Disney

Here are some pictures and snippets from our trip to Florida. I have decided to post a separate blog about Sea World and another of just fun stuff. I think I took over 300 pictures and about 200 of them were keepers. You won't have to look at them all unless you live close by and I force my scrapbook on you!! Enjoy.


I took a lot of pictures of the castle and this is my favorite one. This was taken as we were walking out of Tomorrowland toward Main Street, USA. There was a beautiful park area with tons of flowers and a little waterfall. It was a gorgeous setting. Definitely fit for a Princess.

Several times a day a cute little play involving several of the characters is acted out right in front of the castle (Can we say photo-op?). We watched the whole thing in two different parts and I was able to get some great pictures of it. You can't really tell but there are at least 500 people standing around watching it too.

One of my favorite moments came when the boys saw Snow White for the first time. In perfect unison and with a breathy awe in their little voices they said "It's Snow White!!". So many times on this trip I had tears leap into my eyes over their wonder and enchantment.

Of course it wouldn't be a Disney show without Mickey and Minnie standing in the spotlight.

And who are Mickey and Minnie without their good friends Goofy and Donald?

The first ride that we rode was through the Haunted Mansion. I don't know if it was one of our favorites because of the cool (as in neat) factor or because of the cool (as in air-conditioned) factor. Again, it was a great place to take pictures. Can you see the invisible horse waiting to pull the carriage? I thought not.

Some of the other favorite things we did were riding on Dumbo...

... and the boys loved the race track. They thought they were hot stuff to be able to drive. Of course, both Curt and I had a little whiplash when we were done, but it was all in the name of fun.

On the morning of the second day at Disney just as we walked into the Magic Kingdom there was a relatively short line to see Pluto (more about him later) so we decided to take a family photo with him. It is one of my favorites of the four of us on this trip.

This was taken while Curt was off riding Space Mountain. The boys were in awe of Buzz Lightyear and were just giddy with the whole thing. They thought it especially cool that Buzz turned their hats crooked. Ooh, to be touched by Buzz was a big deal!

There is a really cool Buzz Lightyear ride that is a little like a video game that you become a part of. Basically two people ride in a cart and you each have a laser gun and you shoot at little "Z" targets (Z is short for Zurg) and get points. The points don't earn you anything, but it was fun beating Curt!! Afterwards you get to see your picture on T.V. screens and if you want to order them (for a hefty sum) you may. I opted for taking pictures of the T.V. screens.

At 9:00 and 11:00 in the evening Disney had a Spectromagic Parade. It was all lights and songs and it was really cool. I have included a few short movies of it. I took some pictures, but they had a tendency to be blurry. The movies came out better.

We got to meet Mickey and the gang. You have to wait in line of course, but it moves relatively quickly. I have to give Disney props for organization. Everything is as smooth as butter.

Of all the characters, Pluto was by far Ethan's favorite. Every time we saw him he would say "I want to hug Pluto." He even would say it on our way back to the park after our afternoon siesta. It was really cute until he almost got his Momma in trouble. We were walking through a store on our way out for lunch and he spied Pluto through the window of the door (now mind you he'd already hugged Pluto at least twice already and it wasn't even lunch). He ran out the door with me on his heels and ran right into Pluto's arms. As I am saying to him "Ethan, we have to go now," a man says, "Ma'am, is he with you?" I said yes, and was then told that if he wants to see Pluto then he needs to stand in line like all the other kids. At that moment I looked to my right and saw a HUGE line. I felt horrible, but when I got Ethan away he just looked up at me with those big blue eyes of his and said "I just wanted to hug him Mommy, I just wanted to love him."

Last, but by far not the least ;-) is a picture from Curt's favorite show from his childhood that he just had to see with us. It is the Country Bear Jamboree and it starred Big Al (sorry I don't have a picture of him, you are really missing out on that one). Through the show Jacob kept leaning over to me and asking "When's this going to be done?" Apparently he was as excited about this as he was the Hall of Presidents.

We had a great time and I have to admit what they say is true. Disney World is the place where "Dreams Really Do Come True"!