Reflections on Disney

Ryan and I took Emma for her second trip to Disney World last week. It was a magical experience but I knew it would be because I ADORE disney world. It truly is a magical place and I have so many memories already from there. Taking Emma alone with Ryan only added to the Magic. You lose track of days there so I will try and break our trip down into days.

DAY ONE

We left early Saturday morning but Emma woke right up because she knew where we were going. As we landed in Atlanta Emma yelled at the top of her lungs," We are in Disney World!" However we still had an hour layover and another plane ride! We made it to the next plane and Emma was hitting her nap time, but who can sleep when you are that excited. After grabbing some lunch when we landed and catching the Magical Express our vacation had begun. We arrived at the hotel and while Emma and I watched Mickey cartoons in the lobby Ryan checked us in. A luggage guy gave Emma eight stickers and she proceeded to put all eight on her outfit. The room wasn't ready so we headed to the Magic Kingdom. The first ride....Of course Dumbo!
After riding quite a few rides and meeting Rafiki we headed to dinner at the Wilderness Lodge. At this point I had a very Tired two year old on my hands who was also very hungry! Poor girl....she did not make it to dinner but passed out right before our name was called.




She slept through the entire dinner (and this was a very loud restaurant) but woke up when we got to our room, so we ran to the food court and got her some Mac, N Cheese and Corn in a mickey plate. She then passed out ready to see Characters the next day!

DAY TWO

We woke up early....When two year olds are excited they wake up early....kinda like Christmas, went and ate a Mickey Waffle and headed to The Animal Kingdom. As we were going over the bridge towards the Tree of Life I saw Tigger and Pooh, and there were really no kids waiting in line so Ryan and I asked how to get there and headed in that direction. We found them and walked right down what would have been a 2 hour line and had about 5 minutes with Tigger, Eeyore and Pooh! It was so sweet. Emma hugged each one of them and told Pooh, "Hold on Pooh, My daddy has my book for you to sign. Let me get it!"> She Hugged on Eeyore and Bounced for Tigger! Magical!
We then went and Daddy rode Everest and we Saw Lilo and Stitch, Chip, Dale, Donald, and Mickey before heading toThe Tree of Life to see the Bugs. This was a little too scary for Emma and we had to bail on that show the Spiders and Bugs in 3D were a little much for her.
We decided Kiliminjaro Safari would be better and headed that way. Emma missed this ride again, the last time we were here she fell asleep as well. Oh well maybe next time. We then headed back for an afternoon nap and to get ready for our Princess Dinner in Norway. After much needed sleep we headed to Epcot to See The Princesses and I had my first bad experience with the Epcot birds. One of them Pooped in my hair. A LOT! Gross! I then had to go and wash my hair out in the bathroom sink....more on the birds later. We headed to Nemo since we had some time before dinner. Emma loved this ride 1. because she got to see Nemo and 2. because when you exit the ride you are in a HUGE aquarium. We got to see Dolphins, real nemos and Dories , Manatees and lots of other fish. Emma loved standing at the glass and having the dolphins swim past her. It was time for our reservation so we headed to Norway. Once we got in the restaurant we were greeted by Belle and got to have our picture taken with her. Then we sat down and ordered and waited on the other Princesses. That night Jasmine, Aurora, Ariel and Cinderella were there. Emma was most excited about Jasmine and Cinderella. When she saw Jasmine across the room she whispered "Boobies to Ryan and I" ( This is a joke because when Emma would look at the pictures of the last time she met Jasmine she noticed the girl was well endowed and became obsesses with saying this and falling down laughing when she did. I told her NOT to say this to the girl but that she could whisper it to us) She did, every time she saw her! Too funny! Cinderella she loved and even got down and hugged by herself. She also sang to her a portion of the song from Cinderella that the mice sing. She was so proud because Cinderella told her she sounded just like her mice. As a side note this was the best buffet we had of all the Character meals. I would definatly eat there again. We finished dinner wandered through Mexico and the Three Cabelleros ride and then decided to call it a night.

The next few days I will get to as soon as possible.