Disney Vacation

Page 4: Disney World '09

We were so excited to be staying at the Animal Kingdom Lodge this year during our Disney '09 Vacation! How could Disney possibly come up with something to make Disney more magical than it always is..... They did.....it was so magical to get up every morning and see animals grazing and eating breakfast....One morning, there were 5 giraffe, 2 which were baby giraffe, 2 zebras and 3 ostrich! Our first look out on the balcony, we saw a giraffe sleeping...actually lying down....how often do you see that!

Picture of the kids looking out the balcony in the morning to see what animals were eating breakfast. The hotel was truly magnificent. Made you feel like you were really in Africa...I wish I had taken more pictures of the actual hotel!

Day 1 Disney Hollywood Studios

It was Star Wars Weekend! Standing in line to get in we were all being held up by Storm Troopers!

Wyatt begged for the lightsaber...even though we have like 10 at home already! We also did the Star Wars Parade. It was really cool... The actors from the movie rode in the parade! And, Goofy, Mickey and Donald dresses as Star Wars

characters!

One of the very first things we did at MGM was the American Idol Experience. However, Madelyn went with the Gauthier's while we went to the Star Wars Parade. We were still able to get into the Amerian Idol Experience just before the doors closed, and when we walked in....Madelyn was on the big screen. ... She was chosen by the MC to talk to the audience! They have real people visiting Disneyworld audition....they pick the top 3 who then perform in front of the audience. The chairs in the audience have voting contraptions on them. The audience votes, then there's a finale for all that won during the day. The winner of that finale goes to the big finale....I don't know when that is, but the winner wins a pass that enables them to skip the 24 hour line during the real American Idol auditions....pretty cool!



They do have a new ride at Hollywood Studios called Toy Story. This is not part of the ride...this is the entertainment while you stand in line for this ride....well worth standing in line for! The Mr. Potato Head can see the kids.....he says hey you in the front with the stripes .....then, he tells corny little jokes!

Madelyn and Megyn were too short to ride the new Star Wars ride, so they took a cooling break and played in the fountains....you can see Megyn in the background! When we went back there the last day, Madelyn asked to get back in that fountain...she loved it!

Day 2: Animal Kingdom
We always enjoy Animal Kingdom so much! I had read somewhere that if you jump on Kilamanjara Safari 1st thing in the morning...the line will be short and you'll see more animals...it's true...We had a 20 minute wait and we saw more animals! The guys got us fast passes for Expedition Everest while we waited on line. Wyatt rode that one! It was his first big roller coaster...he wasn't scared. He was pumped! He rode with his Dad.... When he got off, I said do you want to ride again?....he said no, not really...not sure if he really liked it that much!

It was Memorial Day....we were very Patriotic! We really enjoyed the girl's dresses! The guys didn't care too much for the same shirts, but atleast they weren't the same color!

Taking a breather, while some road the Dinosaur ride.

We wrapped up the day with the parade and then took the kids to It's a Bug's Life....big mistake...they were horrified....every show after that ...that anyway involved 3D glasses....they did not want to be a part of it. They are still talking about the spiders that came out the ceiling and the smoke everywhere! Maybe it's getting to Derek too....he woke up last night ......jumping out of bed b/c of those spiders.....he does that a lot...sometimes it's spiders and sometimes it's chickens!

We ended day 2 by joining Cinderella and Prince Charming for supper! It was Madelyn's first time meeting Cinderella! Her stepsister's and stepmother were there too! We ate at 1900 Park Fare. It was my first time eating there....It was rather entertaining. Anastasia stole Megyn's crown and then when Sheena had to get it back, she called her out in front of everyone!

I ordered Madelyn a very special dessert from the bakery! A cinderella glass slipper, but it was white chocolate. She was excited!

Cinderella and Prince Charming dance the night away, while we headed to Lego World for 2 hours for Wyatt! Ya'll know I can't forget about my Wyatt!

Wyatt got $97.00 for Graduation and he spent 50 of it at Lego World. He was so overwhelmed..he didn't know what to get....too many Lego's to choose from!