November 2012 Day 3

Day 3 - Hollywood Studios and Epcot

 

 

 

Another hat picture for us, apparently we took a bunch of these.  I guess we were ready to go today!

 

 

We were on a mission to meet Mike Wazowski.  Well, the good news is we were first in line, the bad news was that there was no Mike, just Sully.  Avery was a little sad to miss him.  Catch you next time Mike :)

 

 

Instead, we got to meet Sully, he was sooo big.  Can barely even see Lexi in this picture.

 

 

And the whole fam:

 

 

Next up was Wreck it Ralph, daddy and the girls had just seen the movie, they really loved it and it was one of the longest lines we waited in all week.

 

 

 

The girls took a pic with Ralph, but then they wanted Venelope to themselves.  Ralph tried not to look offended as he walked away, but gave daddy a big hug anyway.

 

 

 

After the character meets, we met up with our cousins for lunch at 50's Prime Time.  Aunt Donna was the best server we have ever had there and she made it fun for all of us.

 

Uncle Adam standing in the corner.

 



 

Aunt Cindy better not put her elbows on the table.

 

Then Aunt Donna fed her the vegetables she left on her plate.

 

It was really fun and we all had a lot of good family laughs.  Plus the PB&J milkshake is my absolute favorite snack in Disney World.

 

After lunch it was time to head back to the hotel for a break and then dinner at Epcot.

 

 

 

Spent some time wandering around World Showcase and then met up for dinner at Via Napoli where we celebrated Aunt Nancy and Uncle Ronnie's anniversary.

 

 

 

The Happy Couple :)

 



 

Always posing, but I think this is one of the best shots of her shirt which is one of my all time favorites.

 

 

....and that's a wrap of day 3, up next is Animal Kingdom tomorrow followed by one of our favorites, Hoop Do Doo Review tomorrow for Aunt Stephie's Birthday.  Overall today was a very fun day, the highlight was probably our fun lunch at 50's, and the dinner at Via Napoli was also delicious.  We did end up getting some caramel for dessert afterwards at Karamel Kuche, it was yummy but Avery and mommy were so pooped that we headed back to the hotel before Illuminations.  Daddy and Lexi however took one last trip over to Hollywood Studios to hit Tower of Terror:

 

 

Goodnight everyone :)

 

 

 

 

November 2012 Day 2

 

 

Day 2 we spent in the Magic Kingdom, on the bus ready for park opening:

 

 

Being silly while waiting for the opening show.  This is ony of mommy's most favorite things at Disney World.

 

We headed to the back of the park and hit barnstormer, the storybook circus characters and Dumbo before meeting up with the rest of the family.

 

 

First time on Barnstormer.

 

 

Not sure about this guy, huh Avery?

 

Time for a little play in the Dumbo tent and a spin on the big guy:

 

 

 

Don't think that pic came out too good.

 

After finishing Storybook Circus, we met up with the rest of our crew and headed toward Big Thunder:

 

 

 

We went on Big Thunder as a group, then split up and those of us who are not thrill ride people headed toward the Country Bears and the rest did Splash Mountain.

 

 

Avery with Jill and Aunt Stephie in Country Bears

 

 

Apparently Splash Mountain was pretty terrifying :)

Not sure who the lady and kid in the front row are, but the rest of those screaming people are my family, I have to admit it.

 

Apparently we hit Haunted Mansion in her at some point too, here is a cute pic of Jilly outside:

 

I'm pretty sure we got a Dole Whip before heading back to the hotel for a break.

 

Up for dinner tonight is LeCelier. Yum.

 

 

Detour to meet Miss Mary on the way to dinner

 

 

 

 

We are truly blessed to have a wonderful family that enjoy spending vacation time together.

Look at all those smiling faces :)

 

Inside the restaurant

 

 

 

One of the best meals I've ever had in Disney, it was delicious, love the pretzel bread and the filet.

 

Ready to head home and hit the hay for a good night's sleep, Epcot was very crowded so we really didn't hang around long.  We still have a great vacation ahead of us!

 

 

 

 

November 2012 Day 1

 

The girls woke up ready to rock and roll, we are headed to Hollywood Studios for Rope Drop.

In the morning mommy was still unsure whether she was actually going to go through with the half marathon tonight, but it would be a shame to walk away from all that training!

 

 

Let's hit it.  We walked from the Boardwalk to DHS which is such a nice walk along the water.

We got there for park opening did the mad dash to Toy Story Mania and did that a few other rides and hit the Disney Junior Show

 

 

The girls love grabbing for the gold doubloons at the end.  We also redeemed our Photopass and

met up with our Mimi

 

 

Not very happy to wait around while Daddy rode Tower of Terror

 

 

Making funny faces while we pass the time.  We didn't come all the way to Disney to sit around and wait, let's go!!

 

 

 

Then it was time for late breakfast at Hollywood and Vine, it was actually pretty good and the characters were fun!

 

 

Oso giving Mimi some love :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had gotten some cute family pics in front of the hat by Photopass earlier in the day.

This is actually one of our best family pics of the whole trip!

 

So after a quick morning, mommy decided she was going to go for it and we all headed back to the hotel for a break.  I went on my way to the expo to pick up my race stuff and gear up for the evening.

Here is a picture of the course:

 

 

Crowds gearing up for wine and dine:

 

 

The lines for the bathroom at the race were the longest lines I waited in the whole trip.  I was so worried that I would have to go mid race and have nowhere to go!

I really wish that I had people take my picture during the race, but I was so focused on finishing and didn't want to lose my steam. 

 

 

So while I was gearing up for the half marathon, Steve and the kids headed to Hollywood Studios again for Fantasmic:

 

 

 

Dinner at Mama Melrose's.  Apparently it was mediocre, but it looks like they were having lots of fun, I am sorry I missed it!

 

 

Met up with the rest of the clan for Fantasmic.  This was one of the hardest things about doing the race, missed Fantasmic and Osborne Lights.  What a bummer, but I know we will be back again, and I did get to run through the Osborn Lights during the race.  That was very cool since it was near mile 10 or 11 and I was starting to get tired. 

 

But it was totally worth it, will never get tired of looking at this: