Walt Disney World 2009

Wow, where do I even begin? It has been an amazing, fun, incredible, busy vacation. We began our vacation at The Magic Kingdom. We wandered around the back of the castle and ran into Fairy Godmother, got to ride Dumbo’s Flight and then it was time for brunch. Here we ate breakfast with Pooh, Eyeore, Tigger, and Piglet. That was fantastic. The characters really mingled with the girls, gave tons of hugs, and lots of kisses. From there we moved on to as many rides as we could, saw as many shows as possible, and stayed as late as possible. 

Day 2 was spent at Animal Kingdom. That was pretty cool. The atmosphere was probably my favorite part. Every time you rounded the corner, you were 100% surrounded by authentic looking buildings, foliage, and even the pavement was authentic looking!! There were plenty of animals to see and we actually got to do everything that was on our list. We got a fast pass for Expedition (AWESOME roller coaster ride), and then went to other shows. We saw a 3D show based on Bug’s Life. That was probably the best 3D show we saw the entire time but it was a little too scary for Anna! We also were able to see this great Nemo musical. The puppets were amazing. Anna really enjoyed that show. We got to meet Raffiki and Pocohontas, Goofy and Pluto and had pictures taken. 

Day 3 was a very busy day. We went to Epcot. When we arrived Jon went to get fast passes for Soarin’ (very cool, it really felt like you were flying above CA) and we ran into Daisy Duck and Stitch! Steve, Colleen, and Juana went on Spaceship Earth and then we went to meet Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto. We went to Turtle Talk w/ Crush (I swear, he was really talking to us!!).  We went back to the condo for lunch and a nap (swimming for Juana) and then headed back to Epcot to tour the world. This was very cool. There were about 11? countries set up around a lake. You could walk around each country and feel like you were there. We ended our day with fireworks.

Day 4 was a fun day spent at Hollywood Studios. We went from show to show. Anna got to see Playhouse Disney Live, Juana got to see High School Musical 3 show, and then we saw Muppets 3D, The Little Mermaid’s Voyage was cool but Anna was a little disturbed by Ursala and the eels. Anna and Juana got to play on a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids playground (that was pretty neat, feeling like you were the size of an ant). And that was our day!

Colleen and Steve headed back on the last day and we a relaxing lazy day. We tried to go back to Magic Kingdom but it was too busy for us so we headed back to the condo for swimming and naps. For dinner we went to a neat restaurant called Joe’s Crab Shack. The food was great, the staff would break into dance every once in a while, a balloon man walked around making balloon animals for the kids, and there was a small playground for the kids!! I wish there was a Joe’s Crab Shack in Knoxville! Finally, we ended our vacation with ice cream at the Cold Creamery. Mmmm.

The drive back was long but we landed in Knoxville by 10:30 pm, tired but happy. We had a wonderful time and I can’t wait until we go back!!

Check out the photo albums. I loaded all the pics there. Beware there are 140!! (That’s trimmed down from 815, trimmed down from over 1200!!)  You can view and download all of our pictures from this website.

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