Disney World Monday & Tuesday

Before too much time has gone by I want to catch up on our trip to Disney World. Without too much detail here are some of the highlights from the first two days of our trip.

Anna was a great helper as we packed. She loved sitting on the suit case. She also loves her new toy cell phone that we bought her. She will sit for quite a while just playing with her phone.

Anna was great on the plane ride out. She had lots of fun looking out the window, playing with the built in TVs in the seats, and she even took a nap for a good hour or so.

Once we got to Florida we went as fast as we could to get to Hollywood Studios so we could see their big Christmas light show. It was pretty amazing. I loved how they even had fake snow falling.

We were pretty surprised at how cold it was. The wind didn't help either. After a long day of traveling we decided that it would be best to head home early so we could get a good night's rest.
Tuesday we went to Epcot.

Epcot is my favorite park in Florida...well one of my favorites. We had fun going on Space Ship Earth. They have remodeled the ride since our last trip. I miss Walter Cronkite narrating the ride. We had lots of fun with all of the new interactive stuff at the end of the ride. Of course Anna had to get some good driving time in.

After Space Ship Earth we went over to go on Soarin'. My mom and I went on it while Devin watched Anna. My mom loved it! Anna loved her first nap of the day.

Devin and I then went on Soarin' together and we also went on the little plant boat ride. We then went over to the Imagination place and went on the Figment ride, which Anna absolutely loved. I'm glad she like this ride. It has been changed since I was a kid, but we would go on it over and over and over. It made me happy that she liked this ride too. We found out very quickly that if a ride had music and moving animals or people Anna loved it. Anna really enjoyed playing on all of the interactive stuff at the Imagination pavilion.

We went to lunch in Canada. We had the Deluxe Dinning plan. So we got a $100 meal for $16. Yup, that was a good deal and a REALLY good steak!
We then met up with all the rest of the crew at the American Adventure.

We then went over to Norway and had the pleasure of getting our first shocked look from a Disney employee when they asked, "How many are in your group." and we responded, "20!" "Really?" "Yup, we go from here to that person way back there."

I love the fact that we would fill a whole boat, even two on some rides. The cousins really had a great time sitting next to each other. There were so many possible ways to mix people up, no one ever had to sit by the same person twice.
We were off to Mexico next. It was fun to see how they have changed the Mexico ride. It was closed last time we went. Of all the rides in Epcot this is the one Anna loved the most. She would just bounce up and down and clap her hands. I think she really liked watching Donald Duck pop up in different places along the ride.
All of the kids who were tall enough went on Test Track next, and those who were too small took naps...or at least some of them did. As Anna was sleeping I enjoyed listening to a cute little grandma who was just complaining up a storm in Spanish about how, "Just because she is the grandma it doesn't mean she has to always stay with the baby. Why does Grandma have to carry all the stuff? And Grandma do this and Grandma do that." She was just complaining up a storm and I finally just started laughing and she looked at me and I just smiled. Yup you never know who can understand what you are saying.
After that we all did different things. We met up later that night for Illuminations...the best firework, lazer, light show.

David had picked out a good spot by Mexico to watch the show. Watching the show by Mexico had two bonuses. First, Anna got to go on the Mexico ride a few more times. Second, we all got to have a churro.

The fireworks were fantastic and no one froze to death. Our first full day at Disney World was completely wonderful. Not without several funny moments and tears from several children, but overall it was a wonderful day.