Sunday, September 29, 2013

Disney Trip 2013

We took the girls to Disneyworld for the first time and had a great, but tiring, time..Lol.  We visited Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom and Epcot.  The first day it rained all day but we made the best of it and wore our lovely ponchos around.  The rest of the time was pretty good weather with only a few sprinkles here and there.  Their favorite part of the trip was meeting all of the characters and getting their autographs.  I think Sophia and Ariel were their favorites to meet.  We ended the vacation with a fun princess party!!

We are on our way to Disney...YAY!!


The first night we arrived, we had to get to Magic Kingdom for a character dinner with Cinderella and her wicked stepsisters....

Their first character to meet was the wicked stepsister

And..the second stepsister

The wicked stepmother

Yay!!  Here is Cinderella


And...the Prince.  Ella told him that he was very handsome...Lol

After dinner, we were off to see Mickey perform a magic show.


Emma getting a special hug from Mickey

Ella enjoying her hug as well

Abracadabra....


Where did the bird go???

Thanks for the magic show Mickey!!

After the magic show, we headed off to watch the nightime parade...

There is Tinkerbell

Sleepy....

Cinderella and her prince


Alice in Wonderland

There's Minnie

Hi Goofy

And...they are both conked out on the bus back to our hotel..Lol

The next morning we headed back to Magic Kingdom with some decent weather...

We headed straight to meet Jake

Jake dancing with the girls


Next, off to meet Terence and Tinkerbell


We loved Tinkerbell and asked for her autograph

Ella was being a little shy

So Tinkerbell told her to tickle her wing

Of course, Emma had to do the same


We then climbed the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse

Emma was being a bad girl so this was her time out..Lol

Yep, Ella was in trouble too...Lol

And then...the storms came..but we didn't let that slow us down. We watched the rainy day parade and had a great dinner where they asked us to lead the opening ceremony.. Emma and Ella had to ring the bell from the balcony and we all had to read our script.  It was fun!!

The next day we were off to Hollywood Studios to have our breakfast with some more characters. 

First, we had to get an autograph from June (from Little Einsteins)



Wait a minute..is Jake following us?  We just saw him yesterday



Here comes Handy Manny


Agent Oso signing Ella's autograph book



Thanks Disney Junior for a fun breakfast.  The girls got to sing and dance with all the characters.

The girls splashing through the puddles down the streets of New York

Then, off to San Francisco

Our next stop was the Minnie Mouse Boutique


Emma getting her autograph





Emma had to give Minnie one last kiss on her nose...Lol

This is just one of the many live shows that we watched.  A lot of the shows would not allow flash cameras....so I couldn't get pics.

OH MY GOODNESS!!!  This is what we have been waiting for...to finally meet SOPHIA....:)






Ta Da....

Ella just had to get her picture taken with the Toy Story soldier.  Emma was too scared.

Getting ready to go on the 3D Toy Story ride to end our day.

The next morning we were off to Animal Kingdom for another character breakfast...First up, was Safari Mickey


Our little jokester, Ella, decided to tickle Donald Duck's tail..he he

Safari Donald signing autographs


Donald giving Emma a kiss on the head

Ella getting her kiss too

Here's Safari Daisy




And last, it's Safari Goofy...

Emma striking her "Goofy" pose..lol

Our next adventure was a Jeep safari ride through the jungle.  It was one of our favorites!!


This is actually how close we got to most of the animals


The giraffe and her baby walked right towards our jeep


This elephant was checking us out 

Emma made me take this picture.  She loves flamingos.

After the safari ride, we just had to go meet Chip-n-Dale





Emma and daddy scuba diving

Safari Emma

To end the night, we watched an outdoor movie 

Impatiently waiting for our bus to take us to Magical Kingdom

Riding the teacups with mommy

Oh...we are getting soooooo dizzy

We are getting really antsy waiting in line to see Ariel

Finally, we get see our favorite...Ariel




Talking to Emma

Talking to Ella....she was very shy...

But Ariel made her come out of it


Goodbye Ariel!!

Meeting the Aristocrat kitty




That evening we ended our vacation with a magical princess party at Epcot.  Ella was Belle and Emma was Rapunzel.  The girls had a wonderful time!!!!




It was sooo hot that the girls just had to buy a mist fan to cool themselves off on the way to their party..

We have arrived...


Waiting for the party to start...

Belle greeted us on our way into the party

Autographs, of course



We got to party with Cinderella....twice!!




We also got to meet Ariel...twice!!




It's Aurora!!




Snow White really got into her character..






Well, our trip has come to an end.  This picture is the true reality of Disneyworld..lol.  The kids are hot, hungry, tired, tired of walking, tired of waiting in line and tired of pictures....ha

Thank you Disney for a MAGICAL adventure

Goodbye!!  We'll see ya in a couple of years!!!!