Disney trip day 4

This was our last day at Disney. I think if we were planning our trip now we might have taken a day for just resting at our resort.  The kids needed a break and the adults needed one too! Unfortunately  we didn't have a day for rest so we packed up our bags and strollers and headed to the Magic Kingdom. We had fast passes for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and Enchanted Tales With Belle.  

Our first stop was the Mine Train. Since this ride is Disney's newest ride the wait times were always an hour or more. Thankfully we had fast passes and our wait was less than 5 minutes. 

We purchased the Memory Maker before we left and ride pictures are included. I think you can tell that we had a blast on this ride! 

Our next stop was Enchanted Tales with Belle. I think this should be a must do when visiting Disney with small kids. 

We left the Magic Kingdom and headed to Hollywood Studios. 

Day 4 and we are tired. 

Hadley modeling her new Princess hat with Rapunzel hair. This is also the time that Hadley convinced me that she needed a Rapunzel dress up dress. 

We got to meet some more characters. 

Harper told Jake that she thought he was cute!

We had to go to the Frozen Sing-a-long. 

The Frozen sing-a-long is the first time I cried on this trip. (I thought I would cry throughout the whole trip. Before we left the thought of the girls at Disney made me tear up!) Seeing McKinley, Hadley, and Harper singing the Frozen songs just did me in.  They were singing their hearts out and it was pure joy. 

The last stop for the day was eating some Frozen cupcakes. 

I am so thankful that I got to go on this Disney trip with my other family.  Jennifer and her family were so nice to included mom, Ryan, and me on this trip. There are not enough words to say thank you! 

Here are some helpful hints for planning a trip with kids and a large group! 

1. Have a travel planner! Our planner, Jennifer, went above and beyond to plan this trip with us.  She was just a phone call away when we had questions or concerns. If you are thinking about a trip to Disney call her! Jennifer is a rock star at planning Disney trips! 

2. Rent a Bob stroller. Jennifer and Kim took care of renting the strollers but I did help with them while at the park. Jennifer had 2 single strollers for the girls and Kim had a double stroller for her kids.  The Bob single stroller was much easier to use! Honestly I could have pushed it with my pinky finger through the park. The double stroller was just too big in my opinion and harder to fold for the buses. 

3. Arrive to the parks early. 

4. Enjoy!

This was my fourth trip in two years to DisneyWorld and I thought I might be done for a while. But I am already planning my next trip in my head!

xoxo

Disney Day 3 Magic Kingdom

On the third day of Disney we had a lot of fun. We met a lot of princesses, rode some rides, and went to a dance party! My brother, Ryan, went on the Keys to the Kingdom tour and got to explore the underground Disney and learn lots of secrets! 

We started our day here. We saw the wait time (this was at 8:50) and left! Anna and Elsa are some popular girls. I posted this to Facebook and my friends quickly informed me that this was a very reasonable wait time I have heard that the wait time can reach 240 minutes!

Meeting the main man of Disney. Mr Mickey Mouse. 

Mickey talks to you when you visit him at the Magic Kingdom.

Merida

Pictures from around the park.

When you asked the girls who they wanted to meet when we went to DisneyWorld they said they wanted to meet the Frozen sister. What little girl doesn't want to meet them? We had tried to get a fast pass 3 months before we left for Disney but they were already unavailable!

Someone had told me that I should talk to a cast member about meeting Anna and Elsa. I thought that would be pointless because everyone wanted to meet the frozen sisters. But after seeing how disappointed the girls were after not getting to meet them I knew I would give it a shot. While the group was riding a ride in Tomorrowland, my mom and I walked up to Fantasyland to see how long the wait was for Anna and Elsa. It was still 90 minutes! I saw a cast member in a jacket that said Leadership team and I went straight to him.  His name was Kellen. I asked him what was the best way to get my nieces into meet the Frozen characters. Kellan told me that I was talking to the right person...him! He said he would take us back to meet Anna and Elsa. I immediately started calling everyone to get up there. Once they got there Kellan took us back.  He told us that this was his Disney moment for the day. Hadley, Harper, and McKinley were beside themselves. So the point to my long story is talk to Disney cast members. They will help you out if they can!

Splash Mountain

Tiana

Buzz Lightyear ride pictures

We ended the night dancing at the Tomorrowland dance party with the Incredible's. Mom, Ryan, and I went to a dessert buffet to watch the fireworks.

 Tinkerbell made her flight right above us at the dessert buffet.

I just love the castle at night at Christmas at Disney! It's my favorite!

This was a busy day and I think we were all exhausted! I hope you enjoyed all the pictures!

xoxo

Disney Day 2

 On day 2 we got up bright and early to go have breakfast with the princesses.

 This was early. We were still tired from our late night at the Christmas party! 

But it was worth it when we were greeted by Belle. 

The girls also got to meet Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. They also got to visit with Cinderella and Ariel again. 

I think this is one of my favorite pictures from the trip. I love Harper's hands and the sweet smiles on their faces.  

After the breakfast we waked around Epcot and waited to ride Soarin. 

It was way too sunny! 

We also met some more characters.  

After riding Soarin (which is by far the best ride at Disney!) we headed back to the Magic Kingdom to watch the Festival of Fantasy parade. 

As we were walking out of the park we decided to run in and meet TinkerBell. 

Tink told the girls everything shrunk on the way into to Pixie Hollow except their hairbows! 

It started to rain so we decided that we would just go back to our resort and rest. 

xoxo

Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party 2014

Turning the corner and seeing the castle for the first time. We were so excited to see the kid's reactions. I promise they were excited! 

(Photo credit goes to my brother Ryan)

I was beyond excited to go to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party with the girls and everyone else too! When you go to a "party" at Disney World, you can enter the gates at 4:00 pm. The parties are from 7:00 pm - 12:00 am. We actually got there about 3:45 and they let us in! Our first stop was Main Street USA to take some fun family photos! (I know these are my friends but I really consider them to be family!)

 The whole group ready to take on the world.

We also had to stop and take pictures with Tinkerbell. 

After Main Street USA we headed over to meet Ariel! 

 

The kids had pillowcases for the characters to sign and Ariel was the best talking to the girls about them. Since Ariel is a mermaid she doesn't really know about human stuff so she had a lot of questions about them. At first she thought the pillowcases were hats. Then she asked if it was for holding collections. The girls just stood there in awe of her. They loved it! 

We also met Cinderella and Rapunzel that night. 

We rode a few rides but then went to find a seat for the Christmas parade. This parade was so neat. The floats had scents with them. So we got to smell Christmas trees, cookies, and candy. We saw Anna and Elsa, Olaf, and Kristof. We even saw the main star of Christmas...Santa! 

For the pre parade entertainment we had a small dance party in the street! The kids loved it!

It also snowed on Main Street most of the night! 

I think Cinderella's Castle at Christmas is the best! 

I think the kids enjoyed their first night at Disney!

The Christmas party has a lot of special activities that happen throughout the night. They serve hot chocolate and cookies throughout the park. The Wishes (what Disney calls their fireworks) is a Christmas theme. They were spectacular. The parade is just for the Christmas party and they do it two times that night. We watched the first parade with the kids and then they called it a night. We had to get up early the next day for a Princess breakfast. My mom, brother, and I stayed in the park a little longer to watch the fireworks.

xoxo