For those that don't know, we spent Spring Break at Disney World again this year. We took Evie last year and this year she was a total pro. She knew exactly which rides she wanted to conquer first in each park and which park she didn't want to visit.
We had so much fun, I can't even begin to tell you. I think we did every single thing I'd planned to do. You guys know that I plan for a vacation like I'm planning for battle, right? I did a lot of research before leaving and came up with lists of rides & experiences that Evie would enjoy. I made sure that we spread things out over the 6 day trip so that we didn't end up cramming things in. We had some wonderful food, had short waits for most rides despite the busy park around us and Evie was as well behaved as I could expect.
The flight down was totally uneventful and even landed 25 minutes early. We were checking into our resort by noon and were at the Magic Kingdom by 1pm. We did only FantasyLand (mostly Princess stuff) the first day but headed to Epcot for dinner at The Nine Dragons. Kevin & I ate there on our honeymoon and have eaten there as part of every trip back since then. Since they served Evie's drink in sort of every day style stemware and not a kids cup, she asked if we could cheers (as she calls it). I was going to offer, "To DisneyWorld" but she said, "To China!" She even greeted our waiter by saying Ni hao pronounced Nee-how. We were all suitably impressed & surprised.
Sunday afternoon, we did Animal Kingdom. The only thing we didn't fit in was a trip on the Kali River Rapids. Evie insisted that she didn't want to do it, so Kevin & I took her out of line and just let it go. Sunday night we were supposed to have dinner with her best friend Victoria, her parents & two of her grandparents along with Cinderella, her Prince, the Fairy Godmother and a couple of mice. Unfortunately, Victoria got horribly sick that afternoon and we had to cancel the reservations. It seems that Disney won't seat 3 people at a table reserved for 8 people. That was fine with us, I guess. Evie took it in stride and didn't get upset at all. Well, she was upset that her friend was sick. Victoria recovered on Monday but her Mom got sick. We didn't even see them while we were there. We headed to Downtown Disney for the evening instead. We at at Wolfgang Puck's again this year and weren't disappointed. Evie got to play on the Lego playground with about 20 other small people. It was fabulous confusion.
Monday morning was A Storybook Princess Breakfast in Epcot (Belle, Ariel, Mulan, Mary Poppins and Snow White). Evie doesn't care that two of those aren't princesses but I think they should adjust the name of the breakfast. We spent the rest of the day in Epcot and did The Land, The Sea and were smart enough to get FastPasses for Soarin' as soon as we entered the park. Turtle Talk with Crush was just adorable. It was animation that was able to converse & interact with kids in the audience. He answered all the questions the kids posed and even demonstrated how when a child asked if Turtles could swim on their backs.
Tuesday we spent the better part of the day at the pool and did Fantasmic in MGM Studios that night. What a great show that was, even if it was the longest we'd stood in line all week (1 hour). Evie found a couple of kids in line to play with or got to sit in the stroller, so she could have cared less about the wait. She didn't really like Disney MGM studios or as she called it, "That town." The entire first section of MGM looks like old Hollywood and to her its just a bunch of shops that spread a couple of blocks. I'm disappointed that we didn't spend time there during the day. She would have really enjoyed the Star Wars experience.
Wednesday was a character breakfast with Mary Poppins, Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter, Pooh & Tigger. Pooh came to see & hug Evie three different times. Evie later commented that it must have been because she wore her Pooh & Friends T-Shirt. Previously she wouldn't get near any of the furry characters, but Pooh was so sweet and irresistibly soft that she let him hang all over her. Tigger kept coming back and kissing her until she finally told him, "No more kisses, Tigger." in a rather stern voice. It was too sweet. She told Alice that the Mad Hatter seemed a little weird, so Alice said, "Oh he's quite mad, I'm sure." in this GREAT voice. Wednesday during the day was spent doing the rest of the things on my list at the Magic Kingdom: Pirates of the Caribbean, Jungle Cruise, River Boat cruise around Tom Sawyer's Island, Steam Train, Magic Carpet ride, etc. Evie even went into the Haunted Mansion, so I was totally proud of her. At night we finally got to see the Spectro-Magic parade and the Magic Kingdom fireworks. We got about 11pm that night, so we didn't wake up too early on Thursday. We gathered our things, had brunch, and toured our entire resort, looking over all the different building themes they had, shopped a bit and let Evie play on the playground before heading back to the airport.
Kevin & Evie got to sleep in on Friday. I worked an 11 hour day. It's now Saturday, I'm in the office for another full day and there are 2 inches of snow on the ground. Can someone remind me why I came home from Disney at all?
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