Cast:
Me 32 year-old dad, planner, photographer, etc.
DW 3* year-old wife and mom (I dont tell her age, but shes older than me!)
DS 6 year-old just finished kindergarten son who thinks he knows it all
DD 3.5 year-old daughter who thinks shes 13 and acts like it most days!
Day 1 - June 1st
My dad dropped the four of us off at Ellington Field for our 7:30 a.m. commuter flight to Houston Intercontinental. We flew Continental nonstop from there to Orlando arriving around 2 pm EDT. This was the kids first trip on a plane, and they absolutely loved it. I highly recommend a product I bought for DD and DSs ears called Earplanes. They worked great. Anyway, Tiffany Towncar met us in baggage claim and helped with the bags. A few minutes later we were on our way to the Wilderness Lodge.
We arrived shortly after 3 p.m. at the lodge and there was no line for check-in! After maybe 10 minutes we had our room, keys/ultimate park hoppers, and Fantasmic dinner package reservations for later in the week. We were in room 5082, which is a woods view room with bunk beds directly over Whispering Canyon Café. We found out later it had an excellent view of the Magic Kingdom fireworks, even if it was a bit loud from the lobby and restaurant.
After the luggage arrived from bell services, we were off! We had decided to go to MGM and catch the Stars & Motorcars parade. We walked around for a few minutes and found a spot on the curb near the intersection of Hollywood and Sunset to camp out at until the parade started. This is an awesome parade! The kids loved it and my DD was throwing kisses to all the characters, who usually threw them right back to her. This was a great way to start the trip for the kids. It didnt require much walking and let them see lots of characters the first day. After the parade we decided to go back to the hotel to get dinner and go to bed at a decent hour. We ended up eating at Whispering Canyon around 7 p.m. without a PS and only waited about 10-15 minutes for a table. The food was good, but not great. DW and I shared a salad and the rotisserie chicken. (Weve both been on weight watchers for 7 weeks and didnt want to totally blow it on this trip!) Then it was back to the room and in bed about 9:30 p.m. I heard the fireworks about 10pm and woke up my wife to watch them out the window. Tomorrow is Magic Kingdom!
A few pictures from day #1
I think I shot about 40-50 pics of this parade! These are just some samples!
Me 32 year-old dad, planner, photographer, etc.
DW 3* year-old wife and mom (I dont tell her age, but shes older than me!)
DS 6 year-old just finished kindergarten son who thinks he knows it all
DD 3.5 year-old daughter who thinks shes 13 and acts like it most days!
Day 1 - June 1st
My dad dropped the four of us off at Ellington Field for our 7:30 a.m. commuter flight to Houston Intercontinental. We flew Continental nonstop from there to Orlando arriving around 2 pm EDT. This was the kids first trip on a plane, and they absolutely loved it. I highly recommend a product I bought for DD and DSs ears called Earplanes. They worked great. Anyway, Tiffany Towncar met us in baggage claim and helped with the bags. A few minutes later we were on our way to the Wilderness Lodge.
We arrived shortly after 3 p.m. at the lodge and there was no line for check-in! After maybe 10 minutes we had our room, keys/ultimate park hoppers, and Fantasmic dinner package reservations for later in the week. We were in room 5082, which is a woods view room with bunk beds directly over Whispering Canyon Café. We found out later it had an excellent view of the Magic Kingdom fireworks, even if it was a bit loud from the lobby and restaurant.
After the luggage arrived from bell services, we were off! We had decided to go to MGM and catch the Stars & Motorcars parade. We walked around for a few minutes and found a spot on the curb near the intersection of Hollywood and Sunset to camp out at until the parade started. This is an awesome parade! The kids loved it and my DD was throwing kisses to all the characters, who usually threw them right back to her. This was a great way to start the trip for the kids. It didnt require much walking and let them see lots of characters the first day. After the parade we decided to go back to the hotel to get dinner and go to bed at a decent hour. We ended up eating at Whispering Canyon around 7 p.m. without a PS and only waited about 10-15 minutes for a table. The food was good, but not great. DW and I shared a salad and the rotisserie chicken. (Weve both been on weight watchers for 7 weeks and didnt want to totally blow it on this trip!) Then it was back to the room and in bed about 9:30 p.m. I heard the fireworks about 10pm and woke up my wife to watch them out the window. Tomorrow is Magic Kingdom!
A few pictures from day #1
I think I shot about 40-50 pics of this parade! These are just some samples!
