We headed down to Orlando for a Disney trip earlier this month. We arrived on Thursday in time for dinner so we stopped in a Giordano’s.
Patiently waiting for our pizza
We got up early the next day and headed to the Magic Kingdom. Jonathan and I both participated in the ‘give a day, get a day’ program so when we picked up our tickets, we also got special pins. Our give-a-days were in reality pretty short. Jonathan volunteered at GCM and they ended up running out of things for him to do after about 2 hours. I volunteered with the high school dance marathon and due to some kind of UF rule, only ended up holding a sign with an arrow on it for 2 hours before they said I was done. The cost of a Disney ticket is $82 dollars right now. So we each basically earned $41 an hour. I’ve never had a job that paid that well!
It was beautiful weather the day we were there. Mid-November is a great time to go.
We always head to the left once we get in the park so our first stop was Aladdin’s Magic Carpets and walked right on.
Jonathan and Ben
Me and Rosemary
She loved this ride!
Next we went to the Jungle Cruise. Basically walked right on there too.
Ben cheesin’ for the camera
Rosemary didn’t really want to ride this one, but then she remembered that the baby elephants were ‘cute’ so she was okay.
We walked onto Pirates of the Caribbean next. Last time we were on it, we were stuck on the ride for an hour. This time, all went smoothly.
Next we headed to the castle to watch one of the shows.
Jonathan held Rosemary so she could see better
Ben sat in the stroller and started eating his snack of two peanut butter crackers.
After the show we headed to Fantasy Land where Jonathan got us FastPasses for Peter Pan and we headed over to it’s a small world. They changed the queue which threw me off for a second. You now go in the way you used to go out. After 30 years of going to Disney, it seemed so strange. I don’t think it bothered Jonathan.
Next, we enjoyed a spin on Cinderella’s Carousel.
Jonathan and Ben rode together while Ben continued to eat his snack.
Rosemary picked horses so we could all ride side-by-side.
Rosemary and Ben actually like wearing their Disney hats. They’re quite possibly the best souvenir we’ve ever purchased since we bought each of them when the kids were infants.
Snow White was one of our longer waits, but still was only 20 minutes and the kids were great. Notice Ben is STILL eating his snack.
Out longest wait of the day…Dumbo. So long to wait for such a short ride. But randomly, we ran into a friend of Jonathan’s who lives in Gainesville as well while in line.
Getting ready to fly
Construction for the addition to Fantasy Land.
Our Dumbo pilot
Rosemary tried on a few hats while we waited for the boys. Then we headed over to Peter Pan.
When I asked the kids about what rides that we had to make sure to go on, Ben would always reply “choo-choo.” So after lunch we headed to the train station on Main Street and rode the entire circuit.
After the train ride, Rosemary and I found seats for the parade and Ben and Jonathan got us FastPasses for Buzz Lightyear. We all ate some ice cream while we waited.
Snow White and her prince
After the parade we rode Buzz Lightyear then made our way to the Astro Orbiter. I’m pretty sure this was the first time I’d ever ridden this ride. I thought it would just be like Dumbo, but up higher.
Rosemary was ready to ride. I’m pretty sure I must have looked hilarious trying to get into the rocket without falling over. Man, that ride went a lot faster than I expected!
Next we slowed it down a bit with a ride on the PeopleMover
Jonathan took the kids on the cars. It was one of the few rides that the kids wanted to ride that I couldn’t ride while pregnant. (And even though they didn’t ride it, we measured Rosemary and she is now tall enough to ride Thunder Mountain…isn’t that crazy!)
Showing off their driver’s licenses.
Toon Town Fair was our next stop. We went through Minnie’s House on our way to meet the princesses. Ben and Jonathan headed to the playground while Rosemary and I waited to see Cinderella, Belle, and Aurora.
Next, we headed to see Mickey and Minnie.
Jonathan got a workout as we waited
By this time, it was getting dark so we decided to let the kids choose one more ride before heading back to the condo. They picked the carousel.
We were beat when we got back to the condo. We ate dinner and the kids went to bed. It wasn’t long before I crashed too.
The next morning was nice and relaxing and in the afternoon, my mom, Rosemary, and I had a girls shopping day at one of the outlets. It was the first time Rosemary came with us for a shopping day and it was so much fun! She tried on about 20 pairs of shoes so she was content. The boys stayed at the condo and Ben got to play on the playground…and take a 3 hour nap! Poor guy, we wore him out the day before at the park.
Before heading out on Sunday, we tried to get a couple pics of the kids with my mom and dad.
On our way out of town, we had brunch at Golden Corral. It was insane!
We had such a nice trip away and lots of fun with family. But I gotta say, Disney with two kids and at 7 months pregnant is a whole different experience!
