Friday, January 29, 2010

Day 2: Meeting up with JuJu

about to ride Dumbo
the magnificent castle!!

in a tunnel in Pooh's Corner

in a tunnel in Pooh's Corner...wearing cool Buzz Lightyear shades
on a honeypot in Pooh's Corner

snoozin' while the kids play

the awesome, comfy stroller
(but, it was heavy to push with 80+lbs. in it!)

dancing on the street in front of the castle

YAY!! Juju's here!!

some of the parade performers

Mickey and Donald on their float


Woody and Jessie from Toy Story 2 (Bradley's favorite!)

Me and Trent waiting on everyone to finish their magic carpet ride


some silly animals being transported to the zoo


the cousins in Mickey's house


Meeting Mickey and Minnie


Juj meeting Mickey and Minnie



After our awesome breakfast, we anxiously waited for the Lanes to arrive at DW so we could all be together. While we waited, we went ahead and did a few rides by ourselves. First was Snow White's Scary Adventure, which was so cute, but basically a boat ride through the story of Snow White. It was dark, so it was a little scary, but the kids liked it. Then, Nick took Rachel and Bradley to ride Dumbo. I decided that Trent had been patient and sweet for long enough and decided he deserved a comfy diaper change and nursing. I found the Baby Care Station at Magic Kingdom and was so impressed!!! The station had an attendant who told you where you could change, nurse or feed your baby. (And, I'm sure to make sure there weren't any perverts or weirdos hanging around...) There was one large room with 10-12 baby changing tables, and then a huge kitchen complete with several microwaves and probably about 10 high chairs where you could feed your baby. And, there was a shared nursing room with dim lights and rocking chairs where you could nurse your baby. I thought the whole thing was so cool!! It was comfortable and very accommodating. And, even though we didn't use the baby care station every time, since it was at one end of the park, it was nice to use if we needed to. Anyway, Trent and I met Nick and the kids and went to Pooh's Corner where they had a cool playground for the kids to play on. And, Tigger and Pooh were also available to sign autographs and have your pictures made if you felt like waiting in line to see them. After that, we headed to the kiddie section of Magic Kingdom and saw a cute roller coaster in Goofy's Wise acre Farm called the Barn Stormer. Trent had fallen asleep, so Nick stayed with him in the stroller and I took Rach and Brad to ride the roller coaster. As we waited, it seemed a little bit scary and really fast. I wasn't sure if Bradley would get scared while he was on it. Turns out, he LOVED it and wasn't scared one bit! After we rode it once, the kids wanted to ride it one more time with Nick. (We also rode it another time with JuJu later!) Finally, it was time to meet up with Matt, Wendy and Juj! We were so excited to finally get to see them! We met on Main Street and right after we all met up, there was a parade that went down Main Street, so we got to watch that. The parade was cute, had lots of great music and dancing and some of our favorite characters on floats. Once the Lanes were with us, we headed to one area of the park and worked our way all the way around to the other end. We rode as many things as we could and explored as much as was possible. We walked to the top of Swiss Family Robinson's tree house, rode Aladdin's magic carpet ride, went on a fake safari, went through the Pirates of the Caribbean boat ride, did the Haunted House, Merry Go Round, It's a Small World, Goofy's Barn Burner (again) and the teacups. Needless to say, after our early start that morning, we were POOPED!!! Shortly after going to the last section of the park, Fantasyland, we parted ways with the Lanes. Nick and Brad shot some evil Zurg characters in the Buzz Lightyear ride, and I hung out with Rach and Trent till they got out. We walked to the front of the park and caught a little bit of the end of day, very impressive and beautiful parade that DW puts on with lights, music, floats, dancing, etc... We caught our boat, our bus and walked to our cabin and went to sleep. It was a GREAT day at Disney!!!!!!!!!!!

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