of sleep in first thing. Harper had a slight meltdown as we tried to put her in the car and she proclaimed that you can't go to Disney World in pajamas. A quick clothing change and we were ready to go. Since we left early we didn't hit a lot of traffic and we were there shortly after lunch. Seriously, the kids did awesome. About an hour and a half outside of Orlando, we surprised them with the movie Frozen. That definitely helped the last bit go by quickly. We got checked into the hotel and Payton was dying to swim since the temps were in the 80's. She settled for the splash pad and she and Harper had a ball. We made a quick trip to Downtown Disney Sunday night mainly to make them feel like we were at Disney. A quick purchase of autograph books and we were on our way.

Day 2 was set for Hollywood Studios. We got going early and were there when the park opened. We headed straight for the Fast Pass + kiosk only to find that all fast passes for Buzz Lightyear were already out....and such would be the saga for the remainder of the trip. I hear that some changes have been made to the system since we went to make it better. The system was helpful, don't get me wrong, but you could only get 3 passes per day and they couldn't transfer to another park if you were park hopping. Obviously the availability was limited also. Anyways, we got passes for Disney Junior Live, Little Mermaid, and the Beauty and the Beast live on stage. We had about 30 minutes to kill so we headed to the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground before it got crowded and the girls LOVED it. Then it was time for all of our shows. Of course they loved the Disney Junior show and we saw Sofia and Jake from a distance. Payton said she didn't want to wait in line to get their autograph so we didn't argue. Next was the Little Mermaid and then Beauty and the Beast, which was a great show I might add.

Having fun on the playground.

Disney Junior Live on Stage

Just like before, Payton and Harper loved the gold deb looms (sp???) from Jake and the confetti from the party.

We were checking into a different hotel Monday so we headed there to get settled and rest a bit. We decided that night we would try and hit Epcot and the fireworks. The garden festival was going on while we were there and it was beautiful, complete with colorful flowers and character topiaries. 

I decided to check the character spot and see if there was a line even though we had breakfast at Chef Mickey's scheduled the following morning. I'm sure glad we did because we literally walked right up! (Definitely a plus of visiting Epcot at night) The girls didn't skip a beat and went straight to he characters without hesitation.

Those smiles are what it's all about. They make every bit so worth it.

After visiting the characters we went up in the ball (don't remember the name), walked the countries, found beverages in Mexico and Germany, ate dinner, and hit a few rides before closing. Nana, Bamama and the girls hit Nemo and Turtle Talk with Crush while Pop and Jonathan scored short lines on test track and Soarin' right before closing. Anderson and I hung out and drank a bottle. We watched the fireworks from afar and headed home to rest up for a big day on Tuesday.