After a FULL day of Magic Kingdom, we had a feeling today would be tiring. We lasted 9-4 at Animal Kingdom- not too shabby! We are currently sitting in our hotel room relaxing. Next up- pool time!

Here are some highlights-

   
 
We started at Kilimanjaro Safaris. Bella got to see Elephants and the boys saw their cheetahs. 

   
    

Bella rode on her very first real rollercoaster, Expedition Everest-Legend of the Forbidden Mountain. To say it was scary would be an understatement, look at her face! The next picture has the coaster pictured behind us- she was so proud of herself, but she never wants to go on it again. She was incredibly pale at the end!

   

Treat time!

   
    
 
Festival of the Lion King- INCREDIBLE!! I forgot how much I love this movie.

   
   
Tree of life

   
    
    

Now it is time to relax, Hollywood Studios is tomorrow! Early bedtime for everyone.

   

Cooper’s favorite- Expedition Everest- Legend of the Forbidden Mountain

Bella’s favorite- It’s tough to be a bug (Cooper was able to see the 3D images- something doctors have told us he shouldn’t be able to see. He was jumping up and down that he could see the images coming towards him ☺️).

John’s favorite- Kilmanjaro Safari

Audra’s favorite- Festival of the Lion King

  
Space Mountain and Splash Mountain- Cooper’s personal favorites.

  
Buzz lightyear space ranger spin 

   
 
One of our family favorites was Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor. It was a comedy show and they use the audience by putting their picture on the svreen. Cooper had his face on the screen. They asked, “Show me what your face would look like if you broke your friends toy?” Cooper was nervous so he smiled and tried to hide behind me. These comedians were quick on their feet, the response, “he must not like his friends very much.” Cooper talked about that moment for 30 minutes straight!

   
    
 
Our first ride was Seven Dwarfs Mine train. Super fun!

  
We are wearing magicbands, they are our ticket into the park, our credit card, room key, etc. Well, we found out it is also a GPS. There were three times this magic happened to us. 

1. Seven dwarf mine train- we didn’t scan anything to let Disneh know we were on the ride but the picture above just appeared in our photos.

2. Eating at Be Our Guest. After ordering our food at a kiosk we could sit anywhere. Your food is just magically delivered to your table.

3. It’s a small world ride. We get to the end of the ride and see our names on a screen. We did not scan anything to show we were there.

Disney is tracking our every move with these bands 😨

  
  
Haunted mansion- the kids did great 
John’s favorite ride- Monsters Inc. Laugh

Audra’s favorite ride- Under the Sea- journey of the little mermaid

Cooper’s favorite ride- splash mountain and space mountain

Bella favorite ride- Pirates of the Caribbean

The Hall of Presidents was also pretty emotional because of he upcoming election- I may have shed a tear.

THIS is the day I have been most nervous about because it contains the most magic. WOW- it was an incredible day. 

We arrived at the park at 8:00 for breakfast at the castle. This was by far the most amazing experience! We were in the park before it opened so the crowds were not huge. The princesses were all wonderful but our personal favorite was Aurora. She spent extra time with Bella and made Cooper blush. When she signed his autograph book she kissed it and left a lipstick mark- he was so embarrassed. Then she came back a little later to say HI to him again and play a little hide a seek.   
 

We took SO many pictures today. I can’t even begin to share them at this point but here are a few 😉

  
Fun filled day! We were at Magic Kingdom from 8-9:30!! Totally worth our sore feet. 

Now we are off to bed. Animal Kingdom tomorrow. 

P.S. I ran into Mrs. Kathy Evans, my fourth grade teacher. And, no joke, it was when we were at ITS A SMALL WORLD. Such a small world seeing a familiar Iowa face.