Friday, January 4, 2013

Disney Post 5 of 6: Magic Kingdom

We spent two days at Magic Kingdom.
This was definitely Jacen's favorite park. 
The first day we were there when the park opened and left after the fireworks.
The next day we arrived again at 7am and stayed until about 2pm.

Day 1
Pics around the park throughout the day.
Decorations in the walkway through the castle.
 
 
We first rode the Little Mermaid ride, but we don't have any pics of that.
Then we rode The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
There was a replica of Pooh's house outside the ride :)
This was ONE of his favorite rides which he rode both days!!
This was the first park where he actually wanted to ride rides more than once!!!
He also loved the Dumbo ride and rode it both days!!
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin.  Another Jacen favorite that he rode both days!!
Swiss Family Treehouse
Jungle Cruise
It's a Small World
We also rode Peter Pan's Flight but didn't get any pics of that.
Another favorite the Mad Tea Party teacups.
He rode this both days as well!
Tomorrowland Speedway.
Jacen got to drive, and if there wasn't such a long line he would have ridden this one both days too!!
Tomorrowland PeopleMover
He loved this and rode it many times both days!!!
 
 Enjoying some ice cream :)

Walt Disney World Railroad
We rode this all the way around the park.
Jacen loves trains!!!
Liberty Square Riverboat
Main Street Electrical Parade
Celebrate the Magic - Awesome light show that projected many wonderful images on the castle!!
Kyle's favorite part!!!
Lion King
 Lanterns from Tangled
 Bambi
 Mickey and Minnie
 Poinsettias
 Presents
 Gingerbread House
 Wishes Nighttime Spectacular - Fireworks!!!
Day 2

Jacen and I started a very freezing day riding the Astro Orbiter which is way up in the air.
He loved it!!!
You ride an elevator to get to the ride, so he enjoyed that too :)
While Jacen and Kyle rode the Pooh ride again, I rode Space Mountain.
For those of you who don't know I love roller coasters.
This is the only one I rode that Jacen couldn't ride with me.
Hopefully if we come again, he will be bigger and be a roller coaster rider like his Mommy :)
I convinced Jacen to ride his very first kid roller coaster!!  The Barnstormer.
This is a pic of the ride, but we are not on this one :(
He loved it and ended up riding it twice.
He convinced Daddy to ride the 2nd time.
If you know Kyle, this was a major deal since he doesn't like roller coasters at all!!!
Prince Charming Regal Carousel
Jacen wanted to ride this the first day, but we never made it back around to it.
 
A cute pic the Photopass Photographer got of Jacen when he was getting a pic and autograph with Aladdin
Jacen and Daddy trying to pull the sword from the stone.
Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Street Party
Jacen dancing with Chip.
People wouldn't let me in to get a good pic, but he is the one in the McQueen hat!!
Dream Along with Mickey
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Disney Post 4 of 6: Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom family pic with the Tree of Life in the background
Fun pic the Photopass photographer did :)
Close up of the Tree of Life
First on the list to do at Animal Kingdom was the Kilimanjaro Safari.  Jacen loved it!!!
If you look on the right side you can see the kind of vehicle you ride on the safari!!
Jacen and Daddy waiting to go to Tusker House for Donald's Safari Breakfast.
All of the pics of the breakfast are located in the Character Blog.
It was an awesome experience with yummy food and neat character pics and autographs.
There were also other animals simply to look at :)
View of "Mount Everest"
We also saw Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, and Eeyore and got pics and autographs.
See those pics in the Character Post :)

Waiting for the train over to Rafiki's Planet Watch
Jacen was amazed by Rafiki.  He also got to see Rafiki and get an autograph (See Character Post).
Every water fountain we saw, he wanted to throw money in.  :)
 After discovering the day before that he needs a nap, Jacen took a very long one this day as well.
This kept us from seeing everything he wanted to see.  Maybe next time we go :)
 
We watched an awesome show called Festival of the Lion King.
Mickey's Jingle Jungle Parade
A lot of the parade people stopped to say hi to Jacen :)
The last thing we did at Animal Kingdom was to see Finding Nemo the Musical.
He still didn't like the shark in the Musical either.
Nighttime Pic :)