It’s hard to believe that a whole week has gone by. Today was our last full day at Disney. Magic Kingdom had the Extra Magic Hours, so we arrived there right at 8 when they opened. We hit all the rides in Fantasyland again (and yes, that means the Carousel a few more times). Dave has decided he needs to figure out how to build a Carousel in our backyard, lol. Maddyn had to ride the teacups 3 times (And all three teacups made it onto photo in the Shutterfly album). She was just a hoot.
Unfortunately Dave lost his Sunglasses on one of the rides, and we are hoping someone turns them into Lost and Found tonight when they clean. Fingers crossed.
All in all it was a fun and packed day. Since we had extra time, and used the Fast Passes well, we did a few new rides today too (Pirates of the Caribbean—her first ‘waterfall’- which might have scared her a little, but she didn’t mind. Also, she did the race cars today. I have photos of that, but she was shorter than the dash, so all you see is her hat, lol).
One of the things we have talked about this whole time is that Maddyn had been carrying around an Elmo doll all week. We couldn’t pry it out of her hands, without getting an “ELMO!!” screech at the top of her lungs- NO joke… We blame Aunt Kris and Grandma for this latest Elmo obsession ;) Anyhoo- we’re at Disney- and our kid isn’t carrying around Mickey or Minnie or Pooh, but Elmo. The one non-Disney character. So today, we decided to bit the bullet and get her a Mickey doll…cuz you know, Elmo was like sooo ‘this morning’. She’s past Elmo now (well, for the next few hours at least) and is now head over heals with her Mickey doll (eyeroll).
Tonight we went to the Cinderella dinner at 1900 Park Fare. It was our second character dining experience. As you saw from the photos of the first one, it didn’t go so great (well, it was comical at least). This one was about the same. We honestly thought it was just b/c of the big heads of the characters that scared her...but even the ‘real’ ones with normal bodies and just costumes, she was still pretty freaked. We have more photos to add, but she’s pretty much crying in all of them. Funny though!
So tomorrow morning, we plan to hang out by the pool and grab some breakfast before hitting the airport. I probably won’t post the final blog update and photos until we get back, if you’ve been following along. Something tells me we’ll have to spend some “family time” with Rylee tomorrow night when we get home ;) I’ll try to do it later tomorrow night or Saturday morning if we have time (we’ll be in the city Sat night).
And while it’s fresh… (I know a few of you have asked opinions and pointers, so I’ll be sure to think about those and post those later), but I did want to say one thing. I totally underestimated Disney. It was much better than I expected it to be. This is the PERFECT time of year to go. I don’t think we ever waited in line more than 10 minutes the entire time. The weather was hot- 90s- but not really humid. The hotel was fantastic. We visited all 4 MK resorts, and really liked Polynesian the best b/c it’s on the monorail (the one downside of Wilderness), huge rooms (supposedly the most square footage of the MK resorts), cute pool, themed, and so easy to get to. It also had great restaurants, concierge and all that jazz. We saved SO much money by doing the Dining Plan- we can’t believe how much in total. Between the dining plan and the free 3 nights of Park Tickets and Hotel, we saved a bundle. If you’re thinking of going to Disney – go now! You can really get a great deal- we sure did! We were really happy with our stay here, they have been more than helpful… or as they like to say “Magical”. LOL
Unfortunately Dave lost his Sunglasses on one of the rides, and we are hoping someone turns them into Lost and Found tonight when they clean. Fingers crossed.
All in all it was a fun and packed day. Since we had extra time, and used the Fast Passes well, we did a few new rides today too (Pirates of the Caribbean—her first ‘waterfall’- which might have scared her a little, but she didn’t mind. Also, she did the race cars today. I have photos of that, but she was shorter than the dash, so all you see is her hat, lol).
One of the things we have talked about this whole time is that Maddyn had been carrying around an Elmo doll all week. We couldn’t pry it out of her hands, without getting an “ELMO!!” screech at the top of her lungs- NO joke… We blame Aunt Kris and Grandma for this latest Elmo obsession ;) Anyhoo- we’re at Disney- and our kid isn’t carrying around Mickey or Minnie or Pooh, but Elmo. The one non-Disney character. So today, we decided to bit the bullet and get her a Mickey doll…cuz you know, Elmo was like sooo ‘this morning’. She’s past Elmo now (well, for the next few hours at least) and is now head over heals with her Mickey doll (eyeroll).
Tonight we went to the Cinderella dinner at 1900 Park Fare. It was our second character dining experience. As you saw from the photos of the first one, it didn’t go so great (well, it was comical at least). This one was about the same. We honestly thought it was just b/c of the big heads of the characters that scared her...but even the ‘real’ ones with normal bodies and just costumes, she was still pretty freaked. We have more photos to add, but she’s pretty much crying in all of them. Funny though!
So tomorrow morning, we plan to hang out by the pool and grab some breakfast before hitting the airport. I probably won’t post the final blog update and photos until we get back, if you’ve been following along. Something tells me we’ll have to spend some “family time” with Rylee tomorrow night when we get home ;) I’ll try to do it later tomorrow night or Saturday morning if we have time (we’ll be in the city Sat night).
And while it’s fresh… (I know a few of you have asked opinions and pointers, so I’ll be sure to think about those and post those later), but I did want to say one thing. I totally underestimated Disney. It was much better than I expected it to be. This is the PERFECT time of year to go. I don’t think we ever waited in line more than 10 minutes the entire time. The weather was hot- 90s- but not really humid. The hotel was fantastic. We visited all 4 MK resorts, and really liked Polynesian the best b/c it’s on the monorail (the one downside of Wilderness), huge rooms (supposedly the most square footage of the MK resorts), cute pool, themed, and so easy to get to. It also had great restaurants, concierge and all that jazz. We saved SO much money by doing the Dining Plan- we can’t believe how much in total. Between the dining plan and the free 3 nights of Park Tickets and Hotel, we saved a bundle. If you’re thinking of going to Disney – go now! You can really get a great deal- we sure did! We were really happy with our stay here, they have been more than helpful… or as they like to say “Magical”. LOL
No comments:
Post a Comment