Brief Trip Summary

Our Disney Trip in brief:

Day 1: We arrived in Orlando and after getting checked in spent the evening at the Magic Kingdom - basically just in time to see the parade and fireworks

Day 2: We spent the day at Magic Kingdom. The lines were very short this day so we got to do a lot of the good rides several times. The kids' favorite was the Space Ranger spin (pictured below).


We had dinner that night at the "Hoop De Doo Revue" which was a lot of fun for all of us.

Day 3: We spent the 3rd day at Epcot. The kids enjoyed getting autographs from and picures with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto, Goofy, Chip, and Dale. Actually Small was pretty freaked out by them.



We also got to see the aquarium and got to see a diver do a demonstration in the tank.



Day 4: The next day we went to Hollywood Studios. There was less here that the kids were interested in so we kept the day pretty short. We did get to see some good 3-D shows and stuff like that. That evening we went to Downtown Disney for dinner and looked around at some of the shops.

Day 5: Another Magic Kingdom day. By now the crowds had picked up for the holiday week so we weren't able to breeze through stuff as easily as before. But we checked out Tom Sawyer Island, and also Large braved Space Mountain which made his dad pretty proud!

Day 6: This was our Animal Kingdom day. Far and away the highlight of this day was the safari tour. We got to see some animals very close up!






We also got to see a good Lion King show.

Day 7: This was a second day at Epcot. We met my Uncle, Aunt, and Cousin who live in the Orlando area and spent the day going through the World Showcase with them.



Later, Large, Medium, and I went on the Test Track and Mission: Space rides which were a lot of fun.

Day 8: This was our final day and we used it to spend one more day in the Magic Kingdom and mostly redo the rides that the kids wanted to do again. We got to do the Space Ranger spin another two times, and the Astro Orbiter which they liked. We had lunch at the Crystal Palace restaurant where the kids were able to get autographs from their favorite Disney characters:




We also did the obligatory "It's a Small World" ride.


Here are a few pictures of the park decorated for Christmas.





Now that we're back home, 2 of our 3 kids have the usual fall sickness that we always get around here. But they timed it perfectly because we were not slowed down by sickness while at Disney World.

PS: Whew! I have officially achieved my NaBloPoMo commitment - my next blog post will probably not be for a very long time :-)