Saturday, May 26, 2012

Disney 2012

I know this post has been waiting way too long!!!! I just haven't had time to get this posted and, well, let's just face it, I'm a slacker! There are a ton of pictures and I apologize in advance for such a long post, but I promise not to explain every picture. So, with that said, here we go.
                 This was the very first day, the first time we layed eyes on the castle.
No clue as to why this picture is foggy, but we went to Epcot the second day.
We went to Hollywood Studios on the third day.
The parade there was AWESOME!!!! Don't you just love Mr. Potato Head!!
Woody :)
This is at Hollywood Studios, too and is supposed to look like downtown New York. It actually felt like you were there. They also had a section like San Francisco! So cool!
Just look at that! It is a painted wall, but doesn't it look just like you could walk on up that street?
Ok, you have to know this...we didn't tell the kids where we were going. When we started seeing "Mickey" heads everywhere about 5 minutes before we got there, we told them. Noah was all about it and Jonah...ummm...not so much! He wanted to go to the beach like we had told him! He said Mickey was for babies!!! What??? We have driven 9 hours and he doesn't want to go? OH. MY. GOSH. Well, after 5 minutes there he was all about Mickey and he had to have a stuffed animal and now sleeps with him and Turtle! So, needless to say he was so excited to see the "Real Mickey"!!! He even hugged his neck!
We went to Animal Kingdom on the fourth day. It was very interesting, but not our favorite park. And, I just knew it would be. This was on the Safari.
See that lion sitting on top of that rock?
They did have some very pretty areas.
The Tree of Life (very cool)
We went to a show "The Lion King" and it was GREAT! My favorite of the whole Animal Kingdom. (sorry for the quality, it was dark in there)

I saw these cute shirts on Pinterest and decided to make the boys one before we left.
When we got there we had a Mickey on our bed, so we had to get a picture with Turtle.
One of the boys, and our, favorite rides was a Buzz Lightyear ride at Magic Kingdom. It was so great and we rode it probably 5 times while we were there. You sat in a cart and had laser guns and shot targets and see who got the most points. So fun!

Look at the HUGE "toys" they had while waiting in line!
Fireworks at Magic Kingdom. We watched it twice. I could have watched it every night it was so good.
Cute and yummy breakfast
This is where we stayed. Port Orleans Riverside. It was awesome!
Just had to show you and ugly fish...
I loved all the "shrubs" they had shaped into characters!
And how cool is this? It was beautiful.






So, I'll try to make this a short story, but at Hollywood Studios we went on a backlot tour which showed how movies were made.  Well, one minute it looked like this..
And the next thing I know, Bryan had a shocked look on his face and couldn't say a word and all he could do was point. I, of course, was on the outside seat and look over to see water rushing over the top of the rocks headed STRAIGHT FOR ME!!! Look how close it was to me. Luckily, it went on down beside me and all I got was a little mist from it! But, it did look bad for a moment.
They had an AWESOME stunt show with cars, motorcycles, seadoos...one of the favorites for us. (I have no idea why I picked a picture with no "stunts" in it)
More of the Pixar Parade at Hollywood Studios

I honestly didn't mean to add this video, but I can't remove it. I can remove pictures, but not this video. Anyway, if you can watch it, enjoy. If not, time to move on to the next picture! It was at Fantasmic show and it was GREAT!!!

                                                       I love this picture of Jonah and Mickey on the monorail!
Hollywood Studios. 
Tree of Life again
One day we went to Downtown Disney because I had heard it had some great shops and a Lego store.
All of this was made with Legos!!!

Just look at that!


The boys love this place!!!
Oh how I wished we were there again!
Alright, do not laugh at this picture, but I had to add it. I took a picture of the "sample photo" on the TV screen after Jonah and I rode Space Mountain. I DID NOT like the fact that he wouldn't be sitting with me on this ride. I didn't know how the seating arrangements would be until we got to the gate to ride, and I had waited too long to turn back now (even with a fast pass)! I rode the entire ride with my hand on his head. I would yell up to him saying, "woooo, isn't this fun?" Hoping he wasn't scared. He LOVED it and wanted to ride again. But, the wait was just absolutely too long. He is definitely my brave one. He rode Space Mountain and Expedition Everest with me. Bryan and Noah sat those out :)
One day when we came back to our room, our cleaning lady had made Jonah a turtle. How cute!
This was on another Toy Story ride and the line where we waited had such cool decorations.
We ate at Planet Hollywood in Downtown Disney one night,