I've gotten a little pressure to put some more pictures up from our Disney trip, so here we go. :)
We spent our first full day at Magic Kingdom. In total we spent three full days there, plus Ike and Jake went back for the Pirate Party Saturday night (yes, there will be pictures for that, too). We were able to do everything at Magic Kingdom before our trip was over. Well, everything except the Hall of Presidents, which was something only I wanted to see...
So here we are, Day One (I'd show you the picture of Ike with the kids, but I managed to take it so far away from them that you can barely see them).
We spent our whole morning before lunch (and before going back to our room for a long nap to gear up for the afternoon and night) in Tomorrowland. One of Annie's favorite rides at Magic Kingdom (second only to It's a Small World) was the Buzz Lightyear ride in Tomorrowland. When asked by one of my friends what she liked most at Disneyworld, she said, "I shoot with Buzz." Yes, she likes guns and swords as much as Jake did at her age (and still does).
I don't have a picture from our first show at Disney--in Tomorrowland--but Ike told my parents a story tonight that I've totally forgotten to share with people. The first thing we did was go to the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor, which is an interactive comedy show with the monsters.
Before the show, Disney apparently has cameras on the audience picking out their "characters" for the re-telling of the movie. When the monsters start telling the story, they mention a "huge hairy monster named Sully," then the camera focuses on a huge hairy guy in the audience. They next say that Sully meets a little girl named Boo. Anyone remember what Boo looks like?
Yep, (when her eyes are open) Annie looks like a redheaded Boo. And so, as they told the story, Annie's picture kept flashing on a large screen at the front of the room. I'm not sure Annie totally got it, but the rest of us got a kick out of it.
While we waited for our Fastpass ticket times on Buzz Lightyear, we rode the Tomorrowland Transit Authority and the Carousel of Progress. Here are Jake and Ike on the transit ride.
Later we met Stitch...
And at the end of the day, the kids had their first chance to meet a princess. Magic Kingdom had extended hours that night for resort guests, so Annie and I avoided the long lines through the day to meet Ariel at her grotto by going after the park closed for most people. Unfortunately for Jake, we forced him to come with us...
Annie was a little overwhelmed by seeing the Little Mermaid in person. She kept reaching out to touch her fin and staring up at Ariel. We didn't get a great picture of Annie looking at the camera (why look at us when she was hanging out with a mermaid princess??), but here she is in awe of her new friend.
Because Jake was collecting as many autographs as he could get, he was willing to sit next to Ariel. He would not, however, be nice to a...girl. A princess girl, no less. When Ariel asked if she could have a hug, he looked at her, shrugged and said, "Nope," then hopped down and moved away quickly.
Ike offered to hug her in Jake's place, but Ariel didn't seem to hear him...
Here's Jake, as far from Ariel as possible without falling off the rock.
After over two years on this blog, I've finally figured out how to put more than five pictures on one post. But in the interest of my organization (at least for my thoughts), I'll post the pictures from our lunch at the Crystal Palace (with Winnie the Pooh!) in the next post.
We spent our first full day at Magic Kingdom. In total we spent three full days there, plus Ike and Jake went back for the Pirate Party Saturday night (yes, there will be pictures for that, too). We were able to do everything at Magic Kingdom before our trip was over. Well, everything except the Hall of Presidents, which was something only I wanted to see...
So here we are, Day One (I'd show you the picture of Ike with the kids, but I managed to take it so far away from them that you can barely see them).
We spent our whole morning before lunch (and before going back to our room for a long nap to gear up for the afternoon and night) in Tomorrowland. One of Annie's favorite rides at Magic Kingdom (second only to It's a Small World) was the Buzz Lightyear ride in Tomorrowland. When asked by one of my friends what she liked most at Disneyworld, she said, "I shoot with Buzz." Yes, she likes guns and swords as much as Jake did at her age (and still does).
I don't have a picture from our first show at Disney--in Tomorrowland--but Ike told my parents a story tonight that I've totally forgotten to share with people. The first thing we did was go to the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor, which is an interactive comedy show with the monsters.
Before the show, Disney apparently has cameras on the audience picking out their "characters" for the re-telling of the movie. When the monsters start telling the story, they mention a "huge hairy monster named Sully," then the camera focuses on a huge hairy guy in the audience. They next say that Sully meets a little girl named Boo. Anyone remember what Boo looks like?
Yep, (when her eyes are open) Annie looks like a redheaded Boo. And so, as they told the story, Annie's picture kept flashing on a large screen at the front of the room. I'm not sure Annie totally got it, but the rest of us got a kick out of it.
While we waited for our Fastpass ticket times on Buzz Lightyear, we rode the Tomorrowland Transit Authority and the Carousel of Progress. Here are Jake and Ike on the transit ride.
Later we met Stitch...
And at the end of the day, the kids had their first chance to meet a princess. Magic Kingdom had extended hours that night for resort guests, so Annie and I avoided the long lines through the day to meet Ariel at her grotto by going after the park closed for most people. Unfortunately for Jake, we forced him to come with us...
Annie was a little overwhelmed by seeing the Little Mermaid in person. She kept reaching out to touch her fin and staring up at Ariel. We didn't get a great picture of Annie looking at the camera (why look at us when she was hanging out with a mermaid princess??), but here she is in awe of her new friend.
Because Jake was collecting as many autographs as he could get, he was willing to sit next to Ariel. He would not, however, be nice to a...girl. A princess girl, no less. When Ariel asked if she could have a hug, he looked at her, shrugged and said, "Nope," then hopped down and moved away quickly.
Ike offered to hug her in Jake's place, but Ariel didn't seem to hear him...
Here's Jake, as far from Ariel as possible without falling off the rock.
After over two years on this blog, I've finally figured out how to put more than five pictures on one post. But in the interest of my organization (at least for my thoughts), I'll post the pictures from our lunch at the Crystal Palace (with Winnie the Pooh!) in the next post.
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