Surf, Sun, and Big Family FUN!

[Happy Elf]

We had breakfast ADR's at Crystal Palace! This is a favorite of ours and we have done it on every trip since our honeymoon!

We got checked in and they asked if we were celebrating anything special? I said not this week, but we celebrated our anniversary last week! She told us Happy Anniversary! I didn't think much about it, but soon they were calling our names. We had been chosen to open the Crystal Palace! I had to read the opening ( to see video, click on the picture)



They told me I did a great job and offered me a job for the day (sounds great when I'm older, but not today!) and then they took us to our table first and they gave us a signed picture of Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet, and Tigger! It was a magical moment for me!

Soon Piglet joined us

You can see Owen is watching each character come...at this point he wasn't sure if he was going to like them or not!

Hi Tigger! Notice no Owen?

Maybe Pooh Bear?

Nope! But Hannah and Mommy love him!

Well, maybe Eeyore would be the winner??

Eeyore was lucky enough to get a high five!

Hannah was excited to join the parade!

Eeyore says hi as he passes by!

We had a great breakfast, but we had an exciting meet and greet we were anxious to make before the line got too long! Any guesses on who we were going to meet?

A few pictures on the way

Hi feathered friends

Any guesses where we were going and who we were meeting????

 

[Happy Elf]

Hannah had been seeing pictures of others meeting Rapunzel and was quite excited to meet her.

We made it over before the line was open and we happened to be first in line! Hannah took that time to color a picture, Owen wanted no part of that (and he still doesn't like to color!).

Luckily, the Photopass photographer, Tyler, kept Owen entertained with Pascal.

Meanwhile, Ben stood back and took pictures of the area.

Then it was time to meet Rapunzel!

Hannah was in awe!

Up Next, a new ride! Will Hannah like it?

 

[Happy Elf]

After meeting Rapunzel we headed over to do something fun for Owen! We rode Buzz!

Our redneck ride photos! I look like I am by myself, but Owen was just too short to be seen!

After Buzz, we took a ride on the Peoplemover!

Hannah was just itching to ride Space Mountain! We got a child swap pass, so Hannah and Ben headed off to ride and I took Owen to the arcade to wait. Owen was content with pretending to play.

Soon, Ben and Hannah showed up! Hannah said she didn't really like it, but she went with me too!

After that we headed over to Adventureland to ride Pirates!

And Hannah and I took a Magic Carpet Ride!

It was getting really HOT at this point, so I got my first Dole Whip and we headed back to CBR. The kids were itching to swim again and Owen was about ready to fall asleep!

We got back to the room to find the animal friends like this

and we had a new towel animal

We took a rest and cool down and decided on what to do for dinner!

 

[Happy Elf]

After our rest and cool down we decided to head over to Caribbean Cay and let the kids play on the playground before dinner. I walked around and took a few pictures while they played.

The kids loved finding the different gator rocks!

The walk was beautiful!

We decided to just eat dinner at the food court and then the kids could have an extra long swim tonight!

My dinner...it was delicious!

Hannah and Owen loved that the kids meals came in a sand pail with a shovel!

 

[Happy Elf]

After dinner we headed to the pool! They kids LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this pool and the slides!

You can see the excitement on their faces!

After a few hours, we called it a night and headed back to the room. We passed some feathered friends along the way!

Some beautiful views on our walk back to the room

 

[SoonerGirl]

What a perfect morning, breakfast with Pooh & friends and then first in line to meet Rapunzel!

You got your first Dole Whip ever? What did you think? I could sure go for one of those with as hot as it's been!

Love the pure joy on your kids faces as they are going down the pool slide