Back to Magic Kingdom-Park Day 3

It was back to the Magic Kingdom to visit more princesses.  I wonder how many autographs we have from each princess by now? 

We were celebrating Halloween a few days early.

Hey look -is that Mommy in the picture?? 

There is a princess hall right in a building right inside the gatesof the MK. 

Cinderella was very nice and got down at the girls level.

One final princess and then it was off to Mickey and Minnie.

The light bulb is magic in the picture and seems to be lit up.

There they are- Mickey and Minnie.

The whole family together for the picture.

The area is nice and you get to spend a few minutes there without being rushed out. 

After the princess and mickey pictures, we were off to the park again to do some more rides.

Tinkerbell showed up for some pictures.

Welcome to the Magic Kingdom.  We missed these shots the first day since we were on the horse drawn carriage ride.

Mom and her girls.

Tinkerbell made a repeat visit. 

Sasha posed for some nice photos on the castle balcony.  Leeza stayed in the stroller.

Mom, her girls and the castle. 

Exploring Winnie the Pooh's house again.  They have made the waiting line really interesting now=lots of activities for the kids.

The girls got on the teacups and then were promptly kicked off.  Who knew you had to be 7 to ride this by yourself?  No way I could go on this-it would not be pretty.  A man saw them leaving the ride and offered to let them sit with his family.  Thanks!

Once again, after a few hours at the park, we headed back to the hotel.  This time we went to the beach.  It was a little cold, but they still wanted to swim.

 The hammock was a big hit.

 We pretty much had the beach to ourselves.  It was mid day and cold so no one else was around.  If you look across the lake, there is the Old Port Royale.  That is where the main pool, restaurants and stores are.

 This is what the room area looks like.

 Just hanging at the beach.  Leeza grabbed the camera and started taking pictures.

 There was a duck in the water.  Leeza followed it up and down the beach.  No swimming in the water otherwise, Leeza would have been in there after that duck.

 Sasha made some sand angels.

 Relaxing at the beach. 

All the pools were supposed to be heated.  We went to the quiet pool near our room.  It was NOT heated.  The girls went in anyway.  The water was freezing.  They swam for a while then got out.  Sasha is curled up since she was freezing.  Leeza spent 10 minutes getting the towel to fall exactly right on the chair and cover her and Sahsa exactly right.  We went over to the big main pool later on.  The girls discovered the big pool and the 3 story slide and they never went back to the kid area and the pirate ship.  They loved the big slides. They had life jackets on, but did pretty good swimming around in the deep water.

Day 2- Disney Studios and Princesses at Epcott

We started the day at Disney Studios.  Home of the giant Mickey hat.

Happy Sasha!  Excited to go to a new park today.

Leeza claimed the stroller this morning.  They trade off pretty good whenever one gets a little tired.  Plus with them pushing each other, they don't run off and get lost.

We found Minnie Mouse by the big hat

They have the autograph book system down and know how to be ready for the autograph.

Minnie was very sweet and did not rush the girls.  Here she is blowing Sasha a kiss.

Sasha had to run back and give her one last hug.  I have very sweet girls.  We only did a few rides- The Great Movie ride, then over to Little Mermaid show and then ran as fast as possible to the Jack and the Never Land Pirates show which we just got in as they were closing the doors.  We then saw the Beauty and the Beast Show.  There were a couple more things they might have liked, but by now they were starting to droop.  We go early and after a few hours, we need a break.

So it is back to the hotel to go to the pool.  They have a kid area with a pirate ship in it.  We stayed here today since I did not feel like swimming.

They had a good time here and played for a few hours.

Up the stairs, down the slide, repeat endlessly.

Here is the pirate ship with the dump bucket on top.

After our break,we were off to Epcott.  The great ball, also known as Spaceship Earth, is a good photo op.

This is the other side of Soaceship Earth.  We went on the ride and did fine.  It was a little long for the girls, but not bad.

The fountain of the nations is in the background.

We had dinner reservations at the Akerhaus Princess Hall in Norway, but we stopped by Mexico to get one more Donald Duck photo.

Over in the Living Seas, we went to Turtle Talk with Crush, then on the Clam shell ride and walked around  the exhibits.  Here the girls are inside the big shark from Nemo.

Practicing to be sharks, the girls show their big shark teeth.

Then it was off to Norway to meet the Princesses.  Even though we had reservations, we still had a little wait.  Belle greeted us in the lobby in her ballgown.

Once inside we met the princesses after a short wait.

Sleeping Beauty got Sahsa out of her shell and into the Princess mood.

Happy girls meeting the princesses.

Belle held Leeza's interest, but Sasha is looking at some food!

The restaurant is pretty crowded, but the princesses have it figured out.  No way to take a full length picture though.

Snow White was our last princess.

Sasha had to explain that she had a picture of Snow White on her shoe.  Snow White was impressed and made a big deal out of that.

I think Snow White really looked like the one in the movie.  She was very nice.  They had a princess parade where the kids march around the restaurant and the girls went, but they didn't like it.  It is too crowded to really march much.  After this, it was back to the hotel for bed time.