Hangin' with the Princesses

After arriving in Orlando late on Wednesday, we had the entire day at Disney World on Thursday.  I had big plans to fit lots in which proved to be a bit overly ambitious.  It was surprisingly hot and humid in Orlando... I was expecting it to have already cooled off for the fall!

We started the morning off with a full breakfast at the hotel.  We'd been running around so much that we really hadn't been eating very well, so this was a good time to get some Mickey-shaped waffles, bacon, sausage and all the breakfast fixins!

After breakfast, we decided to start our day at Epcot and arrived as the park was opening.  My plan was to hit a few key locations and be out of the park and on to the next within an hour or two.  Jayla had other plans!  Of course, Disney World was all new to her and she was very excited.  We bumped into Daisy Duck and Stitch on the way in, and that set our course for the rest of the day.  Jayla was so excited to get her picture taken with the characters and to get their autographs, so that's what we ended up spending much of the day doing.  We were on the hunt!  She has lots of pictures and autographs to show for it!

We began our adventure at Epcot

Jayla spotted Daisy on the way into the park 

Stitch was there too!

While at Epcot, we visited "the giant golf ball" as Jayla put it and played a few games there.  After that, the girls all went on Soarin' which was a very cool.  Jason wisely chose to skip that ride as it was a "hand gliding over America" experience!  We also checked out the Nemo under the sea ride and then got in a very long line to meet lots of the Disney characters.  It was a long wait, but Jayla got to hang with Mickey Mouse and his friends!

Chip 'N Dale were alot of fun

It was a long wait to meet Mickey

 

We stopped in a shop at Epcot to pick out some ears!

 

Jayla and I at Magic Kingdom

After a morning at Epcot, we made a quick trip back to the hotel (I'd forgotten bottle nipples for Dylan!!)  We stocked up on water and headed back out to Magic Kingdom.  Jayla had a VIP pass for the parade there, so we started by waiting for the parade.  While we waiting, Snow White happened by so Jayla ran over to meet her real quick.  She was the last child for the day that got to meet her as Snow White is apparently quite busy during the day!  We went back to waiting for the parade which was very slow to come.  While we were waiting, we realized that the wait time to see all the princesses was only 20 minutes since everyone was outside for the parade.  Jayla wanted to go see the princesses instead of waiting for the parade.  I hate that we missed the parade because I know it's amazing, but she was so excited to see Cinderella, Belle and Rapunzel!

Jayla liked Rapunzel most of all... but said she talks REALLY fast :-)

Cinderella was full-on princess

Jayla was so excited to meet Belle

We spent the rest of the day at Magic Kingdom and had a great time.  We tried hard to do it all!  We spent most of our time in Fantasyland, revisiting my favorite ride - It's a Small World.  We rode Prince Charming's carousel, attempted to remove the sword and the stone (unsuccessfully!) and climbed the Swiss Family Robinson tree house.  We ate funnel cake while watching the show in front of the castle and then stood in a ridiculous line to meet Aladdin and Jasmine.  That one pretty much did us in so we called it a day and hit the pool!
 

Jason tried to help but alas the sword remains in the stone!

Jayla was very patient waiting for Aladdin and Jasmine!

In the midst of all our adventures, our amazing friends at Accurate Rx were hard at work here in Columbia finding us a nebulizer.  By the time we got back to the hotel, it was waiting for us at the front desk so the kids could do their treatments.  It was a very full, very fun day and there was still lots more fun in store for us!