First Trip to Disney

The kids, Granna-MiMi, KyKy and I all went to Disney in the first weekend in October. I must say, I think I was more excited than the kids were!! I haven't been to Disney since I was a little girl!

I was nervous because my whole house, starting with Grant, had a stomach bug the week we were leaving! I was still feeling kinda puny Friday and Saturday while we were there.



Of course everything lived up to our expectations.  I decided we would just do and see what we could this time, and not have a particular time line.  We got down there Friday night and ate at Rainforest Cafe.  This is a MUST if you have kids!! (Although, if you have kids that are scared of thunder, animals, or loud noises.... Then no.). There's so much to see and do!! And it had an awesome gift shop.  Norah Kate loved looking at all the fish and animals!!!  I got a steak and shrimp combo and it was yummy.  

We stayed at the Port Orleans resort and it was Beautiful!!!

The next morning we woke up earlier and went to eat at Chef Mickeys, but the wait was over an hour so we settled for a quick service breakfast right next to it. The waffles were so good!!! I have been craving them since. We were tickled at the kids because they were literally liking the syrup out of the container! Yikes!

We rode the monorail to the park which was neat! We got in the park early (I am thinking like 9 am). And we were able to ride a few rides before lines got long. I did have a few fast passes, but with it being our first trip I wasn't sure how everything was laid out in order to know how to set up the fast passes!



 

We rode the teacups and the Dumbo flying elephants first. It didn't take NK long to get used to the crowds and rides, but the first couple her and G were both shell-shocked. Haha!! We also went to see Ariel in her Grotto. The Disney Princesses are all so beautiful.  The waits were long to see them (expect about an hour!!) unless you have a fast pass. In the end though, it was well worth the wait to watch Norah Kate's face.  After we saw Ariel, Norah Kate jumped up in the air and did a "air punch" with her fist!

 

 



In the morning, we rode the teacups, Dumbo, Under the Sea and saw Ariel. Then we had an 11 am reservation for Be Our Guest.  It was so pretty inside.  I may be the only person that thinks this, and I also think it was because my stomach wasn't "normal" yet, but I wasn't crazy about the food at BOG. I really think it was just me! Everything looked and smelt wonderful though!!

I also love how everything is Enchanted-like in Disney. It was truly like the castles were alive inside.

After lunch, we rode more rides like the carousel, the boat ride through the jungle, it's a small world, and the Country Bear Jamboree.  We also watched the parade and ate the famous Dole whips (now, those are good!!!) Next time, I will go ahead and get a seat close to the street for the parade.. We were in the very back and it was hard to see the parade :(

Grant loved the Small World ride!! He danced to the music and kept saying "look!"

He was also so funny on the boat ride too. He was fine the whole time, even with loud noises, but we went under a waterfall in the boat and he FELL APART!!

At about 2, we hit a rough patch. NK asked all morning to see "Frozen" and while we saw them in the parade, that wasn't good enough. She wanted to talk to them. Every time we checked the time though, it was an hour or 90 minute wait!! We finally walked by one time and it was "50 minutes." But we got to see BOTH Ana and Elsa. In line we got. (We didnt have a FastPass for this one.). NK was having a MELT DOWN. She didn't understand why we were waiting, but she DIDNT want to get out of line (believe me, I asked)!  I finally held her and she went to sleep (thank you Jesus.)

So she got about a 45 minute nap while we were waiting in line ( and Grant fell asleep too ).  She woke up and was so excited to see them!!! She just looked up in a w e....  I also love how the princesses made my little princess feel special. They give the little girls their un-divided attention and I loved that. We had a fast pass next (thanks to KyKy!!!) to see Cinderella and Rapunzle! So one hour and 4 Disney Princesses. Pretty good if I must say so!!

After the little power-nap they were rejuvinated, but by this point wait times were about an hour for everything. We ate a little snack and watched another Mickey Mouse street party. 

Then we headed out. I think we could have stayed longer, because the kids were good.

We were so tired though, we didn't even go out to eat that night. We played on the playground at the resort and ate beignets. We got some quick service food and ate in the room.

The next morning we had breakfast with Tigger, Pooh, Alice, Madhatter and Mary Poppins at 1900 Park Fair. This is in the Grand Floridian Resort which is B E A U T I F U L!!  The breakfast was S O good!! This was probably my favorite of the whole trip! It was worth every penny!!!

We headed back home after breakfast. The kids slept the whole way home!!  It really was an awesome trip! The kids did so good considering their young age. 

I really can't wait to go back!!