Sunday, May 18, 2008

Disney World Day 1

After leaving Denise's we headed to Disney World. Yes, Disney. Denise lives about an hour from Orlando and so Chris had dropped us off at her house on Wednesday and we stayed there until Saturday while he went to a work conference. This was nice since we were able to offset some of our costs because it was work related.
We're Here
Our Disney excursion began on Saturday about 2pm. We arrived at the Magic Kingdom and were first greeted by Chip and Dale(whom I mistaken for the Chipmunks--I need to work on my Disney knowledge). Stephanie was all ready to hug and shake hands with all of the characters, but Katie was certainly not sure about this.

Our first adventure was to watch a Disney parade. The girls were able to get just a taste of 'things to come' as they saw familar characters ride by. Next we took our grand walk up to and eventually thru Cinderalla's castle. I think that Steffie was a little dissappointed that it wasn't quite as spectactular as she thought, but she certainly didn't say so. Chris promised Steffie a long time ago that he would take her to Cinderella's castle so it was a pretty special moment regardless. Our first ride of the day was Dumbo. We only had to wait for about 30 minutes for this. Not to bad! The girls snacked in line and were really pretty good. Next we headed over to Mickey's house and then to the infamous line to wait to see Mickey and Minnie.

Mommy & Katie on Dumbo

Katie still wasn't ready for

the character thing!

For supper we ate at the Crystal Palace and were priviledged to eat with the Winnie the Pooh and friends. Steffie still in love with the characters and Katie still quite afraid. Katie's favorite part was the child size buffet that she could reach!

We're making progress!

The end of the day ended with a ride on Space Mountain for mom and dad(separately of course) and a daddy daughter event of Stitches Great Adventure which Steffie exclaimed she didn't like because it was a little scary. All the while, Katie was fast asleep in the stroller where she had been since 9:30. (It was 11pm when we left the park!) What a day!!!

The end of the 1st Day!

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