Disney World - Magic Kingdom Day 1

This was an incredibly fun day filled with rides, shows, parades, character visits and sitings and a lot of moments that brought the most precious smiles to the kids' faces and tears to my eyes. Here are a few highlights from the day.

 It's a Small World

Enchanted Tales with Belle 

Kate and Max were plates in this interactive show with Belle.

 Ariel's Grotto

 Dream Along with Mickey

 Dumbo

 Carrousel

Anna asked, "I ride neigh, neigh?"

 Train

 Dreams Really Do Come True

Disney World - Yacht Club

 Thanks to Duke we stayed at Disney's Yacht Club.  This hotel is absolutely spectacular!  We could walk or take a boat to The Boardwalk, Epcot and Hollywood Studios.  The hotel had restaurants, beaches, arcades, pools, spa, fitness center, playgrounds and activities galore.

Breakfast and most dinners in the kids' nook!

Anna LOVED spending time in bed with Kate.

 Fireworks at Epcot as seen from our hotel.

 The Pool - water slides, beaches and lazy river!

I can not say enough good things about this hotel and the staff - absolutely magnificent!

Disney World - Hollywood Studios

We started with Hollywood Studios! We took a boat to the park and filled the day with shows, rides, characters visits and a dance party.

Showtime!

A few of our favorites included Ariel, a car stunt show and Beauty and the Beast!

Rides

Toy Story Mania and Star Tours were a couple of our favorite rides. Max was very intrigued by the whole star wars thing which was completely new to him.

 Anna took a nap while the kids did a few fast rides with Daddy.

We danced with the characters by the big hat!

 We had an amazing first day!

Surprise Adventure

Peter and I took the kids on a surprise trip to...

Walt Disney World!!!

This is the point where they figured out where we were going!

A seriously ridiculous amount of pictures/posts will soon follow...