Disney World Recap (part 2)

Ok, I've got so much to post about but I'm striving to not leave things half done this summer. Therefore, here's a recap of the last three days of our Disney trip. It's fun for me to look back at the pics too and remember what an awesome time we had.

Day 4 -- Animal Kingdom


Here's the trademark tree with animals carved all over it. Yeah, it's not a real tree. They had me fooled!


Bashful Braewyn on a bridge. This glimpse into what an African town is like was really cool. We've been sponsoring a boy named Talent who lives in Zimbabwe through World Vision for several years. It was neat telling Philip that Talent might live near a town like this.


Just before we left Animal Kingdom, we happened upon Mickey and Minnie with a very short line for photos. The kids (especially Braewyn) were much more comfortable with the costumed characters than the live Princesses. Funny!

Day 5 -- Magic Kingdom


We decided to head back to M.K. after seeing all the parks because this one is most preschooler-friendly. First ride of the day was Cinderella's Golden Carrousel. This might have been Braewyn's favorite ride of the entire week.

Here's the Barnstormer which we all rode 3 times. It's a baby rollercoaster which flies you through Goofy's chicken coop but it still took my stomach!


We left M.K. about 3pm after seeing everything we hadn't the first day. This was our hotel, Coronado Springs Resort. We came back to the room, changed into swimsuits and walked over to the beautiful pool area. I didn't take my camera with me but here's the link if you want to see it.

DAy 6 -- Epcot Center


We headed back to Epcot with the goal to visit all the countries of the World Showcase part. Thankfully Philip did have an understanding of world countries as we had colored maps and flags of eight countries in school. I love meeting people from all over the world so it was fun talking with the employees. Here are Braewyn and I posing by a fountain in "Italy".


I'm thinking this was also "Italy".

We enjoyed a wonderful lunch in Norway at the Akershaus Banquet Hall. It is a character dining restaurant at which the princesses mingle through the tables, chatting with you while you eat. It was actually much more fun than waiting in line to meet the princesses for one moment and leave. However definitely a reason to have the dining plan because without it we would have spent over $100!

Disney World was wonderful week full of memories. I feel good to not going again for another 10 years!