Bright-eyed and bushy tailed. We took a picture of the kids every morning on the bench across the street from our villa.
Of course the first stop will be....
That is Cassidy with my brother and sister in law, Kelsey. This was their only full day with us because they weren't able to get vacation at the same time as us. They had to leave the next day.
At the Gingerbread House
This was our first taste of magic. So while the kids were doing their best puppy dog eyes to get something (a soda or a churro) at their uncles. A employee approached me and asked who the wish kid was. I pointed to Devon and told him to come over, and he asked me if Devon was interested in meeting some heros. (A little background, my brothers fave superhero is Batman). So he asks Dev who he would like to meet. Without skipping a beat he says Batman. My brother Forbes puts both fists straight in the air and his whole vibe was "Yes! That is my boy". So he told him that Batman wasn't there, but they had a whole bunch there that day, and named them off and asked if he wanted to meet Spiderman. He did. So off we went and got on the first "deathstares" for line skipping (which didn't faze me, he earned it).
We did get the picture that they took, but I haven't scanned it yet.
The person that we spoke with really went above and beyond. The meet and greet was delayed twice due to rain as the suits can't get wet at all. So they actually took us to this theater that had coverings so the heros could meet him and not get wet. Cassidy didn't want to really meet them. Captain America tried to get a high face and she kinda slapped his hand with mt sister in laws jacket that she was wearing. Spiderman did get a high five from her and was very happy to rub it Captain America's face.
We did the Marvel rides, Devon really wanted to do the Hulk, but he was too short. They all loved the Storm tea cup ride. With both my brothers spinning it, it was crazy fast. Everything was a blur. But they loved it. Then he did the Fear Fall. He had a lot of fun, I didn't think he would, but he surprised me.
Devon loved the Jurassic Park section. He also made sure to tell us that the T-Rex is not from the Jurassic period.
Daniel feeding Dev to the T-Rex
Cassidy doing the rock wall while everyone else got SOAKED on the Jurassic Park ride. It usually costs $5, but they gave it to us free because of the make a wish button she was wearing.
Forbes photobombed Cassidy at lunch.
Hogwarts! Kelsey really wanted to go here. She loves the books. She lamented that there wasn't a lot for her to pick to show house pride for Raveclaw. But man was the place packed. The shops were IMPOSSIBLE to get into, or move around in once you were in it. The kids loved Flight of the Hippogriff, Cassidy hate the Forbidden Journey. My dad, Daniel and brother James went the Dragons, but my dad liked it better the last time we went when both coasters ran at the same time.
Butterbeer
I didn't get any pictures of Dr. Suess land on our first time their they loved it. We did the train, and the kids took my dad and Daniel on One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, or as the kids call it One Fish Two Fish Get Papa Wet Fish. It was hilarious to see the kids steer right into the water to get their dad and Papa wet.
The big kids went on the Hulk one last time before we left to go to Downtown Disney. I talked the kids into sitting in the test seats, but only Cassidy was a good sport about it, pretending that she was really on the ride.
Then we trekked to Downtown Disney. As Forbes and Kelsey were leaving the next morning they really wanted to have some kind of Disney experience with them. We had dinner at the T-Rex restaurant. It is the Rainforest Cafe meets dinosaurs. It was pricey, but tasty. I had the paleo shrimp, it was a generous portion of shrimp. Daniel had the chicken fried steak and it was like a whole cow was on the plate! The place was packed and we had a bit of a wait so we went to the
Disney Store, and that is were Cassidy fell in love with Stitch. She walked around the store holding this pillow that Forbes and Kelsey promised to buy her. Then she saw Stitch, handed me the pillow and hugged it. That was it. Then they told her she could get one more thing. She got around that by picking out Lady and Tramp sewn together at the paw. Dev picked out an Agent P hat, and an Agent P stuffed toy.
We took two pictures with Forbes and Kelsey, one with his head down so it looks like Agent P looking at us and one normal.
I will upload videos soon to my facebook and then link to them soon. Thanks for reading!
