We're Back! 8/29-9/3

[RNicole1]

So we're back, and we had a great time! We left Wednesday morning, and thankfully the Isaac weather did not affect our flight. We landed in Orlando at 11:30 and we're on the Magical Express bus headed to Disney by 12. We were in our room by 12:45. We did online check in, and our room was ready then, even though check in is not until 3. We also rented a City Mini double stroller from Baby Wheels Orlando, and it was at luggage services when we arrived (it was so clean and nice!!!) After getting settled in our room for a few minutes, we headed to the food court, had lunch and went on to Magic Kingdom. The crowds in the parks were great the first 3 days (Wed-Fri.) That afternoon they met Cinderella, Belle, Repunzel, Mickey, Minnie, Pooh, Tigger and Tinkerbell! DD3 loved all of them, talked, hugged, and smiled for pictures. DD1 would wave, and even gave Tigger a high five, but she wouldn't get down and didn't like them to approach her. She wasn't hysterical or anything, just quiet and shy...however, she had no problem with the face characters later in the week. That same day we rode the teacups and dumbo, the Pooh ride, carousel and did the 3D Mickey show. I felt like that was a lot in one day...and it was due to low crowds! Same thing for Magic Kingdom on Friday. We had pretty much covered everything by lunch, including breakfast at Crystal Palace.

Saturday and Sunday were much more crowded...especially Sunday at Magic Kingdom. I used www.easywdw.com to plan our days and let me say, his crowd calendars were pretty dead on. Thankfully, I knew that Sunday would be more crowded and I was prepared for that. We spent the morning at Epcot (which was recommended), but we just had to end at MK. These were our days:

Wednesday: Arrive and Magic Kingdom

Thursday: Breakfast at Hollywood & Vine, Hollywood Studios for the morning, then around 2 we took the boat to Epcot. Had dinner at Tutto Italia.

Friday: Breakfast at Crystal Palace, entire day at Magic Kingdom (took a mid-day break at the hotel), stayed for Wishes

Saturday: Breakfast at Tusker House, Animal Kingdom, then back to the hotel and rested until dinner at Ohana

Sunday: Breakfast at Akershus, Epcot, and then back to Magic Kingdom at 3...saw the 3:00 parade and the electrical parade that evening.

Monday: Come home with feverish baby!

Overall, all of our meals were good, the transportation was great, and the crowds were great. We really had a good time...but we are still tired! Both girls are sick, which the doctor thinks is from Disney (herpangina.)

Oh, and we pre-bought the regular Photopass cd, so we used those Disney photographers a LOT and I am really glad that we did that.

Not sure if I left anything out....I could probably go on and on and on with more detail!

PS: We did not have a drop of rain during our entire trip!