Disney Trip Overview

Disney was AMAZING!! The only complaint is that the trip went by too fast.

Monday - woke up at 2am after having 2 hours of sleep. Got to the airport at 4am where we saw a "deer crossing" sign and laughed that they can only cross there. As soon as we said it there were three deer that crossed in front of it. By the time we had our layover in GA and got to FL and checked into the hotel we reached Epcot around 1:30pm. Some of favorites were Finding Nemo, Honey I shrunk the Audience, and touring the worlds. We stopped in Japan and had a wonderful lunch. Mike got a chance to have an Oktoberfest beer which he said was awesome. We went back to the hotel around 5pm where I took a very long nap. Then after waking up long enough to eat pizza from our hotel I went back to sleep. I was so exhausted after not having but those few hours of sleep.

Tuesday - We woke up around 6:30am to get ready, have breakfast, and head out to Animal Kingdom. I think this was one of my favorite parks. The first thing we did was went on an African Safari. I have several pictures of all the animals we got to see. We were so close that if I wanted I could have pet a rhino. These were all wild animals too, so it was really cool. Other things we enjoyed were The Lion King, Finding Nemo the musical, and A Bug's Life 3D. We had a wonderful lunch at a BBQ restaurant. We then went back to the hotel for a nap from 4-6 and then had dinner at our hotel. After dinner we went to Epcot for fireworks and light show.

Wednesday - Hollywood Studios was where enjoyed practically everything they had there (with exception to the two rides I couldn't ride.) Our favorites were Beauty and the Beast, American Idol, and the back lot tour. We had lunch at the park which was some burgers where we then splurged on ice cream for dessert. There was a parade at 3pm which we got to see all the Toy Story cast along with A Bug's Life and a few other characters. We left around 4pm to take a nap then we went to the Magic Kingdom for their night parade which was really cool. Everything was decorated in lights. After that was fireworks. Wednesday was the only day I got sick at a park, but I think it was because we waited really late for dinner, but after I ate I was completely fine.

Thursday - We headed out to Magic Kingdom for the day. We got there so early that we were able to enjoy several rides by 10 am. Our favorites were Monster's Inc Laugh Floor (this was my favorite of the week; it is an interactive cartoon, very cool), Philhar Magic, Haunted Mansion, and Pirates of the Caribbean. We had the best lunch at one of the restaurants where you got to put different toppings on your burgers, taco salads, or any other item you received. We also went to Mickey's Toon town where we saw two very cute stuffed animals for a baby. One was a Mickey and the other was a Minnie. They were very soft and even had a rattle in the butt. We decided that we would wait to get the animals on our way out at Main Street. Well when we were leaving we couldn't find them. So we decided to head to our hotel and get them there. We got back to the hotel, not there. After we napped we went to Downtown Disney where we had dinner at Capt'n Jacks, EXCELLENT!! We then went shopping at 3 different Disney stores looking for those stuffed animals. I almost made Mike go back to the part of Magic Kingdom where we saw them, but I wasn't feeling that well so went to the hotel.

Friday - was leaving day. This was the only bad weather day. It rained in the morning, but by the time our bus came to pick us up for the airport it was pretty. We got to the airport and went into the first Disney shop and the toys weren't there. We went to the 2nd shop and there they were! We had lunch at Macaroni Grill and then headed out on our flight. We had a layover in GA and got back to NC around 7pm.

Our trip was so great and we did so much I couldn't possibly write it all. I just hit on the few highlights. All our pictures are up top. It's funny, the next time I go to Disney there will be kiddies involved.