Day 5 - Disney

There are so many photos from our trip to the Magic Kingdom, I made a slideshow instead of posting them all. For those who don't use blogger and don't know, you can only post 5 pics at a time. It would take me 1 year to do. So - if you like any of the photos I can email them to you, just send me a note.

After the tram and the ferry, Ella finally got a glimpse of Cinderella's castle. She was so happy. It wasn't only Ella's first time there (and obviously Holly's) but Uncle Steve's first visit too! I love the Goofy hat he picked out. I heard there were several hats he wanted, but with Goofy being my favorite character... I like it. lol


We got to the castle just in time for a parade and dance-in-the-street party. The girls really enjoyed that, they always love dancing with the characters at Great America - so they had lots of practice. Everyone rode Small World, then we split up. Our family headed off to meet Mickey and Minnie, I wanted Holly and Ella to see them before they got hot and tired. Holly was so excited while we were waiting - about 1/2 hour or so. I don't think she knew what was going on, but she knew it was something good. When we met them, Holly immediately went to chew on Minnie's nose... just like she does to her toys at home. She also gave her a kiss, so I don't think Minnie was mad.

Ella rode with me on Dumbo and Jason took Holly. After lunch and another ride on Small World we met back up with Vicki and Steve. Ella was a little scared of Pirates of the Caribbean and I was too... man, those new Captain Jacks are lifelike. Holy crap! Vicki and Steve stayed with Holly while the rest of us went on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Nini and Papa thought once was enough, but the line was so short, Jay and I took Ella on a second time.

We went back to the castle to see a show with the princesses and you can see from the slideshow that the girls had two of the best seats in the house. Ella was a little concerned when the witch was out, but overall they enjoyed the show. You could tell they both were running out of steam. We stopped to get them some Mickey ears and even though Ella spelled her name 3 times, the guy messed up her embroidery. Eiia. Awesome.

I can't believe Holly was able to stay up the whole day. She refused to miss anything. They were so well-behaved too. There was only 1 small crying spat, but less than 2 weeks later and I can't really remember what it was about. Ella said her favorite ride was Dumbo, but she keeps singing "Small World". lol Our family left and Vicki, Steve, Nini and Papa stayed for a while - thanks to them for the pictures of the castle after dark.