3 Glorious Days of Disney

I just realized that I never finished this Disney trip post.  I uploaded the pictures almost a month ago but then I never went back to officially publish it, so here goes.....

On Friday, August 17 we woke up bright and early for our flight to Orlando.  We arrived around 10 am and by the time we retrieved our luggage and the rental car, Grams had arrived.  We went straight to Disney Studios and immediately grabbed seats for the Beauty and the Beast show.  Savannah was so excited to see one of her favorite movies live and in person!  Unfortunately, the show was cancelled at the half way mark due to thunderstorms but she didn't seem to mind.  Oscar ran into a gift shop and probably spent and arm and a leg on ponchos because he wasn't about to let a minor downpour ruin our Disney day.  This was just one of his many actions that led to us naming him the Disney Nazi.

Beauty and the Beast at Disney Studios

typical Florida afternoon rain shower but we didn't let it slow us down

meeting Mickey Mouse

meeting Winnie the Pooh 

walking down the life-like city sets

just like being back in NYC minus the traffic

Savannah splashing in the puddles

watching the parade

After the parade we headed to the hotel to check in and clean up before going to dinner at the Grand Floridian with the Cinderella cast.  Savannah was in awe meeting the storybook characters.  The first character that approached her was Prince Charming who she had just previously called "beautiful".  Of course she played hard to get once he came to meet her.

meeting Prince Charming at dinner

it was like looking in a mirror :)

a little scared of the mean stepmother

stepsister Anastasia

stepsister Drizella

Michael finally arrived at our hotel much later than anticipated due to a missed flight and a couple of no-goes on standby.  At least he made it for our full day at Disney World which began bright and early with breakfast at the park with the Winnie the Pooh characters.  Savannah seemed most excited about meeting this group.

heading into the park

Savannah is totally not into taking pictures

breakfast with Tigger...

and Pooh....

We should eat like this every morning!!

and Eeyore.

She's so happy!!

After breakfast but before meeting Piglet (Disney Nazi at work), we immediately headed into Fantasyland to knock out all of Savannah's rides.  First up was the Peter Pan ride.

first ride of the day---Peter Pan.

You can't tell by our faces but we're really having a great time. 

There's a happy face!

ready for Winnie the Pooh ride

round two on Savannah's first roller coaster---She loved it that much!

More happy faces!

flying high on Dumbo

time for the teacups

the faster we spun, the more she loved it!

meeting Alice and the White Rabbit

meeting Merida or as Savannah says "the new girl"

archery lessons

Savannah instructing Oscar and Michael to wear the safety straps

Lunch that day was the highlight of our trip---Cinderella's caste.  Here she met all the original Disney princesses.

meeting Cinderella during lunch at Cinderella's Table 

meeting Snow White

and Aurora (her current favorite)

and Ariel

and Belle

another parade

meeting Rapunzel

Belle again

third meeting with Cinderella

fun time on the monorail

After a long morning/afternoon at the park we made our way back to the hotel for a little downtime before the dinner luau.

me and Grams all ready for the luau

check out those excited faces

attempting to dance on stage 

happy Michael

happy Savannah

she cracks herself up

such a silly girl

hula time

For our last day we had breakfast at our hotel and then headed to Epcot.  Just a quick note for our future Disney trips......I don't think I'd ever want to go back to Epcot---it was a little boring and reminded me of going on a school field trip.  There were no rides and no princesses for Savannah which all equaled up to a bored and grumpy little girl.  

Breakfast with Lilo

and Stitch

and Mickey Mouse

and Pluto

Epcot

Grams and Michael  

she only appears to be sleeping because we all know that she never naps

Savannah still hiding from the camera

Overall we had a wonderful time and we were so happy to spend the vacation with Grams and Michael.  Savannah still says almost daily, "it's been a long time since we saw Cinderella (Belle/Ariel/etc)....time to go to Cinderella's castle for lunch".  Unfortunately for her, I need a another couple of years to regroup from this trip and Oscar needs another couple of years to save up to do it again :)