Disney World- Day Five!

Friday, September 9th: Animal Kingdom & Magic Kingdom

Happy birthday Becca! Yep, not only did our trip overlap Maggie's birthday, but Becca's as well. If I could've gotten a reservation at Cinderella's castle, I was going to surprise her, but just couldn't make it happen (you can tell I'm disappointed about this 'cause I keep mentioning it). She was happy just to be at Disney World, it's one of her favorite places. :)

Animal Kingdom
We didn't have any character meals this morning and everyone was pretty tired from the very busy week, we decided to start slow this morning. We ate in the room and let the kids play while Daniel slept in a little and got to the park around 10am. We headed straight for the safari, which was probably a mistake b/c it took so long, we could've done several things in the time it took us to do that. I think they were short on guides or something b/c we had to wait to leave on our safari and awhile in the vehicle when we finished. By this time, Daniel was hungry so we got lunch then went on the Everest ride. Again, Will was the only one tall enough, so we had to take turns riding.

Allie being an elephant. Soooo cute!!

Some cute pics of the kids playing while waiting for Daddy & Will to ride Everest:

Next we went to Dino Land and met up with the G family. The rides in that area were ok, so we didn't spend a ton of time there. By this point Daniel was in so much pain, he was ready to go back to the hotel. He was waiting to have a tooth pulled and we thought that was the source of the pain, but since then he discovered it was most likely TMJ. We decided to meet Pocahontas and then head back; the G family had done most everything they wanted and were tired so decided to leave early as well. I really wanted to see It's Tough to be a Bug and the Festival of the Lion King but maybe next time.

It was about 3:30 or so when we got back to our room and Daniel tried napping, but then got up to get something for the pain. Cian hung out in our room for awhile before S&B picked him up to head back to one of the parks- Becca's choice since it was her birthday and she was deciding between Epcot and Hollywood Studios. I think they may have went to both. Since we had park hoppers with our packages, we had the option to go to another park in the same day. There were a few more things we wanted to see and do at Magic Kingdom, so we decided to go back there.

Magic Kingdom, part 2
The rest was just what we needed! We went back to MK and did almost as much as the whole day we were there the first time and certainly more than at AK earlier that day. On Tuesday, Becca, the girls and I chose to do a character meet while the boys did something else, which turned out to be riding Dumbo and the Barnstormer. I was upset to miss these rides, particularly the Barnstormer b/c Jake loved it. I also missed Mickey's PhilharMagic, which I really wanted to see. These 3 things were first up and we accomplished all of them. Loved the PhilharMagic- that and Frozen were my two favorite shows.

We rode the Barnstormer several times, the line was short, so I was able to ride with Maggie and then Jake. Plus, I got to see the fireworks show while waiting for Daniel & Will to ride Space Mountain and then I rode it again with Will afterwards. We stumbled upon a dance party with the Incredibles (a very fun surprise), then rode the PeopleMover which was a relaxing way to end the day and get a view of the park plus inside Space Mountain, which I found really cool. I did want to ride Seven Dwarfs Mine Train again, but the wait was an hour and we couldn't get a fast pass.

With that, our day ended. We stayed until closing and didn't rush out, it was our last day after all. Tomorrow we head home and our- at least the kids'- very first trip to Disney is over. Just taking it all in. So very grateful we were able to take this trip, it was very enjoyable for us and the kids. Hard to believe, but I even heard Daniel say the words 'next time'. :)