OK, so my family just returned from THE greatest trip ever! We spent our Thanksgiving holiday at Disney World in Orlando, FL. You hear people talk about how magical this place is and blah, blah, blah.... and I am here to tell you it is SO absolutely true! From the moment we walked into our hotel room to find the towels arranged on the bed in the shape of Mickey Mouse, to the night before our departure when we watched the most awesome fireworks EVER from the World Showcase at EPCOT, and every moment in between... the only word to describe the entire experience is MAGICAL. 
We started at Magic Kingdom, home of the iconic Cinderella's castle. Although it was WAY too crowded for my taste, we had a blast. We saw Mickey and Minnie's houses, we met Ariel in her grotto, we rode Pirates of the Carribean, Brad and Sam rode Space Mountain, we watched Mickey's Philharmagic 3D show (very cool), and then we watched fireworks over the top of the castle before heading home for the night.
The next day we spent at EPCOT where we had lunch at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall in 
Norway with the princesses. Lily met Jasmine, Aurora, Cinderella, and Belle, as well as Ariel (for the 2nd time). We got to "talk" to Crush, the sea turtle from Finding Nemo, before jumping over to Hollywood Studios for dinner at the 50's Prime Time Cafe. Our waiter, Cousin Cooper, fussed at Brad for wearing his hat at the dinner table and told Sam and Lily they had to finish their vegetables before they could have dessert. They had the most AWESOME collard greens I have EVER eaten in my life.
Norway with the princesses. Lily met Jasmine, Aurora, Cinderella, and Belle, as well as Ariel (for the 2nd time). We got to "talk" to Crush, the sea turtle from Finding Nemo, before jumping over to Hollywood Studios for dinner at the 50's Prime Time Cafe. Our waiter, Cousin Cooper, fussed at Brad for wearing his hat at the dinner table and told Sam and Lily they had to finish their vegetables before they could have dessert. They had the most AWESOME collard greens I have EVER eaten in my life.The next day we spent at Animal Kingdom. It was my very favorite park! We started with a breakfast at the Tusker House with Mickey, Donald, Daisy, and Goofy. We wen
t on a safari ride and saw tons of cool animals up close and personal. Brad and Sam rode Expedition Everest (monster rollercoaster) while Lily and I went to have her face painted like a Princess Kitty Cat. We saw The Festival of the Lion King, a great musical show. We saw It's Tough to be a Bug, a neat show with some really cool special effects (we were spit on, stung by, and overrun by BUGS). And to top it all off, we ate at the Rainforest Cafe where we ate under the rainforest canopy with thunder and lightning and monkeys overhead! We had the most wonderful dessert... a VOLCANO, which Sam worked super hard to finish! And I almost forgot... we went to the movies to see Bolt!
t on a safari ride and saw tons of cool animals up close and personal. Brad and Sam rode Expedition Everest (monster rollercoaster) while Lily and I went to have her face painted like a Princess Kitty Cat. We saw The Festival of the Lion King, a great musical show. We saw It's Tough to be a Bug, a neat show with some really cool special effects (we were spit on, stung by, and overrun by BUGS). And to top it all off, we ate at the Rainforest Cafe where we ate under the rainforest canopy with thunder and lightning and monkeys overhead! We had the most wonderful dessert... a VOLCANO, which Sam worked super hard to finish! And I almost forgot... we went to the movies to see Bolt!
We spent the next day at Disney's Hollywood Studios where Lily danced in the streets to High School Musical 3, Sam and Brad rode Aerosmith's Rockin' Roller Coaster and the Tower of Terror, and we all watched the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular and then ate our dinner inside of cars at the Sci-Fi Drive In Theater. We got to watch Fanstasmic... the most AWESOME laser light/fireworks show! 
The last day we went back to Magic Kingdom to visit the castle one last time, then we went over to Downtown Disney to play video games at Disney Quest. We paddled down a river using computerized paddles in the Jungle Cruise game and we played pirates as we shot our cannons at passing ships in the Battle for Buccaneer Gold. It was really fun. Lily and I received our diploma from the Animation Academy where we learned to draw Pluto, while Brad and Sam designed their own roller coaster and then got to experience what it would be like to actually ride it inside a simulator. We shopped, we ate at Cap'n Jacks restaurant, then we went back to EPCOT to see Illuminations, their fireworks/laser presentation. Boy, did we ever save the best for last! It was so amazing, I almost cried! There's so much more that we did.... it would take forever to write it all down! I just can't believe that it is all over! :( I missed my pets and I think they missed us, but I was so sad to leave! I took around 700 pictures... way too many to post. Right now, I am trying to recover from the walking and the long drive. Still kind of floating from the "magic" of it all... :)
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