Disney Trip: Part VII

After a wonderful and fun breakfast, we made our way back to the Magic Kingdom. There were some things we missed the night before and some things we wanted to try out again.
I wanted a picture with Cinderella's castle in the background. We did get one of the whole family, but we will have to order that one if we want it.

This ride was one of the family favorites. I even liked it as a little 6 year old back in the day. The best part about this ride was at night during the Christmas party. The sky was so clear and full of stars. It just made the whole experience that much more magical.

I LOVE this picture. Something about it just screams fun and crazy Donald Duck. I am growing to love that duck!

Cute Mickey having some fun during the parade. We did actually miss this parade. I ran out of the restaurant to see this float passing by and made a mad dash to get ahead of the float and catch some pictures!

What were we eating during this parade? Enjoying a little piece of dessert...Ooey gooey toffee cake I think is the name. I really believe it is the best dessert I have ever put in my mouth. I mean seriously. I ate it all! (We all had our own dessert...another perk to the meal plan!)

We asked how it was made and received a recipe. I cannot wait to make it...maybe for my birthday unless I decide to pack up and head back on my special day.

Buzz...gotta love him! I mean we did spend a lot of our time with him on one of the coolest rides ever!

Kind of blurry, but I was probably being rushed to go find a spot for the parade. Cinderella and her friends found a way to make the castle beautiful for Christmas with the help of her Fairy Godmother...very cheesy but a cute little show.

During the Spectromagic parade. We did not have a great view because of the line police.

Our day was over and sadly it was time to say goodbye. I was not really ready to get ready to come home. This trip was all I had imagined and more. I am so glad we had the opportunity to spend time as a family at the most magical place on Earth and the only place you can act like a kid again and just have fun!

Disney Trip: Part VI

Wednesday morning was one of my favorite mornings! We made reservations months in advance for Chef Mickey, and I am so glad we did. It was loud but oh so fun! We got pictures with all the characters there...I am such a kid at heart! I took two videos of the dancing that took place every 20 min. or so, and this is the shortest...the other one is so funny but this one will do!

Jessica took this picture and it just makes me smile.

When I was making my brother and sister-in-law's rehearsal dinner slide show, I found several pictures of them doing the same/similar thing and made a section of "It was meant to be" pictures. One was of Jessica with Pluto when she was a kid and the other was of me and Jason with Pluto at a different character breakfast when we went 19 years ago...this picture was extra special because of our childhood pictures.

Such a fun morning and fun memories with Chef Mickey! We still had a full day ahead of us and went back to the Magic Kingdom to be kids again...coming soon.

Disney Trip: Part V

Are you getting tired of Disney yet? Hope not! At this point in the trip we were very tired, but there was still so much fun to be done! Tuesday night we ate at a BBQ buffet at Fort Wilderness because that was the only thing left since I waited to make reservations. I was a little worried about this meal but it ended up being pretty good and was not busy which meant a calm and relaxing dinner!

A family picture by the tree in our resort before dinner.

After dinner we headed to the Christmas party which was well worth the extra ticket price... snow on main street, complimentary sugar cookies and hot chocolate, short lines to all rides, Christmas parade, shows, and fireworks...very fun!

My most favorite ride as a 6 year old...sadly we did not do it this time.

We road this Buzz Lightyear ride 3x. You shoot the targets and get points!

Jason loved it!

Pictures from the Christmas Parade...loved it!

They were too cute throwing fake snow on each other.

Dopey is still too cute...especially with his Christmas scarf.

The gingerbread men had flat backs...like they were right off a cookie sheet.

These guys were fun, too!

loved watching the reindeer dance

Santa!

firework show...had a ton of fireworks...big, loud fireworks

There are tons of lights on the castle at Christmastime which makes it even more magical!

It was a very long night and when we were ready to leave at the end of the party...we were ready to leave. We got to our bus line right about midnight and were the only ones there and thought there would be no problem getting back since we were there first...all the other lines were very, very long. Little did we know they were sending the buses to the resorts with the longest lines...45 minutes later we got a bus. I watched the boat line while we waited and at least 3 boats came in the 45 minute period...we took the boat the rest of the trip...oh well, we learned our lesson the hard way!

Disney Trip: Part IV

We spent part of day 3 in the Animal Kingdom which was a really fun park. I wish we could have stayed longer but we were all ready for a nap by the early afternoon. We missed out on the Jingle Jungle Parade, a few rides, and The Festival of the Lion King...maybe next time.

The Tree of Life.

There is an owl carved on there, but we never had a chance to walk around to find it.

He is too cute and one of my favs from LK. We got several character pics at this park as the lines were not too long.

Asia...so pretty.

Expedition Everest in Asia...I really liked this ride...the family did not care for it. Also, after watching many tv shows and other videos, I knew that a Yeti was going to jump out at us during the ride...it did not...I am kind of glad because I still would have screamed! I researched it online and found that it is broken. :( They are working on it though. All they do right now is have a fan and lights on it to appear like it is moving, but I didn't even notice that.

Just waiting for the ride to see the Yeti.

We went to Africa to go on a safari! I loved seeing all the animals and the ride on the bus was fun, too. I took tons of pictures, but I just picked a few of my favorites and one that Jessica took, too.

Another group ahead of us.

Big crocs!

Such a cute little guy!

Elephants! I love the little one. :)

Roar!

Trying to hide.

We went to see Nemo the Musical and it was really cute. I would go see this one again.

I did wait in line to see Minnie! I was hoping she would be dressed in safari clothes but I guess since it was around Christmas she was not.

We got this picture in front of the tree of life on our way out of the park...I love all the greens!