Disney Post #1

Well, we're on day 2 of our Disney World Adventure! What a fabulous time we are having! Let's start at the beginning~ After our wild ride to the airport, we had a relatively smooth ride to Atlanta, except for the lightening that struck our plane. I'm not kidding. Jon David asked who was driving the plane and we told him, the piolot. He got real excited and exclaimed, "I LOVE Pirates!" We made it to Orlando in one piece. They were announcing over the intercom that "carriage of liquids and gels. was prohibited...." all Eleanor heard was "carriage" and, well, was wondering where on earth OUR carriage was. Disney's Magical Express picked us up at the airport and escorted us to our new "home". Jon David is a bit confused about this and, while he likes our new digs, he says he liked our old home better. The Lodge is magnificent. It's the coolest thing ever. The architecture and landscaping is just amazing. The kid behind us on the Magical Express said it looked like it was built with humungous Lincoln Logs. In fact, the place we ate for lunch had a big table with tons of Lincoln Logs to play with! We came home after lunch and took a good rest since we'd been up since three in the morning! Then we got all gussied up and took a boat ride of to the Hoop-De-Doo-Review. This was big time fun, y'all. Our first dinner theater. We had big pewter buckets of chicken and sang songs and laughed at the funny antics. On the way home on the boat, we saw the whole fireworks display out on the lake. It was just AWESOME! We barely made it into bed before everyone was sound asleep! This morning (day 2) started with breakfast in the Crystal Palace with Pooh and Friends. We got to see Pooh, Tigger and the whole gang while eating Mickey Mouse waffles and Pooh cakes. YUM! From there, we Tomorrow Land Mickey's Toon World and Fantasy Land. It rained a bit in the afternoon, but we just donned our parkas and kept going. We had dinner at Toni's on Mainstreet...from Lady and the Tramp...and slurped up spaghetti and meatballs. After baths back in the room, we rented Lady and the Tramp to watch on teh dvd player. Mommy and Daddy got a bottle of wine and we all layed on the fold out sofa and enjoyed the show! Little (and big) park goers are tired campers tonight, so I will keep the post brief. But I wanted to post a couple pictures so you can see all the fun! Blogger is messing up on me a bit, so the pics are going to be out of order...but it's better than nothing!

The bedroom part of our awesome villa....


Looking back at the Lodge...it's kind of hard to see....
At the "Build Your Own Mr. Potato Head"....

Dumbo's Flight....
Meeting Ariel....
And Buzz....
Our new toys....

The Castle....

Going on Buzz's Space Ranger Ride...
Getting our face painted Cinderella style....
Waiting in line to meet the princesses....

Mickey Ears on the Magical Express....

The Hoop-Dee-Doo-Review....
Bed time!
The boatride to the Magic Kingdom on Tuesday morning.
Breakfast at Crystal Palace with Pooh and Friends...


Waiting for the boat to leave the park tonight...some worn out kiddos!