We just got back from our first family vacation to Walt Disney World! We had a wonderful time! Before we left, I was beginning to get worried about the trip because so many people were giving us a hard time about going when Owen was 2 1/2 and I was nearly seven months pregnant. But, it was a blast and the perfect family trip.
We met my mom and Leighton there, as well as Jenifer and Kaylin, all of whom stayed for the first two days. It was so nice spending this time with them. Owen and Kaylin are so good around each other, and Mom and Leighton were a big help, as always!
On Sunday, after checking into our hotel room at the Wilderness Lodge (beautiful!), we headed over to Animal Kingdom. The weather was really nice - not too hot - and we got to see a lot of the park. Because I'm pregnant, I didn't go on the Safari ride, but went on pretty much everything else. Owen's favorite was the elephant ride in Dinoland:
Jenifer and Lou braved the Mount Everest ride. Somehow I was able to time the camera just right to get this hilarious picture of them coming down the mountain!
That night, we went to Boma for dinner, which is a really great African restaurant located inside the Animal Kingdom lodge. We stuffed ourselves full, but were pretty exhausted at the end of the day.
Monday morning, bright and early, we took the boat from our hotel to the Magic Kingdom. Before we left, we snapped these two pictures at our hotel.
Once at Magic Kingdom, we headed straight to Fantasyland, were we rode Dumbo, Peter Pan, It's a Small World, the Tea Cups, Buzz Lightyear and Winnie the Pooh. Winnie was definitely Owen's favorite. Aunt Jen and Kaylin met up with us mid-morning, and Owen and Kaylin loved riding the Tea Cups together.
That afternoon, after attempting to get in a quick afternoon nap, we headed over to Epcot, where Owen rode the Nemo ride and met a ton of Disney characters. We had dinner at the Coral Reef restaurant and had a great table where we overlooked the big aquarium. We saw all kinds of sharks, fish and string rays during dinner. We were able to catch the Epcot fireworks on our way out too.
Tuesday morning, we went back to Magic Kingdom.
We got there early enough to ride six rides in about an hour. Owen loved the Magic Carpets of Aladdin so much that we had to ride it three times in a row.
We caught another one of the parades on Main Street, and Owen got out there in the street and danced with the characters. I have a video of this too, and will post it soon.
That afternoon, we went back to the hotel for naps, then had dinner at the Whispering Canyon, then headed back over to Magic Kingdom.
Owen got to ride the race cars with Lou and even drove his! Such a big boy!
After another ride on the Tea Cups, we tried to catch the Electrical Parade and Fireworks, but Owen ended up getting an ear infection and begged to go back to the hotel. Poor little guy!
Wednesday morning, he felt better, so we stopped at the Animal Kingdom on our way out for a few hours. It was so much hotter and more crowded on Wednesday versus Sunday.
Overall, a really, really fun vacation! There's very little that we would do differently or eliminate. We kept talking about what we want to do and where we want to stay at our next Disney trip.
Many thanks to Nana, Pop Pop, Aunt Jen and Kaylin for making it extra special!
I'll post pictures of Owen with all the Disney characters soon.
Love,
The Saez Family
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