We got into Orlando late Sunday night and had a little trouble finding the place where we were staying but finally got there and it was super cool. It had themed bedrooms for the kids, a theatre room, pool and plenty of space. We all headed to bed because the plan was to leave by 8am for the park.
Wow! Getting into the park was a process! You park and then you take a shuttle and then a tram and then you go through park security, needless to say we arrived a bit later than we thought but we were all still in time for our Fast Pass Rides. We took a quick group photo and everyone headed in different directions. Robb and the boys went to the Pirates of the Caribbean (I guess they weren't super impressed. Turns out the boys love scary rides which I didn't know when I was booking stuff). Bob, Andy and the Beckman crew headed to the Mine Train Ride and Susie and I and the girls headed off to find some princesses.
We are ready to have some fun!
We found a princess right away! Merida was just coming out to greet people and we were 3rd in line.The girls had their autograph books ready for her to sign. Emmy was in heaven. As Bob would say "Whether you have to beg, borrow or steal a 3 year old, you have to take one to Disney!) It was so fun to see her meet all the "real" princesses!
Next up was the Ariels Grauta ride and meeting Ariel. By this time we had been walking around for a while and we were hot sweaty disasters! You can tell how red Emmy is. It didn't stop her from changing into her mermaid dress before meeting Ariel though.
We met up with the boys group and had some lunch and then they headed off to find scary rides and Abby, Emmy and I went to Belle's Castle. Belle is Emmy's all time favorite princess and she could not contain her excitement! This was an interactive show which was cute. They all got to play a part and they put on a parade for Belle and then they got to meet her. Emmy couldn't stop staring up at her.
Robb thought I was crazy when I requested to buy a toddler carrier but that and my garage sale stroller were saving graces for us! Emmy likes to be held a lot and it is so hard on my back but with the carrier she was really easy to carry around it just made us both sweaty messes.
We all met up after we had met princesses and they had went to the Haunted Mansion and they found one of their favorite rides, Space Mountain. It was scary and dark and all things that I didn't think they would like. We went on Splash Mountain which by this time felt amazing! We got to see a character parade and so so so many other great things. We had thought that we would stay for the fireworks this night but by 6 everyone was beat! The 100 temps just zapped all your energy. We headed back to the house for an evening of sitting by the pool and swimming.
Disney Day 1 done. Now we kinda know what to expect anyway.
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