Ok so we have been back for a week but it has been busy catching up on everything (except school work- that was done before we left).
We were there for 5 days- We arrived about 1pm on Thursday and had lunch at our hotel (Shade of Green) and then took the monorail to the Magic Kingdom. The two big kids got to sit up front with the pilot! We got there just as the parade was passing by so we stopped to watch it. We rode the train and then watched the show, rode some rides in Fantasy Land, met Ariel and watched the fireworks.
Day 2 was Epcot. The girls met characters (the 2 little ones were collecting autographs) and went to Lunch with the Princesses while the boys went on Mission Space and got sick. We all visited the Land, the Sea, and some of the other attractions. We had dinner in Morocco and then watched Illuminations. W asked one of the cast members where a good place to sit was and he let us into one of the private party areas so we had an up front spot on the railing next to the lake.
Day 3 we took a boat from the Polynesian (across the street from Shades of Green and an easy walk- much faster then waiting for the bus to the ticket center) to 
the Magic Kingdom. The girls met Chip and Dale, and Rafiki from Lion King, even E got in on the act when we met Captain Hook and Smee. (E was collecting smashed pennies with grandam and Aunt Kathy.) We all went on the jungle cruise, The Pirates of the Caribbean, and Aladdin's Magic Carpets. Everyone but Kath and W went on Splash Mountain and then we split up and W and grandma took E to Tom Sawyers Island and the rest of us we on Thunder Mountain- T's first roller coaster- she LOVED it. We spent the rest of the day visiting rides we missed the first day and headed back to the hotel after the night parade.
the Magic Kingdom. The girls met Chip and Dale, and Rafiki from Lion King, even E got in on the act when we met Captain Hook and Smee. (E was collecting smashed pennies with grandam and Aunt Kathy.) We all went on the jungle cruise, The Pirates of the Caribbean, and Aladdin's Magic Carpets. Everyone but Kath and W went on Splash Mountain and then we split up and W and grandma took E to Tom Sawyers Island and the rest of us we on Thunder Mountain- T's first roller coaster- she LOVED it. We spent the rest of the day visiting rides we missed the first day and headed back to the hotel after the night parade.Day 4 was at Animal Kingdom. We missed some of the shows but m
anaged to make it on all the rides using fast passes for Expedition Everest and the Safari. Finding Nemo the musical was really neat and the Safari was awesome. The only thing we hoped to do but missed was meeting Pocahontas (or Hocapontas as T says). It was an enjoyable but short day since the park closes shortly after dark and there are no fireworks. The lines were really not bad anywhere we went (one of the longest was space mountain and that was only about 45min) but I was really surprised how crowded the walkways and eating areas at AK were, much more then any of the other parks.
anaged to make it on all the rides using fast passes for Expedition Everest and the Safari. Finding Nemo the musical was really neat and the Safari was awesome. The only thing we hoped to do but missed was meeting Pocahontas (or Hocapontas as T says). It was an enjoyable but short day since the park closes shortly after dark and there are no fireworks. The lines were really not bad anywhere we went (one of the longest was space mountain and that was only about 45min) but I was really surprised how crowded the walkways and eating areas at AK were, much more then any of the other parks.Day 5 we went to Hollywood studios. Following some advice from a cast member at AK we got fast passes for the new Toy Story ride as soon as we got there. The wait for Toy Story was over an hour and our fast passes had us coming back late in the afternoon. 1/2 an hour after we got ours the fast passes for the day were gone!
This was E's favorite park- Narnia, Indian Jones, and Star Wars add in Harry Potter and the boy might have mistaken the place for heaven LOL. The Fantasmic night time
show was awesome I didn't know you could project movies onto water fountains. T spent a good portion of the show with her head in W's lap. After the show Grandma, W, T, and E went to the bus stop so they could catch the 11 pm bus rather then waiting till midnight- Kath, G and I had fast passes for Rockin' Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror. The Rockin Roller Coaster was awesome- really what could be better then riding a roller coaster while listening to Areosmith? I turned out we didn't need the fast passes for the Tower of Terror- there was no line. The 3 of us rode the elevator to the top with one other couple and were dropped. Overall it was not nearly as scary as the anticipation lead me to believe. After a run to the bus stop we managed to join the rest of the group on the 11pm bus back to the hotel.
This was E's favorite park- Narnia, Indian Jones, and Star Wars add in Harry Potter and the boy might have mistaken the place for heaven LOL. The Fantasmic night time
show was awesome I didn't know you could project movies onto water fountains. T spent a good portion of the show with her head in W's lap. After the show Grandma, W, T, and E went to the bus stop so they could catch the 11 pm bus rather then waiting till midnight- Kath, G and I had fast passes for Rockin' Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror. The Rockin Roller Coaster was awesome- really what could be better then riding a roller coaster while listening to Areosmith? I turned out we didn't need the fast passes for the Tower of Terror- there was no line. The 3 of us rode the elevator to the top with one other couple and were dropped. Overall it was not nearly as scary as the anticipation lead me to believe. After a run to the bus stop we managed to join the rest of the group on the 11pm bus back to the hotel.
We made a stop in Downtown Disney before heading home. We finished up some shopping (Lego Land, Pooh Corner, and the Disney Emoprium) and had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. T likes roller coasters but is not so found of indoor thunderstorms.
My favorite parts were seeing the kids have so much fun. G just entranced by the show at Cinderella Castle, the girls waving to the characters int he parades and dancing to the music. Even E got shy and hid behind me meeting Prince Caspian and was so excited to make his own light saber.
E is his daddy boy- not all to thrilled with amusement parks I am afraid. He doesn't do roller coaster and most of the other rides were "boring."
G's favorites were the roller coasters- Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, Expedition Everest, ect. And she liked the Nemo show.
T liked meeting Jasmine, Alladin and the Genie but was disappointed that she didn't get to see the real Magic Carpet. She enjoyed the Nemo show, the Little Mermaid show, and loved Thunder Mountain. Her quote- "I was begging and begging to go on the Tower of Terror but I was too short!"
