Our family vacation was a huge success! As you can see below there was no shortage of fun that's for sure! 6 days of theme parks and probably 100 miles walked we all survived!! Gramma and Papa were troopers as we journeyed from park to park day after day!
The weather in Orlando was ridiculously cold with the majority of our trip being spent freezing our tootsies off while exploring all Disney had to offer. The great thing about the park hopper pass is that we were able to spend 1/2 day at one park and then check out another in the evening. We saw tons of parades, fireworks and the people watching was AMAZING!
Needless to say, Brady loved every minute of it and was so excited to meet many of the characters. He was a bit standoffish and shy in the beginning but in the end he really warmed up to them. We also contributed a ton of change to any and all fountains as the little dude loves to make wishes!
Anyway, there were over 400 pictures taken and I narrowed it down to a select few that I thought were great.
ENJOY!!
Making sure the captain is ready
Enjoying a little inflight snack
Loves astronauts as he just learned about them at school!!
Goof-bot
Brady and his hero Spidey
Taking the hog for a spin through Downtown Disney
Stitch!
Nothing says Disney like Mickey and Minnie
Completely made out of legos!!
Oh there is a fountain, gotta get out the pennies
MAGIC KINGDOM!! So fun
Papa enjoying the carousel ride!
Cinderella's house
Perfect spot to watch the parade!
Don't let the blue sky fool you. . it was COLD!
Came into the park at the perfect time and saw the parade from the front row!
In line for our first ride, Buzz Lightyear!!
Just a little excited!
Our second day at the parks just happened to be Jeff's birthday and I scheduled a character breakfast at Disney Hollywood Studios. Cute little park but not much for smaller kids.
Waiting in line to meet Buzz and Woody
Buddy strapped in for his trip to the moon!
Special Agent OSO! This was the first character that came up and he was a bit shy in the beginning.
Slowly he warmed up. . .
Handy Manny!
Then he was all about it, showing June some love
June from Little Einsteins
Brady and his buddy Jake
Getting autographs!
Aww, Happy Birthday Jeff!
Jake's birthday just happened to be March 1st so they bonded
Showing Manny some love!
What's up Frozone and Mr. Incredible!
Pound it!
Cheese
Mike from Monsters Inc!!
So excited for his breakfast
Strike a pose!!
Pirates of the Carribean ended up being his favorite ride!!
Conked out from too much excitement!
With his pirate sword he was ready to battle those skeleton pirates!
Brrr. . .
Even Dad needed some time with the beanie
Frozen Bugaloo
We weren't sure if we were in Florida or Alaska!
Mom's turn with the beanie!
Day 3 was spent at Animal Kingdom! Such a great park with so many of the animals out and about for us to see. Brady really loved the safari ride that takes you around to see all the friends!
Animal Kingdom was a pretty small park with not much for Brady to do so after his nap we headed back out to Magic Kingdom to tackle a bit more of that park. We ended up getting stuck on the Little Mermaid ride for about 20 minutes and low and behold as soon as we got off had a perfect spot to see the fireworks show! It was awesome to be so close and feel when they exploded in the sky!
Didn't even need a zoom for this pic!
Lovin the fireworks show
Day 4 we spent the morning checking out Epcot. What a great place to see, however not really kid friendly. Would love to go back and really spend some time there checking out the different countries.
Italy
Italy
Pushing Papa in the fountain
Germany
Cheers!
Vikings in Norway
Preparing for battle
Look at those mean faces. . .I wouldn't mess with them!
Mexico
Who turned out the lights?
Just a bit big!
Day 5 we ditched Disney to head to Universal Studios Orlando. It was a nice break from Mickey and the gang to see some other characters!
Dr. Seuss is a huge part of this park
Dad is thrilled!
Spider Man shooting webs
As part of Universal they had a portion of the park dedicated to Harry Potter! To put it mildly I was slightly excited and loved every part of it!!
Hogsmeade
Hogwarts
This was a delish concoction that tasted like a creamsicle slurpee topped with a whipped butterscotch froth!
Brady was floored to see Spiderman
Had to get the autograph
It was awesome because he had his Spiderman shirt on that day as well (great planning Mom!)
Spidey teaching him the correct way to shoot webs
Nothing beats meeting your superhero!
