Disney: Day 5/Magic Kingdom.. Again!

Day 5 was a big day!! It was our last full day there and our 2nd day in the Magic Kingdom.

We started the day with breakfast at Chef Mickey. Several people had told me that this was by far the best character meal. They were right!! It was so much fun!! We rode the bus over to the Magic Kingdom, then walked over to the Contemporary Resort. The food was pretty yummy… just about any breakfast item you could think of! Ethan’s favorite was the breakfast pizza (which we have started to make home just for him!!). We got to see our favorite characters up close and personal one last time!

LK looked precious in her sweet Minnie Mouse dress!

Mickey waffles!!! We had waited ALL week for these and they were completely worth it!! DELISH!

MICKEY MOUSE!!! We LOVE the big mouse!

        

      

Goofy stopped next and played peek-a-boo with Gray! He got the biggest giggle out of this!!

      

         

Everyone now and then they would stop and sing and dance with the kids!! SOOO much fun!

G loved the princess pen! Chris was ecstatic about this! ha!

    

PLUTO!!! Gray’s favorite!!!

    

    

Sweet Minnie!

last but not least.. the #1 duck!

    

Breakfast was great and was the perfect “last meal” of our trip!

After breakfast, we decided to ride the monorail over to the Magic Kingdom. It’s only a short walk, but we knew that the kiddos would want to ride it one last time before we left. We got into the park just as it was opening early for the Magic Hours. There was NO ONE there!!! It was awesome!

As soon as we walked in, we heard “Trolley Song” start playing. One of LK’s favorite movies is Meet Me In St. Louis, so she immediately recognized the song and started singing along. Then, she noticed the trolley coming down Main Street!!! She was SO excited. She probably would have jumped on board if we hadn’t made them scoot back to let it go by. ha!

Since no one was really there yet, we were able to get on a few of the bigger rides and not have to wait in line. We immediately headed over to Splash Mountain. I was surprised that both kiddos wanted to ride!! But, I guess after Tower of Terror and Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain is a walk in the park! :)

There we are!! (Ethan is in the middle!)

Going down the mountain!!! LK was TERRIFIED!!

    

Next up was Aladdin's Magic Carpet Ride. Another fave among all the little kids and we didn’t have to wait at all!

    

We all climbed up into the Swiss Family Robinson tree house. The view from the top was incredible!

We saw Jack!!

   

We managed to ride several rides before the park started filling up!! After riding a few rides, we got ready for our special activities. (I blogged about those here) We ate lunch at Casey’s Corner and had YUMMY Chicago hot dogs!!

As LK and I were heading to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, we ran into Alice!!! It was such an incredible moment! Alice was SO excited to see a little Alice!

    

They chatted for several minutes and even talked to the flowers and butterflies.

LK, Alice, and the White Rabbit

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SO SO Precious… Memories in the making!

After we met back up, we went over to TomorrowLand to finish up the last few rides in the park.

We went to the Monsters Inc Laugh Floor.. SO cute!!

      

Space Orbiter! LK was too funny.. she got to ride in her own rocket but would NOT go up high!! haha!

LOVE IT!!

Then, we got to meet Buzz Lightyear!

Buzz was so cool that he had a stamp to sign the autograph books!

    

LK and I stopped and watched the Dreams Come True stage show!

    

The show had Mickey, Minnie, and gang.. Princesses.. Peter Pan, Wendy, Smee, and Hook.. as well as, Malificent from Sleeping Beauty! (LK’s arch nemesis!)

    

    

    

    

    

Fireworks!!!

We managed to catch the show during the day and then catch it again at night!

After dinner, we had perfect timing and managed to get a GREAT spot for the Electrical Parade!! I remember watching this when I was little girl and loved it! I just knew that we couldn’t miss it!

    

    

    

    

    

After the parade, we got to see the night time fireworks. The were incredible!! We had a great view of them over the castle.

I just had to share this with you.. Ethan LOVED Splash Mountain!!! He and Chris went back later in the day and rode it again. HILARIOUS!

We had a wonderful last full day at Disney World. We were able to finish up all of the things that we wanted to do. I am SO thankful that everyone told me to plan two days for MK.. there is no way that we could have squeezed it all into one day and been satisfied with it. Disney is such a magical place and I truly a magical place and I think that we definitely made the most of the magic on our last day! :)

After fireworks, it was time to call it a night and get ready for a VERY BUSY morning on Day 6 and then our plane ride back home!

Disney: Day 5/Special Activities

I’m picking back up on the Disney posts! I left off telling you all about our day in Hollywood Studios. We picked up on Day 5 with another visit to the Magic Kingdom. Everyone I had talked to had said to definitely plan two days for Magic Kingdom. I am SO glad they told me that and that I listened!!! It definitely took two days to fully enjoy it!

I plan to blog about the entire day, but I wanted to start off with the most exciting part of the day… well, maybe the entire trip!

MONTHS before the trip, I booked special activities for both LK and E. I had heard that Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and The Pirates League were both “must do’s” while in Disney. So, I called and scheduled both for our last day in the parks. They were beyond excited about this!!! While in Downtown Disney, LK got to pick out any princess dress she wanted for her day. She chose Alice and was adorable!! I was quite impressed with her decision.. doing her own thing and not following the crowd! (that’s my girl!!) Ethan got to pick out some pirate gear from the gift shop outside of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. So, around noon on that day, Chris and the boys went off to get Ethan all “pirated” up, while LK and I made our way over to Cinderella’s Castle to the boutique. Yes.. it’s inside Cinderella’s Castle.. how amazing is THAT!

      

The Entrance

She sat down in her chair and was READY!! They got to pick out their hairstyle, nail color of choice, and make up colors. She was in heaven!!

       

Getting pampered, princess style!

      

When they were finished, they sprinkled “Fairy Dust” on them while saying “Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo”. The girls were told to make a special wish!

One last touch up and then she got her sash.

Seeing herself for the first time!! The chairs were turned away from the mirrors while they were getting fixed up, so it was always a fun surprise to see each girl turned around to see themselves.

This was one of the best moments of the entire trip. Her sweet face was priceless!

Inside the boutique

After LK was finished, we headed over to the Pirate League. It was located outside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. I was hoping to get to see Ethan experience his special day too! Luckily, we made it just as he was getting started. The only part I missed was where hey get their pirate names. They have a fun way of doing it! They have an old wooden spinning contraption that has numbered dice. The kids spin it several times, then pick a number. Then, they go to an old pirate book of names (everything looks very old, very vintage, and VERY pirate-y). They go to their birth month (Ethan is June) to get their first name, then use the number they picked to get their second name. Ethan’s pirate name is Jeremiah Blackhawk!! It was perfect!

Then, it was his turn to turn into Jeremiah!!

      

check out that face paint!!! he LOVED it!!!

      

next up, was his bandana, pirate hat, and OF COURSE a gold earring!!!

look at my sweet Jeremiah!

      

When they were all finished, they said their Pirate Oath and Jeremiah was officially a pirate!

LOVE IT!!!

He then got to pick out his sword, knife, and sash! He was SO excited!!

The Pirates League

Seriously…. BEST TIME AT DISNEY!!!

I can’t even begin to tell you how wonderful both special adventures were! Completely worth every single penny!!! We will never get  these precious moments back. One day (VERY soon from now!) they will be grown and “too cool” for childish things like this. But, I know that they will look back on these times and remember all the fun they had! Disney is only “magical” for a short period of time and we wanted to make the most out of every second. I just knew that we had to do these special things with them to make memories of a lifetime!!

Thank goodness I made reservations when I did, b/c we had several people stop and ask us when we made them. Apparently, they had waited till they got to the parks and found out that both activities were booked up about 4 months in advance! WOW!!!