Hey everyone! It's been one heck of a December holiday for us!!! The week after our Anniversary/Luminary/Breakfast with Santa craziness we had to get geared up for our Disney trip!!! We left on Sunday 12/16 and (during the week) needed to pack, have Tyler's classroom Birthday party, go to my book club, bring gifts and snacks for Tyler's Holiday classroom party, and attend our neighbor's annual white elephant/ugly Christmas sweater party...oh and find out the sex of our baby too!
So needless to say, it was chaos. But good chaos!
So back to logistics, we left on Sunday...7.5 hour drive. It was the longest we've ever done with Tyler but he was good. There was a 20 minute stint where I thought I might kill him if he didn't go to sleep, but other than that he was great!
We arrived at Disney and checked in to our hotel and waited for my parents arrival. Once they arrived we got geared up to head to Magic Kingdom for Mickey's Magical Merry Christmas Party! Tyler had a BLAST watching the parade, riding Dumbo a hundred times and seeing the castle lit up in it's glory. Highly recommend if you ever go at Christmas!
Parental Note (because I'm a Disney expert now and all, LOL): The week BEFORE Christmas is the BEST time of the year to go to Disney. Kids weren't out of school yet so we never waited more than 20 min for any ride. You get to see all of the amazing lights, and the weather was 80 degrees and sunny the entire time. Ben and I decided that when we go back we will make sure to go at the exact same time. Yes, I know your kids are in school...but take them out. Seriously, it's so worth it to not have to wait in line 2 hours for the freaking Peter Pan ride.
I won't bore you with Day to Day details but the Disney trip went like this:
Sunday night - Magical Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom
Monday - Animal Kingdom
Tuesday - Tyler's bday! Breakfast with the Disney Characters, Tyler's Pirate make over & all day at Magic Kingdom
Wednesday - Hollywood Studios
Thursday - Epcot
Friday - Head home
Tyler's birthday was amazing!! He had such a great time at Breakfast and the pirate makeover was too cute! We wore his little booty out though, because he passed out on Ben by 7:15pm...at the restaurant!
Certainly a first for my little party boy!
One of our favorite moments of the trip was the lighting of the square at Hollywood Studios! It was out of control!!!
And of course Animal Kingdom Epcot were tons of fun too!
See more pics below!
So many fun memories, and so glad we went! But we certainly aren't one of those "Disney ever year" type of parents. Anyone who tells you that Disney is a vacation is a freaking moron...it's not a vacation, it's a trip. A trip that will wear your ass out. We loved it so much and will happily go there again in 4 years when we have a 7 year old and 3 and 1/2 year old!!!
Happy holidays from our Disney Family to yours...
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