So after lots of pondering about which park to go to, we ended up deciding the day before that we would go back to Magic Kingdom. It was actually on the bottom of my list of which park to visit. It felt like we had been there so many times already and I even thought that the kids might have outgrown some of their attractions. who was i kidding?! i realized we HAD to go to magic kingdom because every time i asked the kids which rides they were looking forward to going on, they kept talking about the ones at MK.
i love everything about disney (except for their prices) but i was really worried that we were going to have a nightmare of a day because of: 1) the summer crowds; and 2) the summer heat. this was our first year vacationing in orlando during the middle of the summer because every year prior we didn't have to worry about going back to school. now that natalie is starting kindergarten, we are officially a "summer family." also, we forgot to bring our water fan to help keep us cool. (note to self: next time visiting disney in the middle of the summer, bring an umbrella, regardless of how silly you might look, and don't forget water fan AND autograph book!)
i couldn't have been more wrong about having a difficult day.
YES, the weather was hot -- the second we stepped out of the car into the parking lot, i felt like the sun was literally burning my skin and i thought, man, this is going to be a long day -- but it wasn't nearly as bad as i expected.
YES, the park was crowded -- places to watch the 9:00 electrical parade were all taken before 7:30 -- but some how we managed to get through every line quickly and easily and even got to see everything on my check list! (god, i love "fast pass"!!!)
the only bad part of the day was when we were leaving the park, after staying for the 11:00 electrical parade. it was close to midnight and we were in a crowd of at least 2 million people all fighting their way to the monorail and then to the tram, the humidity was close to 150% and both natalie and russell were done for the day. they were begging us to carry them and we did the best we could, regardless of the sweat literally pouring off of our bodies. then, driving home we somehow went in the wrong direction and didn't realize this after we had been travelling for about ten minutes, so we had to back track all of that way to get back to the resort.
if our day hadn't been so incredibly awesome at disney, that ending just might have ruined it for me. but we had so much fun that day and the kids were so happy and very well-behaved, i couldn't have asked for more.
you can expect nothing less than the best from disney. how can you NOT love that place!?
(waiting in THIS line for over an hour was when we really could have used an umbrella!)
the one ride she wanted to ride the most, Snow White's Scary Adventures" always scares her!
russell's fav. ride: buzz lightyear 
his second fav. ride: the race cars
natalie had to shrink in order to meet the fairies:
this was her first time meeting them
tinkerbell was really sweet:
we waited for an hour an a half to meet the fairies and to natalie, it was worth every single second! this was her favorite part of the day
*where's natalie*
waiting to see Mickey's Philhar Magic, one of our favorite shows, second to Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor
waiting for the electrical parade to begin:
on the tram back to our car:
i think we got our money's worth!
*where's natalie*
waiting to see Mickey's Philhar Magic, one of our favorite shows, second to Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor
waiting for the electrical parade to begin:
on the tram back to our car:
i think we got our money's worth!
meeting up with an old neighborhood friend from charlotte. 
the clan:
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