Disney - Day 1

Here we are - P Party of 5 ready to set off on our adventure!!!

We're baaaaack!!!!!  After 6 days, 5 nights jam-packed full of Disney excitement, we have been in recovery mode ever since!!!!  We throughly enjoyed our "vacation" and can see how it can be addictive.  We definitely want to go back.  And seeing how we have three little bitties that is saying A LOT!!!!  Since we did so much in such a little amount of time, I am going to post our adventure day by day!!

Jillian (dressed in her Disney princess smocked dress) and her Poppy in the airport!!  Needed a story before we got on the plane!!



Gavin and KK ready for take-off!!!

This was one excited little boy!!  He was ready for his first flight!!  Rocco got a new haircut for his trip to meet Buzz Lightyear!! 

Jillian and Daddy were so excited too!!!

Don't let her fool you!!  She looks excited but Hadleigh was our one hiccup in our "perfect" vacation.  She is usually our easy-going baby but we threw her for a loop with this airplane ride.  She was into EVERYTHING!  And did NOT sleep a wink on either plane ride. 

We arrived in Orlando and caught the Magic Express Shuttle to the Port Orleans Riverside Resort.  On the night of our arrival we made reservations at Mickey's Backyard Bar-b-q at the Fort Wilderness Resort.  Even though it was 6:00, it was really hot and humid but everybody was ready to go including Hadleigh who still had not slept a wink.  Everybody had a "costume change" and slipped into something Mickey and Minnie inspired and we were off to Fort Wilderness!!!  

She was practicing her pose for when she met Mickey and Minnie!!  The girls' outfits were so cute with the blinged-out Minnie and polka-dots.  They were from T@rget.  I love that store!!!



Told ya, she was ready for action and wanting to move!!!

And cool dude had to have his sunglasses too!!!

First we took a shuttle bus to the Magic Kingdom and then we took a boat across the lagoon to Fort Wilderness.  We would not have made it had it not been for the kindness of strangers to get us to our destination.  It was not as easy as we had thought.  Plus we were caravaning a party of 12 that included 5 age 6 and under!

BUT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT WHEN THIS IS WAITING FOR YOU AT YOUR DESTINATION!!!  MICKEY AND MINNIE!!!!

JILLIAN AND ROCCO RAN UP AND GAVE HUGS AND WERE SCREAMING!!!  EVEN HADLEIGH SHOWED NO FEAR OF ANY OF THE CHARACTERS WE MET!!! 

The food was delicious bar-b-q buffet and there was a country band singing and dancing. 

 At one point in our evening, I was holding Hadleigh and felt something wet running down my leg.  You guessed it!!!  Hadleigh's diaper had leaked everywhere and so I took her to the bathroom for a change of clothes.  As I come back to the stage area, I hear on the intercom, "What's your name little lady?  Jillian"  I could NOT believe it!!!!  Jillian and her cousin Gavin were chosen to go on stage and missed most of it!!!!  Here are pics from my Mom's camera!!!

Up on stage!!!!

Dancing with Chip and Dale!!!!

 Every night, we told the kids that if they were good and well-behaved, then the Disney Fairy would leave presents for them on their bed.  It worked like a charm and they did not ask for presents during the day (well, too much). 

New Jammies and water bottles because did I mention that it was HOT AND HUMID!!!

Day 1 was almost a complete perfect success except for our Hadleigh-boo.  She was out of her element and did not want to miss one single thing which meant chasing a hyper, sleep-deprived toddler for most of the day!!!  But since that is our only complaint of the day, then that is a pretty good day!!!