Disney Recap
This was the 6th year that Marc and I had been to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas and the 2nd time for Alexis. We started a tradition the first year we went of buying an ornament and having it personalized with our names, we have gotten one every year since. We brought along the 2 grandmothers this year, my mom and marc’s mom. My mom had come with us last year but it was the first time for marc’s mom. This year was a lot more fun for Alexis than last year. She loves Playhouse Disney and Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, etc. As soon as we got close to the park she started seeing the Disney logo everywhere and yelling “MINNIE! MICKEY!” This continued in the park. She absolutely loved everything we saw and did. She was mesmerized by It’s a Small World and was just pointing and looking at everything. The carousel was another big hit. She kept saying “mas, mas” (more) b/c she wanted to keep riding. Minnie’s house was also a lot of fun. She sat at Minnie’s table and “had tea” she loved opening the fridge. But, the most fun thing was watching the cake rise and fall in the oven continually. Every time the cake fell, she would say, “uh-oooh”. Over and over. We were cracking up. When she met Minnie, she nuzzled up to her. She loved her, it was so sweet. Unfortunately the line for Mickey was waaaaay too long so we didn’t wait. We went to eat at the Cosmic Cafe where they have a DJ and Pluto and Goofy were there dancing. Alexis loved it. She was not shy at all, pushed her way past all the bigger kids, shaking her butt and poked Pluto in the back so that he would turn around and dance with her. I kid you not. Then when she was dancing with Goofy she bent down and touched his foot, almost like making sure he was real.
The fireworks show which is honestly the real reason that i continue to go year after year was amazing. Alexis also was mesmerized and kept saying “ooooh” to all the pretty lights.We went into more than one store and she would just run from one thing to the next, picking up all the stuffed toys and hugging them. We are now the proud owners of a lot of Disney stuff – a Tinkerbell light up spinning thing (I’m sure it has a better name), several t-shirts, a Minnie purse, a huge Mickey and Minnie – most of this wwas thanks to my mom, except the large Mickey which was Marc’s mom, we also got her countless stickers, or “stickies” as she calls them, which are her new obsession. By this point she was getting very very tired and cranky. She had not napped at all, we had hoped she would sleep in the car on the drive up but that didn’t happen. So she passed out in her stroller around 10:30. If she hadn’t fallen asleep the plan was that the grandmas would have taken her back to the hotel early. We went on a few more adult rides, picked up our ornament, had some cookies and hot chocolate, by the time the park closed at midnight we were dragging and ready for bed.
The hotel was another story. We thought it would be nice to stay in a cabin in Ft Wilderness so we could all stay together. Eh, not so much. I guess it’s nice if you have a big family and are staying for a while, but for an overnight I didn’t like it. It’s definitely rustic. Not awful, I have stayed in much worse places. The transportation is a bit time consuming. There are buses that take you around the resort itself. We take a bus from our cabin to the docks where we then board a ferry for the Magic Kingdom. By the time we did the reverse and got back to our hotel, it was after 1am. Alexis thankfully fell right back to sleep after I put her in her PJs and put her down in the pack n play. I didn’t think she would sleep in there but she did, she must have been so exhausted that she would have slept anywhere!
So the next day we headed to Downtown Disney for some (more) shopping. Marc and I got our fix at the candy store of the chocolate covered marshmallows. Those are so good. I’m going to have to learn to make them, how tough can it be really?
So all in all we had a wonderful trip. And it was so different to be able to see everything with Alexis, it really makes the Magic Kingdom more magical.
Alexis is Patriotic!
Here she is in her 4th of July dress. She is celebrating Independence Day instyle 🙂
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