WE PICKED THE KIDS UP FROM SCHOOL ON THEIR LAST DAY WITH A SIGN
THAT SAID
"SURPRISE! WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!"
May 21
Look who's on our flight! Jamesy and Henry! (They're going to Universal though)
Woo hoo, Disney!
Walking through the Orlando airport
Our first "ride"...the airport tram
We made it to Old Key West!
May 22
Magic Kingdom
Mickey's Castle!
The sword is really stuck in there
Backside of Mickey's Castle
This was the longest wait to see Anna and Elsa that we saw...I've heard it's been as long as 300 minutes before!
Teacups with Carly
The bigs had their own cup
Accidentally stumbled upon a parade...
Belle and Cinderella
Anna and Elsa (and Olaf)
Tiana and Rapunzel
Ariel and Tink
Tried to find some shade to watch the parade
Merida and Maleficent's fire breathing dragon
Donald and Pluto
Mickey and Minnie...love this shot of them with the castle in the background
95+ degree temps = frequent ice cream breaks
A cast member at Pinocchio's pizza place surprised the kids with a free slushie drink and Mickey straws!
Carly and I reserved some parade spots while Daddy and the bigs rode Splash Mountain
Checkin' out the map
There they are!
Tink
The Electrical Parade
Ella and Carly with a front row seat
Alice in Wonderland
Cinderella and her mice
Carly trying to take pictures with Daddy's phone
Peter Pan and Captain Hook
Carly was waving to everyone and we thought for sure Snow White would come over and say hi to her, but no dice :(
The dwarfs
American Flag float
*We did catch this parade again on our last night on our way
out of the park at 11 PM and
had a great seat and many of the characters came up to Carly or pointed/waved to
her...
so we made up for it...just don't have any pictures from that one
Watching the fireworks from Main Street
Fireworks!
May 23
EPCOT
Waiting for the bus with Minnie...riding the bus with Luca
The big ball
Playing some video games
Visa cardholders get special access to 2 "surprise" characters...we got Mickey and Goofy!
So excited!
So tired
It was a 4 fan kind of day
Luca and Ella designing their own ride at Sum of all Thrills
Since they weren't tall enough, their coaster couldn't go upside down...but they still had fun!
Perry and Daddy could go upside down...Daddy is stoked!
Woo hoo!
Playing defense against Goofy
U-S-A!
Perry's eyes are closed, but this is one of the few
times they were all getting along, so it's worth putting it on the site!
Princess dinner at Akershus!
Belle!
And on a side note, Perry and Ella were not much older than Carly and wore this very same dress to Akershus...
Awwwww
*My camera battery starting flashing "low battery" at dinner
and unfortunately we did not bring the charger,
so for the rest of the trip, it was mostly a quick turn on, take a few pics, and
quick turn off again.
Luckily, it made it through the rest of the trip though!
The girls joined in with Sleeping Beauty for a princess parade around the restaurant
Cinderella!
Big hug for Cindy
Ariel
Luca was in the bathroom so he missed Sleeping Beauty...but the girls got to see her!
Snow White
Tres Caballeros Donald
African drums
Daddy and the kiddos
EPCOT and the World Showcase is one of our faves!
Everyone loves German girls!
Family selfie
Good night EPCOT!
May 24
Animal Kingdom
Looks comfy
The littlest Rogan did not want to pose...but this is the 3 bigs with the tree
Primeval Whirl roller coaster = rough and jerky
Quick fry snack break
Selfies on the safari ride
Hippos and crocs
Upside down tree...checking out animals
Giraffes!
Giraffe and elephants
Elephants
Flamingos
Ostrich with eggs...antelope
Running from the T-Rex
Tusker House character lunch
Goofy and Mickey
Donald and Daisy (I think Luca was in the bathroom again on Daisy)
Expedition Everest mountain
The Jammin' Jungle Parade is our fave!
And here's why! The characters always high five you!
Who's coming?!?
Minnie!!!
Goofy and Donald
More high fives
Pluto
Mickey is waving to Carly :)
Heading home early to swim...obviously it was a hot/sweaty day!
Doing some crafts in our resort's community center
May 25
Hollywood Studios - Star Wars Weekends
Breakfast with Star Wars characters at the Sci-Fi Drive In
We've joined the dark side!
Jawa...Carly wasn't a fan
Greedo...Carly wasn't a fan of him either so he hid behind her to take a picture with her
Storm Trooper...Carly is starting to warm up to these guys
Yoda honeydew
Our view
Luca was my date in the middle of the car, Perry and Ella were the drivers
Lunch with the Disney Junior characters at Hollywood and Vine
Sofia the First
Handy Manny and Jake
Doc McStuffins
Jedi training
Oh no! Darth Vader is here!
Luca's not afraid!
Perry will take him on
Ella's got it all under control
Receiving their Jedi diplomas
Graduates
Look who's in the Stunt Show now!! Lightning McQueen!
He still loves it
Paci girl
Fire!
Started watching the Indiana Jones show but then it stormed and they had to cancel it
May 26
Magic Kingdom Part 2
We met Anna and Elsa!!
And Sleeping Beauty again
And Daisy
And quite possibly the whole entire reason we came to Disney World...MINNIE MOUSE!!!
Daddy tried to catch us on the Dwarf Mine Train ride...got me and Luca but the pole is blocking Perry and Ella
Carly's favorite ride...the horsey-go-round
Tired princess
Spoiled girl...Olaf slushie and Lambie
Another ride on the horsey-go-round...she named all her horsies Sugar
One more spin on the teacups
And everyone is officially pooped!
May 27
On the bus to the airport...tired bee
One last shout out for vacation at the airport!