Vacation-Day 4

Today was our last day at Disney World. We started off with breakfast at Cinderella's Table. Uncle Bill, Gi-Gi and Skylar joined us for the day. Kelsey was able to spend time with Cinderella, Snow White, Princess Aurora, Ariel, and Belle.
The rest of the day was spent revisiting her favorite rides and taking in a few new ones. We stayed and watched the fireworks and then took the ferry back to the car instead of the monorail.
After 3 days of visiting the parks we were exhausted and needed a calm, relaxing day.

Vacation-Day 3

Today we visited Disney's Hollywood Studios, formerly known as MGM Studios. We started off at the 3-D Toy Story Mania attraction since that is one of the most popular and tends to have a long line. Kelsey saw a lot of the characters today and that was her favorite part! She was so excited to see Mickey and Minnie again! We saw the Little Einsteins, Cpt. Hook and Mr. Smee, but she did not want to meet them so we just waved to them from afar.
Rusty thought it would be a good idea to challenge Mr. Incredible. Needless to say, he did not prevail! :)
Well, Kelsey did not care to meet Pooh, but Rusty wanted to!Kelsey loved The Voyage of the Little Mermaid and was disappointed we did not see her at the park. While Ya-Ya, Rusty and I went on The Tower of Terror Kelsey stayed with Grampy and cooled off with some ice cream and played with the camera. She took a pretty good picture of Grampy!Today was also the last day of the Star Wars weekend and the park was busier than normal. There are only a few a year so the Star Wars fans come from all over to see the special events and to get autographs. We were greeted by the stormtroopers when we entered the park and we able to see many of the characters from the movies. Mom and I had our picture taken with Luke and C-3PO. We weren't as excited about Luke, but it was fun.
We made reservations to eat at the 50's Prime Time Cafe. We enjoyed home cooked food with service from a typical mom from the 1950's. It is a fun place to eat and somewhere worth visiting if you are there.

Vacation-Day 2

Today we woke up and went to the Magic Kingdom. We got a little lost on the way...but it ended up working to our advantage. Kelsey was so excited to see Mickey Mouse!!

We started in Fantasyland with all of the rides. Kelsey's favorite ride was the Tea Cups! She wanted to spin very fast and make everyone dizzy! Right outside the tea cups we met Mr. Rabbit.

Here we are in front of the Dumbo Ride.

We were able to see a lot of characters throughout the day. Her favorite was Minnie and Mickey, but the princesses were quite a hit as well.

Well, neither Kelsey nor daddy could pull out the sword.

Then, off to the race track...Kelsey got her driver's license today! She was a great driver.
We had a few long lines so Kelsey spent the time entertaining herself and the other kids around us with BUBBLES!!
We stayed late and watched the electrical parade.

Overall it was a great day. It was hot, but not miserable and the park was not nearly as crowded as it could have been. I don't think we stood in line longer than 25 minutes for anything. We did take advantage of the fast passes as much as we could.

Vacation-Day 1

Kelsey was very excited about the ride in the airplane. She couldn't wait to get to the airport. After a short delay we found our seats and settled in for the 1.5 hour flight. As soon as we took off Kelsey said, "We did it (flying) like the Bubble Guppies!" Here are a few other cute comment she made. "We're like angels" "Oh, we're up in the clouds." The rest of the flight was not as fun as the first few minutes so she took a nap for the reminder of the flight.

When we landed at the Sanford/Orlando airport we found our bags and picked up our rental. We toted ALL of the stuff to the car in 1 trip. I think we all looked like pack mules. But, we made it.

Then, we headed to dinner with Uncle Jim and Gi-Gi at The Olive Garden.

After dinner, we finally headed toward our resort, The Fountains, on International Drive. Here is a picture from our back deck.

It was a beautiful resort and Kelsey immediately took advantage of the bathtub in our room. She took a bath every night we were there!

We were late getting to bed since we were going to be up early the next morning.