Disney Trip

It was finally time for the Disney/Legoland trip! We were a little nervous the few days leading up to leaving because Gabriel got the flu a little less than a week before we left and we figured it would run thru everyone before we left, but the day before no one else had gotten sick. I called Corban's pediatrician's office and left a message for the nurse asking what to to. His doctor called me back after office hours and said "no kid wants the flu at Disney World. I'm calling in some Tamiflu." So we all took Tamiflu. Corban seemed a little sick when we were driving down but after that everyone was fine!

We left on Saturday in the afternoon after the Pinewood Derby and drove about halfway down. On Sunday we drove the rest of the way and had time to settle in and the boys did some swimming before bed (in the "piano pool" which was pretty cool). Another evening at the other pool they were showing Mulan (which the boys had never seen). They enjoyed watching it while goofing around in the water.

Ping Pong at the pool

Bright and early we headed out to Magic Kingdom. We wanted to get there early to hopefully get a good place in line for the new Tron ride.

Giving Dad Mickey Ears

Tron was awesome!

Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse

Lunch view

Seven Dwarves Mine Train

This Jungle Cruise boat captain was the best I've ever had. Made the kids and
the adults laugh cracking jokes comparing her ex-boyfriend experiences to the
different animals and scenes.

Started and ended the day with Tron

The next day was Legoland. I'm glad we took a day to go there because we all had fun, but the boys were clearly about to age out of most of the rides and experiences there. We found a couple faster rides and they enjoyed the huge Lego store and seeing all of the Lego creations. Corban was excited for the Ninjago area in particular.

On Wednesday we took a "rest day." We went to Disney Springs to eat at Earl of Sandwich, check out another Lego store (where the boys used their Disney gift cards that Uncle Aaron and Aunt Tiffany got them for Christmas), eat Wetzel's Pretzels, and wandered the other fun Disney stores.

That evening we met Caroline and Josh for dinner. Caroline was in the youth group and is now engaged so it was fun to meet up with them and chat.

Thursday was Epcot. The boys were most excited about the new Guardians of the Galaxy ride. It was so new and popular that there was no "stand by" line to ride. You had to purchase an extra ride ticket ahead of time. We all wished we could ride it more than once. We rode Soarin' and the Ratatouille more than once and enjoyed the amazing Epcot firework show. It was the one day that was a little rainy but it was a good day for that. Lots of indoor lines. And they got to experience "Spaceship Earth" in the Epcot ball before it closed a couple months later.

Nemo

Guardians of the Galaxy ship

We saved Hollywood Studios for the last day since it had the most rides and experiences. We got to do a bunch of things more then once. Corban remembered the Slinky Dog rollercoaster from 4 years ago with great excitement. He was also pumped to be able to ride the one ride that he was too short for years ago - the Aerosmith Rockin' Roller Coaster (it's FAST and they had to ride it more than once). They both loved it.

Phineas and Ferb

Toy Story Mania

Cool Star Wars stuff in Galaxy's Edge

Indiana Jones Stunt Show

Reading in line

Corban pretending to sleep

Smuggler's Run

Rise of the Resistance. Corban got cheeky with an
Imperial Officer and almost got us in big trouble ;)

Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway

The morning that we left we packed up our stuff and headed to the dining hall to eat Mickey waffles. As has become our thing on the last day of a trip, we play mini-golf. We could have tried another course but the boys wanted to the Fantasia course that we did the last time we came.

None of us really wanted to come home from this trip, but unfortunately we cannot live at Disney World.