The Magic Kingdom

A good night's sleep by all and we were raring to go to THE MAGIC KINGDOM!!

It was a beautiful day as we drove under the Walt Disney World arch!and on to the Magic Kingdom entrance!

We parked and hopped onto the tram and then onto the Ferry to take us across the Lagoon.

then through the ticket booth and bag check and we were in!!!

The timing was perfect to catch the trolley to take us down Main Street.
We were seranaded by a fun Barber Shop Quartet.

Great to see this family together again!

Dave ran on ahead to get some fastpass tickets for Fantasyland. Let me say right now, he's the man to do the planning! The whole adventure went off without a hitch with all his fastpass runs and pre-planning for rides! Three cheers to Dave!!! THANK YOU!!

We headed to Fantasyland to start our day.

Past the Castle and on to Dumbo....where the line was really long, so we decided to head to Mickey's PhilharMagic which was a wonderful 30 minute 3D movie.

Great start and the first of many lines we waited in....

then onto It's a Small World and it's wander through all the countries...

then to Prince Charming's Regal Carrousel...

By the time we got off the Carrousel the line for Dumbo was a little shorter so we waited for our turn...

Definitely worth the wait!
Then it was time for some Pooh adventures, but when we got there
it was closed for a repair so it was decided to go....

back to the Carrousel...

which we all thoroughly enjoyed!

and then the teacups to end our Fantasyland Adventure.
Jill, Grandma and Grandpa sat that one out!!

We headed to Tomorrowland and borrowed a table at one of the restaurants and had a quick lunch that we had packed. That re-energized everyone so we were off for our afternoon.

Fastpass time for the Speedway!
Great times for both cars.

Then a quick walk back to Pooh's Adventures that was open and no line :-)

A return to Tomorrowland and Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin - a very fun ride

Dave was by far the winner of this Intergalactic adventure! That's one intense guy!

Colin landed in with this alien....hope we can get him out!
On to Space Mountain and some really serious rides!

Headed for Monster's Inc to cool off a little and then through the PeopleMover and then off to Adventureland!

Ran into Stitch along the way!

Started Adventureland with a nice shady walk through the Swiss Family Treehouse...

did a sail through the Pirates of the Carribbean...

then hopped on board the safari boat for a Jungle Cruise.

When we got off that, we headed for the Dole Aloha Isle for some Pineapple Ice Cream to cool off and re-energize. It's been a long day and more to go!

Off to Frontierland where we started with a quick run on Thunder Mountain--great ride!

Ryan really enjoyed that one!

Then a raft ride over to Tom Sawyer Island and some adventuring over there...

Running the barrel bridges was the highlight here!

After we wandered Tom's Island we headed back on the raft and then made a visit to the Country Bear Jamboree. Then headed to Pecos Bill's for dinner. It was nice to sit down and catch our breath!

After dinner we moved toward the Liberty Square area and caught the last ride on the Riverboat. It was a pleasant ride around the island and just in time for the sunset.


When we arrived back we headed toward the parade area for the Electric Light Parade.

The Palace was lovely.

Ryan was fading some, but Colin was full of energy as he did his Hula Hoop routine on the street as we waited for the parade.


He really can make that hoop swing! Colin and Grandma sat down on the curb not too long after this and waited for the parade. Ryan was already asleep in Dave's arms and as the parade came into view, Colin hit the wall and was gone! But, the adults really enjoyed the parade!

Another Outstanding Day!

Welcome Back to the Mainland!!!

Dave, Grandma and Grandpa headed to the airport in two separate cars to pick up our arriving travelers and all their gear! There were huge hugs for Daddy when they saw him at the end of the concourse! The boys didn't know they were going to DisneyWorld so it was quite a surprise when Dave pulled out their mouse ears!

Then one more surprise when Grandma and Grandpa appeared to share the adventure with them! Lots of excitement all around!!
We all headed down the baggage and collected the car seats, the box and the 5 suitcases and headed for the cars and then on to the Sheraton Fountains Resort. After carrying everything up to the 3rd floor we settled in a little and the boys all had a short nap. Meanwhile Jill headed to the Spa for a wonderful couple of hours of refreshing relaxation and massage!

When Mom came back we all headed to Downtown Disney and the beginning of our Adventure...we headed to Lego Imagination Center first, of course. They have wonderful bigger than life lego characters all around and inside the building.

and a huge area where you can just play with Legos.

After a wander through the Lego store and lots of ohhh we headed down to the T-Rex Cafe to have some dinner. There was a short wait and the boys played in the dig area.

Then we did a wander through the gift shop which had a rainforest theme...

Then into dinner amid all the moving dinosaurs. It was very cool.

They had a meteor shower every 20 minutes when the lights would go dim and the creatures would all come to life with their roars and movements. There were meteors sailing through the sky also. Ryan got a little closer to Dad each time it happened--it was pretty life-like! We topped dinner off with the Chocolate Extinction....a volcano extradinare!

YUM!!!

Then back out to wander the street. We walked by musicians, a ton of stores, folks making candy apples and chocolate pretzels and then came upon this wonderful statue...a live model and he was great!!
Then we wandered by the Ridemakerz store and Mom walked in to check it out and we all headed in to create some GREAT custom made radio controlled Lightening McQueen racecars! The boys picked out the car frame they wanted and then added tires, accessories, engine, etc and proceeded to help assemble it.

Ryan picking out tires...

Putting all the parts together...

Colin assisting with final assembly....

Ryan's final assembly

They both did a test run to make sure everything worked and then the cars were packed up and we headed for the cars and home. We had three very tired puppies after their long trip from Hawaii and a pretty full adventure at Downtown Disney. But, before they could go to bed, they needed to do a test run of the cars, so they headed down to the parking lot and all went well. Then on to a good nights sleep and dreams of tomorrow's adventures! It was a GRAND day!!!!