First trip to Disney (post #1)

We are back!  Well, we've been back,  but spent Saturday doing laundry and yesterday cleaning and painting.  For some reason I decided to start painting the dining room/den right before we left...guess our lives weren't busy enough already!  It takes a while to go through all the photos I took and you guys (all three of you who read this blog) will probably see more of them than you would like.  Before I start with the trip details I would like to say that the Disney experience is so different when seen through the eyes of your child. 

Anyway...

We left pretty close to on time last Saturday morning.  Although he didn't sleep much, Owen was really good in the car.  No car sickness!  We got to the hotel, unpacked as little as possible (b/c we were moving again in the a.m.) and went to Downtown Disney.  We ate at the Earl of Sandwich and did some shopping.  Owen slept in a big boy bed for the first time and did great.  In fact, he slept great all week and never tried to climb out or around the two bed rails. 

The next morning we checked out of the hotel and headed to our resort.  We stayed at the Caribbean Beach Resort in the Jamaica section.  Our rooms were (of course) not ready, so we headed to Magic Kingdom.

Every time I go to Disney, I forget how hard it is to get to MK.  What was Walt thinking?  We decided to take the Ferry since I thought Owen would like that and I knew we would be riding the monorail many more times during our trip.  As soon as we entered the park we saw Snow White.  She talked to Owen forever and even gave him a kiss. 

He then met Pluto, Pinocchio and Donald Duck.

The first ride we rode was Dumbo and Owen was hooked.  We wanted his first ride to be Small World but it was closed for refurbishment.  That morning we rode several more rides including Winnie the Pooh and Peter Pan.  We saw the Celebration Parade (Sarah...pls correct me if that's not the name) and the Dreams Come True show in front of Cinderella's Castle.

Be back with post numero dos soon...


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