Orlando!

What a trip! It was all I was hoping for and more. We really had an amazing time on our Magical Disney Vacation. For anyone that doesn’t know I love Disney World. I was more excited to be there than any other kid in the parks. We grew up going there on family trips and now it was awesome being able to take my kiddos.

The first four days were very relaxing – it was just my parents, the girls, Erin and I (Troy and Chip got there on Friday). We just relaxed by the pools (which were amazing – giant pirate ships, slides, squirting water everywhere!) ate breakfast on the balcony, shopped at Downtown Disney, went out to dinner, and Erin and I started our Twilight series books (She was reading Breaking Dawn and I was reading Eclipse – Love it!!!)


Once the boys got there it was anything but relaxing! We went like crazy – we got up early to be at the parks when they opened (9 AM) and stayed until they closed (8 PM – 11PM). We did a lot of walking. The longest day we walked was 27,551 steps, which would have been a little over 13 miles. We did this on one of our adult days where we made history – all 4 Disney parks in one day! We had a blast park hopping and riding all the big guy rides.

My most favorite day by far was the day everyone went to Magic Kingdom.

We started our day with a princess breakfast in Cinderella’s Castle! This was without a doubt the highlight of my entire trip. I actually got teary eyed when Blakeslie was meeting Cinderella. Bean was in absolute heaven and it was all so real and magical to her. We were also lucky because all the big princess were there for breakfast too. I had totally prepared myself that we may have ugly stepsisters, Mary Popins, Alice in Wonderland etc., because you never know who will be available at that time. We got all the headliners! The materdee was even excited for us because he said, “You get Ariel, with legs, that never happens! The castle was so beautiful and we were so lucky to be there – the food was really good too.

The magic continued throughout the day. We were able to be part of one of the parades that went down Main Street.


We also loved watching the big parade. Mayzie just sat and squealed like crazy at everything that passed by.

Blakeslie loved all the rides. She even got to steer the Jungle Cruise. She was so serious. Afterward, she said, “I didn’t even hit anything!” I don’t think she looked at anything on the ride she was concentrating so hard not to crash. She also loved all the big rides – She is just like her Dad, a thrill seeker. When she rode Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain she was so proud that she did it “none handed.”





We also played into the whole pictures and autograph thing with the characters. Blakeslie loved it – especially meeting her favorite princess again this time with her flipper!

We spent a couple of days at Universal Studios and Island of Adventures with just the 4 of us. It was so fun! Erin described it perfectly, “It has more thrills, but less magic.” We loved riding all the roller coasters and because the lines were non existent we rode our favorites 4 or 5 times in a row.

We took the girls back to Universal Studios to see all the fun stuff. I couldn’t resist buying them the Thing 1 & Thing 2 shirts. Blakeslie is obsessed with anything Dr. Seuss so her Favorite part was Dr. Suess land in Island of Adventures. She kept calling Mayzie thing 2 all day.

We spent a day at Typhoon Lagoon Water Park. It is a massive park with a wave pool, slides, tube rides, lazy river, and even water roller coasters. We all loved it.

One evening Chip, Troy and Blakeslie went to Tampa Bay to see the Rays play the Yankees. They had a great time at the amazing field that even had a sting ray tank where they could feed and pet the rays. Erin and I opted to stay home and have dates with Edward and go to bed early.


The girls loved Animal Kingdom, MGM and Epcot too. The highlights at Animal Kingdom were Pocahontas’s autograph and picture, It’s Tough to be a Bug and the new Finding Nemo Musical.


At MGM Blakeslie loved the HSM show and the new Toy Story Mania ride is one of the neatest rides out there. (We had a Disney Miracle when one of the workers unexpectedly took us to the front of the 90 minute wait. It was the only ride with a wait since it was so new.)

The girls didn’t spend a lot of time at Epcot but Blakeslie loved Imagination (she’s my girl) Soarin’ and Test Track.

We did go out one night just the adults. We had to get a professional sitter – Ouch! Anyway, we saw the Cirque de Soleil show La Nouba. It was awesome and it was so great to just go out as adults.

I’m so glad we were able to go on this incredible trip. We were so exhausted by the end, but it was worth it! I’m so very grateful for my parents. They were so good to us to let us go out and leave the kiddos. They said they had fun, but I know it was a lot of work for them too. Thanks Mom and Dad!

P.S. I’m a Disney Freak!!!