Day 5: Magic Kingdom and Surprise Dinner

Making friends with Rafiki and Meeko.



Happy to take both 2 year olds on Dumbo!



KB loved Tom Sawyer's Island!






He loved the caves too!



All the kids loved this wobbly old bridge!



Riding the train around to Toon Town. Going about 10 miles an hour! This was so funny.



As a surprise for K's birthday (and a big treat for the rest of us!) we went to the Luau at the Polynesian Resort for dinner!



Lani Girl looking so cute in her lei.



Yes, that is my child holding his pants as he dances on stage! And he was dancing! Out in front of all the other kids, having a blast!



K got picked out of the audience to go on stage and learn to hula!



Not a whole lotta hips and booty to shake! But he was shakin!



After the show some of the dancers came out to say hey and take some pictures with us! One of them is the daughter of a bishop from when Ku'uipo served his mission in Hawaii! Her husband is one of the dancers too and we got to talk to them for a few minutes.



K was so excited to see someone that he knew on his mission! The dinner was a surprise and then he got an even bigger surprise. I don't believe in coincidences so I hope they stay in touch now. And I hope Ku'uipo had a wonderful birthday! I love him SO much!
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Day 4: Hollywood Studios

The first stop we made was at the Hollywood Tower Hotel to ride the Tower of Terror! K and I took turns riding and getting fast passes for Rockin Roller Coaster.



We made a stop to see Mike and Sully!



For lunch we ate at Hollywood and Vine and got to meet the characters of Playhouse Disney!



June loved playing with LG and LG loved June!



We saw Leo too!



And Special Agent OSO



KB's favorite stopped by too! Handy Manny!



Then we went out and found Mater!






We saw Playhouse Disney on stage and KB loved it.



We went and watched Fantasmic too! It's my fave Disney "fireworks" show! KB sat on Grandma's lap and shot the bad guys the whole time! (With his laser like Buzz Lightyear!)



Before we left we just had to go see my favorite part of the Christmas decorations at Disney! The Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights! I LOVE Christmas lights!



I got a video of the lights dancing to music and Emma laughing at it. I'll try to figure out how to post it.
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Day 3: EPCOT

Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, that is!



The beginning of our EPCOT trip was spent with Ku'uipo riding a few of the grown up rides that the kids couldn't. I'd ridden them all so many times I couldn't count, so I didn't mind watching the kids while he enjoyed them. Then all the moms and kids went to lunch at Coral Reef while the husbands, one wife, and the 2 oldest grandkids went on a special Seas Aqua Tour! While we were sitting at the restaurant we saw them all get into the tank and start swimming around! It was pretty hard to pick everybody out! I think these are some of our guys!



I did, however, find Ku'uipo cause he refused to take off the little bracelets from the last week that got him into the Ironman and Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. I was only able to pick him out by those! (You can't really see them in this pic.)



I made Ku'uipo get a pic of the gang!


While we were waiting for the guys to come out, I took the kids to see Chip n Dale! Two of my favorite friends when I worked there!






You can tell how much KB really enjoyed EPCOT!



I seriously laugh my head off the longer I look at this one!



Oh, he woke up in time to give a huge hug to Jasmine though!

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Day 2: Animal Kingdom

We started the day with a Kilimanjari Safari!



Can you find all 4 giraffes?



I love this pic of the flamingos and the palm trees!



We made our way to Camp Minnie Mickey before heading to lunch and spotted a couple cute bunnies! Thumper and Miss Bunny!



Then a cute little doggy, Pluto!



Then we ran into Goofy!



We then made our way to one fabulously delicious lunch at the Rainforest Cafe!



We enjoyed the FAB showing of the Festival of the Lion King!



We met 2 crazy kids, Lilo and Stitch!



After leaving Animal Kingdom, we went to Fort Wilderness for the Hoop de doo Revue for dinner! KB loved eating the ribs!



Awesome seats in the balcony.
Awesome second day!
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Welcome to Walt Disney World!

I have well over 1000 photos from this trip, big surprise, so I've narrowed it down to about 100. I'll divide those up into daily posts of our trip so it's not one insanely long post. (Except for this one. I was camera happy the first day.)



The first thing we did at Disney World was have breakfast with the Princesses in the Castle at Cinderella's Royal Table! We saw Snow White...



and Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora)...



and the Little Mermaid (Princess Ariel in human form of course)...



and Belle! (KB calls her BeasaBelle - Beast and Belle)



And who of all people did we see when we walked out of the castle after breakfast?! Cinderella's wicked stepmother and stepsisters!



Then we spotted a little sweeter person over by the carousel, Mary Poppins!



Then we rode the carousel!



And the ever so classic It's a Small World! It was a hit! LG really loved this one.



Ku'uipo rode Dumbo! He obviously had a lot of fun! (I really hate to admit it cause this picture is so funny, but KB was in there with him too.)



LG fell asleep while we waited in line to see these guys, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too!



LG was still asleep when we got to Minnie's house so KB had to go through it without her.



Then we went to see some fairies. Iridessa...



Tinkerbell loved LG!



Vidia even made time for a photo with us!



KB absolutely LOVED getting to see Buzz Lightyear!



Then he rode on his new favorite ride so he could shoot Zerg!






Then he drove a race car at the Speedway and got his driver's license!



Then he played on my iPad while we waited in the ridiculously long line (over 45 mins) to see his other favorites...



Woody and Jessie!



Then it got dark enough and they lit up the Castle and started Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party! It was beautiful!



Then there was an awesome Christmas parade at the Party! Mickey and Minnie were there of course!



And so were Chip n Dale!



And Goofy too!



Then it ended with Santa Claus!



As we walked down Main Street to go home, it started snowing! (Soap bubbles in Florida) KB loved trying to catch it!
What a FABULOUS first day at Disney World!!

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