Disney 2013!!!

The first evening we got there, we checked into the condo and decided to go check out the food and wine festival at Epcot for dinner.  Of course, we had to ride a few rides too.  :)

 

 The food and wine festival was nuts.  No sushi for us (the restaurant was all full.)  We settled for a little Moroccan.  Good food and great coffee (and a little bit of silly.)

 

The next morning...the boys are all ready to go to the Magic Kingdom!

 

 Meanwhile, Cinderella is getting ready...

 

 All set!

 

 Waiting for the monorail (or in Jonathanese..."oh-rail")

 

 All set to board the train!

 

 Here we go!  Our first ride at the Magic Kingdom (if you don't count the tram and the monorail, which of course the boys did!)

 

Poor Jonathan was not tall enough to ride Splash Mountain yet, be he found something to keep him entertained.

 

 Wheeeeee!

 

 The obligatory castle picture :)

 

 Oh boy, we did some fun character meals!  This first one was at the Crystal Palace inside the Magic Kingdom.  Jonathan loved it.

 

 So did Gracie, or so we thought....

 

Yay, Pooh!

 One with Ba too  :)

 

...and here was Gracie, hiding under the table.  She had this maneuver perfected by the end of the trip...

 

Waiting in line to meet Belle

 

The wait was long, but it was worth it...

 

Mickey's PhilharMagic...still a crowd-pleaser!

 

The carousel must have been one of the kids' favorite rides!

 

The new Arial Ride

 

Day 3: at the Animal Kingdom

 

Waiting for Mommy and Bubba to ride Everest.  We decided that was our favorite!

 

 

The Kilamanjaro Safari

 

 Merry Animal Kingdom Christmas!

 

 Our Disney Princess



 Day 4: Return to Epcot

 

Notice a little one missing?

 

 Not here though!!!!

 

This picture was immediately followed by dancing and giddyness and the following statement: "Minnie is my favorite princess!  I love Minnie.  I love her more than my parents."  Needless to say, Gracie was not scared of Minnie. 

 

 The Land mural at Epcot

 

Gracie was definitely not scared of Alice

 

 Jonathan had no problems waiting for Daddy and Bubba and Gracie while they rode the Test Track.  He was quite happy with this Camero.

 

 Day 5: Hollywood Studios

 

The boys love these tram rides!

 

 Jonathan watching the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse stage show (with an orange hanging out of his mouth.)

Day 6: Character Breakfast and Magic Kingdom

 

 Gracie is happy with how her dress turned out.  :)

 

 We took this one for you, Gramma: the gingerbread house at Grand Floridian

 

Character Breakfast at Grand Floridian!

 

 Notice, Gracie's not scared of the Princesses...

 

 ...but when Pooh walks by, she's under the table before any of us know it!

 

 Where's Gracie?

 

 Gracie explaining something to Reed with much enthusiasm

 

 The Magic Kingdom, round 2...

 

All decorated up for Christmas

 

Waiting for Bubba and Daddy to ride Splash Mountain

 

 

 Just before we got on Big Thunder Mountain for the 4th or 5th time...  Just have to point out here, that yes, Gracie rode this too (and loved it!)  In fact, she rode Tower of Terror, the Dinosaur Ride, and several other thrill rides. This from our little girl who was scared to walk until she was 16 months and is STILL terrified of Pooh!

 

 All three of the kids thought the race car track was one of the greatest rides!  :)

 

 And it began to rain...but it did not bother our princess any!

 

 And it rained ALL the last day.  So we only took one picture.  Had to go back to the Animal Kingdom and get several more rides of Everest in again and then head to Epcot for some more fun (in the rain.) 

 

 We wore these poor kids out!