Disney World 2014

I got online one evening after the kids went to bed yearning to go on a trip and after coming across some good prices, I convinced Charlie to go to Disney World for a family vacation.  We had no idea what we were getting into!  The planning, the packing, the preparation, the walking, the crowds, the prices, the TOTALLY AWESOME FUN TIME!  Despite everything, we really had a great trip!

Here are pictures of our trip.  I took so many pictures it was hard to narrow it down so here's pretty much all of them.

the giant golf ball

getting up close and personal with Bruce the Shark at the aquarium

cool waterfall outside of Captain EO

Epcot had lots of "plant characters".  Snow White and...

the Seven "Dorks"

Lady and The Tramp

Woody

Bambi, Thumper, and Flower

Beauty and the Beast

a cool virtual game for the kids to play

Dallin played "Agent P", a special secret agent project from
Phineas and Ferb.  Inside that light is Perry the platypus

Does that toy soldier look like Doofenshmirtz? Yup, it is!!

Captain Hook

Tick Tock Alligator

The House of Good Fortune

We did lots and lots of this...walking!

Mulan

Anna from Frozen

Elsa from Frozen

Snow White

good ol' Mickey Mouse

Belle from Beauty and the Beast

Mary Poppins

Jasmin from Aladdin

Alice

in jail with Zurg

Buzz Lightyear

Woody

Daisy Duck

Minnie Mouse

Gaston from Beauty and the Beast

green army guy from Toy Story

Phineas

and Ferb

Ducky Mo Mo from Phineas and Ferb

Lobby decor at Art of Animation

Front Desk

We stayed in Radiator Springs.
Mater greeted us right outside our building as we came and went.

Finding Nemo pool

Lulu loved the splash park

"Ah, you made me ink!"

splish splash

entrance to the Cars pool

exterior of resort

Cinderella's Castle

Waiting in one of the many lines

The Belle Experience was my favorite thing we did at Magic Kingdom.  It was pretty magical for me when Belle walked into the room.  I loved that movie as a child and watched it over and over again.

Dallin was The Beast

Kenzie was the Wardrobe

Dallin playing his part as the Beast

Kenzie is watching her brother dance with Belle

Yes, he really did dance with her.

Looking a little sheepish in front of a beautiful princess. 

Lulu and Belle

Kenzie and Belle 

Disney Jr. Live with Jake and the Neverland Pirates

Doc McStuffins or as Alayna says, Doc Stuffins.

Sofia the First

Here are the lanterns and sun-shaped decor so prominent in the movie Tangled.

The Frying PAN!!

Flynn Ryder's satchel

Rapunzel's Tower 

Lulu was feeling a little grumpy but as soon as we got on the People Mover
ride in Tomorrowland she lit up and smiled for us all.

Kenzie enjoying the ride...

as well as Dallin

the Castle at various times of the day

LGM's

We watched the fireworks on the bridge right under this sign. 

Beast's Castle

A show I wasn't really excited to see but ended up being really cool!

Lulu is entertaining us while the boys wait in line FOREVER to get our lunch.

My three little Disney kids.  We splurged and said what the heck, we gotta get some ears!

Swiss Family Robinson treehouse.  Finally, the kids could run and play and be silly.
They loved it!

The infamous teacup ride!

Taking a relaxing train ride around the park.

Had to get a shot of my man in the pink backpack.  Way to embrace it, Char!

Waiting for Beauty and the Beast Musical to start.
Hey, I'm actually in a picture!

Still waiting...

"Little town full of little people..."

"Now that I'm grown I eat 4 dozen eggs so I'm roughly the size of a BARGE!"

"Oh Gaston, you are positively prim-evil"

"She could be the one to break the spell"

"You must control your temper"

"Be our guest..."

"try the grey stuff it's delicious, don't believe me ask the dishes"

"Let's kill the beast"

"Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme"
Sigh, I love that movie.

Dallin got to participate in a Jedi Training course...

where he had to go face to face with Darth Maul 

Darth Vader was there as well

and the Storm Troopers

Dallin got to build his own lightsaber

He knew right off the bat he wanted a green blade.

AT-AT

3D Muppets movie was pretty funny 

Charlie, mister muppet enthusiast, was pretty stoked about it.

We had to eat at Pizza Planet!!

Toy Story Mania was such a fun ride!

Such cool decor, and awesome attention to detail.
You really felt like you were the size of a toy inside Andy's room.

A giant etch-a-sketch that drew trivia questions as you waited in line.

This was one of Dallin and Kenzie's favorite attractions.

The Indiana Jones Stunt Show.

They reenacted part of one of the movies where they blow up stuff.
You can tell my knowledge of Indy is not that strong.
I knew enough to appreciate it though.

Park entrance

They had these drums the kids could play and could have
stayed there for hours!

Jungle Safari kids

Deep Sea Explorers

Moroccan Dancers

The Pratt's in front of the Bug's Life Tree

Dori and Marlen

This show was truly interactive.  They sprayed venom (water) at us,
the stink bug stunk us out, the termites crawled under our benches,
the bees "stung" us.  It was awesome! 

Driving a little red bus

Beautiful surroundings

If our kids were older we totally would have gone on Expedition Everest. 

Hey kids! Stop! You're about to run over your father!

The girls hung out for a little bit while the dudes rode the roller coaster.

Two of my cutie pies!

Dallin and Charlie braved the Primeval Whirl.

Such a fun little show with great acting and singing!

We took the Safari Adventure trip to see lots of neat animals up close.

The animals at the petting zoo.

African dancers

Kenzie was so excited to see a giant Olivia from Lego Friends.

We didn't ever see Cinderella in person so we got the statue version.

And Buzz Lightyear rounds off the trip.  To infinity and beyond!!