Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Disney Day!

First off, the following pictures are less than stellar to say the least- but it is the memory that matters right? We got to Disney around 10am and Kathy said she had never seen it busier. It seems we weren't the only ones that decided to skip going on Saturday and choose Sunday instead. Justin has been talking about the Buzz Lightyear ride for the past year so we headed there first. It did not disappoint and he is already talking about going again.

The Indy 500 Speedway- always a huge hit.


I decided to take Jessica on Space Mountain. She loves roller coasters and she was tall enough. She was definitely nervous as we approached. I was glad I fastpassed it so that she wasn't waiting in the dark for 80+ minutes. She decided to go in front of me. We both agreed that we would scream because that helps get our nervousness out. After the first few things and lots of screaming I heard this little voice echoing throughout Space Mountain, "This is AWESOME!" It was the highlight of her trip. Here is a picture of her just before we boarded. Sorry no pics in flight I was too busy screaming and holding on for dear life.

Aunt Kathy took the girls to meet some princesses. They met Belle and Cinderella. They were so enthralled. Kathy reports that Rebecca was nearly silent but Jessica chatted them up quite a bit. Here is a picture of Cinderella showing the girls how to be princesses- too cute!


Just outside the area where you meet the princesses is a HUGE toy store. They had a special My Little Pony area. You could grab a box and for one price you could get as much stuff as you could fit in the box and have it still close. Both girls got two ponies, a bed, and TONS of clothes for the ponies. This is cool because they don't really sell clothes for ponies, and now she has hats, capes, skirts, bows and crowns. Kathy and I made sure the girls got our money's worth, we kept shoving stuff in those boxes until they almost burst.

Just was so absorbed in all the voyage type rides. He just looked around and barely spoke in any of them. His favorite one is the Peter Pan ride because you feel like you are flying in pirate ship. But he enjoyed Winnie the Pooh and Pirates of the Carribean as well. Here is Justin in It's a Small World.

One of the last rides we went on was the jungle cruise. Now we have been on this one before. The guide has a script of puns and jokes they usually go through. Most times the guide is beyond lame and totally not fun at all. Not this time, we had a great guide and she even got us adults to laugh at the jokes. At one point she asked the girls if they wanted to drive the boat. Jessica declined but Rebecca stepped up. She took her job so seriously. She did a great job making sure we was moving the wheel the right way at the right time. She finally decided she wasn't so interested anymore as we approached some crocodiles but refused to leave the wheel until the guide took over. Everyone was very impressed with the job she did and gave her a big round of applause.

We stayed until after the light up parade and didn't leave until 10pm. A VERY long day, but very fun. I think we only left one or two rides untouched.

4 comments:

Mrs. Cook said...

Awesome!! What a great day!

Bec Odell said...

fun, fun, fun! did you see the fireworks?

Kelly H. said...

Flash forward to Marc teaching Jess to drive a car, I'll bet the pictures will look about the same (except Jess will hopefully be able to see over the steering wheel by then). Sounds like it was great!

Kathy Stewart said...

What a great day that was. We can hardly wait to go with you guys again.