The big surprise was revealed to Megan at her birthday party on Saturday, June 16th. It was, as I sort of anticipated, a major fail. She totally played it cool for the big reveal in front of her grandparents and Uncle Kent. Little stinker! Despite her nonchalance, the anticipation definitely built for both girls in advance of our trip. By the time Wednesday night rolled around, even Hannah was randomly exclaiming "I'm going to Disney World!", and we were all looking forward to our adventure.
On Thursday morning we hauled half of our worldly possessions through the airport. Megan, disgusted with our pace, even offered to help by pushing her sister in the stroller.
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| "Let's move, people!" |
After a very smooth ride to Orlando, we had a couple of excited monkeys on our hands.
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| "Let's get this party started!" |
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| We hadn't even left the airport yet before we spotted our first over-sized character statue. This one was in heaven already! |
We picked up our rental car, grabbed some lunch, and headed straight to our new home for the next four days. Our digs were not quite ready for us, so we made the best of it and took full advantage of the facilities:
After a quick grocery stock up and brief dinner break, we were off to Magic Kingdom for the first time.
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| On the tram...which leads to the monorail...which leads to the park |
It was a muggy night, but we found the ride lines to be pretty decent in the evening hours (this quickly became our strategy for the next two nights as well) - we got a great headstart on our list o' kiddie rides, and also caught the Main Street Electrical Parade.
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| The castle!! It's real!! This was a big first encounter for Miss Megan |
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| We started slowly with the rides - Cinderella's Carousel was our first |
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| Do these guys look ready to party or what? |
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| This was actually Hannah's first ride ever - she was a big fan, and ready to move on to bigger and better attractions... |
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| ...such as the TEACUPS (she got a little quiet and green-faced for a moment, but quickly recovered)... |
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| ...just in time to hit the splash pad. This was quite refreshing on a muggy Florida night. |
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| She also enjoyed her first spin on Dumbo the flying elephant ride with Daddy. |
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| Both sisters were pretty thrilled to see all the familiar charaters throughout the park, whether they were "real" or just signage along the wall. |
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| Exploring Winnie the Pooh's territory after a spin on his ride - the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh |
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| Finally, we scored some good seats for the 9 p.m. Electrical Parade |
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| It was hot, but we had fans! |
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| After making our first souvenir purchases - a Minnie Mouse for Hannah and Rapunzel doll for Megan (which she is clutching securely while passed out in the stroller), we dragged two exhausted little ladies out of the park. |
It was a very productive first night in the park! It allowed us to get our bearings and give the girls a good taste of the fun to come over the next several days. Mom and Dad also got a taste of just how exhausting this trip was going to be...but so, so worth it. It was especially exciting to see how much Hannah enjoyed the experience - we weren't sure what this trip would look like for her, but we had no concerns about what she would get out of it after about ten minutes inside the gates. We knew we had a lot of fun in store!
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