Disneyworld!

A couple of weeks ago we went to Disneyworld! In May we won those free airline tickets from JetBlue to go wherever we wanted. We thought about all the places we wanted to go and decided that Disneyworld would be the best choice for our family! It turned out that they were having a special promotion that if you stayed in one of their hotels you got your meals for free! It was awesome! We each got one casual meal, one snack and one sit-down dinner a day. We were never hungry even with all that walking! It was great! The flight there was great! Jeremy was a professional traveler as always. I'd take 50 of him on a trip! Kelsey read the safety instructions... and was excited to be on board. We only had 3 seats, but lucked out and had both sets of seats to ourselves. That was great so Kelsey had more room to be her own busy self. Cute kids with their matching shirts. Random TV watching on the plane. Stretching her legs between the 2 legs of the flight. We layed over in Austin for about 20 minutes but didn't switch planes. Jeremy got to meet the pilot and that sweet man let Jeremy sit in his seat. So exciting for a little boy! Look Daddy! Welcome to Orlando! This screen at the airport was interactive. When you touched it, it rippled like the ocean waves. The first night we stayed at the Residence Inn and went to church the next morning. The temple is right across the street and I love it. It's so pretty and I was excited to see it again! My cute kids at the temple. They humor their mother and let me take lots of pictures.Me and my boy Daddy's girl
It started to pour so we had to leave. After church we checked into our Disney Hotel. We stayed at the All Star Sports Resort. It is one of 3 budget-friendly hotels at Disneyworld. The housekeeping staff were so creative with the towels. Our first morning at the resort we headed over to go on my favorite ride, Expedition Everest! It is so awesome! Here's our family in front of the ride that takes you forwards and backwards through the snowy mountain to meet the Yeti! AAAAAHHHH!!! It's so cool! We saw the Finding Nemo Musical which was sooooooo good! The music was really great. I hope they bring it to Disneyland someday. Dino Sue, our favorite T-Rex. Funny how I always think of T-Rex's as males. That park is beautiful with all the water and bridges, and foliage. I did the limbo, fun. Jeremy eating his Mickey ice cream sandwich. He had one every day. Live it up boy!Kelsey loved the ducks. My sweet boy liked watching them as well.At Hollywood Studios, Jeremy liked the replica of Grauman's Chinese Theater. He especially liked finding C3P0's footprints and wanted to know where R2D2's were. They had some really fun shows. The Indiana Jones show was fun and showed us how they set up a movie scene with explosives and fake acting. We enjoyed our ice cream sandwiches. The ice cream cart's computer was broken and they couldn't take our snack credits so they were doubly free! We thought it was funny. The car stunt show was another movie set-up and it was really cool to see all the tricks they use! Of course they told us not to try this at home. Darn! Kelsey thoroughly enjoyed her ice cream that night at the Hollywood and Vine restaurant. Good to the last drop! After dinner we watched the Fantasmic show. It was so awesome because they have a theater there that holds 9,900 people, so it's pretty easy to see the show there compared to Disneyland. So great! One of the nights we were there we ate at the Wolfgang Puck's restaurant at Downtown Disney. It was so good. Dessert was especially fantastic. This little white chocolate cheescake pudding number was so good I could eat it everyday! It was so fun to try new restaurants and foods we wouldn't normally get because they were free on the meal plan! We spent a lot of time at the Magic Kingdom. It has so many fun and familiar things, and some of our new favorites as well. It was fun to see the park all decorated for Halloween. Going into the Magic Kingdom, their castle justs amazes me. It's huge, and beautiful, and everything I think a castle should be. Just a warning, you'll see it a lot on here! The castle at twilight. Go space rangers, to infinity and beyond! Autopia! Racing with Daddy, Jeremy won of course. ;) They had fun activities in the streets. Jeremy played ball with the train station workers. Hopscotch Hula Hoops Cute kids waiting to go on Haunted Mansion There were these bushes everywhere with beautiful purple berries so I made our family take a picture with them. They humored me.Carousel Cuties Kelsey and her Daddy loving the train ride togetherOn the ferry to the Magic Kingdom This camel spit on you randomly as you flew by on your magic carpet. DISLIKE! Haha Country Bear Jamboree! Kelsey loved it! Bring it back! People Mover! Another classic. Again with the castle Classic Disney Photo We went to a Character Buffet. Jeremy enjoyed it. Kelsey not so much! Terrified! Good thing there was more chocolate ice cream to appease her.I guess she takes after me. My favorite was the dessert buffet! Mmmmm... The fireworks show was fantastic! Epcot is a new adventure every 100 feet or so with all the different countries featured there. Jeremy had the most fun in Mexico. He loved the drums! Kelsey loved the maracas! The Chinese acrobats amazed me! Viking Jeremy the Fierce! Looking over the water at night. It was so pretty to see all the countries lit up. The water and fireworks show was beautiful. Back at the hotel, the pool felt so nice in all that Florida heat and humidity. I felt like I had been walking around in a hot shower with my clothes on. Yuck! Our last morning as we were getting ready to leave, we used our remaining 6 snack credits to bring the cousins a special Disney treat. Chocolate-dipped Mickey Mouse rice krispy treats. I think it's really a testament to our self-control that they all made it home. Yummy! The bus got us to the airport really early so we explored and had fun. The Harley-Davidson store was a popular stop! Everybody wanted their picture on a Harley. Including us. Waiting to board the plane to go home. It was a fantastic trip. I'm so thankful we were able to go and we can't wait to save our money and go again someday!