Disney 2024, Part 1: Florida Flight & First Park Day!
Hey, friends and fam! I'm blogging from sunnnny Florida this morning. I spent a couple hours editing and collaging photos while watching National Treasure last night, then I was too tired to write a blog before going to sleep. We had a short day at the park yesterday (9am to 4:30-ish), and we still got in over 15,000 steps! Thankfully, my feet are doing pretty well with no blisters thus far - yay, God!
Anyway, without further ado, here is the narrowed down version of my pics from Day 1 and 2... starting at the Tulsa airport where we ran into Lesa, which was memorable!
The flight was smooth and fun, then on our way to the hotel, we stopped for lunch at Dairy Queen (Parker pic on the left). The right pic is Karli and Melissa running into their old pastor from FBC at the Tulsa airport!
We're staying at the Art of Animation Hotel (in the King Triton Building of the Little Mermaid section)... all cute and fun!
After a short break to unpack and rest, we went to Disney Springs for the night. We had dinner at Earl of Sandwich then shopped around at the Christmas store, the Art of Disney store (where Chettles found several things he wanted!!), Once Upon a Toy, and more.
Cute pic with Buzz Lightyear + a fun carousel! It was a long day (particularly since I got up at 4am for the drive to Tulsa), and both kids were over it by the end of the night. Parker Elizabeth was distraught over her parents choosing the glass slipper ornament, which they eventually exchanged for Marie from the Aristocrats (or "Merida" as she called her), which was the only thing she desperately wanted in that moment of life. lol Tate and I grabbed dessert from Ghirardelli, then we came back to the hotel for the night... where Karli's brother, Trent, had flown in from New York and arrived around 8pm!
Bus ride to Magic Kingdom, Saturday, day 2! (Park Day 1)
They're filming a Disney Christmas special (I think?), so we will get our Magic Kingdom castle group pic another day (I'll do my best to make sure of it). I got this one from afar, though. =)
This and the very top pic are just before you walk into Magic Kingdom!
The Aurora cone (blueberry/grape Dole Whip swirl) and the cars ride!
Yay for the giant Christmas tree (and the ability to Magic Erase other people in the photo's background)!
It was a 45-minute wait for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster, so we did a rider swap where Chet, Bill, Trent, and I rode while Karli and Melissa watched the kids, then they rode in the Lightning Lane while we stayed back with the kids. We finally got to use the stools we ordered on Amazon (HERE) in that long line. lol Highly recommend. So happy I finally got to ride this one (I skipped it due to very sore feet in 2015). *Ride photos in the next post.
Other than the one I took (center pic below) while we were temporarily stopped on the big ramp up. lol The top pics are from Chet of them on the Cars ride. =) The bottom two are the Teacups and the Buzz Lightyear ride!
Ready for the Star Wars ride... we waited in an hour+ line for this in 2015, and there was zero wait for it this year!
Tate excited about losing a tooth last night + Parker happy about getting to be in the pink teacup!
Me and Karli with the kids on the Peoplemover ride + them behind us + Mickey cinnamon rolls at breakfast this morning!
Height check for presh Parker E (who was a couple centimeters short and will wear taller shoes next time). lol Then Parker enjoying the Amazon stools. ❤
It's fun seeing everything in the park decorated for Christmas and Christmas songs playing! Feels ironic as the weather is still hot and every pool is full of people, but I'm always a fan of early Christmas!
On our way into the park!
Tate keeps wanting to push the stroller, but struggles to keep it straight, so here he is pushing it with Chet guiding it on the side. lol Karli Marie and Parker E were matching yesterday and looking ever so cute!
We did a girls teacup and a guys teacup... fun times!
Parker meeting Chewie + Parker's cute Disney shoes!!
Despite being the biggest Star Wars fan, Tate opted out for this group pic! And despite barely caring about Star Wars, I ended up next to Chewie. lol
Riding the Skyliner (loved it - very peaceful!) back to our hotel with the Wilson fam... the Weatherfords opted to stay at Hollywood Studios a bit longer!
We stopped by the hotel briefly then went to Donetta's. This = the kids showing me where they sleep (in their separate beds on the floor). We had pizza + cornbread + ham + beans + pumpkin bread and cranberry bread for dinner/dessert!
It made me happy to see this again... I remember making this family tree canvas and ordering it at Walgreens several years back for people to sign at their anniversary party! ❤
Chet drove me back to the hotel, with a quick stop at Walgreens for bottled water and protein bars. Then I worked on school stuff and edited photos till I fell asleep. And that's the highlights of day one and two. lol Now I'm off to meet everyone downstairs to ride the Skyliner over to Epcot for the morning!! ❤
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