November 2012 Day 5

Day 5:  Epcot and Magic Kingdom for New Fantasyland

 

 

Ready to rock and roll, we hit the park in the morning and did a little touring before it was time to meet up with the family and head to Akershus.

 

Nemo and Turtle Talk with Crush:

 

 

I have this picture in front of the tank of Turtle talk from every single trip we've been on, eventually I will have to do a post with just these pictures to watch how much everyone has grown :)

 

Then it was on to Akershus for breakfast:

 

 

Happy Birthday Gabs, your cake was delicious, so glad you got to meet Jasmine in the end!

 

After breakfast, Steve and Uncle John took a spin on Mission Space, Aunt Cindy and family went off on a quest for Jasmine, and the rest of us headed to Magic Kingdom on a quest to see the New Fantaslyand, and we were in for some serious fun!

 

A few castle pics along the way.

 

 

 

 

First we spent some time exploring Belle's Village, got a LeFou's Brew and made a wish in the fountain.

 

 

 

 

We rode Voyage of the Little Mermaid which was so cute, then headed into Ariel's Grotto where there was no line.  We walked around the corner and it was so magical to see Ariel just sitting right there.  I think even the adults could feel the magic :)

 

 

then onto Enchanted Tales with Belle, so cute.

 

A little tired waiting for the show, but Belle's little cottage was so cute.

 

that's Lizzie behind Phillipe :)



We left there for Storybook Circus where we went for a spin on Dumbo, unfortunately our ride was cut short by two little girls standing up in the elephant.  I don't have any pics of that, but it certainly take a lot to get kicked off of Dumbo. :)



 

 

 

 

 

 A little circus snack to recover from getting kicked off the ride.

We went to Columbia Harbor House for dinner and did a bunch more rides until was time for the Dessert Party that night.  Here's our traditional People Mover pics.  This is another family favorite.

Time for the Dessert Party which is one of my favorite new things to do on our trips.
 

 

 

 

Some one didn't make it till the end, this was a long day with no break.  Gotta go home and get some rest, because tomorrow is Lexi's Birthday and we are hitting up the Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique for some makeover fun.

 

November 2012 Day 4

Day 4: Animal Kingdom and Hoop De Doo Review

 

 

By Day 4 we seem to be getting a little wiped out, definitely need our beauty sleep!

 

 

 

Up and at em for another day of rope drop in our villa.  All decked out in our best animal prints!

 

We headed straight back to the safari:

 

 

saw lots of good animals on this safari, just sad I didn't get a good picture of the lions because they looked awesome on this ride. 

 

After the safari we took a little walk to grab fastpasses for Everest. 

Stopped on the way to grab some coffee and some photopass pics:

 

 

 

Then we met up with the fam for tusker house breakfast/brunch.  We had the last breakfast seating so we were able to get a little bit of the lunch selection.  This is one of my favorite Disney restaurants.  I love the juice here which reminds me of the same juice they serve in Ohana.

 

 

the Whole Crew!

 

 

and just our girlies :)

 

 

Oh, Mickey loves MiMi :)

I particularly like Gabbie's face in this picture

 

 

 

 

 

After breakfast Steve and Uncle John took the adventurous ones for a few spins on Everest while the rest of us hit up Dinosaur.  It was actually really fun too, but I don't have any pics for some reason.

 

Then we went back to the hotel for a rest while the rest of our group finished touring Animal Kingdom, we would be meeting back up in a little while at Fort Wilderness for Hoop De Doo

 

 

 on the bus...pins in place

 

 

 

my kids always seem to be able to find the nearest playground at Disney World, they needed to just let out some steam by running around.

 

 

 

chilling with the crew before the show.  This was just before they got in trouble for sitting on the barrel,  they look so cute in this pic though!

 

The highlight of this show for me was watching how much the girls enjoyed it.  Well the older girls, Avery spent the whole show engrossed in mommy's phone.

 

 

A great time with great food and an amazing family!